On Xpress 200 that we tested is actually the first integrated productįor the new AMD platform, though integrated chipsets for K8 had beenĪnnounced almost earlier than those processors. In the integrated video available in the former. Xpress 200 (codenamed RS480) chipset differs from Xpress 200P (codenamed RX480) ATi chipsets have always used standard interfaces to connect to the southbridge (PCI, later HT, now another novelty is selected) – it's easy to implement and allows to use southbridges from other manufacturers (we have seen such an offer from ULi). HT at 1 GHz – it's only a neat figure for victorious press releases, applications actually do not need this bus throughput. Certainly, this bridge of the chipset is also connected to the processor (potentially any AMD64 models) by the HT bus at up to 1 GHz and to the southbridge by PCI-Express bus (parameters of this interface are not provided in the specs). Besides high-speed PCIE periphery now has a shorter way, and correspondingly faster access to memory. This solution is quite logical: as the memory controller is integrated into processor anyway, and the northbridge looks "empty" without it. Here the introduction of PCI-Express traditionally results in a new video slot PCIEx16, but the four peripheral PCIEx1 ports are connected to the northbridge instead of the southbridge. You cannot but admit that this time ATi created a truly innovative chipset – all previous generations (IGP 320/340, IGP 9000/9100/Pro) were only more or less good copies of already existing solutions, except for the proprietary Canadian integrated video. We offer a flowchart of new chipsets with their key properties: With integrated video – the company staked on PCI-Express and However,ĪTi ventured to create more than a "standard chipset for AMD64" That is it's sufficient and even excessive for most users. But present low end video can manage 2-year old game hits, You remember 5-year old integrated video, it was an attribute of officeĬomputers. Who staked out the claim could count on a great deal. Mass products lacked integrated video here, and so the first company The dying Socket A market but to a promising plot of new AMD sockets. Think about the expansion even at that time – surely not to However the management of the Canadian manufacturer began to
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Video (NVIDIA did not have a license to develop products for IntelįSB). – it seemed that the company would focus on products for PentiumĤ: the market share is larger, no strong competitors with integrated When ATi released its first really successful desktop chipset –
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