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Intel 430 Series PCI Chipset Comparison Chart

Although we have shared this information in the past with our Build Or Buy Session Members, we're now providing this as a reference for those who still might require this data while researching a possible Bios Upgrade.

 

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430VX

430TX

430HX

430FX

430MX

HOST

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Host Processor

Pentium® Processor

Pentium® Processor

Pentium® Processor

Pentium® Processor

Pentium® Processor

Voltage 

3.3v(I/O)

3.3v(I/O)

3.3v(I/O)

3.3v(I/O)

3.3v(I/O)

Dual Processing Support

No

No

Yes

No

No

DRAM 

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Refresh 

CAS-before-RAS

CAS-before-RAS

CAS-before-RAS

RAS Only

CAS-before-RAS

RAS Lines

5

6

8

5

64 Mbit Support 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

No 

Max Memory Size

128 Mbytes

256 Mbytes

512 Mbytes

128 Mbytes

128 Mbytes

Memory Types 

SDRAM/EDO/FPM 

SDRAM/EDO/FPM 

EDO/FPM 

EDO/SPM

EDO/SPM

SDRAM(CL=2)

6-1-1-1

6-1-1-1

NA

NA

NA

EDO (66 MHz)

6-2-2-2

5-2-2-2

5-2-2-2

7-2-2-2

7-2-2-2

MA Buffers

Integrated

Integrated

Integrated 

External

External

ECC/Parity

No

No

Yes

No

No

L2 

.

.

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Cache Type

Async,DRAM, Pburst

Pburst

Pburst

Async,DRAM, Pburst

Async,DRAM, Pburst

Cacheability

64 Mbytes

64 Mbytes

512 Mbytes

64 Mbytes

64 Mbytes

PCI Interface

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.

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PCI Support 

PCI 2.1

PCI 2.1

PCI 2.1

PCI 2.0 

PCI 2.0 

Concurrent PCI

Yes

Yes

Yes

No 

No 

Arbitration 

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MTT

Yes

Yes

Yes

No 

No 

Graphics 

.

.

.

.

.

SMBA Support

Yes 

No

No

No

No

South Bridge 

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.

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.

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Type 

PIIX3

PIIX4

PIIX3

PIIX 

MPIIX 

USB Support 

Yes

Yes

Yes

No 

No 

IDE 

BMIDE 

Ultra DMA

BMIDE 

BMIDE 

Normal IDE 

RTC 

External

Integrated 

External

External

External

Manageability 

.

.

.

.

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Power Mgt. 

NA 

ACPI 

NA 

NA 

SMI, APM

I/O Mgt. 

NA 

SM Bus/GPIO 

NA 

NA 

NA 

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