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12:06 PM - January 7, 2002 by
Frank Völkel
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: pentium, 4
Topics: CeBIT
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Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: pentium, 4
Topics: CeBIT
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Chipsets/Boards For Pentium 4 And Athlon XP

A well-known board for the AMD Athlon XP: the Epox EP-8KHA+ with Socket 462.

A popular board for Pentium 4: the Asus P4T-E with Socket 478.
The following tables show an overview of all chipsets and the respective features of the two platforms from AMD Athlon XP and Intel Pentium 4.
AMD
| Chipset | VIA Apollo KT266A | VIA Apollo KT266 | SiS 735 | Nvidia nForce | AMD 760 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | September 2001 | April 2001 | May 2001 | September 2001 | February 2001 |
| Processor Platform | Socket 462 | Socket 462 | Socket 462 | Socket 462 | Socket 462 |
| CPUs supported | AMD Duron/Athlon/XP | AMD Duron/Athlon/XP | AMD Duron/Athlon/XP | AMD Duron/Athlon/XP | AMD Duron/Athlon/XP |
| Multiprocessor Support | no | no | no | no | no |
| Chipset Northbridge | VIA KT266A | VIA VT8366 | SiS 735 | Nvidia IGP 128 | AMD 761 |
| Chipset Southbridge | VIA VT8233 | VIA VT8233 | - | Nvidia MCP-D | AMD 765 |
| Front Side Bus Clock | 100/133 MHz DDR | 100/133 MHz DDR | 66/100/133 MHz DDR | 100/133 MHz DDR | 100/133 MHz DDR |
| Memory Clock | 100/133 MHz DDR | 100/133 MHz DDR | 66/100/133 MHz DDR | 100/133 MHz DDR | 100/133 MHz DDR |
| Asynchronous Memory Clock | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| FSB Overclocking* | up to 200 MHz | up to 200 MHz | up to 150 MHz | up to 150 MHz | up to 150 MHz |
| max. # DIMM or RIMM Slots | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| max. Memory | 3072 MB | 3072 MB | 1536 MB | 4096 MB | 2048 MB |
| SDRAM Support | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| DDR SDRAM Support | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Dual-Channel DDR-Support | no | no | no | yes | no |
| RIMM Support (Rambus) | no | no | no | no | no |
| Ultra-DMA/33/66/100 | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes |
| Max. # USB Ports | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| max. # PCI Slots | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Integrated Graphics Core | no | no | 6 | yes | no |
| Integrated Sound | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| AGP 1x / 2x / 4x | yes / yes / yes | yes / yes / yes | yes / yes / yes | yes / yes / yes | yes / yes / yes |
| ACPI Features | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
* depends on clock generator
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