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VIA's KT880 Dual Channel Athlon Chipset due soon

edited November 2003 in Science & Tech
We can now confirm that the KT880 is a K7 chipset that will support all of the Athlons up to 3200+ with its FSB 400 MHz and of course with support for DDR up to 400 MHz since it cannot go faster if you don’t want to overclock.

This is Via's first step into the dual channel DDR 400 arena – although even its KT600 still single channel was very competitive to the Nforce 2 Ultra 400.

We know that this chipset should find its place in motherboards in Q1 2004 and it will feature the 8237. The 8237 has Raid and S ATA integrated making it the first chipset that has that integrated.

Source: [link=http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12678]The Inquirer[/link]

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  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2003
    I don't get it. Why release a board with a year old speed/technology? Have they been THAT slow in developing really?
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited November 2003
    VIA just release the PT880 Dual channel Pentium4 chipset. Maybe the KT880 is just an adaptation for the Athlon CPUs. (shrug)IMO the KT600 is fine for an average computer but if you want all out speed, it's NForce2 Ultra 400 only
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