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【Market View】P4 Supporting Chipset Comparison

Published 2001-09-13 (GMT+8)

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P4 Supporting Chipset Comparison

Recently, almost all P4 supporting chipsets are ready in the market. Ignores all the current events- Intel and Via's file suits and the performance results. This week, we just show you all chipsets comparison table for basic reference. Also current price comparison table for Rambus DRAM, SDRAM and DDR DRAM.

1. Chipset comparison table

Features	Intel® 850	Intel® 845	VIA P4X266	SiS645	ALI ALADDiN P4
List Price	43	42.5	34	35	31
Market Selling Price (reference)	40	35	27	25	N/A
Shipment	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	N/A

North Bridge	82850 MCH	82845 MCH	VT8753	SiS645	M1671
Processor Support	Intel® Pentium® 4	Intel® Pentium® 4	Intel® Pentium® 4	Intel® Pentium® 4	Intel® Pentium® 4
CPU Front Side Bus	400MHz	400MHz	400MHz	400MHz	400MHz
AGP4X support	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Memory Bus Settings	Dual Channel 600/800MHz @ 16 bit	133 MHz @ 64 bit	200/266 MHz @ 64 bit	200/266/333 MHz @ 64 bit	200/266/333 MHz @ 64 bit
Max. Memory	2.0GB	3.0GB	4.0GB	3.0GB	3.0GB
Memory Type	PC800/600 RDRAM	PC133 SDRAM	DDR 200/266 or PC100/133 SDRAM	DDR 266/333or PC133 SDRAM	DDR 200/266/333or PC100/133SDRAM
South Bridge	82801BA ICH2	82801BA ICH2	VT8233/8233C	SIS961	M1535D+,M1535+
ACR Support	N	N	Y	Y	N
Integrated Audio	AC'97 2.1 compliant	AC'97 2.1 compliant	AC'97 2.2 compliant	AC'97 2.2 compliant	AC'97 2.1 compliant
Integrated Modem	MC'97	MC'97	MC'97	MC'97	MC'97
Integrated Network controller	10/100Mb Ethernet	10/101Mb Ethernet	VIA or 3Com Ethernet MAC 10/100Mb Ethernet 1/10Mb HomePNA	VIA or 3Com Ethernet MAC 10/100Mb Ethernet 1/11Mb HomePNA	N/A


PCI Devices/Slots	Integrated PCI support 5 PCI slots	Integrated PCI support 6 PCI slots	Integrated PCI support5 PCI Slots	Integrated PCI support 6 PCI slots	Integrated PCI support 5 PCI slots
North/South Bridge Link	Intel Hub Architecture @ 266 MB/sec	Intel Hub Architecture @ 266 MB/sec	VIA V-Link @ 266 MB/sec	SIS MuTIOL @ 533 MB/sec	32bit PCI Bus @ 133 MB/sec
IDE	ATA 33/66/100	ATA 33/66/100	ATA 33/66/100	ATA 33/66/100	ATA 33/66/100
USB	4 x USB ports with 2 controllers	4 x USB ports with 2 controllers	6 x USB ports with 3 controllers	6 x USB ports with 3 controllers	6 x USB ports with 3 controllers
Super IO	LPC Super I/O	LPC Super I/O	LPC Super I/O	LPC Super I/O	LPC Super I/O
IO APIC	Y	Y	Y	N	N
Power Management	ACPI/APM/ PCI/PM	ACPI/APM/ PCI/PM	ACPI/APM/ PCI/PM	ACPI/APM/ PCI/PM	ACPI/APM/ PCI/PM

Source: Individual company data, DRAMeXchange

　

2. Memory Module price comparison table $US/@

SDRAM

DDR

Rambus

256MB

12.5

17

42

128MB

24.5

31

82

Source: DRAMeXchange Sep. 2001

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