Market Survey, Part 2: Six Premium Pentium 4 LGA775 Boards
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Page 1:Introduction
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Page 2:No Dual-core Processors On The Latest Boards!
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Page 3:Asus P5AD2-E Premium (Intel 925XE)
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Page 4:Asus P5AD2-E Premium, Continued
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Page 5:Asus P5AD2-E Premium, Continued
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Page 6:Asus P5AD2-E Premium, Continued
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Page 7:Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe (Intel 915G)
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Page 8:Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe, Continued
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Page 9:Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe, Continued
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Page 10:Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW (Intel 925XE)
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Page 11:Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW, Continued
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Page 12:Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW, Continued
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Page 13:Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW, Continued
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Page 14:Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW, Continued
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Page 15:Gigabyte GA-8I925XE-G (Intel 925XE)
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Page 16:Gigabyte GA-8I925XE-G, Continued
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Page 17:Gigabyte GA-8I925XE-G, Continued
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Page 18:MSI 925X Neo Platinum (MS-7053) (Intel 925XE)
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Page 19:MSI 925X Neo Platinum, Continued
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Page 20:MSI 925X Neo Platinum, Continued
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Page 21:MSI 925X Neo Platinum, Continued
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Page 22:Intel D925XECV2 (Intel 925XE)
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Page 23:Intel D925XECV2, Continued
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Page 24:Intel D925XECV2, Continued
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Page 25:Test System
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Page 26:OpenGL
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Page 27:DirectX 9
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Page 28:Synthetic
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Page 29:Synthetic, Continued
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Page 30:Video
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Page 31:Video, Continued
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Page 32:Applications
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Page 33:Conclusion: Asus And Gigabyte Neck And Neck
Intel D925XECV2 (Intel 925XE)
Unmistakable: the huge, glued down, passive Northbridge cooler and the black color scheme are characteristic of Intel motherboards.
Board revision: 2.03
BIOS version: 0404
Intel wields a considerable amount of influence in the motherboard business. Over the course of the last few years, its product assortment has steadily grown, and Intel now offers 16 boards for the 900 series chipsets alone. For the coming 945/955 platform (Lakeport/Glenwood), another 13 boards are on the roadmap. In the future, Intel intends to use its five categories for better classification: the Extreme, Media, Executive, Classic, and Essential series. Some boards fall into more than one category.
The board on the test bed this time is called Culver City 2, and has ample features, though it doesn't quite live up to the bonanza offered by Asus and Gigabyte's boards. Three FireWire ports are available, along with four SATA connections and a floppy and UltraATA/100 connection for each of the chipsets. The sound system is HD Audio-compliant. Intel includes a small front module for installing in a 3.5" drive bay. A FireWire connection, two USB 2.0 ports and audio ports can be used here on the front of the computer. Both a white and a black panel are provided.
Intel only cools its chipset components passively. Two fan connections with four pins, and a connector with three pins, allow two case fans to be hooked up. If you are wondering about the slot arrangement, you should know that Intel uses the same layout as for a MicroATX motherboard, leaving out only the two left PCI slots. That is also why so much of the board's surface goes unused. With desktop motherboards, Intel still has not integrated a pair of Gigabit network ports, sticking with a Marvell chip connected via PCI Express.
To remain competitive, Intel can't help but include overclocking functions too. However, one particular feature they certainly don't offer is unlocking the x14 multiplier via the performance requirement bit. After all, it's better for them if customers invest more money for a faster processor!
Under testing, the board occasionally got hung up on post code error 80. We got around the problem by turning the system off and then back on again. Using a replacement board didn't resolve the error either. We surmise that this could be caused by the current BIOS version with support for the Pentium 4 600 series .
Intel D925XECV2 (Rev. 203) | |
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Platform | Sockel LGA775 |
Northbridge | Intel 925XE |
Southbridge | Intel ICH6R |
BIOS | unknow |
Memory | DDRII-333 to 533 |
Interfaces | |
Connectors | onboard/panel |
USB 2.0 | 4 / 2 |
IEEE1394/Firewire | 1 / 1 |
Serial COM Port | 1 / none |
Parallel LPT Port | 1 / none |
Game | none / none |
LAN | 1 / none |
WLAN | none / none |
SATA | 4 / none |
Audio analog | 5 / 2 |
Audio digital | 2 / none |
Connectors | onboard only |
PCIe 16x | 1 |
PCIe 1x | 2 |
PCI | 4 |
IDE (PATA) | 1 (2 channels) |
Fan 4 pins (CPU) | 1 |
Fan 3 pins (System) | 3 |
Mass Storage Controller | |
ICH6R | 2x IDE (ATA100)
4x SATA (RAID 0,1,0+1) |
LAN | |
Marvell 88E8053 PCIe | 1x 1 Gbit/s LAN |
Audio | |
Realtek ALC880 7.1 | AC97 (HD-Audio) |
IEEE1394/Firewire | |
agere FW323-06 | 2x 1394a (400 Mbit/s) |
Clock Setting in BIOS | Measurement |
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200.0 MHz (FSB800) | 200.0 MHz (+ 0.00 %) |
266.6 MHz (FSB1066) | n/a |
SPD Memory Timing Recognition | Timing Result |
FSB800 setting | CL 3.0-3-3-6 |
FSB1066 setting | n/a |
- Introduction
- No Dual-core Processors On The Latest Boards!
- Asus P5AD2-E Premium (Intel 925XE)
- Asus P5AD2-E Premium, Continued
- Asus P5AD2-E Premium, Continued
- Asus P5AD2-E Premium, Continued
- Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe (Intel 915G)
- Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe, Continued
- Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe, Continued
- Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW (Intel 925XE)
- Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW, Continued
- Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW, Continued
- Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW, Continued
- Gigabyte GA-8AENXP-DW, Continued
- Gigabyte GA-8I925XE-G (Intel 925XE)
- Gigabyte GA-8I925XE-G, Continued
- Gigabyte GA-8I925XE-G, Continued
- MSI 925X Neo Platinum (MS-7053) (Intel 925XE)
- MSI 925X Neo Platinum, Continued
- MSI 925X Neo Platinum, Continued
- MSI 925X Neo Platinum, Continued
- Intel D925XECV2 (Intel 925XE)
- Intel D925XECV2, Continued
- Intel D925XECV2, Continued
- Test System
- OpenGL
- DirectX 9
- Synthetic
- Synthetic, Continued
- Video
- Video, Continued
- Applications
- Conclusion: Asus And Gigabyte Neck And Neck