
Intel, its reputation preceding it, has chipsets that have often been rather more mature than those from the competition. With a few exceptions, of course - as the homo politicus will note. Problems are rare, as a rule, and genuine "milestones" like the 440BX (for Pentium III) are still humming away in many PCs or notebooks out there today.
But, it's all about RAM performance, these days. Rambus technology was innovative, but it has been literally booed out of the market and slaughtered by the press so, the time is ripe for a replacement at the high-end. Now we can safely say, dual DDR400 will offer the best performance and knock the socks off the former leader, dual RDRAM with PC1066.
Despite its force feeding of Rambus, Intel pulled out all the stops on making it to the top of the DDR league table: the company has had a team of developers working on the Canterwood modules for more than two years. The article All Aboard! P4 with 200 MHz FSB and the i875P Dual DDR400 Chipset provided some first impressions of the new chipset.
However, the adaptation of the Intel-875P is causing a few difficulties - even if none of the manufacturers or anyone at Intel itself will admit it. After all, handling a 200 MHz RAM bus under two-channel operation isn't all that easy, particularly when using the latest modules with their aggressive timings.
- Intel Takes Dual DDR To Its Mass Market
- Intel Takes Dual DDR To Its Mass Market, Continued
- Overview Of The Test Candidates: Sense & Nonsense
- Very Critical Subject: Which RAM Should You Buy?
- Very Critical Subject: Which RAM Should You Buy? Continued
- Asus P4C800 Deluxe: Minimalist Top Candidate
- Asus P4C800 Deluxe: Minimalist Top Candidate, Continued
- Asus P4C800 Deluxe: Minimalist Top Candidate, Continued
- Abit IC7-G: Below Expectations
- Abit IC7-G: Below Expectations, Continued
- Abit IC7-G: Below Expectations, Continued
- Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra: Maximum Features On Board
- Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra: Maximum Features On Board, Continued
- Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra: Maximum Features On Board, Continued
- Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra: Maximum Features On Board, Continued
- Intel D875PBZ: Plain But Sturdy
- Intel D875PBZ: Plain But Sturdy, Continued
- Intel D875PBZ: Plain But Sturdy, Continued
- MSI I875P Neo (MS-6758): BIOS Tuning From The Fab
- MSI I875P Neo (MS-6758): BIOS Tuning From The Fab, Continued
- MSI I875P Neo (MS-6758): BIOS Tuning From The Fab, Continued
- Test Setup And Details
- Benchmarks
- OpenGL Games: Quake 3 Arena
- DirectX 8 Games: Comanche 4 Demo
- DirectX 8 Engine: 3D Mark 2001 SE
- MP3 Audio Encoding: MP3 Maker Platinum 3.04
- Archiving: WinRAR 3.11
- SPECviewperf 7
- CPU And Multimedia: SiSoft Sandra 2003
- Office Application: PC Mark 2002
- Conclusion: Board And RAM Not For Tinkerers
- Features Table