The Chipset Guide

Overview

Every computer purchase, every motherboard upgrade, every CPU buying decisions comes back to the same thing: the system chipset. If the CPU is the brain of your PC, the chipset is its heart. It controls the flow of bits that travel between the CPU, system memory, and the motherboard bus. Efficient data transfers, fast expansion bus support, and advanced power management features are just a few of the things the system chipset is reponsible for.

Slot 1 AGP

• Slot 1 AGP Chipsets
• Intel 440BX AGP Chipset - 66/100 MHz Front Side Bus
• Aladdin Pro II / M1621/ M15X3 AGP Chipset - 66/100 MHz Front Side Bus
• Intel 440LX AGP Chipset - 66 MHz Front Side Bus
• Intel 440EX AGP Chipset - 66 MHz Front Side Bus

Socket 7 AGP Chipsets

• ALI Aladdin V AGP Chipset - 66/100 MHz Front Side Bus
• VIA Apollo mVP3 AGP Chipset 66/100 MHz Front Side Bus
• SiS 5591/92 AGP Chipset - 66/75/83 MHz Front Side Bus
• VIA Apollo VP3 AGP Chipset - 66 MHz Front Side Bus

Socket 7 PCI Chipsets

• ALI Aladdin IV+ Chipset - 66/75/83 MHz Front Side Bus
• SiS 5581/82 AGP Chipset - 66/75 MHz Front Side Bus
• SiS 5597/98 Chipset - 66/75 MHz Front Side Bus
• VIA Apollo VP2 Chipset - 66/75 MHz Front Side Bus