The New nForce 650i Ultra
NVIDIA released a new chipset based on their 600-series for the Intel platform. The new 650i Ultra chipset does not support SLI but has a lot of other interesting features for a ~$120 motherboard.
LinkBoost...we hardly knew ye'
Subject: Chipsets | April 24, 2007 - 11:19 AM | Ryan Shrout
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An interesting link came into my inbox this morning with the tag line "LinkBoost" and it pointed to the NVIDIA.com website. Here on the Tech Specs page for the nForce 600 series chipsets, if you scroll ALL the way to the bottom, you'll see this note:
**Note: NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology has been removed as a feature from NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI
Well, that's a surprise. If you remember
A Cheaper 680i Solution
NVIDIA has released a new chipset based in the 600 series for the Intel platform that has a lower price but a fewer features as well. Can EVGA and NVIDIA work their magic once again on the new 680i LT SLI chipset motherboard?
AMD Gets a New Chipset
AMD is releasing their first new chipset in almost 4 years courtesy of their new friends from ATI. Come see what the AMD 690 chipset with integrated GPU might do for you.
New VIA Hyperion Pro drivers for Vista 32-Bit and 64-Bit
Subject: Chipsets | February 1, 2007 - 11:53 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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INF V2.80A (updated from 2.60A)
AGP V4.60A (same as the previous package)
V-RAID V5.40A and RAID Tools v5.40 (Updated from 5.30C)
PATA/SATA IDE Driver V1.60A (Updated from 1.40A which did not support Vista)
VIA Hyperion Pro drivers are suitable for ANY VIA chipset - but they are
particularly recommended for KT4## series, P4X4## series and newer, for
example:
VIA Announces Broadest Chipset Support for Microsoft Windows Vista
Subject: Chipsets | January 30, 2007 - 11:43 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Taipei, Taiwan, 29 January 2007 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today confirmed the most comprehensive and flexible range of core logic solutions for Vista-based systems across all the major processor platforms for motherboard, PC, server and device manufacturers.
VIA News: VIA Announces PCI Express Chipset for Vista-Ready Mobility
Subject: Chipsets | January 24, 2007 - 12:12 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Taipei, Taiwan, 24 January 2007 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the launch of the VIA VN896 digital media mobile IGP chipset for the VIA C7®-M processor, certified Vista Basic-ready by Microsoft and designed to provide users with unsurpassed visual clarity for notebooks and the new breed of ultra mobile devices.
AMD 690 Delayed Again
Subject: Chipsets | December 21, 2006 - 06:00 PM | Alex Marsters
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According to DailyTech AMD is delaying their integrated chipset (fromerly the RS690 chipset from ATI) due to some HDCP issues.
AMD was expected to release its long awaited ATI RS690 integrated graphics chipset shortly after the AM2 launch in mid-2006. Since the AMD acquisition of ATI, the chipset has since been renamed to AMD 690.
Four Intel DDR 3 chipsets to arrive in Q3 2007
Subject: Chipsets | December 21, 2006 - 05:45 PM | Ryan Shrout
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It looks like Intel is already planning their push into DDR3 memory technologies with a set of chipsets for late 2007.
X38 is the enthusiast top notch chipset scheduled for a Q3 2007 introduction. This is intended to replace the 975X chipset. It served us well but it lived too long. It cannot support DDR 2 memory at 1066, and we see that as a problem for enthusiasts. It supports PCIe 2.0, 2x16 PCIe graphic slots, DDR 3 memory at 1333 and a Quad core support.
Another new Intel Chipset
EVGA is the first partner to get us a motherboard based on NVIDIA's new nForce 680i chipset for the Intel platform. If you are interested in SLI and maybe even some overclocking, this board definitely needs to be on your list!
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