FiringSquad: Home of the Hardcore Gamer - Games, Hardware, Reviews and NewsSubmit your own or view users' CPU overclocking results!

  
 Home   News   THE MATRIX   Deals   Hardware   Games   Features   Media   Products   Forums   FS China 
AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Home : Hardware : Components : SiS 735 Performance Preview
» Join the Greatest Gaming Community NOW! (It's free)

Already a member? Login
 



Random Gallery >> 
Click to view high-res Image!
Need For Speed: The Run Italian Car Pack Screenshots [18] (0)

The Nvidia "Crank That S#!T Up" Quiz Show, Part 2 (6) by mohawkade
Drink That S#!t Up! (14) by p4l1ndr0m3
Crank That S#!t Up!!!! (6) by CamoDaGreat
My Crank that S#!t up entry :) (15) by ZEZgames
My First Video (3) by Stryker
Nvidia+Socom Cranks that $#%^ UP!!!!! (4) by mrinfinit3
[FX] 3-Screen Effect - Guide (part-2) (0) by nGAGE
Crank that s#!t up to 11!!! (14) by jarrodthome
My crank that S#!t Up entry! (13) by zin_onos
Crankin' it up today... and tomorrow! (8) by Slipdisk

More Blogs >>




SiS 735 Performance Preview
May 10, 2001   Brandon Sandman Bell > [View My Other Articles]
Product Info | User Reviews | Article Images(9) | Image Gallery | Comments | Forum Thread
Introduction

AMD-760 DDR killer?

While VIA has become a popular name in the chipset market over the past year, Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation (SiS) has remained a relatively small player in the sector. However, back in the glory days of the Socket 7 platform, VIA, ALi, and SiS competed very heavily for the second place spot behind Intel's TX chipset. When Intel transitioned to the Slot 1 interface utilized by the Pentium II processor, the three Taiwanese companies were left to battle it out for the premier Socket 7 spot. In the end, ALi's Aladdin V chipset ruled the performance space, with VIA's MVP3 and the SiS 5-series of chipsets competing heavily in the value segment.

SiS 735 Performance Preview [ DDR! @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
DDR!

SiS 735 Performance Preview [ The top end of the motherboard @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
The top end of the motherboard

Hanging by a moment

This is pretty much where SiS has remained for the past few years, which is why you've seen so little coverage of their products here on this site. During Comdex 2000 in Las Vegas last November, AMD demonstrated a few Duron systems based on SiS's 730 chipset (which includes integrated graphics), but motherboards based on SiS 730 haven't been available until just recently.

With such a rich history in the value segment, the majority of the online community overlooked SiS's DDR chipset announcements in December of last year. Like VIA, SiS focused their initial efforts on their Pentium III DDR chipset, SiS 635. At that time, the company had received the majority of its revenues from chipsets that supported Intel processors; SiS 730 was still in development. Therefore, it made sense to focus on the Intel platform, with their AMD DDR chipset, SiS 735, following by a few months.

With ALi MAGiK 1 offering disappointing performance to date, and KT266 motherboards receiving those final coats of polish before public release, SiS 735 enters the performance segment of the market just in time to make an impact.

SiS 735

From a features standpoint, SiS 735 shares many of the same traits as ALi MAGiK1 and VIA KT266, all three support both conventional SDRAM and DDR SDRAM. In contrast, AMD's 760 chipset only supports DDR SDRAM, and AMD's specification for AMD-760 only allows two DIMM sockets.

But the SiS 735 has one trait that stands out from the rest of the DDR crowd...

SiS 735 Performance Preview [ System off @ 640 x 425 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
System off

SiS 735 Performance Preview [ System on! @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.
System on!

    Sounds good so far. What other features does it support? Next!
Blog + Share: Digg Del.icio.us Reddit SU furl • More: AddThis Social Bookmark Button
Send This Article to a Friend!  
Table of Contents
  Print Entire Article  

MATRIX CONTENT » RANDOM MEDIA BLOG More Blogs >>
No ratings yet
» Please rate this
Read this Media-Blog entry!» Crank That S#!t Up!!!! (6)
by CamoDaGreat () Talk with this user on their Shout Box (My other blogs) Posted 18 months ago


 Latest Headlines
PC Game Sales for Tuesday, February 14th (0)
Ravaged dev diaries show the indie shooter's vehicles (0)
New Mass Effect 3 teaser trailer, "Take Earth Back" (0)
Crusader Kings 2 launch trailer sets us up for intrigue (0)
New Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion teaser trailer (0)
Today's News >>
Today's Siteseeing >>


 Table of Contents


 Related Link
SiS Webpage


FiringSquad is powered by... Back to Top Site MapContact UsAdvertise With Us Privacy StatementAbout Us  
News RSSSiteseeing RSSArticle RSS   © 1998-2012 FS Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved