Nforce4 Ultras - when?

[TomWaits]

I could only find one non-SLI n4u mobo which is now naturally out of stock (Chaintech on newegg). Is their any real eta for n4u boards? I'm getting the sinking feeling that my favored board company (asus) is only going to sell Hummer-priced SLI boards for several months instead of bringing out a solid, mid-level Camry type of board. This is what I get for waiting waaaaayy too long to build a new computer.

 

[TomWaits]

I want SATA II NCQ, PCIe, S939, but NOT SLI.

 

[tweebel]

Shouldn't take much longer, I think a couple of weeks, they're already available here.

 

[endyen]

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That makes 2. Of course it's not available right now either.

 

[TomWaits]

4X: isn't that the lower-level chip with less features such as less SATA bandwith or something? Give me Ultra or... give me more Chinese water torture.

 

[endyen]

4X: isn't that the lower-level chip with less features

Yup, it doesn't have SLI. That kind of cripple is fine with me.

 

[predator]

It's Abit AN8-SLI...

...And why do you think the Asus A8N-SLI is outgunned?

 

[TomWaits]

In the THG article titled "NVIDIA Rushes Into PCI Express With nForce4", they list 3 chips; nForce4, nForce4 Ultra, nForce4 SLI. The nforce4 is listed with 4 SATA Ports @ 150 MB/s while the Ultra is listed with 4 SATA2 Ports @ 300 MB/s, plus the HT-Link is listed as 800 MHz instead of 1 GHz. I just assumed the "4X" was the lower level chip. Maybe the article no longer matches the shipping chips' nomenclature and specs.