|
Introduction:
The VIA KT333 chipset had been
unofficially released for over a month and thousands of motherboards
hard already been produced. There was a known STR-Bug in the
chipset and it was rumored that when VIA officially launched their
new chipset that it would be a modified version of the KT333, the
KT333A. The KT333A was said to include DDR333 support,
V-link 512, AGP 8x, and USB 2.0. On February 20th, however,
VIA officially introduced the KT333 chipset to everyone's surprise.
VIA KT333
Specifications and Features:
| |
KT333 |
KT266A |
| North
Bridge |
VT8367 |
VT8366A |
| Processor
Support |
AMD
Athlon™ XP |
AMD
Athlon™ XP |
| |
AMD
Duron™ |
AMD
Duron™ |
| Front
Side Bus |
200/266MHz |
200/266MHz |
| Memory
Bus |
200/266/333MHz |
200/266MHz |
| AGP
Support |
AGP
4X |
AGP
4X |
| Memory
Type |
DDR200/266/333
SDRAM |
DDR200/266
SDRAM |
| Max.
Memory |
4.0GB |
4.0GB |
| South
Bridge |
VT8233,
VT8233C or VT8233A |
VT8233,
VT8233C or VT8233A |
| North/South
Bridge Link |
VIA
V-Link@ 266MB/s |
VIA
V-Link@ 266MB/s |
| Integrated
Audio |
AC-97
6 Channel |
AC-97
6 Channel |
| Integrated
Modem |
MC-97 |
MC-97 |
| Integrated
Network Controller |
3Com®
(VT8233C) or VIA (VT8233 or 8233A) 10/100 Ethernet MAC |
3Com®
(VT8233C) or VIA (VT8233 or 8233A) 10/100 Ethernet MAC |
| PCI
Devices/Slots |
5
PCI |
5
PCI |
| IDE |
ATA
33/66/100 |
ATA
33/66/100 |
| |
ATA
133 with VT8233A South Bridge |
ATA
133 with VT8233A South Bridge |
| USB |
4
Ports, 2 Controllers |
4
Ports, 2 Controllers |
| Super
I/O |
LPC
Super I/O |
LPC
Super I/O |
| IO
APIC |
Yes |
Yes |
| Power
Management |
ACPI/APM/PCI/PM |
ACPI/APM/PCI/PM |
There
are very few hardware differences between the two chipsets but the
added support for DDR333 and the new South Bridge and North Bridge
allow better performance than the KT266A.
Here's the
mandatory chipset diagram:
(Click to
Enlarge)
< < Previous | Home
| Next > >
|
