The King of the Heap: 4 Chipsets for the Athlon64

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Brand	ALi	nVIDIA Corp.	SiS	VIA Technologies
Northbridge	M1687564 Ball BGA0.22 µm	nForce3 1501309 Ball BGA0.15 µm	SiS 755FX698 Ball BGA0.22 µm	K8T800578 Ball BGA0.22 µm
Southbridge	M1563444 Ball BGA	integrated	SiS 964	VT8237539 Ball BGA
Interconnect	HyperTransport1.6 GB/s	StreamThru	MuTIOL 1 GB/smit HyperStreaming	8X V-Link 533 MB/s
AGP	3.0 / AGP 8x	3.0 / AGP 8x	3.0 / AGP 8x	3.0 / AGP 8x
Fixer AGP-/PCI-Takt für Overclocking	?	yes	yes	no
System Speed / Hyper Transport	16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down	8 Bit, 600 MHz Up ; 16 Bit, 800 MHz Down	16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down	16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down
AGP	AGP 8x	AGP 8x	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Memory Type	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed	DDR266/333/400	DDR266/333/400	DDR266/333/400	DDR266/333/400
Max. Memory	4096 MB	4096 MB	4096 MB	4096 MB
PCI Slots	6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3	6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3RAID 0+1 (Pro 250 only)	6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3	6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3PCI-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
Serial ATA	-	4 Ports (Pro 250 only)	2 Ports	DriveStation Controller, 2 Ports SATA-150 & SATAlite Interface for 2 additional SATA ports
RAID	-	RAID 0, RAID 1	RAID 0, RAID 1	RAID 0, RAID 1 (SATA only)
USB Ports	6x USB 2.0/1.1480 MBit/s	6x 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	AC97	AC97	AC97 or PCIVIA Vinyl Audio
Network	10/100 MAC Interface	10/100/1,000 nVIDIA MAC	10/100 MAC Interface	VIA Gigabit Ethernet Interface
Drivers	Dedicated AGP & IDE drivers	nForce Unified Driver & ForceWare Suite	Dedicated AGP & IDE drivers	Unified Hyperion 4-in-1 Drivers

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Processor
CPU	Athlon 64 3200+ (Socket 754)2.0 GHz 128/1024 kB
CPU Cooler	ThermalTake Silent Boost K8
Memory
DDR400 (200 MHz)	1 x 512 MB / 5nsCorsair TwinX XMS32005, 1.2
Common Hardware
Graphics Card	nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 UltraChip clock : 450 MHzMemory clock : 850 MHz DDR
Hard Drive	Western Digital WD800JB, 7.200 U/Min, 8 MB Cache, Single Platter
DVD/CD-ROM	Pioneer DVD-106
Network Interface	3COM 3C905TX-B PCI, 100 MBit/s
Software
System drivers	ALi Integrated 2.05nVIDIA nForce Drivers 3.13SiS AGP 1.16A, IDE 2.03VIA Hyperion 4in1 4.49
nVIDIA Graphics	Detonator Ver. 53.03
VIA K8T800	Hyperion 4in1 14.49
DirectX	Version : 9.0b
OS	Windows XP, Build 2600 SP1

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