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Your motherboard's limitations are dictated by the chipset that is running on it. All of our primary motherboards carry an Intel chipset, so we will provide a run-down on th erecent history of Intel chipsets.

Intel 440BX AGP Chipset - 66/100 MHz Front Side Bus

Intel's BX chipset is the first PC chipset that is offering a front side bus that runs at 100 MHz and therefore enables a higher memory bandwidth as the common 66 MHz FSB used to.

Intel® 440BX AGPset Highlights:

  • Optimizes Pentium II processor 350-600-MHz performance by enabling 100-MHz SDRAM and memory.
  • Supports both 100-MHz or 66-MHz system and memory bus designs.
  • Quad Port Acceleration improves system performance.
  • Enables "best-of-class" 3D and multimedia and gaming platforms with the Intel740™ accelerator-based graphics card.
  • ACPI-compliant power manageability.
  • Supports Wired for Management capabilities in desktop and mobile platforms.
  • The first chip set to support the Mobile Intel Pentium II processor.
  • Ultra DMA/33 improves access to all IDE devices
  • USB enables instant connectivity to peripherals.

Intel 440LX AGP Chipset - 66 MHz Front Side Bus

Intel's LX chipset was designed to fix a lot of Pentium II problems.

Today's Intel® 440LX AGPset Highlights:

  • High-volume, high-quality platform.
  • Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) improves overall system bandwidth for superior 3D graphics and video performance.
  • SDRAM support enables faster memory reads and writes and supports faster data streaming between the Pentium II processor and graphics controller.
  • Dynamic Power Management Architecture (DPMA) enables enhanced power management and fast resume
  • Ultra DMA/33 improves access to all IDE devices
  • USB enables instant connectivity to peripherals.

 

Intel 440EX AGP Chipset - 66 MHz Front Side Bus

The EX chipset was designed to provide a low cost Slot 1 alternative. The idea being that a low cost mainboard teamed with the Intel Celeron© CPU would help to move people away from socket 7.

Intel® 440EX AGPset Highlights:

  • Cost optimization with tuned feature set for Basic PC market segment.
  • Optimizes the performance of Celeron processor-based Basic PCs.
  • Enables design of Net PCs with Celeron processor performance.
  • Brings AGP functionality and multimedia computing capability for today's graphics and video applications.
  • ACPI-compliance enables enhanced power manageability.
  • Micro ATX motherboard form factor for cost-effective production.
  • Ultra DMA/33 supports high-speed disk drives.
  • Support for 66-MHz SDRAM enhances graphics and video performance.
  • USB enables instant connectivity to peripherals.

Intel® 430TX PCIset: 82439TX System Controller

The TX chipset is the All-inclusive final solution for the Socket 7 board. There will be no other Socket 7 chipsets from Intel.

Intel® 430TX PCIset Highlights:

  • Designed for MMX based CPU's, Supports all Pentium class CPU's
  • Optimizes PCI bus for high speed video and memory access
  • Ultra DMA/33 supports high-speed disk drives.
  • Support for 66-MHz SDRAM enhances graphics and video performance.
  • USB enables instant connectivity to peripherals.