Apollo VP3
| CPU supported | Pentium Pentium MMX Cyrix 6x86 AMD K5 AMD K6 WinChip |
|---|---|
| Socket supported | Socket 7 |
| Southbridge(s) | VT82C586B |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Release date(s) | November 1997 |
| Predecessor | Apollo VP2 |
| Successor | Apollo MVP3 |
Apollo VP3 (alias ETEQ 6628) is a x86 based Socket 7 chipset which was manufactured by VIA Technologies and was launched in 1997. On its time Apollo VP3 was a high performance, cost effective, and energy efficient chipset. It offered AGP support for Socket 7 processors which was not supported at that moment by Intel, SiS and ALi chipsets. In November 1997 FIC released motherboard PA-2012, which uses Apollo VP3 and has AGP bus. This was the first Socket 7 motherboard supporting AGP.