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When AMD integrated a memory controller into the Athlon64 processor, they took away one of the key performance features that differentiates one chipset from another. That's why, when you read through Athlon64 motherboard reviews, no matter what the chipset is, the platforms always performs about the same. Of course, that's not necessarily a bad thing. After all, this guarantees that Athlon64 will maintain a certain performance level, even on low end systems!
Many consumers were caught off guard when released their nForce3 150 chipset, because unlike the nForce2 the NF3-150, it was more of a value-oriented chipset. Feature wise, the nForce3 150 also had a few problems competing with VIA's acclaimed K8T800; it suffered from a slower HyperTransport link, and with manufacturers not implementing an AGP/PCI lock, it just didn't stack up.
Now, almost a year after 64-bit AMD Athlon64 processor was introduced, we're getting a taste of new nForce3-250Gb chipset. It comes care of the very well equipped MSI K8N Neo Platinum motherboard which is based on this latest nVidia chipset. In terms of goodies, the K8N Neo-FIS2R Platinum boasts onboard native Serial ATA/RAID, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 1394, an onboard 7.1 audio controller and of course, MSI's well known "CoreCell technology." We'll dive deeper into the technology behind the NF3-250Gb a bit later in the article.
