It targeted the low-cost segment of the market, offering a robust platform for uniprocessor budget systems with integrated graphics.
The 810 was Intel's first chipset design to incorporate a hub architecture which was claimed to have better I/O throughput[2] and an integrated GPU, derived from the Intel740.
[4] The early GMCH (82810) chips (A2 stepping; S-spec numbers can be found on the fourth line of the chipset: SL35K, SL35X, SL3KK, SL3KL, Q790, Q789) could only support Celeron processors as they were unable to handle SSE instructions correctly.
So, if the machine is equipped with a Celeron that uses only a 66 MHz bus, PC100 SDRAM can still be taken advantage of and will benefit the IGP.
[4] Boards based on the chipset do not have an AGP expansion slot, leaving the user to make do with PCI for video card options.