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PCChips M847LU SiS 746 + Xabre 200 Motherboard

versus

Nforce2 IGP

Review by Edward Chang, call sign: Big_E

February 1, 2003

PCChips M847 Features:

 

SiS 746 Northbridge and SiS 963L Southbridge Technology

Features Benefits
CPU supported AMD Athlon XP FSB 266 MHz.
DDR333/DDR266 support Support Maximum Memory Bandwidth 2.7G/B.
MuTIOL 1GŪ technology Proprietary Interconnect between SiS746 and SiS963L.SiS MuTIOL 1GŪ deliver 1GB/s bandwidth.
8X AGP upgrade flexibility Make system performance upgrade and user's facilitation.Support Maximum AGP interface bandwidth 2.1GB/s.Backwards compatible with AGP 4X.
ATA133 enhancement Fastest storage support. Increasing data/file transfer rate.
AC97 Controller Hollywood 3D stereo enriches audio surrounding with up to six channels.
Integrated Communication Controller for LAN or HPNA use MII interface used for 10/100Mbps LAN or 1/10Mbps HomePNA function. Reaching cost-effective solution and design elasticity.
Integrated USB2.0 Controllers One controller for six ports, achieving real legacy free systems.

 

SPECIFICATION:

PROCESSORS
462 pin Socket A supports AMD K7  processors 
   -full series of Athlon XP /Athlon /Duron processors
Chipset
SiS 746 & SiS963/963L chipset with following features:
-Integrated USB 2.0 host controller
Xabre 200 GPU
-Built-in 256-bit 3D/2D engine
-AGP8X transfer mode
-Build-in 375MHz RAMDAC
-DirectX8.1 compliant, with hardware pixel shader
64MB Display memory
-Eight 4Mx16 bit chips
-200MHz memory clock
LPC I/O ITE IT8705F
System Hardware Monitor: Integrated in ITE IT8705F
LAN VIA VT6103 (optional)
IEEE 1394a - RTL8801B (optional) 
System BIOS
AMI 2Mb Flash ROM
Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
Support ACPI revision 1.0 specification
Memory
2 DDR DIMM Sockets support 
-Two 184-pin 2.5V DDR SDRAM (DDR200/266/333/400) 
2GB  
Expansion Slots 
3 PCI slots, 1 CNR slot

Form Factor & Layers
ATX (305mm*244mm), 4 Layers

I/O Interface
Back Panel I/O Ports
-PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors
-Four USB2.0 Ports and a LAN connector
-One EPP/ECP mode parallel port
-One 16550 high-speed serial I/O port
-One VGA connector
-Audio ports (Mic, Audio-in, Audio-out)
-One RJ45 LAN port (optional)
-One IEEE1394 port (optional)
Dual PCI IDE interfaces - support four IDE devices (PIO mode 4, DMA Mode 2, Ultra DMA 100/133)
Supports360K~2.88M Byte, 3 Mode FDDs or LS120
ATX Power Supply Connector
Ports, headers and others
-IrDA header
-Internal PC speaker header
-CD ROM/DVD Audio Input header
-2 Extra USB2.0 Ports
-HDD LED, Reset Switch, Suspend LED, Power Switch headers
-CPU and Chassis Fan headers
-Wake On LAN header
RTC & Battery
Integrate CMOS SRAM in SiS963/963L
With CMOS hardware clear jumper
Special features
Supports Wake on LAN, Wake on Modem, Interrupt Wake-Up from Keyboard/Mouse, and Keyboard Power ON, Back Panel USB Keyboard/Mouse Power ON

 

Let's compare the SiS 746 with the Nforce2 and other competing chipsets.

 

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