Alternative Athlon Chipsets: Strong Competition Out There
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| Chipset | VIA Apollo KT266A | VIA Apollo KT266 | AMD 760 | SiS 735 | ALi Magik 1 | NVIDIA nForce 220 | NVIDIA nForce 420 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | September 2001 | April 2001 | November 2000 | May 2001 | December 2001 | October 2001 (?) | October 2001 (?) |
| CPU-Platform | Socket 462 | ||||||
| Supported Prozessors | AMD Athlon/Duron | ||||||
| SMP-Support | n/a | ||||||
| Chipset North Bridge | VIA VT8366A | VIA VT8366 | AMD 761 | SiS 735 | ALi M1647 | nForce220 IGP | nForce420 IGP |
| Chipset South Bridge | VIA VT8233 | VIA VT8233 | AMD 765 | - | ALi M1535D+ | nForce220 MCP | nForce420 MCP |
| Official FSB Support | 100 (200 DDR)/133 (266 DDR) MHz | ||||||
| Official Memory Clock Support | 100 (200 DDR)/133 (266 DDR) MHz | ||||||
| Number of Memory Channels | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 2133 MB/s | 4266 MB/s | |||||
| Asynchronuous Memory Timing | yes | ||||||
| Supported DIMM-Slots | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Max. Memory Support | 4096 MB | 4096 MB | 2048 MB | 1536 MB | 1024 MB | 1536 MB | 1536 MB |
| SDRAM-Support | yes | ||||||
| DDR-SDRAM-Support | yes | ||||||
| VC-SDRAM-Support | no | no | no | no | no | ? | ? |
| RDRAM-Support | no | ||||||
| Ultra-DMA/33/66/100 IDE | yes/yes/yes | ||||||
| Number of USB-Slots | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Max. Number of PCI-Slots | 6 | ||||||
| Integrated Graphics | no | yes | yes | ||||
| Integrated 5.1 Sound | no | yes | yes | ||||
| Integrated Ethernet | yes, optional | yes, optional | no | yes | no | yes | yes |
| AGP 1x / 2x / 4x | yes/yes/yes | ||||||
| ACPI-Features | yes |
This table includes all available chipsets and the two nVIDIA nForce chipsets that are to come within the next few months.
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