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Albatron Mars PX915P/G Pro Socket 775
Motherboard
& Albatron Trinity PCX5750 Video Card
Socket 775 or "LGA 775" motherboards are just getting a good start, but
it's going to be an up hill battle for Intel. Intel really has their
work cut out for them. They have to convince people that their new
Socket 775 is the way to go, and at the same time convince everyone to
throw away their AGP video cards and buy a PCI Express card. To top it all off,
you may or may not have to upgrade to DDR2 all at the same time. I've
seen a lot of changes over the years, but never three major components
at the same time. Today we have a new motherboard to show off from
Albatron called the Mars PX915P/G Pro. This Socket 775 motherboard does
away with the AGP slot we've all come to know, and replace it with a
PCI Express slot. Although we had to pick up a new CPU for this review, we do
get to keep using regular DDR and not DDR2. Is Intel's new 915 chipset
something revolutionary, or just an excuse to get you to purchase more
hardware that you really don't need? Let's take a look at this new
motherboard, and at the same time check out Albatron's PCI Express video card
solution, the Trinity PCX5750.
Motherboard Specs
Feature
Intel PentiumR4 Processor (Prescott)
Socket 775 with FSB 533/800 MHz
4 DDR 333/400 Memory Sockets ( Dual Channel)
1* x 16, 2* x 1, 3*PCI Slots
8 Channel HD Audio,Marvel l Gbits Ethernet LAN & VIA 10/100 Ethernet LAN
4 Serial ATA150 Channels, IDE RAID 0,1,0+1/ATA133,
Integrated 3D Graphics Engine (Share memory maximum 8 MB)
8 USB 2.0/1.1 Ports (4 ports by optional cable)
Processor
Socket 775 Intel PentiumR4 Processor (Prescott)
FSB
533/800 MHz
Chipset
North Bridge : Intel 915G (Grantsdale G)
South Bridge : Intel ICH6
IDE RAID Chip: ITE IT8212F
LAN Chip : Marvell MV8001 1Gbits /VIA VT6105 10/100 Ethernet LAN
HD Audio Codec : Realtek ALC880
I/O Chip: Winbond Smart I/O W83627THF
Memory
4 * DDR Sockets:
DDR333/400 NON-ECC DDR SDRAM up to 4GB
Expansion Slots
1 x x 16
2 x x 1
3 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant)
IDE Connectors
1* ATA100 Channel, up to 2 ATA 100 IDE devices
2* ATA133 Channels, up to 4 ATA 133 IDE devices
Onboard I/O
Connectors
1 x Floppy Connector
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 header (4 ports by optional cable)
1 x CD_IN header
1 x S/PDIF in/out header (S/PDIF in/out cable optional)
1 x CPU fan header ( 1 fan rotation detection function )
2 x System fan headers ( 2 fan rotation detection function )
1 x 10 pin system panel header (Intel spec)
1 x 3 pin Power LED header
1 x Front audio header (Intel spec)
1 x IrDA header
1 x Case Open detection header
I/O via Back Panel
PS/2 keyboard/mouse, 4 x USB(2.0/1.1), 2x RJ45 ,1 x Com(serial),
1 x Parallel, 1xLine-in/Line-out(Speaker Out)/MIC/SUR_CEN/SUR/R:WOF,L:CEN
Power
24-pin ATX power connector, 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
BIOS Feature
4Mb Flash EEPROM
Award BIOS with ACPI, DMI2.0, PnP, WfM2.0, Green Suspend to RAM (S3),
Suspend to Disk (S4) Wake on keyboard/mouse, Wake on LAN/RTC Timer
Hardware Monitoring
3 FAN sensors, CPU/System voltages and temperature monitoring
Special Feature
Zero Jumper Design
Adjustable CPU frequency by 1 MHz increment, Adjustable Vcore,
VAGP, VMemory for overclocking
Watch Dog Timer (auto-reset system when it can not handle overclock
configurations)
Certifications
FCC, CE, BSMI
Form Factor
ATX (244mm x 305mm)
Video
Card Specs
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Grapics Engine: |
GeForce PCX 5750
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Memory Size: |
128MB DDR
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Memory Bus: |
128bit |
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Engine Clock: |
425MHz |
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RAMDAC: |
500MHz |
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Max. Resolution: |
2048x1536@85Hz |
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Bus Standard: |
PCI Express |
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VGA Output: |
Yes |
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TV Tuner: |
No |
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TV-out: |
Yes |
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VIVO(Video-in.Video
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No |
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DVI: |
Yes |
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WINDVD: |
No |
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WIN DVR: |
No |
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WINDVD Creator: |
No |
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Power DVD: |
No |
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Power Director: |
No |
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3D GAMES: |
Duke Nukem: Manhattan
Project
Game Pack |
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