Essentially, each mainboard chipset consists of a Northbridge and a Southbridge which are connected through a data channel. Some of the chipsets from NVIDIA (Nforce3/4) and SiS (735/645) are exceptions, because they are based on a single-chip technology. The Northbridge typically connects high-speed devices like processor, graphics card (AGP or PCI Express 16X) and memory modules. As an exception, AMD Athlon 64 processors have an integrated memory controller that bypasses the Northbridge in order to lower the memory latency. So called integrated chipsets also include graphics cores, which is also located in the Northbridge chip. The Southbridge is responsible for communicating with the peripheral devices. This includes PCI interfaces (traditional PCI or PCI Express 1X), IDE (Parallel ATA and/or Serial ATA) for hard drives and DVD/CD drives, USB ports, audio and LAN interfaces.
Shuttle has designed and manufactured dozens of unique XPC SFF computers based on a wide range of leading chipsets from long-time partners Intel, NVIDIA, ATI, VIA and SiS. Shuttle's determination to deliver cutting edge innovation can seen in the mainboards that reside inside the XPC. Shuttle is always one of the first, if not the very first SFF manufacturer to incorporate the latest desktop chipsets in their mainboards. Shuttle was e.g. the first to design an SFF with Intels 865G, 875P, 915G, or 925XE chipset or NVIDIA nForce 2, 3 and 4 chipsets.
The following page may give your an overview about the recent mainboard chipsets.
Intel chipsets for Pentium 4 (and Pentium D)
Intel is the leading manufacturer of chipsets and during the recent years they release a new chipset family for own desktop processors around every second quarter, which always introduces new features - for example faster interfaces for memory, processors, expansion cards, audio and harddisks. Since Intel introduced the Hub architecture, their Northbridge is now called the Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the Southbridge is called the I/O Controller Hub (ICH).
Note: Socket 775 was introduced together with 915/925 chipset family, but is also possible with 865/875 chipset.
| Pentium 4 Desktop Chipsets |
|
Codename |
Northbridge
(GMCH/MCH) |
Southbridge
(ICH) |
Integrated
Graphics? |
Graphics
Slot |
CPU FSB
max. |
Dual
Core |
Memory, max. |
| Brookdale |
845PE |
ICH4 |
|
AGP 4X |
533MHz |
No |
DDR333 |
| Brookdale |
845GE |
ICH4 |
Yes, 64MB |
AGP 4X |
533MHz |
No |
DDR333 |
| Brookdale |
845G |
ICH4 |
Yes, 64MB |
AGP 4X |
533MHz |
No |
DDR266 |
| Brookdale |
845E |
ICH4 |
|
AGP 4X |
533MHz |
No |
DDR266 |
| Brookdale |
845GV |
ICH4 |
Yes, 64MB |
|
533MHz |
No |
DDR266 |
| Brookdale |
845GL |
ICH4 |
Yes, 64MB |
|
400MHz |
No |
DDR266 |
| Brookdale |
845/D |
ICH2 |
|
AGP 4X |
400MHz |
No |
DDR266 |
| Springdale |
865P |
ICH5 |
|
AGP 8X |
533 MHz |
No |
DC, DDR333 |
| Springdale |
865GV |
ICH5 |
Yes, 96MB |
|
800 MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400 |
| Springdale |
865PE |
ICH5 |
|
AGP 8X |
800 MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400 |
| Springdale |
865G |
ICH5 |
Yes, 96MB |
AGP 8X |
800 MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400 |
| Springdale |
848P |
ICH5 |
|
AGP 8X |
800 MHz |
No |
DDR400 |
| Canterwood |
875P |
ICH5 |
|
AGP 8X |
800MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400, PAT |
| Grantsdale |
915G |
ICH6 |
Yes, 224MB |
PCIe 16X |
800MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400 (DDR2) |
| Grantsdale |
915P |
ICH6 |
|
PCIe 16X |
800MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400 (DDR2) |
| Grantsdale |
915GV |
ICH6 |
Yes, 224MB |
|
800MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400 (DDR2) |
| Grantsdale |
915PL |
ICH6 |
|
PCIe 16X |
800MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400 |
| Grantsdale |
915GL |
ICH6 |
Yes, 224MB |
|
800MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400 |
| Grantsdale |
910GL |
ICH6 |
Yes, 224MB |
|
533MHz |
No |
DC, DDR400 |
| Alderwood |
925X |
ICH6 |
|
PCIe 16X |
800MHz |
No |
Dual, DDR2-533 |
| Alderwood |
925XE |
ICH6 |
|
PCIe 16X |
1066MHz |
No |
Dual, DDR2-533 |
| Lakeport |
945P |
ICH7 |
|
PCIe 16X |
1066MHz |
Yes |
Dual, DDR2-667 |
| Lakeport |
945G |
ICH7 |
Yes, 224MB |
PCIe 16X |
1066MHz |
Yes |
Dual, DDR2-667 |
| Lakeport |
945PL |
ICH7 |
|
PCIe 16X |
800MHz |
Yes |
Dual, DDR2-533 |
| Glenwood |
955X |
ICH7 |
|
PCIe 16X |
1066MHz |
Yes |
Dual, DDR2-667 |
The Intel Northbridge chip is called graphics and memory controller hub (GMCH) when it integrated a graphics function. Those chipsets have a "G" in their name, e.g. 915GV.
|
Intel Southbridge (I/O Controller Hub) |
|
Southbridge (ICH) |
Par-ATA |
Ser-ATA |
Raid optional |
USB 2.0 |
LAN |
Audio |
PCI |
PCIe 1X |
|
ICH4 |
2x ATA100 |
|
|
6x |
yes |
6-ch |
6 |
|
|
ICH5/R |
2x ATA100 |
2x SATA |
Raid 0 |
8x |
yes |
6-ch |
6 |
|
|
ICH6/R |
1x ATA100 |
4x SATA |
Raid 0,1,5,10 |
8x |
yes |
8-ch HD-Audio |
6 |
4 |
|
ICH7/R |
1x ATA100 |
4x SATA 3Gb |
Raid 0,1,5,10 |
8x |
yes |
8-ch HD-Audio |
6 |
6 |
Intel chipsets for Pentium M
Intel Centrino Mobile Technology (short: Centrino) is a marketing initiative from Intel for a particular combination of CPU, mainboard chipset and wireless network interface in the design of a laptop personal computer. Only systems which include all three components are allowed to use the Centrino brand, but there also exist Pentium-M based systems where Intel's networking hardware is replaced by another good solution. The Intel Mobile chipsets 855/915 support the Intel Pentium M processor in a Socket 479, which is available with Banias core (400MHz FSB, 1MB Cache) or the newer Dothan core (400 or 533MHz FSB, 2MB Cache).
|
Centrino Generation |
Carmel |
Sonoma |
|
Chipset |
i855GM |
i855PM |
i855GME |
i915GM |
i915GMS |
i915PM |
|
Introduced |
March 2003 |
March 2003 |
Sept. 2003 |
Begin 2005 |
Begin 2005 |
Begin 2005 |
|
Front Side Bus |
400 MHz |
400 MHz |
400 MHz |
533/400 MHz |
400 MHz |
533/400 MHz |
|
Memory |
DDR266 |
DDR266 |
DDR266
DDR333 |
DDR2-533/400 (Dual)
DDR2-400 (Single)
DDR 333 (Single) |
1x DDR2-400 (Single) |
DDR2-533/400 (Dual)
DDR2-400 (Single)
DDR 333 (Single) |
|
Integrated graphics |
Yes, DX 7.1 |
No |
Yes, DX 7.1 |
Yes, GMA900, DX 9.0 |
Yes, GMA900, DX 9.0 |
No |
| External graphics |
|
AGP 4X |
|
PCI-Express x16 |
|
PCI-Express x16 |
|
LAN |
over PCI |
over PCI |
over PCI |
Gigabit |
Gigabit |
Gigabit |
| Intel WLAN |
Intel PRO/Wireless 2100BG, IEEE 802.11b and 2200BG Single-Band (since Q1/04) |
Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG, IEEE 802.11abg |
| Southbridge |
ICH4-M
Parallel ATA 100
PCI interface
AC97 5.1 Audio |
ICH6-M
Serial ATA 150 (without Raid) and Parallel ATA 100
PCI Express 1x interface
Intel HD-Audio Audio |
NVIDIA Chipsets for AMD CPUs
The nForce4 family brings three major technologies to the AMD Athlon 64 market, SLI, PCI Express and SATA 300 (3 Gb/s). The rest of the features such as ActiveArmor Networking and Firewall, MediaShield Storage and dedicated Gigabit LAN have already been built upon since the later incarnations of the nForce3 series. The following table shows all the main features and difference between the nForce4 family and its predecessor. Finally, NVIDIA offers some integrated chipset solutions with GeForce 6100/6150 which consists of two chips: IGP (Integrated graphics processor) and MCP (Media communication processor). All nForce3 and nForce4 chipsets are single-chip solutions.
|
NVIDIA chipsets for Athlon 64 and Sempron processors (Socket 754/939) |
|
Chipset |
HT max. |
PEG |
PCIe 1X |
AGP 8X |
PCI |
SATA |
PATA |
Raid |
USB |
Audio |
LAN |
Hardware Firewall |
|
nForce3 150 (Pro) |
3.6 GB/s |
|
|
Yes |
6 |
external chip |
2 |
|
6 |
AC97 |
100 |
|
|
nForce3 250 |
6.4 GB/s |
|
|
Yes |
6 |
external chip |
3 |
0,1,10 |
8 |
AC97 |
100 |
|
|
nForce3 250 Gb |
6.4 GB/s |
|
|
Yes |
6 |
external chip |
3 |
0,1,10 |
8 |
AC97 |
GBit |
Yes |
|
nForce3 Ultra |
8 GB/s |
|
|
Yes |
6 |
external chip |
3 |
0,1,10 |
8 |
AC97 |
GBit |
Yes |
|
nForce4 |
8 GB/s |
16x |
4 |
|
6 |
4x 150MB/s |
4 |
0,1,10 |
10 |
AC97 |
GBit |
Active
Armor |
|
nForce4 Ultra |
8 GB/s |
16x |
4 |
|
6 |
4x 300MB/s |
4 |
0,1,10 |
10 |
AC97 |
GBit |
Active
Armor
+ SNE |
|
nForce4 SLI |
8 GB/s |
16x or 8x + 8x |
4 |
|
6 |
4x 300MB/s |
4 |
0,1,10 |
10 |
AC97 |
GBit |
Active
Armor
+ SNE |
|
GeForce 6100 / nForce 410 |
8 GB/s |
16x |
1 |
|
|
2x 300MB/s |
2 |
0,1 |
8 |
HD |
100 |
|
|
GeForce 6100 / nForce 410 |
8 GB/s |
16x |
2 |
|
|
4x 300MB/s |
2 |
0,1,0
+1,5 |
8 |
HD |
GBit |
Active
Armor
+ SNE |
|
GeForce 6150*) / nForce 410 |
8 GB/s |
16x |
2 |
|
|
4x 300MB/s |
2 |
0,1,0
+1,5 |
8 |
HD |
GBit |
Active
Armor
+ SNE |
*) GeForce 6150 supports Composite, S-Video, HD-Video and DVI. The graphics core is based on GeForce 6200 (NV44) and the core speed is 475 MHz.
The NVIDIA nForce 2 chipset supports Athlon XP, Duron and Sempron processors in Socket A (462 pins) and consist of two chips. The Northbridge is called System Platform Processor (SPP, without graphics) or Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP, with integrated NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX 440 graphics) and features interfaces for Dual Channel Memory and AGP 8X. The Southbridge is called Media and Communications Processor/Turbo (MCP, MCP-T) and supports USB 2.0, Ultra ATA 133, AC97 Audio and PCI. The T-Version supports IEEE 1394a/Firewire, 100MB/s LAN and real-time 5.1 Dolby Digital 3D encoding (AC3, "Soundstorm").
|
Chipset |
Integrated graphics |
Shuttle XPC |
|
nForce2 |
Yes |
SN41G2/V2/V3 |
|
nForce2 Ultra 400 |
No |
SN45G/V2/V3 |
ATI Chipsets
ATI's RADEON 9100 IGP for Pentium 4 processors
ATI's RADEON 9100 IGP chipset (codename RS300) was not the first integrated chipsets of ATI Technologies. The company had long been shipping such products, e.g. the 320/330/340 IGPs and the mobile 320M/340M IGPs - but the RADEON 9100 achieved higher popularity in the desktop chipset field and was the world's first DX8 integrated chipset for the Pentium 4 when it was announced in June 2003. The RADEON 9100 IGP graphics core (300MHz) is based on the RADEON 9200 architecture and supports up to 128MB allocated for frame-buffer and DirectX 8.1 features in addition to HyperZ technologies to ensure memory bandwidth is used more effectively. The graphics core also supports Surroundview: it can work with three monitors if you use an external graphics card. The northbridge supports Pentium 4 and Celeron processors up to 800MHz FSB, Dual Channel DDR400 and an AGP 8X interface. The Southbridge (IXP250) supports AC97 5.1 audio, USB 2.0, PCI, ATA100 and 100Mb/s LAN. Shuttle was among the launch partners of the ATI RADEON 9100 IGP chipset and released two XPC Barebone products with ATI's RADEON 9100 IGP chipset: ST61G4 and ST62K. A MOBILITY RADEON 9100 IGP chipset for Intel Pentium M processors and Mobile Intel Pentium 4-M family is also available.
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 for K8 platforms
The ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipset comes with PCI-Express interface and is ATIs first mainboard chipset that is really aimed at the enthusiast market. It was released in Nov. 2004 and comes in two flavors:
- ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (codename RS480)
with integrated graphics processor
- ATI Radeon Xpress 200P (codename RX480)
for discrete graphics solutions only
The onboard DirectX 9.0 graphics processor based on the same core technology as the Redeon X300 (introduced in June 04) and uses the very same Catalyst drivers as ATi's discreet add-in video cards. The graphics engine supports Vertex Shader 2.0, Pixel Shader 2.0 and up to 128MB shared memory. It comes with dual display capability on chipset (analog and DVI) and Surroundview for up to 4 monitors in combination with another ATI graphics card. The Southbridge supports 100MB/s LAN (Gigabit via PCIe), 4x SATA and 2x PATA ports (RAID 0, 1), 8x USB 2.0 ports, and AC97 audio. Since ATI has had issues previously with their Southbridge implementation and since Shuttle's early market penetration is crucial, Shuttle engineers have chosen go with ULi's M1573 Southbridge for their XPC Barebone ST20G5 instead, which is also more feature-rich.
SiS Chipsets
Silicon Integrated Systems has been long known as a chipset manufacturer as well as a developer of standalone graphics chips (SiS305, SiS315 and SiS Xabre). Their graphics solutions are usually found in the northbridges of their integrated chipsets. The following tables are summarized from http://www.sis.com/support/support_compare.htm.
|
SiS Chipsets for Intel Desktop CPUs |
|
Chipset |
Target
Segment |
Max FSB |
HT |
Memory
Channel |
Max.
Memory |
Memory
Type (max) |
ECC |
Interface |
Integrated
Graphics |
|
SiS650 |
Value |
FSB 400 |
Yes |
Single
Channel |
3GB |
DDR266 |
No |
AGP 4X |
SiS Real256
64MB, DX7.0 |
|
SiS651 |
Value |
FSB 533 |
Yes |
Single
Channel |
3GB |
DDR333 |
No |
AGP 4X |
SiS Real256
64MB, DX7.0 |
|
SiS651B |
Value |
FSB 533 |
Yes |
Single
Channel |
3GB |
DDR333 |
No |
AGP 4X |
SiS Real256
64MB, DX7.0 |
|
SiS648 |
Value |
FSB 533 |
No |
Single
Channel |
3GB |
DDR333 |
No |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS661GX |
Value |
FSB 533 |
Yes |
Single
Channel |
3GB |
DDR400 |
No |
AGP 8X |
Mirage
64MB, DX7.0 |
|
SiS655 |
Mainstream |
FSB 533 |
Yes |
Dual
Channel |
4GB |
DDR333 |
No |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS655TX |
Mainstream
Performance |
FSB 800 |
Yes |
Dual
Channel |
4GB |
DDR400 |
No |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS648FX |
Mainstream |
FSB 800 |
Yes |
Single
Channel |
3GB |
DDR400 |
No |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS655FX |
Mainstream
Performance |
FSB 800 |
Yes |
Dual
Channel |
4GB |
DDR400 |
No |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS661FX |
Value |
FSB 800 |
Yes |
Single
Channel |
3GB |
DDR400 |
No |
AGP 8X |
Mirage
64MB, DX7.0 |
|
SiS649 |
Performance |
FSB 800 |
Yes |
Single
Channel |
2GB |
DDR2-533
DDR400 |
No |
PCIe x16 |
|
|
SiS656 |
Performance |
FSB 800 |
Yes |
Dual
Channel |
4GB |
DDR2-667
DDR400 |
Yes |
PCIe x16 |
|
|
SiS649FX |
Mainstream |
FSB 1066
only |
Yes |
Single
Channel |
2GB |
DDR2-667
DDR400 |
No |
PCIe x16 |
|
|
SiS656FX |
Performance |
FSB 1066 |
Yes |
Dual
Channel |
4GB |
DDR2-667
DDR400 |
Yes |
PCIe x16 |
|
|
SiS Chipsets for AMD K8 Desktop CPUs |
|
Item |
Target Segment |
System Bus |
External Graphics |
Integrated Graphics |
|
SiS761GL |
Mainstream
Value |
1600 MT/s |
|
Mirage
128MB, DirectX 7.0 |
|
SiS755 |
Performance
Mainstream |
1600 MT/s |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS760 |
Mainstream
Value |
1600 MT/s |
AGP 8X |
Mirage, DirectX 8.1
LFB+UMA<=128MB |
|
SiS760GX |
Value |
1600 MT/s |
AGP 8X |
Mirage
128MB, DirectX 8.1 |
|
SiS755FX |
Performance |
2000 MT/s |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS756 |
Performance |
2000 MT/s |
PCIe x16 |
|
|
SiS761GX |
Mainstream
Value |
2000 MT/s |
PCIe x16 |
Mirage
128MB, DirectX 7.0 |
|
SiS Chipsets for AMD Socket A Desktop CPUs |
|
Item |
Target
Segment |
max. FSB |
Memory
Channel |
Memory
type |
Memory
(max.) |
External
Graphics |
Integrated
Graphics |
|
SiS740 |
Value |
FSB 266 |
Single
Channel |
DDR266 |
3GB |
PCI |
SiS Real256
64MB, DX7.0 |
|
SiS746 |
Value |
FSB 266 |
Single
Channel |
DDR333 |
3GB |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS741GX |
Value |
FSB 333 |
Single
Channel |
DDR333 |
3GB |
AGP 8X |
Mirage
64MB, DX7.0 |
|
SiS746FX |
Value |
FSB 333 |
Single
Channel |
DDR400 |
3GB |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS741 |
Value |
FSB 400 |
Single
Channel |
DDR400 |
3GB |
AGP 8X |
Mirage
64MB, DX7.0 |
|
SiS748 |
Value |
FSB 400 |
Single
Channel |
DDR400 |
3GB |
AGP 8X |
|
|
SiS Southbridges |
|
South Bridge |
PCIe x1 |
PCI Masters |
S-ATA |
IDE |
IEEE1394 |
USB |
LAN |
Audio |
|
SiS962 |
|
6 (PCI 2.3) |
|
ATA133 |
|
USB 1.1 |
100 MB/s |
AC'97 v2.2 |
|
SiS962L |
|
6 (PCI 2.2) |
|
ATA133 |
|
USB 2.0 |
100 MB/s |
AC'97 v2.2 |
|
SiS963L |
|
6 (PCI 2.2) |
|
ATA133 |
|
USB 2.0 |
100 MB/s |
AC'97 v2.2 |
|
SiS963 |
|
6 (PCI 2.2) |
|
ATA133 |
Yes |
USB 2.0 |
100 MB/s |
AC'97 v2.2 |
|
SiS964L |
|
6 (PCI 2.3) |
|
ATA133 |
|
USB 2.0 |
100 MB/s |
AC'97 v2.3 |
|
SiS964 |
|
6 (PCI 2.3) |
2 |
ATA133 |
|
USB 2.0 |
100 MB/s |
AC'97 v2.3 |
|
SiS965L |
Yes |
6 (PCI 2.3) |
2 |
ATA133 |
|
USB 2.0 |
100 MB/s |
AC'97 v2.3 |
|
SiS966L |
Yes |
6 (PCI 2.3) |
2 |
ATA133 |
|
USB 2.0 |
100 MB/s |
HDA / AC'97 v2.3 |
|
SiS965 |
Yes |
6 (PCI 2.3) |
4 |
ATA133 |
|
USB 2.0 |
1 GB/s |
AC'97 v2.3 |
|
SiS966 |
Yes |
6 (PCI 2.3) |
4 |
ATA133 |
|
USB 2.0 |
1 GB/s |
HDA / AC'97 v2.3 |
VIA Chipsets
VIA is a very well known company for their mainboards, chipsets, processors and form factors. Below are listed some of their latest chipsets for desktop mainboards.. From VIAs driver page you can download the latest VIA drivers.
|
VIA Chipsets for AMD Athlon 64 / FX, Sempron, Source |
|
North Bridge |
Hyper Transport |
Bus |
Ext. Graphics |
Int. Graphics |
PCIe 1x |
|
VIA K8T890 |
1GHz / 16-bit |
Asynchr. |
PCIe x16 |
|
4x |
|
VIA K8T800 Pro |
1GHz / 16-bit |
Asynchr. |
AGP 8X |
|
|
|
VIA K8T800 |
800MHz / 16-bit |
Synchr. |
AGP 8X |
|
|
|
VIA K8M800 |
800MHz / 16-bit |
Synchr. |
AGP 8X |
S3 UniChrome
Pro IGP, 64MB |
|
|
VIA Chipsets for Intel Pentium 4 and Celeron (including Prescott core), Source |
|
North Bridge |
FSB (max.) |
Bus |
Memory Support |
Ext. Graphics |
Internal Graphics |
|
VIA PT894 Pro |
1066 MHz |
Asynchr. |
DDR400, DDR2-533
Dual Channel, 16GB |
PCIe x16
PCIe x4 |
|
|
VIA PT894 |
1066 MHz |
Asynchr. |
DDR400, DDR2-533
Dual Channel, 16GB |
PCIe x16 |
|
|
VIA PT880 Ultra |
1066 MHz |
Asynchr. |
DDR400, DDR2-533
Dual Channel, 16GB |
AGP 8X
PCIe x4 |
|
|
VIA PT880 Pro |
800 MHz |
Asynchr. |
DDR400, DDR2-533
Dual Channel, 16GB |
AGP 8X
PCIe x4 |
|
|
VIA PT880 |
800 MHz |
Asynchr. |
DDR400
Dual Channel, 16GB |
AGP 8X |
|
|
VIA PM800 |
800 MHz |
Asynchr. |
DDR400
Single Channel, 16GB |
AGP 8X |
S3 UniChrome™
Pro IGP, 64MB |
|
P4M800 Pro |
800 MHz |
Asynchr. |
DDR400, DDR2-533
16GB |
AGP 8X |
S3 UniChrome™
Pro IGP, 64MB |
|
VIA Chipsets for AMD Athlon XP Processors (Socket A), Source |
|
North Bridge |
FSB (max.) |
Bus |
Memory Support |
Ext. Graphics |
Internal Graphics |
|
VIA KT880 |
400 MHz |
Synchr. |
DDR400, max. 8GB
Dual channel |
AGP 8X |
|
|
VIA KT600 |
400 MHz |
Synchr. |
DDR400, max. 4GB
Single channel |
AGP 8X |
|
|
VIA KT400A |
333 MHz |
Synchr. |
DDR400, max. 4GB
Single channel |
AGP 8X |
|
|
VIA KM400A |
400 MHz |
Synchr. |
DDR400, max. 6GB
Single channel |
AGP 8X |
S3 UniChrome
IGP, 64MB |
|
VIA KM400 |
400 MHz |
Synchr. |
DDR333, max. 4GB
Single channel |
AGP 8X |
S3 UniChrome
IGP, 64MB |
| Newest VIA Southbridges |
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South Bridge |
VIA VT8235 |
VIA VT8237/R (R = Raid) |
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North/South Bridge Link |
8X V-Link (533MB/sec) |
Ultra V-Link (1066MB/sec) |
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Audio |
VIA Vinyl 6-ch Audio (AC'97) |
VIA Vinyl 6-ch Audio (AC'97)
VIA Vinyl Gold 8-ch Audio (PCI) |
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Networking |
VIA MAC 10/100 Ethernet |
VIA Velocity Gigabit Ethernet (PCI)
VIA integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet |
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Serial ATA |
|
2 x SATA 150 devices
interface for 2 additional SATA devices (4 total) |
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V-RAID |
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RAID 0, RAID 1, & JBOD (SATA) |
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IDE |
ATA 33/66/100/133 |
ATA133 (up to 4 devices) |
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USB 2.0 |
6 slots |
8 ports |
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PCI Devices/Slots |
5 slots |
6 ports |
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Modem |
MC'97 |
MC'97 | |