VIA KM133 Socket-A Chipset: Final Battle of the Value Chipsets

3D Gaming Performance using Integrated Video

Under Quake III Arena, the Savage4 that is a part of the ProSavage graphics core proves to be a higher performing 3D solution than the 300 chipset which the 730S uses.  However the close to 33% performance advantage here doesn’t mean much for OEMs and system integrators since very few value PC users will be purchasing either of these chipsets to play games with high performance expectations. 

Should the need arise for higher gaming performance, regardless of what chipset you’re using, the best option would be to make use of the external AGP 4X slot and disable the integrated video.

The performance advantage drops slightly to just over 21% in favor of the KM133 as the resolution increases and memory bandwidth becomes a limiting factor.