Gigabyte 8SRX (SiS 645) Mainboard
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The board is traditionally blue, and the package's design follows the
P4 Titan series.
Accessories:
- Package: an ordinary design for this company;
- Documentation: a user manual in English; a poster with brief installation
instructions;
- Cables: 1 ATA66/100 and 1 FDD;
- Bracket with two USB ports for the rear panel;
- CD with software including:
- drivers;
- Gigabyte EasyTune III;
- Gigabyte Face Wizard - for creation of screensavers in BIOS;
- Gigabyte Windows Utility Manager;
- Gigabyte Management Tool;
- Intel LDCM;
- Intel processor serial number control utility;
- Norton Antivirus 2001;
- Norton Personal Firewall 2001.
The layout has some disadvantages: audio-ins are located in front of
the PCI slots, and additional power supply connectors are placed close
to the rear panel (their cables will worsen ventilation). Besides, it is
difficult to handle memory modules when a video card is inserted. The AGP
connector has a lock of an unusual, but very convenient, form. Any jumpers
are lacking on the board, though there are places for them.
The feed circuits incorporate 5 capacitors of 3300 uF and 6 of 1500
uF.
There are the following controllers: CT5880 from Creative (normal 4-channel
hardware audio solution) with SPDIF connectors and with those for connecting
audio-outs on the front computer panel.
There are no any non-unsoldered elements on the board.
Brief characteristics of the board: memory slots - 3 DDR SDRAM;
expansion slots - AGP/ 6 PCI/ CNR; I/O ports - 2 COM/ LPT/ 2 PS/2/ 4 USB
(though the chipset supports 6); dimensions - 305x225 mm.
Adjustment can be carried out with:
| BIOS based on v6.00PG from Award |
Setup of memory timings |
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CAS Latency, DRAM RAS Active Time, DRAM RAS
Precharge Time, DRAM RAS to CAS Delay |
| Setup of memory frequency |
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DDR200, DDR266, DDR333 |
| Setup of AGP bus |
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| Setup of PCI bus |
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| Changeable scaler of AGP and PCI buses |
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| Manual assignment of interrupts |
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| Changeable FSB frequency |
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In 1 MHz steps, 100 - 200 MHz |
| Changeable CPU multiplier |
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x8 - x50 |
| Changeable core voltage |
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1.1 - 1.85 V in 0.025 V steps |
| Changeable memory voltage |
+ |
From +0.1 to +0.3 V in 0.1 V steps |
| Changeable chipset voltage |
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| Changeable AGP bus voltage |
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From +0.1 to +0.3 V in 0.1 V steps |
The board is very stable, speedy and of high quality, has an excellent
set of accessories and good functional capabilities.
Test results:
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