Can you explain the difference between a 440BX, 810, 815 and 815E chipset?

[Mictlan]

I know that the BX is a better chipset than the 800 series, but what are the difference?

 

[Placid]

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[Mictlan]

Well, that one was already checked. I need some comments about this chipsets. I know (as I own one) that 440BX is a strong one, easily overclocked. But how about the 800 series? Also the PCI 2.2, is very different with PCI 2.1? And what does it mean that 800 series has an integrated graphic processor? This ought to be different from an integrated vid card, no?

 

[JaY_III]

integrated graphic prosseor means, on board video....
the bx is hard to find now, doesnt support agp 4x or udma 66, also doesnt have aagp divider for 133FSB
so... if you plan on running at a FSB above 133 the BX is not the way to go
if you are slower than 133, the BX may be what you want. i run a BX board and love it...

 

[Placid]

Mictlan (May 29, 2001 06:04 p.m.):
Well, that one was already checked. I need some comments about this chipsets. I know (as I own one) that 440BX is a strong one, easily overclocked. But how about the 800 series? Also the PCI 2.2, is very different with PCI 2.1? And what does it mean that 800 series has an integrated graphic processor? This ought to be different from an integrated vid card, no?

The 800e and 800eb are different in thet the eb does not have on board audio. Other than that they are the same and the most popular of the 800 series. They are very close to the bx board for speed and have all the good stuff. The bad point about them is the ram amount is limited to 512mb. Many models are very good overclockers.

The 800 series built in video is like a bulit in video card it has a place on the back near the mouse and other ports to hook up a monitor to.
The performance of the onboard video is very poor thou. You can use a normal video card with these boards as well.

I am not positive but I think the pci 2.0 and 2.1 standard differ in the amount of max current the agp card is supplied.

Here is a link to a review of 18, I815 boards.

http://www4.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q3/000906/i815-01.html

 

[Sohryu Asuka Langley]

Abit BX133-Raid anyone?
4x AGP, ATA100, RAID, and....ISA SLOT!!! Yes! I can use my trusty h/w modem!

 

[most deaf]

440BX is great at overclocking in a 133 MHz bus, but is only has AGP x2 and UDMA33 and most boards are slot 1
the 810 has UDMA66, but on board graphics and is usally on a MATX board and is designed for RAMBUS memory
the 815 is for normal memory, has AGPx4 and built in graphics.
the 440BX is the best for overclocking becasue ith a slocket you can ajust the voltages more

 

[Mictlan]

Well, THKS about all this info, but what I'm looking is the difference between the chipset not the mobo. I was looking at an Iwill WO2-R mobo, 815E chipset, socket (Iwould have prefered a slot but then), 3 DIMM rows, AGP 2X,4X, 5 PCI slots, 4 IDE 100 (2 of them RAID), integrated sound (EAX 1.0 compatible), but I wanted to know the difference between a 440BX and 815E chipset (stability, oc).....

I was checking the technical datasheets at Intel and in one point it said that it has an integrated grsphic processor. Something about allowing the CPU to take over some graphic processing. I would like that someone can bring some light to this matter.

 

[The Faceless Rebel]

To be brutally frank, pretty much any decent modern video card (i.e. GeForce 2 and RADEON) can run at a reasonably high AGP bus speed just fine. The lack of a 1/2 AGP multiplier is not a big deal for 440BX.

Nevertheless, 440BX is old and I cannot recommend buying something that has been orphaned. I would avoid anything with 800 series other than the 815EP which lacks the worthless Intel 752 3D AGP built in video chipset that was obsolete when Voodoo2 was still hot stuff.