Intel Adds Low-end Member to 4 Series Chipsets

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Intel is planning to add one more member to its 4 series (Eaglelake) chipsets which will be launched in the second quarter of 2008. In addition to its original premium G45 IGP and mainstream P45 chipsets, Intel will add the G43 chipset to replace the previous G35, P35, G33 and G31 chipsets in the value segment. The G43 will adopt a 65nm process and have a built-in Intel GMA 4500 graphics engine, supporting DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0 and OpenGL 2.0. The chipset will also have built-in HDMI, DisplayPort, and DVI support along with HDCP. The difference between the G43 and G45 are that the former has reduced high-definition video decoding and memory support. Only the G45 will support MPEG2, VC1 and H.264 decode acceleration meaning systems with the lower-end G43 chipset will see higher CPU utilization when playing back high-definition formats such as HD DVD and Blu-ray. Both the G45 and G43 will support dual-channel memory.

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[gvblake22]

No one else finds the inclusion of onboard DisplayPort pretty interesting?

 

[Darknova]

Ok...am I understanding this right....the G43 is replacing the G35,P35,G33 and G31...so what is the P45 replacing? :S

 

[theonetruewill]

Ok...am I understanding this right....the G43 is replacing the G35,P35,G33 and G31...so what is the P45 replacing? :S

I thought all GXX chipsets had integrated graphics solutions. PXX chipset motherboards do not.

 

[Grings]

Intel is planning to add one more member to its 4 series (Eaglelake) chipsets which will be launched in the second quarter of 2008. In addition to its original premium G45 IGP and mainstream P45 chipsets, Intel will add the G43 chipset to replace the previous G35, P35, G33 and G31 chipsets in the value segment. The G43 will adopt a 65nm process and have a built-in Intel GMA 4500 graphics engine, supporting DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0 and OpenGL 2.0. The chipset will also have built-in HDMI, DisplayPort, and DVI support along with HDCP. The difference between the G43 and G45 are that the former has reduced high-definition video decoding and memory support. Only the G45 will support MPEG2, VC1 and H.264 decode acceleration meaning systems with the lower-end G43 chipset will see higher CPU utilization when playing back high-definition formats such as HD DVD and Blu-ray. Both the G45 and G43 will support dual-channel memory.

Source: DigiTimes

it makes sense to me, also this is the first ive heard of a p45 (apart from in my last few jobs of course(yanks wont get that))

and darknova, i just bought an msi p35 neo2 fr, then looked at your specs as i thought you had one, man, im glad i didnt order a lian li pc7b too (i was awfully tempted after seeing them cheap on ebuyer, that would have been uncanny)

 

[Darknova]

it makes sense to me, also this is the first ive heard of a p45 (apart from in my last few jobs of course(yanks wont get that))

and darknova, i just bought an msi p35 neo2 fr, then looked at your specs as i thought you had one, man, im glad i didnt order a lian li pc7b too (i was awfully tempted after seeing them cheap on ebuyer, that would have been uncanny)

LOL that would have been slightly disturbing

Seriously though. Really good choice on the motherboard, I'm loving mine.

 

[Grings]

apparently this cooler is better than the silly circu-pipe one on the platinum, and i dont want any of the extra features anyway, so it was a toss up between this, or a few other p35's, all of which cost over £100 (my current 650i is good for overclocking dual core's, but shite with quads, so it has to go)

i also took a gamble on these, only £26 for a pair, and i already have some spare heatspreaders, theoretically they should be gkx's, as gmh are only rated at 667 default

 

[Darknova]

What extra features? lol. The only difference is the Platinum has firewire

 

[Grings]

is that it? i expected more, ive already got 5 boards that do firewire, and have yet to use it

 

[Darknova]

is that it? i expected more, ive already got 5 boards that do firewire, and have yet to use it

Firewire, Circu-pipe and I think it has an IR header....but that's it.