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
Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe (Intel 915G)
The P5GDC-V Deluxe looks like a good choice for ambitious upgrades.
Board revision : 1.03
BIOS version : 1007 Beta 006
The P5GDC-V Deluxe is a lot less expensive than the P5AD2-E. Thanks to its 915G chipset, it offers Intel’s latest graphics accelerator, though it doesn’t support 266 MHz FSB clock speed.
Despite the lower cost, the typical Asus features are all still present. A Stack Cool layer is again deployed to deal with temperature hot spots around the processor and power converter, providing for better heat distribution. The additional layer also keeps the board from bending too much when installing a CPU cooler.
The board did display one aesthetic flaw : our Corsair DDR400 memory (CMX512-3200LL, XMS3205v1.2) with ideal timings of CL2-2-2-5, was run by the Asus board with timings of CL2-4-4-8. The overclocking functions though were nice. Asus’ board also provides the performance requirement bit unlock feature for use with CPUs having a multiplier of 14x and 04B stepping or later.
Asus P5GDC-V Deluxe (Rev. 1.03) | |
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Platform | Sockel LGA775 |
Northbridge | Intel 915P |
Southbridge | Intel ICH6R |
BIOS | 1007 BETA 006 (01/21/2005) |
Memory | DDRII-400 to 711 DDR 333/400 |
Interfaces | |
Connectors | onboard/panel |
USB 2.0 | 4 / 4 |
IEEE1394/Firewire | 1 / 1 |
Serial COM Port | none / 1 |
Parallel LPT Port | 1 / none |
Game | none / 1 |
LAN | 1 / none |
WLAN | none / none |
SATA | 4 / none |
Audio analog | 6 / none |
Audio digital | 2 / none |
Connectors | onboard only |
PCIe 16x | 1 |
PCIe 1x | 2 |
PCI | 3 |
IDE (PATA) | 2 (4 channels) |
Fan 4 pins (CPU) | 1 |
Fan 3 pins (System) | 2 |
Mass Storage Controller | |
ICH6R | 2x IDE (ATA100)
4x SATA (RAID 0,1,0+1) |
ITE 8212F | 2x IDE (ATA133 RAID 1,0,0+1) |
LAN | |
Marvell 88E053 PCIe | 1x 1 Gbit/s LAN |
Audio | |
C-Media CMI 9880 7.1 | AC97 |
IEEE1394/Firewire | |
TSB43AB22A | 2x 1394a (400 Mbit/s) |
Clock Setting in BIOS | Measurement |
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200.0 MHz (FSB800) | 200.7 MHz (+0.35 %) |
266.6 MHz (FSB1066) | n/a |
SPD Memory Timing Recognition | Timing Result |
FSB800 setting DDRII | CL 4.0-4-4-12 |
FSB800 setting DDR | CL 2.0-4-4-8 |
- 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