Optional Gigabit Ethernet
Standard Gigabit: VIA is now delivering the VT6210.
Most people are familiar with VIA's VT6103 network chip, which supports 10 and 100 MBit/s. But now the VT6120 is also available, offering an additional 1 GBit/s.
KT880 Vs. KT600 Vs. nForce 2 Ultra 400
| Chipset | VIA KT600 | VIA KT880 | NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | August 2003 | February 2004 | May 2003 |
| Platform | Socket 462 | Socket 462 | Socket 462 |
| Processors | AMD Duron/Athlon/XP | AMD Duron/Athlon/XP | AMD Duron/Athlon/XP |
| Multi-Processor Support | no | no | no |
| Northbridge | VIA KT600 | VIA KT880 | NVIDIA nForce2 SPP |
| Southbridge | VIA VT8235/8237 | VIA VT8237 | NVIDIA nForce2 MCP / MCP-T |
| Front Side Bus | 133/166/200 MHz DDR | 133/166/200 MHz DDR | 133/166/200 MHz DDR |
| Memory | DDR266, DDR333, DDR400 | DDR266, DDR333, DDR400 | DDR266, DDR333, DDR400 |
| Asynchronous Memory Mode | yes | yes | yes |
| Max. DIMMs | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Max. RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB | 3 GB |
| UltraDMA/33/66/100/133 | yes/yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes/yes | yes/yes/yes/yes |
| # USB | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Max. # PCI | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Integrated Graphics | no | no | With nForce2 IGPGeForce4 MX |
| Integrated Sound | 5.1 / 7.1 | 7.1 | 5.1 |
| AGO 4X/8X | yes/yes | yes/yes | yes/yes |
| ACPI | yes | yes | yes |
| USB 2.0 / FireWire | yes / no | yes / no | yes / yes |
| Ethernet | 100 MBit/s | 1 GBit/s | 100 MBit/s |