Chipset upgrading always bring in performance increase. As Intel strived forward with their P965/975 with ICH8 chipset series, in every turn falls back when its compared to its Nvidia counterpart but sometimes they bring in innovative stuff like their new P35 and G33 with ICH9 chipsets (officially released this May. (Codenamed Bearlake before release) supporting DDR3 exclusively! while news sources say AMD is making DDR3 support plans as well. It doesn't say users have to migrate to DDR3 as it natively supports DDR2 as well.
How Intel P35 works (Source: Intel) [Click to enlarge]
What's more is 12 USB ports (only 10 ports for P965) increased FSB to 1333mhz(1066Mhz for P965) and new 'Intel Fast Memory Access' capability will result in higher bandwidth between North and South Bridge. While P35 will be enthusiast class, the G33 will not burn holes in your pocket; a non-enthusiast chip with onboard video (Intel GMA3100) favored for mainstream users.
Intel P35/ICH9 chips [Click to enlarge]
Anyway, everything above does not translate an upgrade to P35 as DDR2 will stay in markets for quite a while as DDR3 is not readily available now and surely it'll be priced heftily upon its launch. Intel already announced their upcoming X38 and G35 chipsets for Q3. G35 will be the first one to feature Intel's direct X10 based integrated video, x3500 and you will see PCI Express 2.0 in X38/G35. So stay tuned with us to know more about them in a few months.
IMAGE SOURCE: Intel Website
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