Four Intel DDR 3 chipsets to arrive in Q3 2007

INTEL plans to introduce four new chipsets in 2007. It will debut with two that will support DDR 3 1066 or DDR 2 800. I think that customers will have to choose between the two and you will see boards with the same chipset supporting DDR 2 or DDR 3 memory. The first is called P35 and it comes with FSB 1333 support. This chipset is set to replace the G/P965 one.

The second one, set to debut in Q2 2007, is an integrated one called G33. This also supports FSB 1333 or slower, DDR 2 800 and DDR 3 1066. it has support for Intel Clear Video marchitecture but there's no whisper of DX 10. This chipset is set to replace the 945G/P 946GZ.

X38 is the enthusiast top notch chipset scheduled for a Q3 2007 introduction. This is intended to replace the 975X chipset. It served us well but it lived too long. It cannot support DDR 2 memory at 1066, and we see that as a problem for enthusiasts. It supports PCIe 2.0, 2x16 PCIe graphic slots, DDR 3 memory at 1333 and a Quad core support. The high end chipset supports DDR 3 memory only so Intel wants to start the migration to DDR 3 only. It works matched with ICH9, ICH9R or ICH9DH.

PCIe 2.0 should be twice as fast - at least on paper and theoretical throughput.

Last but not least is G35 Intel's new integrated DirectX 10 hope. It is set to replace G965 in the upper integrated segment. It supports Intel Clear Video marchitecture and DX10. The board supports DDR 3 1066 or DDR2 800 and it works with FSB 1333 CPUs. All of the new four chipsets supports ICH9, ICH9R or ICH9DH. µ