List of VIA chipsets
This is a list of computer motherboard chipsets made by VIA Technologies.
Mature/Obsolete
Socket 7
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB | SMP | Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Max. cache | Max. cacheable RAM | Parity/ ECC | PCI | AGP | IGP |
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Apollo Master[1] | VT82C575M + VT82C577M | VT82C576M + VT82C416 | 1995 | Socket 5 | 66 MHz | No | FPM EDO BEDO | 66 MHz | 1024 MB | 2 MB | 1024 MB w/ 1 MB L2 | No | 2.1 | No | No |
Apollo VP[2] | VT82C585VP, VT82C587VP | VT82C586 | 1996 | Socket 7 | 66 MHz | No | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 MHz | 512 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | No | 2.0 | No | No |
Apollo VP2/97[2] | VT82C595 | VT82C586B | 1997 | Socket 7 | 66 MHz | No | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 MHz | 512 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | Yes | 2.0 | No | No |
Apollo VPX/97[2] | VT82C595 | VT82C586B | 1997 | Socket 7 | 66 MHz | No | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 MHz | 512 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | No | 2.0 | No | No |
Apollo VP3[2][3] | VT82C597 | VT82C586B | 1997 | Socket 7 | 66 MHz | No | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 MHz | 1024 MB | 2 MB | 1024 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | Yes | 2.0 | 2× | No |
Apollo MVP3[2][4] | VT82C598AT | VT82C586B, 596A/B or 686A/B | 1998 | Super Socket 7 | 66 - 100 MHz | No | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 - 100 MHz | 768 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | Yes | 2.1 | 2× | No |
Apollo MVP4[5] | VT8501 | VT82C686A/B or VT82C596B | Super Socket 7 | 66 - 100 MHz | No | FPM EDO BEDO SDRAM | 66 - 100 MHz | 768 MB | 2 MB | 512 MB w/ 2 MB L2 | Yes | 2.1 | No | Trident Blade3D |
AMD licensed the VIA Apollo VP2/97 core logic architecture as its AMD 640 chipset.
Socket 370 and Slot 1
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB | SMP | Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Max. cache | Max. cacheable RAM | Parity/ECC | PCI | V-Link | AGP | IGP |
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Apollo Pro[2] | VT82C691, VT82C692BX | VT82C586B, VT82C596 | May 1998 | Pentium III, Pentium II, Pentium Pro | 66/100 MHz | No | FPM, EDO, BEDO, PC66/PC100 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 66/100 MHz | 1 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.1 | No | 2× | No |
Apollo Pro+ | VT82C693 | VT82C586B, VT82C596A/B | Dec 1998 | Pentium III, Pentium II, Pentium Pro | 66/100 MHz | No | FPM, EDO, BEDO, PC66/PC100 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 66/100 MHz | 1 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.1 | No | 2× | No |
Apollo Pro 133 | VT82C693A | VT82C596A/B, VT82C686A/B | July 1999 | Pentium III, Pentium II | 66/100/133 MHz | No | FPM, EDO, PC66/PC100/PC133 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | 1.5 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.1 | No | 2× | No |
Apollo Pro 133A | VT82C694X or VT82C694MP | VT82C596B or VT82C686A/B | Oct 1999 | Pentium III, Pentium II | 66/100/133 MHz | Yes (VT82C694MP only) | PC100/PC133 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | 2 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.1 | No | 4× | No |
Apollo Pro 133T | VT82C694T | VT82C686B | Mar 2001 | Pentium III, Celeron, Pentium III Tualatin | 66/100/133 MHz | No | PC100/PC133 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | 2 GB | NA | NA | Yes | 2.2 | No | 4× | No |
ProSavage PM133 | VT8601 | VT82C686A/B | Pentium III, Pentium II | 66/100/133 MHz | No | PC100/PC133 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | NA | NA | 2.1 | No | 4x | Yes | |||
PLE133 | VT8601A | VT82C686B | Pentium III, Celeron, C3 | 66/100/133 MHz | No | PC100/PC133 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | 1 GB | NA | NA | No | 2.2 | No | No | Yes | |
PLE133T | VT8601T | VT82C686B | Pentium III, Celeron, C3, Pentium III Tualatin | 66/100/133 MHz | No | PC100/PC133 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 66/100/133 MHz | 1 GB | NA | NA | No | 2.2 | No | No | Yes | |
Apollo Pro 266 | VT8633 | VT8233 | Sept 2000 | Pentium III, Celeron, C3 | 66/100/133 MHz | Yes | SDRAM DDR 200/266, PC100/PC133 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 200/266 MHz DDR, 100/133 MHz SDRAM | 4 GB | NA | NA | 2.1 | 266 MB/s | 4× | No | |
Apollo Pro 266T | VT8653 | VT8233 | Pentium III, Celeron, Pentium III Tualatin, C3 | 66/100/133 MHz | Yes | SDRAM DDR 200/266, PC100/PC133 SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 200/266 MHz DDR, 100/133 MHz SDRAM | 4 GB | NA | NA | 2.1 | 266 MB/s | 4× | No | ||
CLE266 | VT8622 or VT8633 | VT8233A, VT8235M | Pentium III, Celeron, Pentium III Tualatin, C3 | 66/100/133 MHz | No | SDRAM DDR 200/266 | 100/133 MHz | 2 GB | NA | NA | No | 2.1 | 266 MB/s | No | Yes |
- ProSavage PM133 - Graphics core from S3, derived from a combination of the 3D component of Savage4 and 2D from Savage 2000.
- Asus advertised some boards as Apollo Pro 133Z.[6] 133Z appears to be a late revision of or step up from 133A, but it is not listed on the VIA site.
Slot A and Socket A
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB | SMP | Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC | V-Link | AGP |
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KX133[7] | VT8371 | VT82C686A | Athlon (Slot A) | 100 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 100–133 MHz | 2.0 GB | No | 4× | ||
KT133[8] | VT8363 | VT82C686A/B | Athlon, Duron (Socket A) | 100 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 100–133 MHz | 1.5 GB | No | 4× | ||
KLE133[9] | VT8361 | VT82C686B | 2001 | Athlon, Duron (Socket A) | 100–133 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 66–133 MHz | 1.0 GB | No | 4× (integrated Trident graphics[10]) | |
KT133A[11] | VT8363A | VT82C686B | 2001 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A) | 100–133 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, VCSDRAM | 100–133 MHz | 1.5 GB | No | 4× | |
KT266[12] | VT8366 | VT8231, VT8233 | Jan 2001 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A) | 100–133 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, DDR SDRAM | 100–133 MHz | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | |
KT266A[13] | VT8366A | VT8231, VT8233 | Sept 2001 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron (Socket A) | 100–133 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, DDR SDRAM | 100–133 MHz | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | |
KT333[14] | VT8367 | VT8233 | Feb 2002 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) | 100–133 / 166 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 100–166 MHz | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | |
KT400[15] | VT8368 | VT8235, VT8237 | Aug 2002 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) | 100–166 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 100–166 MHz | 4.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | |
KT400A[16] | VT8377A | VT8237, VT8251 | Mar 2003 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) | 100–166 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 100–200 MHz | 4.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | |
KT600[17] | VT8377 | VT8237, VT8251 | May 2003 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) | 100–200 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 100–200 MHz | 8.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | |
KT880[18] | VT8379 | VT8237, VT8251 | Feb 2004 | Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron (Socket A) | 100–200 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | Dual 100–200 MHz | 8.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× |
- KT266 contains a hardware bug which causes system instability when using the AGP slot at the specified max capacity of 4×.[19]
- ProSavage KM133, KM133A, KM266, KM400, KM400A - Similar to the above, but with integrated graphics. After KM133, DDR is supported. The KM133 uses an IGP consisting of the S3 Savage4 3D core and Savage 2000 2D functionality. KM266's ProSavage8 IGP is similar but has an additional 3D pipeline. The KM400 chipset and its "A" variant use the VIA UniChrome IGP.
- Later revisions of the KT333 (sometimes called KT333CF) are rebadged KT400 chips with AGP 8x disabled. On motherboards with this chipset AGP 2x cards which require 3.3V are not supported.
- KT133E (= VT8363E + VT82C686B) appears on Gigabyte 7IXEH [20] but is not listed on the VIA site. Based on the specifications of that motherboard, KT133E appears to be equivalent to (or a cost-reduced rehash of) KT133, supporting 133 MHz for memory but only 100 MHz for the CPU.
- Some revisions of KT333 support 166 MHz FSB.
Socket 478
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB | SMP | Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC | V-Link | AGP | IGP |
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P4M266[21] | VT8751 | VT8233/8233A/8233C | Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D | 400 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, DDR SDRAM | 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | Yes (ProSavage8™ DDR) | ||
P4X266[22] | VT8753 | VT8233/8233C | Pentium 4, Celeron | 400 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, DDR SDRAM | 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | No | ||
P4X266E[23] | VT8753 | VT8233/8233C | Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D | 400/533 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, DDR SDRAM | 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM | 4.0 GB | 266 MBs | 4× | No | ||
P4X266A[24] | VT8753 | VT8233/8233A/8233C | Pentium 4, Celeron | 400/533 MHz | No | SDR SDRAM, DDR SDRAM | 100/133 MHz SDRAM, 200/266 MHz DDR SDRAM | 4.0 GB | 266 MB/s | 4× | No | ||
P4X333[25] | VT83754 | VIA VT8235 | Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D | 400/533 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 200/266/333 MHz | 4.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | No | ||
P4X400[26] | VT8754 | VIA VT8235 | Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D | 400/533 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 200/266/333/400 MHz | 4.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | No | ||
P4X533[27] | VIA VT8237R+ | Pentium 4, Celeron, Celeron D | 400/533 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 200/266/333/400 MHz | 4.0 GB | 533 MB/s | 8× | No |
Currently being produced
AMD / Intel processors
- VIA K8 series - Athlon 64 chipsets. Established an early market lead, with richer features, and a full speed HyperTransport implementation
- VIA PT890, P4M890, PT900, P4M900, K8M890, K8T890, K8T900 - VIA's PCIe-only chipsets. The P4M and K8M chipsets have onboard graphics VIA UniChrome Pro.
- The Athlon 64 chipsets do not have memory controllers, because memory controller is integrated into the CPU. Supported memory types depend on the CPU and socket used.
- VIA Chipsets K8 Series for AMD CPU Comparison Chart
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | Max. FSB | SMP | V-Link | AGP | PCI-Express |
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K8T800[28] | VT | VT8237R+/VT8251 | Apr 2003 | Socket 754/939 | 800 MHz | No | 533 MB/s | 8x | No |
K8M800 (IG)[29] | VT | VT8237R+/VT8251 | Dec 2003 | Socket 754/939 | 800 MHz | No | 533 MB/s | 8x | No |
K8T800 Pro[30] | VT | VT8237R+ | May 2004 | Socket 939 | 1 GHz | No | 1066 MB/s | 8x | No |
K8T890[31] | VT | VT8251 | Sept 2004 | Socket 939/AM2 | 1 GHz | No | 1066 MB/s | No | x16 |
K8M890 (IG)[32] | VT | VT8251 | Oct 2005 | Socket 939/AM2 | 1 GHz | No | 1066 MB/s | No | x16 |
K8T900[33] | VT | VT8251 | Nov 2005 | Socket 939/AM2 | 1 GHz | No | 1066 MB/s | No | x16, Dual x8 |
- Being a reduced version of PM880, PM800 is not as closely related to PT800 as P4M890 to PT890. Because of its high cost, It is soon obsoleted in favor of P4M800 and then P4M800 Pro, both of which have a lower rated V-Link and feature no special memory technology such as FastStream64 or StepUp that is common in the other listed 8xx chipsets.
- VIA Chipsets P4 Series for Intel CPU Comparison Chart
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | Max. FSB | SMP | Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC | V-Link | AGP | PCI-Express |
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PT800[34] | VT | VT8237 | Jul 2003 | LGA 775/Socket 478 | 800 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz | 3 GB | 533 MB/s | 8x | No | |
PM800 (IG)[35] | VT | VT8237 | Nov 2003 | LGA 775/Socket 478 | 800 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz | 3 GB | 1066 MB/s | 8x | No | |
PT880[36] | VT | VT8237 | Nov 2003 | LGA 775/Socket 478 | 800 MHz | No | Dual Channel DDR SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | 8x | No | |
PM880 (IG)[37] | VT | VT8237 | Nov 2003 | LGA 775/Socket 478 | 800 MHz | No | Dual Channel DDR SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | 8x | No | |
P4M800 (IG)[38] | VT | VT8237R+ | LGA 775/Socket 478 | 800 MHz | No | DDR SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz | 3 GB | 533 MB/s | 8x | No | ||
P4M800 Pro (IG)[39] | VT | VT8237R+ | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz DDR, 400/533 MHz DDR2 | 2 GB | 533 MB/s | 8x | No | ||
PT880 Pro[40] | VT | VT8237R+ | Jan 2005 | LGA 775 | 800 MHz | No | Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz DDR, 400/533 MHz DDR2 | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | 8x | x4 | |
PT880 Ultra[41] | VT | VT8237R+ | Jan 2005 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz DDR, 400/533 MHz DDR2 | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | 8x | x4 | |
PT894[42] | VT | VT8237R+ | Jan 2005 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz DDR, 400/533/667 MHz DDR2 | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | No | x16 | |
PT894 Pro[43] | VT | VT8237R+ | Jan 2005 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | Dual Channel DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz DDR, 400/533/667 MHz DDR2 | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | No | x16 | |
P4M890 (IG)[44] | VT | VT8237A | Feb 2006 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 200/266/333/400 MHz DDR, 400/533 MHz DDR2 | 4 GB | 533 MB/s | No | x16 | |
PT890[45] | VT | VT8237A | Apr 2006 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz DDR, 400/533 MHz DDR2 | 4 GB | 533 MB/s | No | x16 | |
P4M900 (IG)[46] | VT | VT8251 | May 2006 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz DDR, 400/533 MHz DDR2 | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | No | x16 | |
PT900[47] | VT | VT8237A | May 2006 | LGA 775 | 1066 MHz | No | DDR/DDR2 SDRAM | 266/333/400 MHz DDR, 400/533 MHz DDR2 | 4 GB | 1066 MB/s | No | x16 |
VIA processors
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB | SMP | Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC | V-Link | PCI | AGP | PCI-e | IGP | Audio |
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VX700[48] | VT | (single-chip solution) | Jul 2006 | VIA C7-M/C7-M ULV | 533/400 MHz | No | DDR2/DDR SDRAM | 2GB | No | 4 | 8× | No | VIA UniChrome Pro | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | ||
CN700[49] | VT | VT8237A/VT8251 | 2006 | VIA C7 | 533/400 MHz | No | DDR2/DDR SDRAM | up to 533 MHz | 2GB | 533MB/s | SB | 8× | No | VIA UniChrome Pro | SB | |
CN800[50] | VT | VT8237R Plus | Nov 2006 | VIA C7/C7-D | 533/400 MHz | No | DDR2/DDR SDRAM | up to 667 MHz | 4GB | 533MB/s | SB | 8× | No | VIA UniChrome Pro | SB | |
CN896[51] | VT | VT8237S/VT8251 | Feb 2007 | VIA C7/C7-D/Eden (V4) | 800/400 MHz | No | DDR2/DDR SDRAM | up to 667 MHz | 4GB | 533MB/s | SB | No | ×16-1 ×1-1 | VIA Chrome9 HC | SB | |
VX800[52] | VT | (single-chip solution) | Apr 2008 | VIA Nano/C7/Eden | 800/400 MHz | No | DDR2 SDRAM | up to 667 MHz | 4GB | No | 4 | No | ×4-1 ×1-2 | VIA Chrome9 HC3 | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | |
VX855[53] | VT | (single-chip solution) | Mar 2009 | VIA Nano/C7/Eden | 800/400 MHz | No | DDR2 SDRAM | up to 800 MHz | 4GB | No | No | No | No | VIA Chrome9 HCM | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | |
VX900[54] | VT | (single-chip solution) | Mar 2010 | VIA Nano/C7/Eden | 800/400 MHz | No | DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM | up to 800 MHz | 4GB | No | Yes | No | ×4-1 ×1-2 | VIA Chrome9 HCM | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | |
VN1000[55] | VT | VT8261 | Dec 2010 | VIA Nano/C7/C7-D/Eden (V4) | 800/400 MHz | No | DDR2/DDR3 SDRAM | up to 800 MHz | 16GB | Ultra V-Link (1GB/s) | SB | No | ×8-1 ×1-4 | VIA Chrome 520 | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | |
VX11H[56] | VT | (single-chip solution) | Aug 2012 | VIA Nano/X2/QuadCore/C7/C7-D/Eden (V4) | 1066/533 MHz | No | DDR3 SDRAM | up to 1333 MHz | 16GB | no | SB | No | ×4(1)-1(2) ×2(1)-(1)4 | VIA Chrome 645/640 | VIA Vinyl HD Audio | |
Chipset | Part Numbers | South Bridge | Release Date | Processors | FSB | SMP | Memory types | Memory bus | Max. memory | Parity/ECC | V-Link | PCI | AGP | PCI-e | IGP | Audio |
- VIA VN800 - Support VIA C7-M / Intel Pentium M Processors
- Support product: (VIA VB6002 Mini-ITX Board)
- VIA VX700 - utilizes the VIA UniChrome Pro Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP), C7-M or C7-ULV 533/400 MHz FSB, DDR2 533/400/333 or DDR400/333
- VIA VN896 (Mobile) and VIA CN896 (Desktop),VIA VN896(Mobile) can support Intel Pentium M / Mobile Core Duo Processor
- Support product: (BenQ Joybook R42)
- VIA VX800
- First VIA mobile chipset to support DirectX 9.0 (Pixel Shader 2.0)
- VIA Chrome9 HC3 integrated graphics (250 MHz engine clock, up to 256 MB frame buffer)
- Built-in VIA Vinyl HD Audio controller supports up to eight high definition channels with a 192 kHz sampling rate and 32-bit sample depth.
- Supports 800/400 MHz FSB
- Supports up to 4GBs of RAM with two 64-bit DDR2 667 DIMMs
- Single chip solution (No southbridge required).
- Designed towards being used with the VIA Isaiah 64-bit processor.
- Maximum power consumption (TDP max) of 5 watts.
- VIA VX800U
- Similar to the VIA VX800
- VIA Chrome9 HC3 integrated graphics (166 MHz engine clock, up to 256 MB frame buffer)
- Supports 400 MHz FSB
- Supports up to 4GBs of RAM with two 64-bit DDR2 400 DIMMs
- Doesn't have PCI-Express nor SATA support due to their power requirements.
- Maximum power consumption (TDP max) of 3.5 watts.
- Specifically issued to be used in very low power devices.
- VIA VX855
- VIA VX900
- Similar to VX855, but more expansion options
- VIA VN1000
- DirectX 10.1
- 32 stream processors and 4 sampling units, supports Shader Model 4, OpenGL 3.0 and OpenCL 1.0 for GPGPU applications.
- Acceleration of Blu-ray, MPEG-2, WMV-HD, VC-1 and H.264
- VIA VX11/H
- First VIA chipset built on 40 nm CMOS process
- TDP max: 5.8 W
- DDR3 1333 SDRAM memory with maximum memory capacity of 16GB
- Integrated ChromotionTM 5.0 DX11 2D/3D graphics & video processor
- 32 DirectX 11, OpenGL 3.2 .
- Acceleration of Blu-ray, MPEG-2, WMV-HD, VC-1 and H.264
- A card reader interface with support for MMC, MS Pro HG, and SDHC/SDXC
Southbridge chips
Part Number | PATA | SATA | RAID | NB Interconnect | PCI | PCI-e | USB | Audio | Modem | Ethernet | Integrated Super I/O |
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VT82C586A | 4 ATA33 | No | No | PCI | No | No | |||||
VT82C586B | 4 ATA33 | No | No | PCI | 1.1 | No | No | ||||
VT82C596A | 4 ATA33 | No | No | PCI | 1.1 | No | No | ||||
VT82C596B | 4 ATA66 | No | No | PCI | 1.1 | No | No | ||||
VT82C686A[7] | 4 ATA66 | No | No | PCI | 4 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | No | Yes | ||
VT82C686B[11] | 4 ATA100 | No | No | PCI | 4 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | No | Yes | ||
VT8231 | 4 ATA100 | No | No | 4× V-Link 266 MB/s | 6 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | No | Yes | ||
VT8233[12] | 4 ATA100 | No | No | 4× V-Link 266 MB/s | 6 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | VIA 10/100 (not on all/earlier) | No | ||
VT8233A[14] | 4 ATA133 | No | No | 4× V-Link 266 MB/s | 6 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
VT8233C[14] | 4 ATA100 | No | No | 4× V-Link 266 MB/s | 6 1.1 | AC'97 | Yes (NOT ON ALL) | 3Com 10/100 (NOT ON ALL) | No | ||
VT8235[14] | 4 ATA133 | No | No | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 6 2.0 | AC'97 | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
VT8237(R+)[16] | 4 ATA133 | 2 SATA-150, SATALite* | (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 8 2.0 | AC'97 | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
VT8237A[57] | 4 ATA133 | 2 SATA-150, SATALite* | (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 8 2.0 | HD Audio | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
VT8237S* | 4 ATA133 | 2 SATA-II, SATALite* | (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 8 2.0 | HD Audio | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No | ||
VT8251[58] | 4 ATA133 | 4 SATA-II | (SATA) RAID 0, 1, 0+1* & JBOD | 8× V-Link 533 MB/s | 7 | ×1-2 | 8 2.0 | HD Audio | Yes | VIA 10/100 | No |
VT8261[59] | 2 ATA133 | 4 SATA-II | No | Ultra V-Link (1GB/s) | 5 | 12 2.0 | HD Audio | Yes | VIA 10/100/1000 | No | |
Part Number | PATA | SATA | RAID | NB Interconnect | PCI | PCI-e | USB | Audio | Modem | Ethernet | Integrated Super I/O |
- *SATALite interface allows for two additional SATA devices (4 total). It is required for RAID 0+1 on VT8237R Plus.
- The SATA-II feature of VT8237S is limited to 300 MB/S Data Transfer Rate bearing no NCQ functionality.
- Motherboards frequently had VIA companion chips for added functionality such as better audio (8 channel), more/faster USB (i.e. USB 2.0 for VT8233), or Gigabit Ethernet.
- 8233: while AC97 could help offer a fau modem, this feature is not "on the board" and (some) boards did not come with a modem connector bought from store in box
- 8233: manual does not mention 3com 10/100 at all and there is not connector - I believe the citation above to be possibly made by someone who does not have 8233
As a modular solution, the North and South Bridge of the VIA Apollo KT266A are completely pin compatible with current and future products, such as the VT8233C South Bridge with integrated 3Com Ethernet MAC.
Hardware bugs
The KT133 chipset corrupted disc subsystems. Specifically, the 686B Southbridge had issues with Creative's SBLive! sound cards. A BIOS update was released by VIA to fix this issue, however it is not known if all motherboards with 686Bs had their BIOSes updated.[60][61][62][63] The KT266 contains a hardware bug which cause system instability when using the AGP slot at the specified max capacity of 4×. [14]
See also
- Comparison of AMD chipsets
- Comparison of ATI chipsets
- List of Intel chipsets
- Comparison of Nvidia chipsets
References
- ↑ "VT82C570M Apollo Master". VIA Technologies. Archived from the original on October 26, 1997.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lal Shimpi, Anand. Chipset Guide, Anandtech, August 1, 1997.
- ↑ http://www.anandtech.com/show/72/18
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