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Intel 845G Pentium 4-DDR Chipset Review
By Vince Freeman :
May 20, 2002
Intel 845G Chipset Specifications
Optimized for the Intel. Pentium 4 processor
- Validated with Intel Pentium 4 processor and Intel Celeron processor in
mPGA478
- 400 MHz and 533 MHz system bus
Flexible memory system with PC133 and DDR200/266 capability
- 2GB of max memory, unbuffered non-ECC DIMMs only
- Maximum memory bandwidth of 1GB/s with PC133
- Maximum memory bandwidth of 2.1GB/s with DDR266
- 64-bit wide memory channel
- 64Mb, 128Mb, 256Mb and 512Mb technologies for x8 and x16 memory devices
- Up to 16 simultaneous open pages with PC133 and DDR200/266
Intel's next generation integrated graphics architecture
- Rapid Pixel and Texel Rendering Architecture (RPTR)
- Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT)
- Zone Rendering Technology (ZR)
- Intelligent Memory Management Technology
High-performance 3D features
- Core Frequency of 200MHz
- Hi-Performance 3D
- Multi-texture for creating light maps, atmospheric effects, etc.
- Non-Power of 2 textures for desktop compositing and video editing
- 2Kx2K texture enables desktop size textures
- Cube Reflection Textures enables environment specular reflections, etc.
- Render to Texture allows auto-generation of texture on the fly
- DOT3 Bump-Mapping models realistic surface details
- Destination Alpha Blend for realistic effects (i.e. force fields, flames, plasma
beams, etc.)
- Point Sprites for atmospheric effects such as snow-fall, etc.
- Per Pixel Fog capability enables Depth Cueing or hidden objects
- Full OpenGL 1.3 support for compressed textures, cubic map textures, texture DOT3 environment mode and multi-textures
Enhanced 2D Functions
- Alpha Stretch BLTs for transparent desktop DirectDraw surfaces
- Hardware Alpha Blended RGB Cursor for higher quality and performance cursor
- Color Space Conversion for better Video Compositing
- Faster Hardware Motion Comp Engine provides flicker-free DVD playback
- Alpha Blended Sub-picture Support enables softer effect for captions and subtitles
- 5x2 Overlay supports smooth scaling of DVD playback
- Anisotropic Filtering for high quality views of oblique surfaces
- Rotate, Scale and Translate Ops used for GDI+ operations
- Anti-Aliased Text removes jaggies and smoothens out text
Display Capability
- 350 MHz Integrated 24-bit RAMDAC
- Up to QXGA resolution for analog monitor and digital displays
- Multiple Display Types LVDS/DVI/TV-out/dCRT/Combo
- ADD Card Support Enables Digital Display Upgrade
- Independent Overlay Gamma Correction Compensates for Color Intensity Loss
- DDC2B Compliant Interface
- Synchronous Dual display support driving analog VGA and digital display
simultaneously.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 4X Interface
- AGP 2X and 4X Fast Write protocol
Features Benefits
- 400 and 533 MHz System Bus
- Ultra ATA/100
- Intel Extreme Graphics
- Intel Digital Video Output Interface
- AGP4X interface
- Intel Hub Architecture
- DDR266/200 or PC133 SDRAM
- Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (six ports)
- USB1.1 for demanding I/O peripherals ports
- LAN connect interface
- Alert on LAN 1.0
- AC97 Controller
- SMBus 2.0
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