nForce2 Dethroned? VIA's KT400A Chipset Reviewed

Zardon · Apr 17, 2003, 08:38 PM

Recently, VIA released a new Athlon chipset. But it is no silver bullet that could take down the Pentium 4 and its brand-new 875 chipset. No dual-channel memory interface, no faster FSB speeds. Still, VIA claims to reach dual-channel performance with only one memory module. Let's look at the evidence.

The KT400 is quite a controversial chipset. On the one hand, it carries a name that makes you expect some kind of DDR400 support. Yet actually, because DDR400 wasn't specified by JEDEC at that time, VIA decided to cancel official support. However, the chipset is capable of running at 400 MHz memory clock (200 MHz in double data rate mode).

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Apr 17, 2003, 08:38 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	nForce2 Dethroned? VIA's KT400A Chipset Reviewed Recently, VIA released a new Athlon chipset. But it is no silver bullet that could take down the Pentium 4 and its brand-new 875 chipset. No dual-channel memory interface, no faster FSB speeds. Still, VIA claims to reach dual-channel performance with only one memory module. Let's look at the evidence. The KT400 is quite a controversial chipset. On the one hand, it carries a name that makes you expect some kind of DDR400 support. Yet actually, because DDR400 wasn't specified by JEDEC at that time, VIA decided to cancel official support. However, the chipset is capable of running at 400 MHz memory clock (200 MHz in double data rate mode). Read at Tomshardware