Reply 42900 of 52793, by bofh.fromhell
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BitWrangler wrote on 2022-03-01, 22:18:Intel designing Triton II series: "Hey, we've got three features necessary to make these chipsets technologically relevant going […]
bofh.fromhell wrote on 2022-03-01, 22:07:Slightly faster memory due to SDRAM vs EDO. But also cannot cache more then 64MB compared to 512MB. And IMO the at the time "meh […]
debs3759 wrote on 2022-03-01, 21:27:Isn't the TX chipset better than HX?
Slightly faster memory due to SDRAM vs EDO.
But also cannot cache more then 64MB compared to 512MB.
And IMO the at the time "meh" thing: 2x the HDD interface speed, 33 MB/s vs 16.Intel designing Triton II series: "Hey, we've got three features necessary to make these chipsets technologically relevant going forward over the next few years."
TestPanel: "Cool, certainly would be great to buy a motherboard with all of those."
Intel: "So we're giving one feature to each version."
I think it was more of a leap frog with the competition to stay relevant.
I mean Intel probably knew that the Pentium 2 would take the performance crown (and then some).
But keeping the (future) lower end Pentium side feature relevant was important to not lose to much to the competition.
And the release cycles were insane, 4 important iterations of the Pentium chipsets in 2 years (FX to TX, not counting MX, LX and NX cause those were meh =).
And even back then the chipset manufacturers realized that a new CPU should have a new platform, cause ppl wanna buy new gear and ofc. they want the latest!
But looking at the features from chipset to chipset it certainly looks like you have a point =)