After the E7500 dual Xeon chipset was introduced, the new E7205 was modified specifically for the Pentium 4. With AGP 8X, USB 2.0 and dual-channel memory interface in conjunction with HyperThreading, it is gearing up to become the starter package for Intel workstations. How well it can succeed is questionable, since more power than an 850E chipset is not to be expected. But in another area, the E7205 offers more: in comparison to RDRAM, the DDR memory chip barely heats up at all, and the overall platform still provides plenty of latitude for overclocking.
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