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Chipset
Intel 850E
Intel 850
Intel 845D
Intel 845
Introduction
June 2002
January 2001
December 2001
July 2001
Processor Plattform
Socket 478
Socket 423/478
Socket 478
Socket 423/478
Supported CPU
Intel Pentium 4
Intel Pentium 4
Intel Pentium 4
Intel Pentium 4
Multiprocessor Support
yes
yes
no
no
Chipset Northbridge
Intel KC82850E
Intel KC82850
Intel 82845
Intel 82845
Chipset Southbridge
Intel 82801 BA
Intel 82801 BA
Intel 82801 BA
Intel 82801 BA
Front Side Bus Clock
100/133 MHz
100/133 MHz
66/100/133 MHz
66/100/133 MHz
Memory Clock
400 MHz/533 MHz
400 MHz
100/133 MHz DDR-SDRAM
100/133 MHz SDRAM
Asynchronous Memory Clock
yes
yes
yes
yes
FSB-Overclocking
up to 166 MHz
up to 133 MHz
up to 166 MHz
up to 180 MHz
max. # DIMM-Slots
4
4
3
4
max. Memory
2048 MB
2048 MB
2048 MB
2048 MB
SDRAM Support
no
no
no
yes
DDR SDRAM Support
no
no
yes
no
VC SDRAM Support
no
no
no
no
RIMM Support (Rambus)
yes
yes
no
no
Dual RIMM Support (Rambus)
yes
yes
no
no
Ultra-DMA/33/66/100
yes/yes/yes
yes/yes/yes
yes/yes/yes
yes/yes/yes
Ultra-DMA/133
no
no
no
no
Max. # USB
4
4
4
6
USB 2.0
yes
no
no
yes
Max.# PCI Slots
6
6
6
6
Integrated Graphics
no
no
no
no
AGP 1x / 2x / 4x
yes / yes / yes
yes / yes / yes
yes / yes / yes
yes / yes / yes
ACPI Features
yes
yes
yes
yes
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