What is the difference between the AMD760 and AMD761 Chipsets?

Kingofcomputer

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from amd website:

AMD-760? Chipset
The AMD-760 chipset is a highly integrated system logic solution that delivers enhanced performance for the AMD Athlon and Duron processors. The AMD-760 chipset consists of the AMD-761? system controller (Northbridge) and the AMD-766 peripheral bus controller (Southbridge). This high-performance desktop solution provides the following features:


Uniprocessor system design supporting AMD Athlon and AMD Duron Processors

A 200/266-MHz Athlon system bus, offering data transfer rates of up to 2.1 GB/s

A 200-MHz/266-MHz Double Data Rate (DDR) memory interface

AGP-4X interface

A 33-MHz, 32-bit PCI bus interface

EIDE storage interface supporting ATA-33, ATA-66, and ATA-100 modes
 

Rand

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The AMD760 chipset refers to the chipset as a whole, the AMD761 refers specifically and only to the Northbridge of the AMD760 chipset.