chipsets

[Nivek]

in general:

what's the difference between a 865PE and a 875P chipset, and in what situations (gaming, CAD, ect..) would one be better than the other?

 

[Crashman]

They use the same core. Intel produces both at the same time, but puts the 865 on a pin grid with fewer pins. The missing pins are for use with ECC memory. Most users don't use ECC.

The other difference is that Intel disables a latency shortcut called PAT on the 865PE, but that seems to have a miniscule effect on performance.

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