P43 chipset?

[VirtualLarry]

What is the P43 chipset, and what does it bring to the table? I'm guessing that it's similar to the P45 in the same way that the P31 was to the P35.

 

[BassBomb]

Never heard of it

 

[Heidfirst]

like P45 but only x16 for gfx, no option of dual x8 for Crossfire.

 

[dajini92]

Originally posted by: Heidfirst
like P45 but only x16 for gfx, no option of dual x8 for Crossfire.

According to this P43 chipset gigabyte mobo...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128347

It's a PCIE 2.0 x16, not a regular PCIE x16. Maybe that's what you meant to say?...

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: dajini92

Originally posted by: Heidfirst
like P45 but only x16 for gfx, no option of dual x8 for Crossfire.

According to this P43 chipset gigabyte mobo...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128347

It's a PCIE 2.0 x16, not a regular PCIE x16. Maybe that's what you meant to say?...

No he meant you can't use dual x8. eg. 2 cards, as theres only one pci-e slot.

Anyway its just budget stripped down version pf p45.

 

[Schadenfroh]

So, basically if we have no desire for xfire, we can just save money and go for the P43 over the p45 as that is its only advantage?

 

[VirtualLarry]

I'm most curious about the memory limitations, P31 supported 4GB of RAM max only, while P35 supports 8GB. If P45 supports 16GB, does that mean that P43 only supports 8GB?

 

[Heidfirst]

P43 is supposed to only support upto 1066 RAM whereas P45 supports 1333.
Memory size looks the same though (16Gb DDR2, 8Gb DDR3).
http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/P43/index.htm

 

[Schadenfroh]

Ahh, so I would need a P45 to utilize the 1333mhz FSB (with applicable ram) of the e8400 then.

 

[Heidfirst]

No, 1333fsb for the CPU is really 333fsb quad pumped so at stock DDR2 667 (333x2 because it's dual data rate) is fine if using the 1:1 (lowest) CPURAM ratio.
If you are going to overclock then you need RAM capable of faster than that though.

The other thing to bear in mind is that is what Intel claim it officially supports - but iirc Intel specs for P35 only claim DDR2 800 support yet people can run P35 at over DDR2 1200.