Include at least two details on the Intel P965 Express chipset.
Include at least two details on the Intel P965 Express chipset.
The Intel P965 Express chipset is Intel's mainstream-performance core logic, and it supports all Socket 775 CPUs with a Front Side Bus speed of 533/800/1066MHz. The ICH8-series Southbridge, which replaces the ICH7, is coupled to the P965 Express. The MSI P965 Platinum's southbridge is the ICH8R type in specific.
With the P965 Express chipset, Intel has extended DDR2 memory capability to 800 MHz, bringing Intel's latest and greatest on par with AMD's Socket AM2 Athlon64. The new memory controller from Intel is known as FMA, or 'Fast Memory Access,' and it provides the system a theoretical bandwidth of 12.8GB/s. The Intel P965 Express Northbridge and ICH8R Southbridge are connected by a dedicated 2GB/s I/O bus.
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