Dual DDR For Pentium 4: Intel E7205 Chipset Put To The Test

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Comparision: Chipsets For The Pentium 4

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Chipset	Intel E7205	Intel 845E	Intel 845G
Introduction	Nov-02	May-02	May-02
Processor Platform	Socket 478	Sockel 478	Sockel 478
Supported CPU	Intel Pentium 4	Intel Pentium 4	Intel Pentium 4
Chipset Northbridge	i7205	Intel RG8245EES	Intel RG82845G
Chipset Southbridge	Intel 82801 DB	Intel 82801 DB	Intel 82801 DB
Front Side Bus Clock	100/133	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz
Memory Clock	100/133	100/133 MHz	100/133/166 MHz
Asynchronous memory clock	no	yes	yes
FSB overclocking	up to 166 MHz	up to 166 MHz	up to 166 MHz
max. # DIMM Slots	4	3	3
max. Memory	4096 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB
SDRAM Support	no	yes	yes
DDR SDRAM Support	yes	yes	yes
Dual DDR SDRAM Support	yes	no	no
RDRAM Support (Rambus)	no	no	no
Dual RDRAM Support (Rambus)	no	no	no
Ultra-DMA/33/66/100	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes
Ultra-DMA/133	no	no	no
Max. # USB	4	4	4
USB 2.0	yes	yes	yes
Max.# PCI Slots	6	6	6
Integrated Graphics	no	no	yes
AGP 1x / 2x / 4x	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes
AGP 8x	yes	no	no
Hyper-Threading Support	yes	no	no (ja, Step 2)

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Chipset	Intel 845GE/PE	Intel 850E	SiS 645DX	SiS 658
Introduction	Sep-02	May 2002	Mar-02	Nov-02
Processor Platform	Socket 478	Socket 478	Sockel 478	Sockel 478
Supported CPU	Intel Pentium 4	Intel Pentium 4	Intel Pentium 4	Intel Pentium 4
Chipset Northbridge	Intel RG82845GE	Intel KC82850E	SiS 645DX	SiS 658
Chipset Southbridge	Intel 82801 DB	Intel 82801 BA	SiS 961	SiS 963
Front Side Bus clock	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz	100/133 MHz
Memory clock	100/133/166 MHz	400 MHz/533 MHz	100/133/166/200 MHz	400/533/600 MHz
Asynchronous memory clock	yes	yes	yes	yes
FSB overclocking	up to 200 MHz	up to 166 MHz	up to 166 MHz	up to 200 MHz
Max. # DIMM-Slots	3	4	3	4
Max. memory	3072 MB	2048 MB	3072 MB	2048 MB
SDRAM Support	no	no	yes	no
DDR SDRAM Support	yes	no	yes	no
Dual DDR SDRAM Support	no	no	no	no
RDRAM Support (Rambus)	no	yes	no	yes
Dual RDRAM Support (Rambus)	no	yes	no	yes
Ultra-DMA/33/66/100	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes
Ultra-DMA/133	no	no	no	yes
Max. # USB	4	4	4	4
USB 2.0	yes	no	no	yes
Max.# PCI Slots	6	6	6	6
Integrated Graphics	yes, 845GEno, 845PE	no	yes	yes
AGP 1x / 2x / 4x	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes	yes / yes / yes
AGP 8x	no	no	no	yes
Hyper-Threading Support	yes	yes	no	no

The table above lists all chipsets currently available for the Intel platform (socket 478). We did not take older chips with SDRAM support, such as the Intel 845, into account. Here's why: boards with these chips have not been produced or offered on the market for a long time.