NVIDIA nForce2 C1 Stepping

NewsFactory · Apr 1, 2003, 05:44 PM

This just in from Visionary @ Vr-zone.com ... As AMD is launching the 400Mhz FBS Barton core with Athlon XP 3200+ in May to counter the 800Mhz P4s, VIA and SiS have already gotten their chipsets ready to support that. VIA is planning to release KT600 codenamed KT400A-CE with VT8237 Southbridge while SiS has announced the SiS748 chipset last month that is paired up with SiS963L Southbridge.

How about NVIDIA? There is no upcoming nForce2 chipset from NVIDIA to officially support 400Mhz FSB Barton since nForce2 was already designed to support 400Mhz FSB in the first place. Instead NVIDIA has been constantly revising their nForce2 chipsets with newer steppings. Right now, there are two nForce2 chipset revisions in the market with A2 and A3 steppings and apparently NVIDIA has quietly added one more revision A1 which is in fact C1 Stepping. It seems like NVIDIA is getting ready for 400Mhz FSB too and indeed the newer revision that has significantly improve stability under higher FSB. The latest 8RDA+ board is using this new C1 Step nForce2 and the overclockability is simply amazing. Using a VDD of just 1.65V with CPU/RAM at DDR460 Sync, the board is able to run at 230Mhz FSB very stable!

NVIDIA nForce2 C1 Stepping

~~DriveEuro~~ · Apr 1, 2003, 05:50 PM

The new chipset is out that supports Bartons. It is called Crush18D.......

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 1, 2003, 06:42 PM

thats funny those close said that it (nforce2 the new stepping)would run stable @ 200mhz but not @ 205mhz so ....take this with a gain of salt

Desert_Siege · Apr 2, 2003, 01:15 AM

I am glad I held off for a while now before buying one of these boards. Stability was the factor I was looking for. Now I just need to find an online retailer that will let me specify thats the one I want...heh.

Apr 1, 2003, 05:44 PM	#1
NewsFactory News Guru Join Date: May 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 0	NVIDIA nForce2 C1 Stepping This just in from Visionary @ Vr-zone.com ... As AMD is launching the 400Mhz FBS Barton core with Athlon XP 3200+ in May to counter the 800Mhz P4s, VIA and SiS have already gotten their chipsets ready to support that. VIA is planning to release KT600 codenamed KT400A-CE with VT8237 Southbridge while SiS has announced the SiS748 chipset last month that is paired up with SiS963L Southbridge. How about NVIDIA? There is no upcoming nForce2 chipset from NVIDIA to officially support 400Mhz FSB Barton since nForce2 was already designed to support 400Mhz FSB in the first place. Instead NVIDIA has been constantly revising their nForce2 chipsets with newer steppings. Right now, there are two nForce2 chipset revisions in the market with A2 and A3 steppings and apparently NVIDIA has quietly added one more revision A1 which is in fact C1 Stepping. It seems like NVIDIA is getting ready for 400Mhz FSB too and indeed the newer revision that has significantly improve stability under higher FSB. The latest 8RDA+ board is using this new C1 Step nForce2 and the overclockability is simply amazing. Using a VDD of just 1.65V with CPU/RAM at DDR460 Sync, the board is able to run at 230Mhz FSB very stable! NVIDIA nForce2 C1 Stepping

Apr 1, 2003, 06:42 PM	#3
The_Neon_Cowboy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,135 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	thats funny those close said that it (nforce2 the new stepping)would run stable @ 200mhz but not @ 205mhz so ....take this with a gain of salt __________________

Apr 2, 2003, 01:15 AM	#4
Desert_Siege Professional Slacker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KY Posts: 274 Rep Power: 0	That is good to hear... I am glad I held off for a while now before buying one of these boards. Stability was the factor I was looking for. Now I just need to find an online retailer that will let me specify thats the one I want...heh.

Apr 1, 2003, 05:50 PM	#2
~~DriveEuro~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	The new chipset is out that supports Bartons. It is called Crush18D.......