nForce3 &4 do not have the APU which was in the nForce2 MCPs - they need an
external audio codec.
I thought the whole deal was about the license's, Nvidia did not want to
pay for it, if they did it would make their chipsets non competitive. I
also thought a little while ago that Nvidia stated that in future chipsets
they might employ the APU.
To me what reeks here is that fact that on one seems to have a cheap high
quality solution that would please all those nf2 users who are upset at
Nvidia. It seems that the real audio professionals have moved on, and got
over it, while the gamers are happy with the creative solution, just look
at how many freaking audigy solutions are offered.
All this nf2 talk to me is a little point less, you would think that
people would be pushing for a pci-e solutions, and 64 bit sound drivers.
Maybe someone needs to make a pci-e card that would please all the pro's
while keeping costs down, then make a good decent 64 bit driver.
Gnu_Raiz