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

Comparision: Chipsets For The Pentium 4

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ChipsetIntel E7205Intel 845EIntel 845G
IntroductionNov-02May-02May-02
Processor PlatformSocket 478Sockel 478Sockel 478
Supported CPUIntel Pentium 4Intel Pentium 4Intel Pentium 4
Chipset Northbridgei7205Intel RG8245EESIntel RG82845G
Chipset SouthbridgeIntel 82801 DBIntel 82801 DBIntel 82801 DB
Front Side Bus Clock100/133100/133 MHz100/133 MHz
Memory Clock100/133100/133 MHz100/133/166 MHz
Asynchronous memory clocknoyesyes
FSB overclockingup to 166 MHzup to 166 MHzup to 166 MHz
max. # DIMM Slots433
max. Memory4096 MB3072 MB3072 MB
SDRAM Supportnoyesyes
DDR SDRAM Supportyesyesyes
Dual DDR SDRAM Supportyesnono
RDRAM Support (Rambus)nonono
Dual RDRAM Support (Rambus)nonono
Ultra-DMA/33/66/100yes / yes / yesyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yes
Ultra-DMA/133nonono
Max. # USB444
USB 2.0yesyesyes
Max.# PCI Slots666
Integrated Graphicsnonoyes
AGP 1x / 2x / 4xyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yes
AGP 8xyesnono
Hyper-Threading Supportyesnono (ja, Step 2)
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ChipsetIntel 845GE/PEIntel 850ESiS 645DXSiS 658
IntroductionSep-02May 2002Mar-02Nov-02
Processor PlatformSocket 478Socket 478Sockel 478Sockel 478
Supported CPUIntel Pentium 4Intel Pentium 4Intel Pentium 4Intel Pentium 4
Chipset NorthbridgeIntel RG82845GEIntel KC82850ESiS 645DXSiS 658
Chipset SouthbridgeIntel 82801 DBIntel 82801 BASiS 961SiS 963
Front Side Bus clock100/133 MHz100/133 MHz100/133 MHz100/133 MHz
Memory clock100/133/166 MHz400 MHz/533 MHz100/133/166/200 MHz400/533/600 MHz
Asynchronous memory clockyesyesyesyes
FSB overclockingup to 200 MHzup to 166 MHzup to 166 MHzup to 200 MHz
Max. # DIMM-Slots3434
Max. memory3072 MB2048 MB3072 MB2048 MB
SDRAM Supportnonoyesno
DDR SDRAM Supportyesnoyesno
Dual DDR SDRAM Supportnononono
RDRAM Support (Rambus)noyesnoyes
Dual RDRAM Support (Rambus)noyesnoyes
Ultra-DMA/33/66/100yes / yes / yesyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yes
Ultra-DMA/133nononoyes
Max. # USB4444
USB 2.0yesnonoyes
Max.# PCI Slots6666
Integrated Graphicsyes, 845GEno, 845PEnoyesyes
AGP 1x / 2x / 4xyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yesyes / yes / yes
AGP 8xnononoyes
Hyper-Threading Supportyesyesnono

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.

Uwe Scheffel