User manual VIA K8T800 MEDIA PRESENTATION

[. . . ] [. . . ] The nForce3 Pro doesn't have any great flaws, and its single-chip approach is elegant, but the K8T800 offers more. " "In terms of chipset features, for the Athlon64, VIA simply has the feature edge right now. VIA has Serial ATA/RAID native to the Southbridge, and will soon have Gigabit LAN and 7. 1 audio thrown into the mix. " "Overall we have a very cool setup and VIA have done an excellent job with the K8T800; one of the best features would have to be the implementation of the VT8237 Southbridge as it carries with it a lot of very cool features including DriveStation. " VIA Confidential and Proprietary K8T800 ­ Superior Stability ". . . showed no stability problems in our stress tests with both banks filled with double-bank DIMMs at stock 400 speed. " "VIA K8T800 was impressively stable. . . There were no freezes, instability or unexplained crashes during week-long testing. The same cannot be said about the . . . . nForce3. . . . . . . the board would often crash when installing Windows XP Professional. " "Currently we can crash every nForce3 board we have possession of, both retail and engineering samples, when running extreme IDE traffic. " VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA K8M800 Chipset n n Industry's First IGP Chipset for the AMD64 Platform Extends 64-bit Computing into the Mainstream S3 Graphics UniChromeTM Pro IGP Provides Ultimate HiDefTM Visual Experience on AMD64 Platform g S3 Chromotion CE Video Display Engine g g Output - Full HDTV Support, including 1080p Decoding ­ Hardware MPEG2 Decoder Dual 128-bit Pipelines Robust Shared Memory Architecture g High-Performance 2D/3D Graphics Engine g g n Hyper8TM Technology g g n VT8237 South Bridge g g Enables full 16-bit/800MHz implementation of HyperTransportTM interface 6. 4GB/s Bandwidth Integrated Serial ATA & V-RAID VIA Vinyl Audio n Available: Now VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA Hyper8TM Technology n Enables Full Implementation of HyperTransport Interface g 6. 4GB/s Bandwidth (800MHz/16-bit) HyperTransport interface for 754-pin and 940-pin AMD64 CPUs n Offers Unparalleled Performance Levels and Data Integrity g Analysis of retail motherboards featuring competitor's chipsets indicates many feature a HyperTransport link with reduced frequency or bit density Frequency Bit Density 16-bit 16-bit 8-bit Total Bandwidth 6. 4GB/s 4. 8GB/s 3. 2GB/s VIA K8T800 Competitor Sample A Competitor Sample B 800MHz 600MHz 800MHz VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA Hyper8TM Technology VIA Confidential and Proprietary Most Scalable Platform for AMD64 Architecture n VIA's flexible and highly scalable architecture allows motherboard manufacturers to cover all market segments and price points g VIA Networking Gigabit Ethernet g g Single chip 10/100/1000 design Advanced software interface VIA Vinyl integrated 5. 1 surround sound VIA Vinyl Gold onboard 7. 1 surround sound VIA VT6307 1394 Controller 2 x 133MHz PCI-X support Up to 12 standard PCI connections VIA Confidential and Proprietary g VIA Vinyl Audio g g g Advanced Connectivity Options g g VIA VPX2 for Servers & Workstations g g VT8237 South Bridge Overview n VIA DriveStationTM Advanced Controller Suite g Serial ATA g g g V-RAID g g g High Performance 150MB/s Dual Channel Serial ATA interface Extended support for additional two Serial ATA devices through SATAliteTM interface Serial RAID controller RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 User-friendly VIA RAID Tool software interface Supports up to four PATA devices g Parallel ATA-133 g n VIA Advanced Connectivity Controller Suite g USB 2. 0 Controller g g Network Controller g Support for 8 USB 2. 0/1. 1 ports Enterprise Class 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet MAC g n VIA VinylTM Audio g g g PCI & LPC bus controllers VIA Vinyl integrated 5. 1 surround sound VIA Vinyl Gold onboard 7. 1 surround sound g g AC '97 audio VIA Six-TRAC codec g n V-MAP Architecture g 24/96 resolution audio VIA Envy24PT + VIA Six-TRAC Codec + additional DAC Ultra V-Link g g g TwinBridge Architecture g High throughput 1GB/s South Bridge/North Bridge interconnect Supports new generation of VIA North Bridge options across all processor platforms Flexible, high bandwidth architecture for AMD OpteronTM& AMD AthlonTM 64 processors High speed 533MB/s South Bridge/North Bridge interconnect Supports current generation of VIA North Bridge options across all processor platforms Optimized system performance and stability g V-Link g g g VIA Hyperion 4in1 Unified Drivers g VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA DriveStation V-RAID n Industry's first full-featured native Serial RAID solution to be integrated into PC core logic chipset architecture g g g n Ease of Use g g Supports RAID Levels 0, 1 & 0+11 Highest HDD Data Transfer Rates for Maximum System Performance Superior Fault Tolerance for Optimum Data Integrity Easy installation and array management with userfriendly V-RAID Software Interface VIA's DriveThruTM technology enables `on-the-fly' upgrades to RAID configurations Integrated V-RAID H/W and S/W solution reduces overall system cost Easy installation and user-friendly software removes technical barriers n Bringing RAID to the Mainstream g g 1RAID Level 0+1 only supported on motherboards and systems where support for two additional Serial ATA drives has been added through the integration of the VIA SATAlite interface. VIA Confidential and Proprietary VIA DriveStation V-RAID Configurations RAID Level 0 RAID Level 1 RAID Level 0+11 Effect: Striping Capacity: 100% Performance: High Fault Tolerance: Low Effect: Mirroring Capacity: 50% Performance: Normal/High Fault Tolerance: High Effect: Mirroring & Striping Capacity: 50% Performance: High Fault Tolerance: High 1RAID Level 0+1 only supported on motherboards and systems where support for two additional Serial ATA drives has been VIA Confidential added through the integration of the VIA SATAlite interface. and Proprietary TM Line of VIA Networking Velocity Gigabit Ethernet Controllers n g g g Complete Gigabit Ethernet Package Single chip 10/100/1000 design Ready Now! [. . . ] [. . . ]