After over a full-month of rumored delays and setbacks, the much-anticipated entry chipset from nVidia is finally upon us. On paper, this chipset includes everything the competition has and adds incredible components like nVidia 10/100 Ethernet, Dolby Digital audio, and GeForce2-class graphics. Clearly, the nForce is a massive chipset project, which has taken a lot of engineering manpower and man-hours.

Even before final products were announced on the chipset, manufacturers were already hinting at possible problems. Only a handful of tier-one board makers have undertaken an nForce product, and only one has yet to make it to market as of yet. Although Asus, Abit and Gigabyte have projects in the pipeline, the only board to hit the market as of yet is the MSI K7N420 Pro.