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) | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |