Via Chipset Comparision -20062003

VIA SOCKET 478 CHIPSET COMPARISION MATRIX Dated : 20-06-2003

VIA Apollo KT600

Features

North Bridge

KT400A +VT8237

KT400A +VT8235CE

VIA UniChrome KM400 + VIA VT8237

VIA UniChrome KM400 + VIA VT8235CE

KT400

KT333 KT266A

VT8377A

VT8377A

VIA VT8378

VIA VT8378

VT8377

Processor Support

AMD Athlon™ XP

AMD Athlon™ XP

AMD Athlon™ XP

AMD Athlon™ XP, Duron™

AMD Athlon™ XP, Duron™

AMD AMD AMD Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ XP, Athlon™ XP, Duron™ Duron™ Duron™

Front Side Bus

266/333/400MHz

200/266/333MHz

200/266/333MHz

200/266/333MHz

200/266/333MHz

Memory Bus

266/333/400MHz

200/266/333MHz

200/266/333MHz

AGP Support

AGP4X/8X

200/266/333/400 200/266/333/400MHz MHz AGP 8X AGP 8X

200/266/3 200/266/3 200/266M 33MHz 33MHz Hz 200/266/3 200/266/3 200/266M 33MHz 33MHz Hz AGP 8X AGP 4X AGP 4X

Integrated Graphics Memory Type

No

No

DDR266/333/400

DDR200/266/333/ DDR200/266/333/400 400 SDRAM SDRAM

Max. Memory

4.0GB

4.0GB

4.0GB

South Bridge

VT8237

VT8237

VT8235CE

VT8237

VT8235CE

North/South Bridge Link

8X V-Link (533MB/sec)

8X V-Link (533MB/s)

8X V-Link (533MB/s)

8X V-Link (533MB/s)

8X V-Link (533MB/s)

Integrated Audio VIA Vinyl Six-TRAC sixchannel AC'97 audio

AC'97 6-Channel

AC'97 6-Channel

Integrated Modem Integrated Network Controller

MC'97

MC'97

VIA MAC 10/100 Ethernet

VIA MAC 10/100 Ethernet

PCI Devices/Slots

6 slots

6 slots

IDE

Dual Channel Serial ATA Serial ATA (upto 4 PATA-133 (up to 4 devices) PATA-133 (1 channel) PATA-133 (2 channels) directly supports two devices) PATA-133 SATA devices SATAlite™ (up to 4 devices) interface expands support for two additional SATA devices through optional external Serial ATA PHY Dual Channel Parallel ATA (up to 4 devices)

VIA RAID

RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1Supports SATA and ATA-133 standards

USB 2.0

8 ports

8 ports

6 ports

8 ports

6 ports

Super I/O

LPC Super I/O

LPC Super I/O

LPC Super I/O

LPC Super I/O

LPC Super I/O

IO APIC

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Power Management

ACPI/APM/PCI/PM

ACPI/APM/PCI/PM ACPI/APM/PCI/PM

ACPI/APM/PCI/PM

ACPI/APM/PCI/PM

No

AGP 2X/4X/8X (AGP AGP 2X/4X/8X (AGP 3.0) 3.0) UniChrome™ 2D/3D UniChrome™ 2D/3D Graphics Graphics with motion with motion compensation compensation

VT8367

VT8366A

DDR200/2 DDR200/2 DDR200/2 66/333 66/333 66 SDRAM SDRAM SDRAM

4.0GB

4.0GB

4.0GB

VT8235

VT8233, VT8233A or VT8235 VT8233, VT8233C,

AC'97 6-Channel Surround Sound

VIA VLink@ 533MB/s AC'97 6-Channel Surround Sound AC'97 6 Channel

VIA VLink@ 266MB/s AC'97 6 Channel

VT8233C VIA or VLink@ VT8233A 266MB/s AC'97 6 Channel

MC'97

MC'97

MC'97

MC'97

MC'97

MC'97

VIA MAC 10/100 Ethernet

VIA MAC 10/100 Mbps VIA MAC 10/100 Mbps Fast Fast Ethernet Ethernet

VIA 10/100 Ethernet MAC

6 slots

6 slots

5 PCI

3Com® 3Com® (VT8233C) (VT8233C) or VIA or VIA (VT8233 or (VT8233 or 8233A) 8233A) 10/100 10/100 Ethernet Ethernet MAC MAC 5 PCI 5 PCI

6 slots

ATA ATA ATA 33/66/100 33/66/100 33/66/100 / 133 ATA 133 ATA 133 with with VT8233A VT8233A South South Bridge Bridge

Serial ATA/RAID (2 channels) USB 2.0 6 VT8233 Ports, 3 series USB Controllers 1.1 6 Ports, 2 Controllers VT8235 USB 2.0 6 Ports, 3 Controllers LPC Super LPC Super I/O I/O Yes Yes

USB 1.1 6 Ports, 2 Controllers

LPC Super I/O Yes

ACPI/APM ACPI/APM ACPI/APM /PCI/ PM /PCI/ PM /PCI/PM

VIA SOCKET 478 CHIPSET COMPARISION MATRIX Dated : 20-06-2003 Features North Bridge Processor Support Front Side Bus Memory Bus Integrated Graphics AGP Support Memory Type

P4X400

VIA VIA ProSavage P4X266A P4X266 ProSavageD DDR DR P4M266 P4M266A

VT8754

VT8753A

Intel® Pentium® 4

Intel® Pentium® 4

VT8753

Intel® Pentium® Intel® Pentium® 4 4 400/533MHz 400MHz 400MHz 400/533MHz 200/266/333 200/266MHz 200/266M 200/266 MHz @ 64 bit / 400MHz Hz S3 Graphics No No No ProSavage8™ AGP 8X AGP 4X AGP 4X 4X

Max. Memory

DDR200/266/ DDR200/266 DDR200/2 333 SDRAM PC100/133 66 PC100/ SDRAM 133 SDRAM 32.0GB 4.0GB 4.0GB

South Bridge

VT8235

North/South Bridge Link

VIA V-Link@ 533MB/s

VT8233, VT8233C or VT8233A VIA V-Link@ 266MB/s

Integrated Audio

AC?97 6 Channel MC?97

AC?97 6 Channel MC?97

Integrated Modem Integrated Network Controller

PCI Devices/ Slots IDE

USB Super I/O IO APIC Power Management ACR Support

VT8233, VT8233C or VIA VLink@ 266MB/s AC?97 6 Channel MC?97

Intel® Pentium® 4 400MHz 200/266 MHz @ 64 bit S3 Graphics ProSavage8™ 4X

DDR 200/266 or PC100/133 SDRAM

DDR 200/266 or PC100/133 SDRAM

4.0GB

4.0GB

VT8233/8233A VT8233/8233A /8233C /8233C VIA V-Link @ 266 MB/sec AC'97 2.2 compliant

VIA V-Link @ 266 MB/sec AC'97 2.2 compliant

MC'97 MC'97 3Com? (VT8233C) or? VIA VIA or 3Com VIA or 3Com (VT8233 or Ethernet Ethernet 8233A) MAC10/100Mb MAC10/100Mb 10/100 Ethernet1/10M Ethernet1/10M Ethernet b HomePNA b HomePNA MAC Integrated PCI Integrated PCI 5 PCI 5 PCI 5 PCI support5 PCI support5 PCI Slots Slots ATA 33/66/100 ATA 33/66/100 ATA ATA ATA 33/66/100/ 33/66/100 33/66/100 (ATA-133 with (ATA-133 with VT8233A South VT8233A South 133 ATA 133 with ATA 133 Bridge) Bridge) VT8233A with 6 x USB ports South Bridge VT8233A USB 2.0 6 USB 1.1 6 USB 1.1 6 6 x USB ports with 3 with 3 South 3 Ports, 3 Ports, 3 Ports, controllers Bridge Controllers Controllers Controllers controllers LPC Super I/O LPC Super LPC Super LPC Super I/O LPC Super I/O I/O I/O Yes Yes Yes Y Y ACPI/APM/PC ACPI/APM/P ACPI/APM ACPI/APM/PCI ACPI/APM/PCI /PM /PM I/ PM CI/ PM /PCI/PM Y Y VIA 10/100 3Com? Ethernet MAC (VT8233C) or? VIA (VT8233 or 8233A) 10/100 Ethernet MAC