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The 845G will be pitted against an existing platform for the Pentium 4, its older sibling the 845. Before proceeding, here's a brief technical recap of both chipsets :
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Intel
845 |
Intel
845E/G/GL |
| North
Bridge |
i82845
MCH |
i82845G
MCH |
| South
Bridge |
i82801BA
ICH2 |
i82801DB ICH4 |
| Memory
Technology |
SDRAM
/ DDR |
SDRAM
/ DDR |
| Memory
Type/s |
PC133,
DDR200, DDR266 |
PC133,
DDR200, DDR266 |
| Effective
Memory Clock Speed |
133
/ 200 / 266MHz |
133
/ 200 / 266MHz |
| Peak
Memory Bandwidth |
2.1GB/s
(DDR266) |
2.1GB/s
(DDR266) |
| Maximum
Addressable Memory |
2GB |
2GB |
| Quad-pumped
FSB |
400MHz |
533MHz, 400MHz 400MHz (845GL) |
| Bridge
Interconnect |
Intel
Hub Architecture |
Intel
Hub Architecture |
| Peak
Interconnect Bandwidth |
266MB/s |
266MB/s |
| USB
Ports |
4 |
6 |
| USB
2.0 Support |
No |
Yes |
| Ultra-ATA
133 Support |
No |
Yes |
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