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The Next Intel 850 chipset

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fern3

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Does anyone know what the next 850 chipset will be called? I am waiting for the next 850 that will provide official PC1066 support, AGP 8x, and ICH4 (USB 2.0).

I'm timing this so that by the time this next chipset comes out, the prices for P4's in the 2.5Ghz range with 533Mhz FSB will be lower than they are today.
 
I think that the 850E chipset is the last Rambus supporting chipset from Intel, I did hear that Intel is waiting a few months to annouce that the 850E supports PC1066. Gigabyte makes a sweet 850E board, the GA-8IHXP, that supports PC1066 and has ICH4, it has 10 USB 2.0 Ports. I have it and it performs awesome. Here's a link to my 3dMark score if you're curious. Also, AGP 8x is no big deal, the performance gains over 4x are small.
 
Does the GA-8IHXP come in a model that does not have an onboard RAID controll and an onboard sound controller? I know I could probably just disable these in the BIOS, but I'd much prefer that these chips didn't come with the board in the first place.

Also, where can I find PC1066 RDRAM? All I see is PC800.
 
There's only one version of the GA-8IHXP. You can find PC1066 @ most internet retailers. You can do a search on Price Watch (great deal finder) for lowest prices on PC1066, only get Kingston or real Samsung (check model # on samsungs website) PC1066, cause some samsung RDRAM is overclocked PC1066.
 
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