VIA's K8T800 Pro Bumps up HyperTransport Speed, But Lacks Punch

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Manufacturer NVIDIA NVIDIA SiS VIA Technologies VIA Technologies
Northbridge nForce3 1501309 Ball BGA0.15 µm nForce3 250 Gb1309 Ball BGA0.15 µm SiS 755698 Ball BGA0.22 µm K8T800578 Ball BGA0.22 µm K8T800 Pro578 Ball BGA0.22 µm
Southbridge integrated integrated SiS 964 VT8237 539 Ball BGA VT8237 539 Ball BGA
Interconnect StreamThru StreamThru MuTIOL 1 GB/s with HyperStreaming 8X V-Link 533 MB/s 8X V-MAP 533 MB/s
AGP 3.0 / AGP 8x 3.0 / AGP 8x 3.0 / AGP 8x 3.0 / AGP 8x 3.0 / AGP 8x
Fixed AGP/ PCI clock for overclocking yes yes yes no yes
System Speed / Hyper Transport 8 Bit, 600 MHz Up; 16 Bit, 800 MHz Down 16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down 16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down 16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down 16 Bit, 800 MHz & 1 GHz Up & Down
AGP AGP 8x AGP 8x AGP 8x AGP 8x AGP 8x
Memory type DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM
Memory classification DDR266/333/400 DDR266/333/400 DDR266/333/400 DDR266/333/400 DDR266/333/400
Max. Memory 4096 MB 4096 MB 4096 MB 4096 MB 4096 MB
PCI Slots 6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 6x 32 Bit PCI 2.32x PCI-X using VIA VPX2 6x 32 Bit PCI 2.32x PCI-X using VIA VPX2
IDE Interface 2 Ports U-ATA/133 2 Ports U-ATA/133 2 Ports U-ATA/133 2 Ports U-ATA/133 2 Ports U-ATA/133
Serial ATA - 4 Ports 2 Ports DriveStation Controller, 2 Ports SATA-150 & SATAlite Interface for 2 additional SATA ports DriveStation Controller, 2 Ports SATA-150 & SATAlite Interface for 2 additional SATA ports
RAID - RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 RAID 0, RAID 1 RAID 0, RAID 1 (SATA only) RAID 0, RAID 1 (SATA only)
USB Ports - 6x USB 2.0/1.1480 MBit/s 8x USB 2.0/1.1480 MBit/s 8x USB 2.0/1.1480 MBit/s 8x USB 2.0/1.1480 MBit/s
Audio AC97 2.1 AC97 2.1 AC97 2.1 AC97 2.1 or PCI VIA Vinyl Audio AC97 2.1 or PCI VIA Vinyl Audio
Network 10/100 NVIDIA MAC 10/100/1000 NVIDIA MAC with Firewall 10/100 MAC Interface VIA Gigabit Ethernet Interface or 10/100 MAC VIA Gigabit Ethernet Interface or 10/100 MAC
Drivers nForce Unified Driver & ForceWare Suite nForce Unified Driver & ForceWare Suite Dedicated AGP & IDE drivers Unified Hyperion 4in1 Drivers Unified Hyperion 4in1 Drivers
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.