Canterwood chipset board from DFI

[AndyHui]

DFI Canterwood PS-88EA

Looks interesting.

Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
- Each channel supports 2 DIMM sockets
Supports up to 4GB system memory
Synchronous operation with processor system bus
- PC3200 (DDR400) with 800MHz FSB CPU (supports Turbo mode)
- PC2100/PC2700 (DDR266/DDR333) with 533MHz FSB CPU
- PC2100 (DDR266) with 400MHz FSB CPU
Supports ECC/non-ECC DIMM
Supports unbuffered DIMMs

 

[TheCoz]

I wonder what Intel think of DFI releasing Canterwood specs 4 months before it's official release?

Probably not much.

 

[AndyHui]

Actually, the specs are pretty much what I expect. It's the performance I am more interested in.

 

[mechBgon]

I see it supports ECC memory. Do you see ECC as being of any importance where the board is combining the two channels to make a 128-bit path like that, as a safeguard?

 

[jose]

Why no 64bit pci ?

The biggest bottleneck is disk i/o.



Regards,
Jose

 

[AndyHui]

What do you need 64-bit PCI for?

Both the regular IDE Controllers and SATA Controllers have their own dedicated connection back to ICH5 and then 266MB/s AHA to the MCH. They do not sit on the PCI Bus.

 

[Viper96720]

Probably has the same memory controller as granite bay or a modified version of. Hence the ecc support since gb is supposed to be a workstation chipset.

 

[TheCoz]

Originally posted by: Viper96720
Probably has the same memory controller as granite bay or a modified version of. Hence the ecc support since gb is supposed to be a workstation chipset.

The memory controller that Granite Bay uses is the same one used in Plumas (E7500) and Placer (E7505). Springdale/Canterwood's (i865/i875) memory controller is a new design based upon the Brookdale-G (i845G) memory controller. Canterwood is basically Springdale with no gfx, ECC support, and turbo mode enabled.

 

[jose]

Because you can't use a 64bit scsi raid in this setup.

You can't take advantage of 15000rpm scsi drives...

Is ide better than multiple 15k scsi drives ?

Regards,
Jose

 

[Viper96720]

Ah i see thanks man.