Do they use inferior materials to make Springdale compared to Canterwood?!

[Dance123]

Hi,

Many reviews have proven that there isn't much performance difference between most Canterwood and Springdale mobos, but what I read sometimes is that apparently Intel uses higher standards for there Canterwood chipsets, like using better silicon or something then with Springdale mobos. What about this?

Does that mean Springdale is being made with inferior materials, which could show on the long run, or shouldn't I worry about that? Does this also mean Springdale isn't really made to run fast dual-DDR400 (PC3200) modules?!! Anybody can please clarify all this so I know what to believe and what not?! Thanks!

 

[Vonkhan]

dont think so

 

[Budman]

It's the same material for both,the canterwood must pass more stringent tests that's all.

Just like the 2.4ghz C & 3.2ghz are the same material but the 3.2ghz passed tests at higher clock speeds.

 

[AndyHui]

No. Intel uses the same materials for both the i865 and the i875. Intel merely bin-splits the chipsets for additional testing to produce the i875 chipset.

They do the same thing for processors. By your logic, a 2.4C processor uses inferior materials to a 2.8C processor? No.

 

[Tom]

"Just like the 2.4ghz C & 3.2ghz are the same material but the 3.2ghz passed tests at higher clock speeds."

Yea, and it's important to remember that deosn't necessarily mean the 2.4c failed tests at higher clock speeds, just that they may not have been tested at higher clock speeds. Personally, I'm not even sure that's true, I suspect they package chips that passed their highest test speeds at lower speeds strictly for market demand reasons.

And I think odds are good the same thing is true of Springdales. In both cases the underlying reson I think so is because I bet their yields are so good that they throw away stuff that doesn't pass their highest tests, if the yields are good enought this is more cost effective than repeating tests to speed-bin parts.