Brag: Intel® Chipset Comparison

With the advent of Intel® Core™ uA, and of course, the processors sporting these uA, and then with the current mix of chipsets that seems to be supporting the new breed of processors, and then with a really varied and vast available of motherboards, many are asking: what is the best chipset to use?



It's a tough question actually, and mostly, it all boils down to the users needs, and of course, how OEMs and motherboard manufacturers incorporate these features. Right now, after the maturity of PCIe x16 support starting from the short lived i915 chipset, all succeeding chipsets, specially those that support dual core, have been showing promising performance already.

The i975 remains the cream of the crop chipset, and it offers great features, specially on the bandwidth it offers on graphical lanes. However, the performance doesn't come without a catch: it is the most pricey of all currently available chipsets.

The i945 still remains a very strong contender in the value series. The major drawback is that, it doesn't have native dual PCIe x16 slot, and if motherboard manufacturers indeed do implement dual PCIe x16, the 2nd implementation is often routed to the SouthBridge rather than the NorthBridge.

In any case, if you wanted to know more about the differences and similarities, as well as features, check out Chipzilla's website. I have added the link to the FanBoy tools as well.

Source:Intel® Chipset Comparison Page