Question: nVidia vs VIA?

Due to recent problems I am going to buy a new motherboard...I was wondering which board is better overall?
nVidia Board
VIA
Thanks guys!

I have had both boards and I would say the VIA board, because the Nvidia has the stupid punkbuster freezing problem. http://hardwareforum.com/bbs/showindex.php?t=120
Although the Nvidia is faster

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