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ATI 9100 IGP PRO: Optimized for Prescott [Review, AnandTech]
Today, ATI raises the bar with their second generation chipset for Pentium 4. We also found some interesting results when a board is designed to work first and best with the new Prescott chips. Is the new ATI Radeon 9100 IGP PRO worth considering for your next Pentium 4 machine? Tue, 11 May, 2004 | 28 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI's Radeon 9100 Pro IGP Takes Aim at Intel's Chipset Launch [Review, TomsHardware]
The Pro version of ATI's 9100 IGP chipset is loaded with new features. But will improved memory compatibility, better AGP performance and a new Southbridge design be enough to go head to head with Intel's upcoming 915 chipset? Tue, 04 May, 2004 | 18 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
nVidia nForce3 250 – Athlon 64 Chipset Design Done Right [Review, TweakTown]
Enter the AMD Athlon 64 arena and we have the competition between the VIA K8T800 and nVidia nForce 150 which was quite fierce at the end of last year. nVidia are back on the job again releasing their newest incarnation of the nForce, the nForce3 250 and nForce3 250GB with native Gigabyte networking. nVidia sent us their reference nForce3 250GB motherboard a little while ago and we will see what the newest chipsets from nVidia offers us over the previous nForce3 150 chipset and if it has what it takes to move from your current Athlon system. Tue, 04 May, 2004 | 41 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
SiS755 chipset - Athlon 64 core logic from the other guys [Review, TechReport]
NVIDIA AND VIA HAVE dominated the enthusiast market for Athlon 64 chipsets, but they're not the only ones with core logic for AMD's latest processors. SiS has quietly been churning out the SiS755 chipset, which is seeing a lot of action in Socket 754 boards from ECS, ASRock, and Foxconn. Now these manufacturers aren't exactly known for enthusiast-oriented products, but with price tags hovering around $85, their SiS755-based Athlon 64 boards will certainly be appealing to those on a tight budget. Tue, 04 May, 2004 | 27 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
VIA's KT880 chipset [Review, TechReport]
WAY BACK in November of last year, we declared VIA's KT600 chipset a viable alternative to NVIDIA's well-worn nForce2 chipset. Serial ATA RAID support and superior peripheral performance made the KT600 a more attractive platform than the nForce2 from a features standpoint. However, the KT600's single memory channel was no match for the dual-channel nForce2 in our application benchmarks, where the nForce2 easily won the majority of our tests. Tue, 04 May, 2004 | 77 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
AMD Athlon 64 Chipset Shootout
So the Athlon 64 is out, but what motherboard platform would bring the best out of this new processor? That's what this review is all about, so hop in to find out all the nitty-gritty details of each chipset and their performance. We assure you that the answer is highly unexpected. Wed, 03 Dec, 2003 | 118 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Single-channel chipsets for Pentium 4: SiS648FX and VIA PT800 [Review, Digit-Life]
The release of the single-channel i848P chipset with its unexpectedly outstanding characteristics, which had put Intel's Spring chipsets into an awkward position (they had two channels!) was a real success. In contrast to the past-oriented i865P with vague prospects, this chipset uses all features of Intel's modern south bridges and has no crippled north bridge components. One memory channel is locked but if 2GB RAM is enough for you, the only i848P disadvantage will be its speed. Sun, 09 Nov, 2003 | 88 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
The Return Of Rambus : SiS R659 Technology Preview [Article, GamePC]
We've said time and time again that Rambus has a good memory technology with RDRAM. While this has never been the most popular opinion in the industry, after seeing what RDRAM is capable of doing in a highly tuned environment, (such as Intel's 850/850-E series chipsets) many others in high-performance PC industry have realized this fact as well. RDRAM worked well with the Pentium 4, and continues to do so to this day. Unfortunately, as Intel has all but dropped RDRAM support for their current and next generation Pentium 4 chipsets, it's been hard-going for Rambus technology on the PC, as DDR has all but dominated the last year of PC sales. RDRAM technology has continued to work well in networking equipment and game consoles, but Rambus is once again trying for a shot at the PC market. Sun, 09 Nov, 2003 | 40 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Intel Brings Low-Cost 848P to Budget Market [Review, TomsHardware]
Intel has modified its 845/Brookdale chipset for FSB800 and DDR400 memory. The result is the low-cost 848P that will compete in the SiS and VIA budget chipset sector. Its benchmarks also offer some surprises. Thu, 06 Nov, 2003 | 162 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
SiS 655FX Chipset [Review, MBReview]
Today, we will be taking a look at SiS’ latest chipset, the 655FX, featuring full support for 800MHz FSB Pentium 4 processors, dual channel DDR400, native Serial ATA, and more. Before we get to the performance aspects of the SiS655FX chipset, let us first take a glance at some of the advancements and technologies used by it. Thu, 06 Nov, 2003 | 41 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
SiS 655FX Chipset Reference Motherboard [Review, PCStats]
Today we have the opportunity to take a close and personal look at the newest member of the SIS chipset family for the Intel Pentium 4 processor; the SIS 655FX. There's more to the 655FX than just a dual channel memory controller and 800 MHz FSB compatibility though, the brand new SIS 655FX and accompanying SIS 964 Southbridge each contain some very innovative technologies developed by SIS. These technologies give the SIS655FX a performance level equal to that of Intel's very popular i865PE 'Springdale' chipset, and in some cases, to that of the high end i875P 'Canterwood' chipset. Thu, 06 Nov, 2003 | 1523 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
NVIDIA nForce3 Go120 and Transmeta Efficeon Preview [Preview, AnandTech]
NVIDIA is back at it, but not where you might think. In the desktop market, NVIDIA does have some work to do, but there are still other markets, which we shouldn’t forget (they still make money). On the mobile graphics side, we have been disappointed with GeForce FX Go56X0 (NV31M), as the ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 shows a clear lead over its competitor (our coverage). Because mobile graphics is always slower, it often is reminiscent of mainstream desktop graphics, which is why we have ended up recommending the Radeon 9600 XT and Pro for desktop and their mobile brother. But enough of that, as we will dive into mobile graphics again soon... Thu, 23 Oct, 2003 | 39 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
SiS655FX dual-channel P4 chipset [Review, Hexus]
AMD has taken the brave leap of designing a CPU that's equally at home in 32- and 64-bit environments. 64-bit computing, really, is outside the realm of the average user who wishes to build a power PC today. It's just as well then the various Athlon 64 derivatives are blindingly fast with good ole 32-bit OS' and code. Intel, on the other hand, is quite willing to extend the usefulness of 32-bit CPUs for the next few years, it seems. Its research shows that the benefits conferred by 64-bit computing aren't great enough to warrant jumping the present ship. That's why the upcoming Prescott and the present Northwood are solely 32-bit processors. Mon, 13 Oct, 2003 | 39 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
AMD Athlon 64 3200 , VIA K8T800, nForce3 150 [Review, Hexus]
Yet hope is very much at hand. The media circus has been circulating around the 940-pin dual memory channel AMD64 FX-51 CPU. AMD, in its wisdom, has not positioned the FX-xx line as the natural successor to the consumer-level Barton CPU. No, that job is left for another 32/64-bit hybrid that takes many of the qualities from the Opteron / FX and amalgamates them into a package that's sure to whet the appetites of enthusiasts and power freaks on a relative budget. If the FX-51 is the Sledgehammer, the 754-pin variety is the Clawhammer. The major difference lies in the way the memory controller communicates with the DRAM. You see, while the Sledgehammer uses dual 64-bit channels linked up to ECC RAM, the Clawhammer forgoes a channel and makes use of regular unbuffered DRAM. Less bandwidth but more DRAM compatibility, it seems. Let's try to get to the bottom of the confusing Hammer family. Mon, 06 Oct, 2003 | 126 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
SiS748 Chipset Review [Review, Digit-Life]
As we promised, today we've got the latest solution for the Socket A platform - the SiS748 chipset developed by Silicon Integrated Systems. But since it differs from its predecessors in a single parameter, the FSB 400 MHz support, we'll leave aside the discussion of the difference between the 333MHz 400MHz FSBs but make a brief overview of all SiS chipsets made for the AMD platform. It can be useful even for those who are not interested in today's hero :). So, here's the row of SiS discrete (without integrated graphics) chipsets for the Socket A platform as they were launched. Fri, 03 Oct, 2003 | 90 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
AMD Athlon 64 Chipsets Roundup [Review, VR-Zone]
This article is tied in with the worldwide launch of the AMD Athlon 64 CPU. We have tested it on 4 different motherboards with 3 different chipsets and this review should shed some light on the performance of the Athlon 64 on the different chipsets. Today we will be looking at chipsets offering from ALi, NVIDIA and VIA. Wed, 01 Oct, 2003 | 67 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Athlon 64 Chipset Comparison: ALi, Nvidia, VIA [Review, AMDZone]
It is clear that performance of all of these chipsets is quite similar overall, and it looks that features and pricing figure more prominently in determining the best chipset for Athlon 64. Unlike with the Athlon XP where the nForce 2 had a clear lead over the other offerings the picture is muddied with Socket 754. Mon, 29 Sep, 2003 | 90 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Workstation platforms compared [Roundup, Tech-Report]
Hold on to your expense accounts. We've rounded up the latest workstation CPUs and motherboards for an all-out workstation platform brawl. The Xeons are paired up, ready to take on the Opterons in tag-team action. Also on the card is NVIDIA's brawny nForce3 Pro, which is eyeing its upstart competition, VIA's ripped K8T800, with curious suspicion. What's more, the Athlon XP 3200+ and Pentium 4 3.2GHz have agreed to join us for some inter-conference action, giving the our contenders a shot at the unified world title belt. Will the young Opterons upstage the mighty Xeons? Can the mysterious K8T800 really take a punch? Will this metaphor fail completely before I get to the end of this paragraph? Keep reading to find out. Mon, 15 Sep, 2003 | 20 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Friday Platform Trends: The Athlon 64 Chipset Rush Is On [Article, HardwareCentral]
Although the big names in the chipset business will all be vying for control, the ground rules have changed significantly: There's less opportunity to tout a chipset's Northbridge components, with the Athlon 64's integrated memory controller stealing much of the thunder. In order to win this newest chipset clash, a company will have to adapt to this new environment instead of counting on past successes to repeat themselves in the AMD64 arena. Sun, 07 Sep, 2003 | 6 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
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