NVIDIA SoundStorm Receives Editor's Choice Award from FiringSquad...  Read the review now

"With Dolby Digital ICE, the nForce2 represents the best gaming platform for use with a stand-alone Dolby Digital receiver... the money you save by going with the nForce2 rather than the Audigy 2 means that you can invest in faster RAM, a faster CPU, or faster hard drive... Take into the fact that the nForce2 also happens to be a full-featured AMD chipset with IEEE1394, USB 2.0, and dual channel DDR memory controllers and you’ll understand why the nForce2 deserves FiringSquad’s Editor’s Choice award."

Tech Seekers: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Socket A Motherboard “The Asus A7N8X Deluxe never failed to impress. Combine the nForce2 with the ASUS name and you have a quality high speed board. With the included Firewire, USB2.0, SATA, as well as excellent audio features included in nVidia's SoundStorm. This is a sure win package. Without a doubt this is one of the most feature rich motherboard available…” ExtremeTech: AMD Catches Up With Intel “It's clearly possible for AMD to build a CPU that can stay close to Intel's current best CPU… As we've seen here, the Athlon XP 2800+, with its 333MHz frontside bus and paired up with an Nforce2 dual-channel DDR solution, can perform quite well, indeed.” OC Workbench: ASUS A7N8X nForce2 Mainboard Review “In our tests, the overall performance of this board is above average compared to the KT400 boards we have tested so far.” HardOCP: ASUS A7N8X nForce2 Review “The nForce2 chipsets have definitely made their mark on the motherboard market with this debut, and I look eagerly for the next manufacturer who matches ASUS in their reliability and performance with this chipset. It certainly deserves to be considered a [H]ard|OCP Top Pick.” 3D Velocity: ASUS A7N8X nForce2 Technology Review “nForce2 is currently the fastest SocketA motherboard on the market… NVIDIA has just set the standard that others must follow.” Nexus Hardware: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe nForce2 Motherboard “The overclocking benches show the the NForce2 chipset is a force to be reckoned with. This is a feature rich motherboard that overclocks extremely well and it's stability is unsurpassed. It's one that has been given a permanent home in my stable…” GamePC: Worth the Wait: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe NVIDIA nForce2 “nForce2 is simply the best chipset for the Athlon XP, no question about it. VIA, SiS, and ALi are in serious trouble, as the nForce2 is likely to become the dominant platform for the Athlon XP for the foreseeable future. nForce2 6-Way Motherboard Roundup “If you're going to be purchasing an Athlon XP motherboard in today's market, you'd be insane not to choose a motherboard based on NVIDIA's nForce2 platform.” PC Magazine: Which Chip Set Should You Put Your Chips On? “nForce2 will make a big splash in the marketplace. Even though our features table shows how many chip sets with integrated graphics are available, we wouldn't recommend a lesser chip set than the nForce2 for those who care—or might care—about multimedia and gaming.” Firing Squad: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe nForce2 Review “ASUS has done it again. The A7N8X Deluxe is all we could want from an nForce2 motherboard, and then some.” Tom's Hardware: Athlon on the Fast Lane: Three nForce2 Motherboard Reviews “Our benchmarks underlined the fact that nForce2 is currently the best chipset to take... The performance gap to KT400 is quite significant. More importantly, it helps the Athlon XP make its level of performance affordable in contrast to the Pentium 4.” Amdmb.com: Leadtek K7NCR18D nForce2 Motherboard Review “The new NVIDIA nForce2 chipset is the best out there for the Athlon XP processors, including and especially for those users who plan on purchasing 333 MHz bus processors.