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To: peter_luc who wrote (49375)	7/30/2001 11:31:28 AM
From: fyodor_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Peter: nForce seriously delayed? Gasp You're telling me that NVIDIA didn't manage to get their very first attempt at a chipset perfect first time around? ;-) Heh... considering the problems many (well, more like ALL) of the existing players are having, that's not exactly surprising. The only thing on the upcoming chipsets redesign we can now state for sure touches upon nForce 220 (Crush11). It will have no Dolby Digital 5.1 sound: there will be AC’97 sound instead. However, this is not the end yet. We assume that NVIDIA may wish to remove the network controller as well. Both of these would be very, very serious blows to the nForce platform, IMHO. Of course, if the 420 (or whatever it's called) still has Dolby and NIC integrated, that mitigates the damage to a very large degree. If both chipsets are hit&#133 Btw, what does this all say about X-Box? Will it be delayed as well? I hope not. I was hoping to buy one and convert it to a fully functional PC ;-). -fyo

To: peter_luc who wrote (49375)	7/30/2001 12:07:15 PM
From: dale_laroy	Respond to of 275872

>The only thing on the upcoming chipsets redesign we can now state for sure touches upon nForce 220 (Crush11). It will have no Dolby Digital 5.1 sound: there will be AC’97 sound instead.< As I understood the specs, the nForce 220 always lacked Dolby Digital. It was the nForce 220D (as well as the 420)that was supposed to have the Dolby Digital. This would seem to be more easily interpreted as the cancellation of the nForce 220D.