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With Intel's relative lack of fanfare upon the release of a chipset series, it's not difficult to forget that the world of chipsets is not limited to just NVIDIA/VIA. While Intel may not be too humble about new processors, their chipsets are usually released very quietly alongside a new processor, with no more talk about them beyond the initial reviewer's kits.

Such was the case with the i945/i955 chipsets. The true purpose of the i945/i955 chipsets is to provide Intel with a stepping stone on to greater things, all the while adding support for Intel's latest creation -- the dual-core "Pentium D". These two chipsets also add official support for 1066 MHz FSBs, as well as DDR2-667 memory. The come bundled with Intel's ICH7R south bridge, which packs a very nice feature punch.

http://neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardwa...ews/asusp5ld2/

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