Apple= been making chipsets longet than some of you have been living. Who do you think has the most experience here?
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And the Nforce has a lot of innovative features that Apple's chipsets do not. Where do you think the people who designed the Nforce came from? These weren't inexperienced people, they had designed complex ASICs at a variety of other companies.
[quote]If Apple uses any Nvidia tech it won't be Nforce as a whole but only a fraction of perhaps Hypertransport.
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Hypertransport is an AMD technology, not Nvidia's.
No doubt. nForce was a very successful launch. I just get the feeling that people feel like Apple needs help with their nextgen chipset and that's not the truth. Apple...after all managed a fairly hefty lineup of computers in the late 90's. Many different motherboards.
Motorolas Development of the G4/G5 proc is the only thing that will slow Apple down.
<strong>I just get the feeling that people feel like Apple needs help with their nextgen chipset and that's not the truth.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes, but if Apple would want to use all of nForce features it would be more clever to ask nVidia for help designing it that do it all by themselves (and likely get stuck with the same problems that nVidia solved already).
thank you xype. My point exactly. I think this rumor makes sense unlike most other rumors on this board. Apple could use help designing a new chipset/mother board/ect not because they couldn't do it them selves but because nVIDIA has more experience with DDR ect than apple. And also sense nVIDIA and Apple have been working together already by included all of their GPUs in new macs why not just take it one step further??... Plus it sounds good to gamers ect if apple has parts made or designed by nVIDIA. I like the idea my self and with QE coming with 10.2 this would be very beneficial. In time.
I see the possibility of Apple working with nvidia in a partnership but the nForce chipset is not THAT groundbreaking. I still feel that Apple has more experience designing chipsets that match Moto procs. I'll probably base my next PC off of nforce2 because of the simple integration if you think about it. Apple mobos have had Dedicated Airport card slot, Firewire, Modems all from non standard connectors and everything has worked fine. They have had success with the UMA Mobos and i'm curious to see what they have planned. If they utilize nvidia tech then great but I have always had confidence in Apple from a design standpoint. DDR is a simple memory controller...Apple has designed harder chips and ASICS I suppose.
<strong>And also sense nVIDIA and Apple have been working together already by included all of their GPUs in new macs why not just take it one step further??...</strong><hr></blockquote>
"So the, uh, AGP card does go in the AGP slot, is that correct?"
The GPU is hard-soldered to the main logic board, but still uses the AGP 2x bus.
The iMac would be a bit more flexible if there were an actual AGP slot though, and sales might pick up a bit for gamers looking for something with a bit more style than a Nuclear Green Alienware chassis!
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<strong>hahahah Newsflash people.
nForce = Nvidias first attempt at a full chipset.
Apple= been making chipsets longet than some of you have been living. Who do you think has the most experience here?
</strong><hr></blockquote>
And the Nforce has a lot of innovative features that Apple's chipsets do not. Where do you think the people who designed the Nforce came from? These weren't inexperienced people, they had designed complex ASICs at a variety of other companies.
[quote]If Apple uses any Nvidia tech it won't be Nforce as a whole but only a fraction of perhaps Hypertransport.
<hr></blockquote>
Hypertransport is an AMD technology, not Nvidia's.
No doubt. nForce was a very successful launch. I just get the feeling that people feel like Apple needs help with their nextgen chipset and that's not the truth. Apple...after all managed a fairly hefty lineup of computers in the late 90's. Many different motherboards.
Motorolas Development of the G4/G5 proc is the only thing that will slow Apple down.
<strong>I just get the feeling that people feel like Apple needs help with their nextgen chipset and that's not the truth.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yes, but if Apple would want to use all of nForce features it would be more clever to ask nVidia for help designing it that do it all by themselves (and likely get stuck with the same problems that nVidia solved already).
<strong>And also sense nVIDIA and Apple have been working together already by included all of their GPUs in new macs why not just take it one step further??...</strong><hr></blockquote>
"So the, uh, AGP card does go in the AGP slot, is that correct?"
"Yes, the AGP slot is where the AGP card goes."
"Awesome! High five!"
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"So the, uh, AGP card does go in the AGP slot, is that correct?"</strong><hr></blockquote>
Can one put any AGP 2x card into the iMac? Just curious.
The GPU is hard-soldered to the main logic board, but still uses the AGP 2x bus.
The iMac would be a bit more flexible if there were an actual AGP slot though, and sales might pick up a bit for gamers looking for something with a bit more style than a Nuclear Green Alienware chassis!