Phil Storrs PC Hardware book

Chipsets for current processor technology

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The Intel Pentium Chipsets

Pentium Classic and Pentium MMX chipsets

Chipset name RAM type Max. RAM Max. Cache Features
430 FX (Triton) FPM, EDO 128Meg 64Meg
430 HX (Triton 2) FPM, EDO 512Meg 64Meg Dual processor
USB interface
EISA support
430 VX FPM, EDO
SDRAM		 128Meg 64Meg USB interface
430 TX FPM, EDO
SDRAM		 256Meg 64Meg USB interface
ATA-33 support

Note: none of these chipsets support the AGP bus slot or BEDO RAM.

Pentium Pro and Pentium II chipsets

Chipset name Processor RAM type Max. RAM Max. Cache Features
450 GX Pentium Pro
440 FX Pentium Pro / Pentium II
440 LX Pentium Pro / Pentium II
440 BX Deschutes 100 MHz bus support
USB
ATA-33
AGP
FireWire
440 EX Covington

VIA Apollo

Chipset name RAM type Max. RAM Max. Cache Features
VP-1 FPM, EDO
SDRAM, BEDO		 512 Meg 64 or 512 Meg 75 MHz bus support
USB interface
ATA-33 support
VP-1 FPM, EDO
SDRAM, BEDO		 512 Meg 64 or 512 Meg 75 MHz bus support
USB interface
ATA-33 support

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