Review : Pentium 4 Chipset Roundup »
Pentium 4 Chipset Roundup - The Competition
Date : Apr 2nd, 2002
Category : Chipset
Manufacturer : Various
Author : Jin-Wei Tioh
The P4X266, i845 and SiS645 will be pitted head-to-head along with an existing platform for the Pentium 4, the i845 SDRAM. Before you examine the test setup, here is a comparison of the chipsets :
Pentium 4 Chipset Technical Comparison
VIA
P4X266 Intel
845 SiS
645
North
Bridge P4X266 i82845
MCH SiS645
South
Bridge VT8233 i82801BA
ICH2 SiS961
Memory
Technology SDRAM
/ DDR SDRAM
/ DDR SDRAM
/ DDR
Memory
Type/s PC133
/ DDR200 / DDR266 PC133,
DDR200, DDR266 PC133,
DDR200, DDR266, DDR333
Effective
Memory Clock Speed 133
/ 200 / 266MHz 133
/ 200 / 266MHz 133
/ 200 / 266 / 333MHz
Peak
Memory Bandwidth 2.1GB/s
(DDR266) 2.1GB/s
(DDR266) 2.66GB/s
(DDR333)
Maximum
Addressable Memory 3GB 2GB 3GB
Bridge
Interconnect V-Link Intel
Hub Architecture MuTIOL
Peak
Interconnect Bandwidth 266MB/s 266MB/s 533MB/s
USB
Ports 6 4 6
USB
2.0 Support No No Yes
