NVidia chipsets are no doubt faster than Via, most pc enthusiasts will use them over via, especially OC'ers. The only fault with that chipset was it sometimes was picky about the ram, but still heads up over Via.
"The only fault with that chipset was it sometimes was picky about the ram, but still heads up over Via."
I have heard that. I have been lucky so far, but then I have only built two using Nvidia and went with memory that others had found to work.