Una panoramica di tutti i Chipset

NVIDIA e VIA sono stati i primi produttori a presentare chipset per Athlon 64. Ora i concorrenti ALi e SiS mischiano le carte in tavola con due nuovi prodotti. Dal punto di vista tecnologico i quattro chipset sembrano identici: vi riveliamo i loro segreti e le prestazioni effettive.

Avatar di Tom's Hardware

a cura di Tom's Hardware

Panoramica di tutti i Chipset

Azienda ALi nVIDIA Corp. SiS VIA Technologies
Northbridge M1687
564 Ball BGA
0.22 µm
nForce3 150
1309 Ball BGA
0.15 µm
SiS 755FX
698 Ball BGA
0.22 µm
K8T800
578 Ball BGA
0.22 µm
Southbridge M1563
444 Ball BGA
integrato SiS 964 VT8237
539 Ball BGA
Interconnect HyperTransport
1.6 GB/s
StreamThru MuTIOL 1 GB/s
mit HyperStreaming
8X V-Link 533 MB/s
AGP 3.0 / AGP 8x 3.0 / AGP 8x 3.0 / AGP 8x 3.0 / AGP 8x
Fixer AGP-/PCI-Takt für Overclocking ? si si no
System Speed / Hyper Transport 16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down 8 Bit, 600 MHz Up; 16 Bit, 800 MHz Down 16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down 16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down
AGP AGP 8x AGP 8x AGP 8x AGP 8x
Tipo di Memorie DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM
Velocità Memorie DDR266/333/400 DDR266/333/400 DDR266/333/400 DDR266/333/400
Max. Memoria 4096 MB 4096 MB 4096 MB 4096 MB
Slot PCI 6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3
RAID 0+1 (Pro 250 only)
6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3
PCI-X using VIA VPX2
Interfaccia IDE 2 Porte U-ATA/133 2 Porte U-ATA/133 2 Porte U-ATA/133 2 Porte U-ATA/133
Serial ATA - 4 Porte (Pro 250 only) 2 Porte DriveStation Controller, 2 Porte SATA-150 & SATAlite Interface for 2 additional SATA ports
RAID - RAID 0, RAID 1 RAID 0, RAID 1 RAID 0, RAID 1 (SATA only)
USB Porte 6x USB 2.0/1.1
480 MBit/s
6x USB 2.0/1.1
480 MBit/s
8x USB 2.0/1.1
480 MBit/s
8x USB 2.0/1.1
480 MBit/s
Audio AC97 AC97 AC97 AC97 or PCI
VIA Vinyl Audio
Rete 10/100 MAC Interface 10/100/1,000 nVIDIA MAC 10/100 MAC Interface VIA Gigabit Ethernet Interface
Driver Driver dedicati AGP & IDE nForce Unified Driver & ForceWare Suite Driver dedicati AGP & IDE Driver Unified Hyperion 4-in-1

Configurazione di Prova

Processore
CPU Athlon 64 3200+ (Socket 754)
2.0 GHz 128/1024 KB
CPU Cooler ThermalTake Silent Boost K8
Memorie
DDR400 (200 MHz) 1 x 512 MB / 5ns
Corsair TwinX XMS32005, 1.2
Common Hardware
Scheda Video nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
Chip clock: 450 MHz
Memory clock: 850 MHz DDR
Hard Drive Western Digital WD800JB, 7.200 U/Min, 8 MB Cache, Single Platter
DVD/CD-ROM Pioneer DVD-106
Interfaccia di rete 3COM 3C905TX-B PCI, 100 MBit/s
Software
Driver di sistema ALi Integrated 2.05
nVIDIA nForce Drivers 2.45
SiS AGP 1.16A, IDE 2.03
VIA Hyperion 4in1 4.49
Driver nVIDIA Detonator Ver. 52.16
VIA K8T800 Hyperion 4in1 14.49
DirectX Version: 9.0b
Sistema Operativo Windows XP, Build 2600 SP1