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VIA DualGFX Express Chipsets
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What really makes multi-display support possible is
the choice of a motherboard featuring VIA’s DualGFX
technology, as integrated in the latest VIA PT894 Pro
and VIA PT880 Pro chipsets for the Intel® Pentium® 4
processor platform, and the forthcoming VIA K8T890 Pro
chipset for the AMD64 processor platform.
VIA PT894 Pro
The VIA PT894 Pro DualGFX Express implementation has
two graphics connections provided directly from the
North Bridge, with additional x1 PCI Express connectivity
through the South Bridge.
PCI Express Graphics Interface
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PCI Express Peripheral Support |
Primary x16
Secondary x4 |
Two x1 high speed devices* |
* together with VIA VT8251 South Bridge
VIA PT880 Pro
The VIA PT880 Pro DualGFX Express implementation has
two graphics connections, both an AGP connectivity (AGP
8X) as well as PCI Express Graphics x4 connectivity
provided directly from the North Bridge. The PT880 Pro
has additional x1 PCI Express connectivity through the
South Bridge.
AGP Interface
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PCI Express Graphics Interface |
| AGP 3.0 (AGP 8X) |
x4 Interface |
VIA K8T890 Pro
The VIA K8T890 Pro DualGFX Express implementation has
two graphics connections provided directly from the
North Bridge, with additional x1 PCI Express connectivity
through the South Bridge.
PCI Express Graphics Interface
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PCI Express Peripheral Support |
Primary x16
Secondary x4 |
Two x1 high speed devices* |
* together with VIA VT8251 South Bridge
The evolution of the
modern day PC is less
and less about power
and performance, but
about the ease and functionality
a system can provide.
With VIA DualGFX Express,
users will have the opportunity
to create systems with
full multi-display capabilities
that can drastically
improve working patterns,
make existing setups
more cost effective and
more stable, or make
possible what before
was not with legacy architectures.
With the VIA PT894Pro,
PT880 Pro, and K8T890
Pro chipsets users will
have full access to the
benefits that VIA DualGFX
Express can afford truly
changing the PC landscape.
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