Intel introduces P45 and G45 Express chipsets

Sure, all the Intel action lately has been about Nehalem and Montevina, but that doesn't mean the company's not busy tweaking its existing products, and it introduced the new P45 Express and G45 Express chipsets today at Computex. The new chipsets all support FSB speeds of up to 1.3GHz and DDR3 RAM speeds of up to 1.06GHz and have PCI Express 2.0 slots, but the G43 and G45 include X4500 / X4500HD integrated graphics while the P43 and P45 do not. Expect to see this kit under the hood of desktop Intel systems relatively soon -- now, if we could just get going on that Montevina launch, we'd be all set.

[Dan P @ Jun 3rd 2008 7:50PM]

Now this is computer pr0n! :o

[MeatPop @ Jun 3rd 2008 7:57PM]

right....

[SneAKz @ Jun 3rd 2008 7:58PM]

ASUS already has a P45 mobo upping Intel's stock FSB of 1333 to
1600. I think its the Maximus Formula II.

[TUtech @ Jun 3rd 2008 8:02PM]

"DDR3 RAM speeds of up to 1.66GHz" INCREDIBLE! If only these speeds were possible now...

[BYOPC @ Jun 3rd 2008 8:18PM]

yeah up to 2000 are possible on many many existing boards. do some research

[Darkroom @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:01PM]

is this what was introed last month with the new iMacs?

[Casper42 @ Jun 3rd 2008 9:13PM]

1) The Original Author obviously isnt a real computer hardware nerd or they would have known that just about NO ONE refers to the 1333 FSB as "1.3Ghz". If you Engadget people are reading this, go change it please.

2) The P45 will only officially support 1333 but obviously you can OC ,based on the board OEM enabling it, all the way to 1600 and beyond. The P45 has already been shown the ability to OC the FSB up to 2100 (525x4)

3) The only officially supported 1600Mhz FSB Intel Chipset is the X48. The P45 doesn't list this FSB so they (Intel) can try to convince the enthusiast crowd that they NEED an X48 instead of a P45 when in fact there are not a ton of differences and Intel makes more money for almost the same amount of work.

4) DDR3 Speeds are easily double what you see with DDR2, so DDR3-1600 is no feat of magic. And those Speeds are possible now. Here are some 35 at NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170147+1052129233+1052429371 Click the little x Next to "Speed : DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)" up top and then on the left you will see they have products up to DDR3-2000 (which is similar to DDR2-1066 memory widely available today.

[nikster @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:19PM]

++

Engadgets needs more hardware nerds, agreed.

[kal326 @ Jun 3rd 2008 10:02PM]

So its a 35 series chipset with PCIe 2.0 and ICH10/10R. Did I miss anything, cause this product launch is about as entertaining as watching bowling on TV?

[Guy Smiley @ Jul 2nd 2008 1:33AM]

Guys - this chipset also supports new power management features (self refresh in C4 power state), as well as it is built on a smaller process. It is much more eco-friendly than its p35 counterpart.