Hi
When deciding betwixt a via 400 and a nforce2 sys, I say nforce.
Mem benches are usualy twice as high for the same mem speed and so on due the dual channel mem controller of the nf2. The via's are nice and all but for the same money why not get better performance? Get a nf2 that has the hardware sound, low cpu usage and nice audio quality.
Some thoughts for you.