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Intel® 915GV Express Chipset
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Intel® 915GV Express Chipset
The Intel® 915GV Express chipset, designed for the Intel® Pentium® 4 processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology†, in the LGA775 package, delivers a decade's worth of innovation:

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900, which supports widescreen LCD displays and accelerated DirectX* 9
lntel® High Definition Audio and Intel® Matrix Storage Technology integrated into the chipset
Flexible memory support for both dual channel DDR2 533 memory, which can deliver up to 8.5 GB/s bandwidth
Ready for Microsoft Windows Vista*
Intel® 915 Express Chipset family platforms using 512 MB of system memory or more meet all current requirements for the Microsoft Windows Vista* Capable PC program.
Download the Product Brief [PDF 77KB]
View Chipset System Diagram
View Animation: Intel® Express Chipsets in the Digital Home and Digital Office [SWF 2.2MB]
Motherboard and Barebones Selector Guide
Performance Desktop Chipset Comparison Chart
Intel® 915GV Chipset Features
Features Benefits
800/533 MHz System Bus Front Side Bus (FSB) support for high-performance Intel processors and greater system performance.
Supports Hyper-Threading Technology† Increased system responsiveness for multi-tasking.
LGA775 Socket LGA775 socket supports the high- performance Intel desktop processors.
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900 Stunning media, incredible visuals, and new 3D capabilities. For business users, Intel validates the chipset, processor, graphics and software stack to provide a well-tested platform with support for Microsoft* Windows 2000, Windows* XP, Linux (top distributions) and OS/2 (SciTech).
PCI Express* I/O bus PCI Express x1 I/O offers 500 MB/s concurrently, over 3.5 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133 MB/s.1
View PCI Express* Animation [SWF 2MB]
PCI Express* x16 Graphics Interface
Dual-channel DDR2 or DDR Flexible memory support, for dual channel DDR2 533/DDR2 400 or DDR400/DDR333 memory, in configurations of up to 4 GB RAM.
Direct Media Interface (DMI) For I/O intensive applications, new serial point-to-point bus delivers up to 2.0 GB/s concurrent bandwidth between the memory and I/O controllers, compared to 266 MB/s with previous generation Intel® Hub Architecture.
Intel® High Definition Audio Support for new consumer audio entertainment formats such as 7.1 surround sound, Dolby* Digital, and DTS*. Audio codec support for 192 kHz quality, multiple streams, and better voice input for speech recognition and voice-over-IP.
Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with ICH6R or ICH6RW only Boosts storage performance with RAID 0, while helping to protect your digital memories with RAID 1, on the same disks. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) further boosts performance with Native Command Queuing (NCQ), and provides native hot plug for drive swaps.
Four Serial ATA Ports (SATA/150) Integrated Serial ATA controller facilitates high-speed data transfers at up to 150 MB/s for each of 4 ports. Allows easier hard drive upgrades and expansion for new SATA optical drives.
Ultra ATA/100 Supports legacy hard drives and optical drives.
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Ports Eight ports offer up to 40X greater bandwidth over USB 1.1, for high-speed I/O peripherals such as digital video cameras.
Intel Serial Digital Video Output (SDVO) Ports Dual SDVO ports offer maximum display (digital CRT or TV) flexibility through the existing PCI Express x16 connector.
Related Products
Processors
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipsets Intel® 915G, 915P and 910GL Express Chipsets
Desktop Boards Intel® Desktop Board D915GVWB
Other Intel® Platform Memory (Validated DDR and DDR2)
Packaging Information
Product Package
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 775 Land Grid Array (LGA)
Intel® 82915GV GMCH 1210 Flip Chip Ball Grid Array (FCBGA)
Intel® ICH6 Family: ICH6, ICH6R 609 Micro Ball Grid Array (mBGA)
† Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology) requires a computer system with an Intel® Processor supporting HT Technology and an HT Technology enabled chipset, BIOS, and operating system. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software you use. See www.intel.com/products/ht/hyperthreading_more.htm for more information including details on which processors support HT Technology.

Intel® processors and/or chipsets may contain design defects or errors known as errata which may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Current characterized errata are available on request.

1 Based on the theoretical bandwidth comparison of PCI Express at 8 GB/s, to PCI at 133 MB/s, and to AGP8X at 2.1 GB/s. See www.pcisig.com/specifications/pciexpress/ for more information.
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