Anyone know anything about new Intel mobile 830 chipset? Is it faster than the 815 mobile, or just cheaper?

bigshooter

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The title says it all. Is the 830 supposed to be faster than the 815? I know the 830 only supports a 133mhz bus, but does it have any other advantages? I am going to buy a laptop in the next 6 months or so, once I dump all of teh extra computer equipment that I have. Just trying to decide if 830 in the first part of next year is worth the wait. I don't want integrated graphics but if the chipset will boost performance I might wait. Does it have DDR support?
 

kingz

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The 830 will be faster than the 815EM due to the FSB, but the 815E (used in the Dell Inspiron 8000) also supports the 133MHz FSB. So I'm not sure if the 830 will be faster than the 815E. I'm not sure if the 830 chipset will be worth waiting for. I'm a little confused on which current mobile chipsets support 133MHz FSB though. You can view my thread here