Intel® 915P 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.

PCI Express* x16 graphics delivers up to 4 GB/s per direction, 3.5 times more bandwidth than AGP 8X. 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 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® Accelerated Hub Architecture.

Intel® High Definition Audio

Support for new consumer 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 RW only

Boosts storage performance with RAID 0, while protecting 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.

Eight ports offer up to 40X greater bandwidth over USB 1.1, for high-speed I/O peripherals such as digital video cameras.