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VIA PT800 Chipset – Single Channel taken to the Max
Author: Shane Baxtor SUMMARY: Over the past 18 months VIA Technology has been hindered by an on-going court case with Intel over Pentium 4 licensing rights. Just recently Intel settled their disagreements with VIA which has allowed both companies to get back to work. This week VIA released their new PT800 single channel, fully licensed, Pentium 4 chipset. Follow Shawn "Toxic" Baker as he tells us all about it and if it can keep pace with Intel's dual channel monsters, Canterwood and Springdale!
Editor: Cameron Wilmot
Category: CPU & Chipset
Published: 11th July 2003
Manufacturer: VIA Technology
Our Rating: 9.0 out of 10

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Introduction

Just over three months ago we saw the end of an extensive legal argument between VIA and Intel. Without going into too many details, the conclusion was that Intel and VIA entered into a 10 year patent cross license agreement covering both company’s products. Since the case has been closed, VIA now have the opportunity to put all their time and effort back into producing chipsets. Recently we saw the release of the KT600 platform and today we get to see what VIA have done with their new Intel licensing rights.

The PT800 chipset is the newest chipset to hit the market and is accompanied by VIA’s latest Southbridge, the VT8237, which carries a host of new features for all Pentium 4 users. With the release of the new 800MHz FSB Pentium 4 processors, we have seen Intel release their latest line of chipsets in the shape of the I865 and I875 otherwise respectively known as the Springdale or Canterwood and while VIA don’t expect to compete with these in the performance department, the PT800 is designed at people who want to purchase an 800MHz FSB processor without going all out and spending their money on Dual Channel Memory.

Without dragging on anymore, let’s see what happens when we strap our 2.8GHz (800MHz FSB) Pentium 4 processor into the latest chipsets on the market from Intel and VIA where importantly we will see if those extra dollars reflect on the performance or not.








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