SiS 648 chipset is Dual channel DDR?

[sean2002]

Is the yet unreleased SiS 648 chipset a dual cahnnel DDR333 chipset. Here a press release I found.


HANNOVER, GERMANY (March 13, 2002) - SOYO Computer Inc. will give Intel Socket 478 Pentium 4 CPUs a memory boost when it debuts its SY-P4S648 DRAGON Ultra motherboard with the new SiS 648/962 chipset at CeBIT 2002. SOYO's SY-P4S648 solves memory bandwidth problems by doubling the bandwidth of DDR333 memory modules to 4.2GBs. The new board with its full Intel-supported SiS 648/962 chipset also supports a 533MHz FSB and AGP 8x. The SiS962 South Bridge chip adds USB 2.0, ATA/133, and IEEE 1394 FireWire support. Combined with many integrated features such as RAID, 10/100 Ethernet, digital sound, and the ease of fine-tuning the board for specialized applications, SOYO expects its SY-P4V DRAGON Ultra to be well-received by both businesses and performance enthusiasts. The SY-P4S648 DRAGON Ultra is easily expandable with three 184-pin modules, which provide DDR333 memory support to 3GBs. The board has six 32-bit Bus Mastering PCI slots (V2.2 compliant), and one Universal AGP Pro slot.

SOYO's SY-P4S648 solves memory bandwidth problems by doubling the bandwidth of DDR333 memory modules to 4.2GBs.

If this is true this board will be the fastest board for the P4.

 

[NFS4]

Whoah!! OCworkbench recently tested an Asus 648 board, but it was only single channel.

Interesting.........

 

[sean2002]

OK mister ace reporter, can you use your resources and try to get as much information on the SiS 648 as you can find?

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: sean2002
OK mister ace reporter, can you use your resources and try to get as much information on the SiS 648 as you can find?

Yeah! (Heh.... some "Ace".

)

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Wingznut PEZ

Originally posted by: sean2002
OK mister ace reporter, can you use your resources and try to get as much information on the SiS 648 as you can find?

Yeah! (Heh.... some "Ace".

)

Hold on foo

I'm still at work...I get off in 15 mins so I'll look when I get home...or maybe I'll just look now. Hell, I ain't doing nothing (just pronounced a printer dead about 5 mins ago though)

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: NFS4
I'm still at work...

Well, mister... I guess you just need to get your priorities in order.

 

[joohang]

Hmm.. NFS4, you're too slow to be ace now.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Wingznut PEZ

Originally posted by: NFS4
I'm still at work...

Well, mister... I guess you just need to get your priorities in order.

ROTFL!! Like you're one to speak!! Aren't you at work Mr. Bunny Suit Man?

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Wingznut PEZ

Originally posted by: NFS4
I'm still at work...

Well, mister... I guess you just need to get your priorities in order.

ROTFL!! Like you're one to speak!! Aren't you at work Mr. Bunny Suit Man?

Nope, I have Sundays-Wednesdays off.

 

[Booster]

Dual channel sounds yummy. But I don't think current P4s are bandwidth starving even with a single channel DDR333. Going dual will have only marginal performance increases, I'm pretty sure. And these boards will be way overpriced, but not significantly faster.

Of course, when the P4 hits 3.5-4 GHz it may be noticeable, but then DDRII will make it's way and make expensive dual channel moboards obsolete.

 

[sean2002]

Going dual will have only marginal performance increases, I'm pretty sure. And these boards will be way overpriced, but not significantly faster.

If it was an Intel chipset I think it would be over priced, but comming from SiS it should be pretty reasonable.

 

[Athlon4all]

648 is not Dual Channel DDR333. SiS 655 is (that link is from hereso I think it is not a fluke.

 

[sean2002]

Then what the hell is the Sis 648, is it just the 645DX with 8X AGP support?

 

[IntelConvert]

Athlon4all you are right (again)! That press release from Germany is very old (when the 648 was still 'on the drawing board'). As I see it, the only 'meaningful' features of the 648 over the 645DX is built-in firewire and 8xAGP support. BTW, Soyo says their SiS648 board won't be released until Sept.

 

[Athlon4all]

Originally posted by: sean2002
Then what the hell is the Sis 648, is it just the 645DX with 8X AGP support?

IntelConvert's got it. 645DX+Integrated USB2 and FireWire+AGP 8X=SiS 648.

 

[kuk]

SY-P4S648 DRAGON Ultra is easily expandable with three 184-pin modules, which provide DDR333 memory support to 3GBs.

Unless Sis/Soyo is using some sort of Twin-Bank-look-alike architecture, there's no sense in having three DDR slots, when for dual-channel DDR, memory needs to be installed in pairs.