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VIA Announces P4M800 Pro Chipset

VIA Technologies announced the VIA P4M800 Pro chipset for the mainstream and entry-level PC markets.

Designed to support a full range of Intel Pentium 4 and Intel Celeron processors with an FSB of up to 800MHz, the VIA P4M800 Pro also supports a choice of DDR2-533/400 memory modules as well as DDR-400/333/266 SDRAM. The chipset´s multimedia features include the integrated S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro IGP core with outputs to CRT, LCD and standard definition TV, and support for 1080p HDTV with a compatible TV-Out or DVI encoder.

Combined with the VIA VT8237R South Bridge, the VIA P4M800 Pro offers native Serial ATA and V-RAID support (RAID 0, 1, 0+1), VIA Vinyl Audio, and Gigabit Ethernet with the VIA Velocity controller.

The VIA P4M800 Pro is currently shipping worldwide, so motherboards featuring the chipset are expected to be available soon.

Specifications:

  • Support for the latest Intel Pentium 4 Processors
  • Supports 800/533MHz FSB
  • Supports up to 16GB DDR2 or DDR Memory
  • V-Link 533MB/sec North/South Bridge interconnect
  • AGP 8X/4X
  • Integrated S3 Graphics UniChrome Pro
  • Optimized Unified Memory Architecture (UMA)
  • 200MHz Graphics Engine Clock with separated 128-bit data paths
  • 128-bit 2D and 3D Graphics Engine
  • Chromotion CE Video Display Engine
    • MPEG-2 Decoder
    • Video Deblocking
    • Adaptive De-Interlace
    • Full HDTV support up to 1080p
  • Two 8-bit Video Capture Ports
  • Three 12-bit Digital Video Ports for connection to TV out, Video Capture In, and external TMDS transmitter
  • Support for Microsoft DirectX 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 and Open GL support
  • Support for VIA Vinyl Audio
  • Serial ATA support for up to 4 devices
  • Integrated V-RAID with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD (SATA) support
  • Parallel ATA133/100/66 support for up to 4 devices
  • Support for up to 8 USB 2.0/USB 1.1 ports
  • Support for VIA Velocity Gigabit Ethernet companion controller & Integrated 10/100 Fast Ethernet
  • Advanced System Power Management Support

Source: VIA Technologies

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