The Performance of the Triton II is still quite competitive today with most higher end processors and configurations. Unlike the original triton, this successor has the ability to support dual CPUs as well as ECC DRAM and USB. The EDO timings on the HX Chipset are considerably faster than those on the FX chipset which means you can expect a greater overall memory performance with the HX Chipset, especially if using over 64MB of RAM, the cacheable limit of the FX. The HX Chipset also extends CPU compatibility to IBM/Cyrix as well as AMD and Intel which makes it a better competitor even today. Its PIIX3 BMIDE Controller is considerably faster than the PIIX controller found in the FX chipset, however it still doesn't support the UltraDMA specification. The Triton II was also the first chipset to even unofficially support the 83.3MHz bus frequency now very common in most decent motherboards today.
| Intel 82430HX Chipset | ||
| Common Name | Triton II | |
| Chipset Packaging | Number of chips | 2 (82439HX System Controller, 82371SB) |
| Packaging Type | 1 x 324-pin BGA; 1 x 208-pin lead QFP | |
| CPU Support | Number of CPUs | 2 |
| AMD CPUs Supported | K5, K6 | |
| Cyrix CPUs Supported | 6x86 (M1), 6x86MX (M2) | |
| Intel CPUs Supported | Pentium, Pentium MMX | |
| Cache | Type | Pipeline Burst Cache |
| Maximum Supported Size | 512KB | |
| Maximum Cacheable DRAM Area | 64MB or 512MB (depending on Tag RAM) | |
| Memory | Maximum DRAM Supported | 512MB |
| BEDO DRAM Read Timings (66MHz) | N/A | |
| EDO DRAM Read Timings (66MHz) | 5-2-2-2 | |
| FPM DRAM Read Timings (66MHz) | 5-3-3-3 | |
| SDRAM Read Timings (66MHz) | N/A | |
| Data Path to Memory | 64-bits | |
| ECC Support | Yes | |
| Hard Disk Controller | Chip | PIIX3 (82371SB Controller) |
| Busmastering Support | Yes | |
| UltraDMA Support | No | |
| Max. Theoretical Transfer Rate | PIO Mode 4/DMA Mode 2 (16.6MB/S) | |
| PCI Interface | Supported PCI Bus Speeds | 25, 30, 33 MHz |
| Concurrent PCI | Yes | |
| Async. PCI Bus Speed | No | |
| PCI Specification | 2.0 (66 MHz max.) | |
| Power Management | PC97 Compliance | No |
| Suspend to Disk | No | |
| HDD Power Down | Yes | |
| Modem Wakeup | No | |
| System Suspend | No | |
| Video | AGP Support | No |
| Unified Memory Architecture | No | |
| Peripheral Support | USB Support | Yes |
| Plug and Play Port | Yes | |
| Write Buffers | CPU-to-DRAM | 16 QWords |
| CPU-to-PCI | 6 DWords | |
| PCI-to-DRAM | 20 DWords | |
| Officially Supported Bus Speeds | 50, 55, 60, 66 MHz | |
| Unofficially Achieved Bus Speeds | 68, 75, 83.3 MHz | |
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vortmax2 - Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - link
The good ole' days when you could put multiple vendor CPUs into the same motherboard. So simple...PentiumGeek - Thursday, September 1, 2016 - link
This motherboard was on my 1st PC. I was very disappointed when faced with the problem that DIMM and SIMM memory can't work in the same time. I used Pentium 100Mhz CPU on this motherboard :)Amadeus777999 - Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - link
Got an ASUS P2L97 board yesterday and I'm reading through this while DoomII is benchmarking. Good times.rogerjowett - Sunday, May 17, 2020 - link
Does n e 1 know where I can find a Voltage Regulation Module please