On the new chipset, promising to become very popular, Gigabyte has rolled out an interesting payment, the quantity of which firm technologies surpasses all conceivable limits. Unfortunately, cost of this topovoy to model quite corresponds to its functionality, but an opportunity topovy'h products, at least, it is interesting to study. Our constant readers, certainly, remember series Gigabyte then the number of these double miracles did not exceed six. There has passed a series with similar positioning where the number of features has accordingly increased though for the user it has not brought appreciable differences later. Further already through i-DNA (with absent numerical expression of quantity of miracles on unit of the area, but at preservation D (=Dual/Double)) we reach up to present. However all S-tehnologii have arisen, as a matter of sub $500 notebook fact, owing to renaming and a regrouping old. And here now 6-Quad already six uchetverenny'h technologies.
Quad BIOS development classical (without inverted commas) scheme Gigabyte DualBIOS extremely useful to beginning experimenters, striving contrary to all to stitch wrong version BIOS (or to dig into instability of a pressure in the socket). Really, loading from backup copy BIOS stored a separate microcircuit, in such situations allows to correct business easily. However Quad BIOS anything useful to this scheme does not add, and simply offers two more places where the reserve version on complete CD with drivers can be stored and in the latent section of a hard disk (earlier it referred to as separate technology Xpress BIOS Recovery). And if for the lack of the second microcircuit fle`sh-PZU on a payment such functionality has been demanded, in present crossing we do not see sense.
Quad Cooling and Quad Triple Phase really interesting sub $500 notebook engineering decisions, on them we shall in detail talk hardly later. But the remained two technologies cleanly marketing. Project Quad DDR slots it in general a shame for the founder: most usual slota for memory are now absolutely at all. Quad eSATA it is hardly better, though we strongly doubt, that though to a little significant percent of buyers Gigabyte 965P-DQ really it is useful opportunity to connect external SATA-vinchestera and to unite them in RAID-massiv. If to use only internal winchesters ports SATA-II on high-grade marketing advantage in any way do not pull.
The practical embodiment of a payment has not the most successful distributing that it is difficult to blame for models with a similar level of functionality. Different sockets vy'nujdenno clash with each other: so, sloty' for memory are located too close to the sub $500 notebook first graphic slotu, the block of sound sockets for the forward panel is pressed to dimensional elements on a payment, long cards of expansion can rest against cables IDE/SATA-nakopiteley, etc. (by the way, at full realization Quad eSATA the mash at the back panel will be significant). However, essential these flaws you will not name, to more basic oppression PCI-slotov traditional already on a background slotov PCI Express for periphery ( PCIEx and to the second PCIEx which officially does not support SLI/CrossFire so by a videocard it will be borrowed unless for the sake of a conclusion of a picture to monitors) seems to us.
Regular nowadays use of system of cooling of a chipset and the converter of a pressure on thermal tubes has helped in due course organically vjivit' a new element in design of system payments, and in case of Gigabyte 965P-DQ this system of sub $500 notebook radiators any more does not look as an oil pipeline in tundra. The first part of term Quad Cooling speaks that the system of cooling works with four heated most up elements of a payment (except for, certainly, central processor): northern and southern bridges of a chipset, group of field transistors in a circuit of the converter of a processor pressure and a part of a payment from a back within the limits of a socket (which, clearly, heats up the processor). If with first three items all is simple (a copper plate in the basis of a small aluminium radiator on each sub $500 notebook of bridges of a chipset is interfaced by a thermal tube to a sound copper radiator on one of groups of field transistors) for a back of a payment the technology with name Crazy Cool (very much is used would be desirable significantly pokivat' a head, but we shall be kept).
ASUS uses similar, but is more thin the realized technology when from a back of a payment there is superfluous layer PCB with metallization. At Gigabyte the approach, probably, more effective (the decent sizes an aluminium radiator), but also more rough therefore, in particular, you can have a problem at attempt to establish on the processor a cooler demanding fixture from a back sub $500 notebook of a payment (like). Fortunately, to remove plate Crazy Cool if necessary special work will not make.
Steadfast consideration of a processor socket reveals one more interesting feature of a payment which is awarded last number rank Quad Triple Phase. We shall not concentrate attention on adjustment of the decision under the answer (very much it would be desirable to receive one more kvad), in fact in itself three times fourfold 12-kanal'naya the scheme of the pulse converter this doubtless achievement. We already a payment with channels, now will reach a new level. Certainly, Gigabyte 965P-DQ will not start to show miracles only because of 12-kanal'noy the scheme of the converter, in fact the quantity of field sub $500 notebook transistors (on one on the channel) is typical for topovy'h modern payments. However at least the improved temperature mode (owing to increase of EFFICIENCY of the converter) provides such decision.
Even more interesting and important other feature of a payment seems to us: application in all without exception cases only qualitative Japanese condensers and not usual e`lektroliticheskih, and polymeric from Sanyo from series SEPC. As we already marked in the review, condensers of the given series are characterized by stability to extreme operating conditions (the guaranteed service life at limiting admissible temperature 1 From 30 o'clock) and the lowered equivalent consecutive resistance (Low ESR), that is important for decrease in a self-warming up of the condenser. However, such choice for the converter of a processor pressure though it is faultless, would not provide Gigabyte advantage above sub $500 notebook competitors: at all topovy'h payments for these purposes very qualitative products are used. However that fact, that similar luxury meets on 965P-DQ in all circuits, strongly changes business. Certainly, in peripheral circuits currents much more poorly and there like such quality, however it would be not necessary, in our opinion, just that case when has reserved a pocket does not pull. All the same for topovy'h payments manufacturers are compelled to invent or create bright competitive advantages so let the bait for the user such will be better, than N additional controllers of the most progressive interfaces.
Coming back from lyrics to dry statistics, we shall note, that in a voltage stabilizer of a feed of the processor condensers on 5 mkF and on 4 mkF are applied, also on a payment there is a voltage stabilizer of memory (including sub $500 notebook condensers on 4 mkF and a little less capacious), strengthened by application of inductive elements. Hardly it is necessary to explain, that PCB the given payment it is unique, from dissolved, but not unsoldered elements there is only a socket for connection COM-porta on a rod. Access to the unique available crosspiece is not complicated even at installation of a payment in the case, but only under condition of short circuit of its contacts by a screw-driver or the similar tool installation of own crosspiece is complicated because of the neighbourhood with dimensional elements. The size of a payment of 3 2 mm (full-size ATX), fastening to the case nine screws, all edges of a payment are rigidly fixed (though if the wall of the case under a processor socket has adaptations for sub $500 notebook fastening a cooler through apertures in a payment, radiator Crazy Cool on the back payments can create some problems).
In addition to checked up by time and it is excellent itself to the recommended technology DualBIOS (now expanded up to Quad BIOS) a payment offers high-grade system of passive cooling of components, 12-kanal'ny'y the converter of a feed of the processor and universal use of qualitative polymeric Japanese condensers these features deserve for Gigabyte 965P-DQ the award of our site for original design
System monitoring (ITE 8717F-S, according to BIOS Setup) the Pressure of the processor, memory, a battery, +3, and + In;
Frequency of rotation of fans (with an opportunity of the sound notification at their refusal);
Temperature of the processor (the built in gauge sub $500 notebook of the processor, with an opportunity of the sound notification at excess of set value) and payments (the built in gauge of a payment);
The technology of automatic adjustment of rotation of fans depending on temperature is limited by a choice of type of adjustment (depending on model with or 4-kontaktny'm a socket downturn of a pressure or the task of the miss of steps), and also an opportunity of choice Intel QST (using the digital gauge of temperature in new processors Core 2/Extreme) instead of the classical scheme of work, but any concrete size for adjustment to specify management truly automatic is impossible :)
Basically, manual adjustment of sub $500 notebook this mode should be possible by means of firm utility EasyTune [5] under Windows, but in case of our copy of a payment last version EasyTune (loaded from a site of the manufacturer) at start took off with a mistake, therefore to confirm presence of the given functionality we cannot Ports, konnektory' and sockets on a surface of a payment the Processor socket (Socket 775, support of all existing processors for this socket: Intel Celeron D (models 325J-356), Pentium (505-5 and 630-672), Pentium D (805-8 and 915-960), Pentium XE (3,4-3, GHz), Pentium XE (840, 955, 965), and also Core Duo sub $500 notebook (E6300-E6700) and Core Extreme (X6800));
sockets under DDR SDRAM DIMM (up to GB DDR2-533/667/800, at processors with the trunk of 5 MHz memory will work in mode DDR2-533; modules in volume less than 2 MB are not supported; the two-channel operating mode is supported at filling slotov both channels (including a variant with filling type (A+B) +C, A+B=C), in case of a different memory size in channels (A+B, A B) is provided two-channel access to memory in volume 2A, the rest of memory is used in a single-channel mode);
slota PCIEx16, the first (polnoskorostnoy, x16) is intended for videoaccelerators, in the second (with physical width of the channel x4) also can be established the videoaccelerator, but officially association of two videocards in mode SLI/CrossFire is not stipulated;
slota sub $500 notebook PCIEx (at installation of a card of expansion in the second slot PCIEx all of them are disconnected as use general lines PCI Express of a chipset)
Sockets of a feed: standard ATX 2. ( contacts, it is possible to connect usual 20-kontaktny'y konnektor, but thus it is not recommended to use the powerful videoaccelerators which are not having own socket of a feed, or it is necessary to involve in addition mentioned below 4-kontaktny'y a socket), 8-kontaktny'y EPS12V for a feed of the processor (it is possible to connect standard 4-kontaktny'y konnektor ATX12V even without an adapter though for senior models Pentium 4/D and their extreme versions all the same is recommended to be used BP with high-grade konnektorom EPS12V) and 4-kontaktny'y a peripheral socket for maintenance of an additional feed slotu PCIEx16
Socket IDE (Parallel sub $500 notebook ATA), functioning due to additional controller JMicron, on devices ATA1 (about restrictions at work read below);
(Serial ATA II) on devices SATA300, from which chipsetny'e, disks connected to them it is possible to unite sockets SATA-II in RAID-massiv levels 0, 1, 0+1, and 10, more function due to the additional controller JMicron, disks connected to them can be united in RAID-massiv levels and 1;
sockets for connection planok on additional ports USB;
sockets for connection planok on additional ports FireWire
The block of sockets for connection of analog inputs and outputs of a sound on the forward panel of a computer
Socket for connection of module TPM (Trusted Platform Module, the device with the controller for check of authenticity of digital signatures and keys, and also other functions of enciphering and a safety);
Not documentary sub $500 notebook socket HDMI_AC intended, possibly, for conclusion HDMI-zvuka (perenapravleniya a sound stream on an additional cable on the device with HDMI-vy'vodom)
sockets for connection of fans (all with an opportunity of the control of quantity of turns), and two of them 4-kontaktny'e, for processor automatic adjustment of frequency of rotation is accessible
The back panel of a payment (from left to right, on blocks) under the reference a kind of a payment in 3/ from the back panel Sockets PS/ for connection of the mouse and the keyboard;
LPT and COM-port, sockets S/PDIF-Out of types Coaxial (coaxial) and Toslink (optical)
The complete set of delivery Packing: the box in the size is little bit more and noticeably more thickly usual, in a beautiful jacket with pleasant quality of polygraphy; the cover provides a window for visual acquaintance to the model, the useful area of a surface sub $500 notebook is hammered by transfer of features and characteristics of a payment; contents of the basic box are packaged on two packings (plastic for the payment and cardboard for accessories) in general, for this item an estimation perfectly;
Cables: SATA (without adapters of a feed), loop ATA and for connection of the disk drive both of a loop firm, dark blue color, with holders at sockets for convenience of switching-off;
Set for organization SLI: SLI Bridge (a scarf for connection of two videocards) and a rod on the back panel of a computer for reliable fastening this design (about sense of these accessories for a payment sub $500 notebook which are officially not supporting SLI, Gigabyte holds back most likely, in serial deliveries will be absent);
sets eSATA, include each of which: a rod on the back panel of a computer with two ports eSATA and a socket of a feed for IDE-ustroystv (inside of a computer such rod is connected to two sockets SATA on a payment and to a socket of a feed for IDE-ustroystv without a splitter), cable eSATA-SATA in the length about sm for connection of a usual internal disk, for connection of the same disk cables for connection eSATA-ustroystv you should get adapter of feed IDE-SATA independently
As we tested the pre-series sample, the documentation and sub $500 notebook program support at a payment simply were absent. Nevertheless, already on a box it is possible to conclude, that the user will receive also the rich user's guide (the truth, unfortunately, without Russian), and a set of firm utilities and, probably, additional ON on a disk.
On a background smart eSATA-komplekta full absence of other dilators of periphery at dear payment looks strange: ports USB it at all are a lot of, and variants with FireWire at all would not prevent. It is necessary to hope, that in mass deliveries Gigabyte 965P-DQ it will be supplied all the same with necessary rods on the back panel which are declared in the user's guide as facultative the Integrated controllers Sound, on the basis of 10-kanal'nogo sub $500 notebook (7.1+2) HDA-kodeka Realtek ALC888DD, with an opportunity of connection of audiosystems 7.1, a socket for connection face-to-face audiovhodov/vy'hodov, sockets S/PDIF-Out (optical + coaxial), socket S/PDIF-In and support of some unique functions;
Network, with support of speeds 10/100/10 Mbit/s (Gigabit Ethernet), on the basis of microcircuit Marvell 88E80 (interface PCIEx1);
IDE/SATA-II RAID, on the basis of microcircuit JMicron JMB3 (marks Gigabyte), with support of devices on channel ATA1 and devices SATA3 with an opportunity of association of the last in RAID-massiv levels and (interface PCIEx1);
FireWire, on the basis of microcircuit Texas Instruments TSB43AB23, with support of ports.
We have estimated quality of the integrated sound decision sub $500 notebook in a mode of bats, kGc by means of the test program and a sound card:
Non-uniformity ACHH (from Hz up to kGc), dB: +0,02,-0, Perfectly Noise level, dB :-90, very well Dynamic range, dB : 90, very well Harmonious distortions, %: 0,00 it is excellent Intermodulyacionny'e distortions + noise, %: 0,0 Interosculation of channels, dB is good:-73, Well Intermodulation on kGc, %: 0,00 it is very good the General estimation: very well . Not including opportunities to deduce simultaneously independent audiostreams on rear sockets (7.1) and face-to-face (stereos), ALC888DD supports a number of functions interesting to the house user. First of all, it is technologies DTS Neo:PC realized in drivers (decomposition of a usual stereosignal on 4- channels for sub $500 notebook creation of effect of a volumetric sound at analog connection of a multichannel audiosystem), DTS Interactive (transfer coded DTS-signala on the external decoder on S/PDIF), Dolby Digital Live (coding of an audiostream in AC- hurriedly for a conclusion on interface S/PDIF) and digital conclusion PCM-zvuka on S/PDIF. Also the audiocodec at a hardware level supports technologies of spatial division of signals (for stereomicrophones) and suppression of surrounding noise and a microphonic echo.
Certainly, manufacturers of system payments (including Intel), unlike the manufacturer of chipsets Intel, are not going to leave users without sockets PATA to what apply additional controllers IDE (sometimes combined with SATA). In this case microcircuit JMicron JMB3 (marked as Gigabyte), providing one channel ATA1 is used. Unfortunately, this realization is far from an ideal, as at a choice of operating mode RAID or AHCI sub $500 notebook for SATA-portov (even without real connection of disks) devices on channel IDE are translated in mode PIO. If who has forgotten, that this such, we shall remind: low speed of work and high loading of the processor at the reference to a disk. For example, installation Windows XP from CD at you risks to be stretched on hours, and in general in a modern computer a drive working without mode UDMA, a scandalous anachronism. The correct decision in that case will refuse at all use SATA-raz`emov of controller JMicron (blessing ICH8R gives pieces) or to involve them under CD/DVD-privody' with interface SATA of Adjustment By means of crosspieces and switches the Crosspiece for clearing contents CMOS From BIOS, based on the version 6.00PG from Award the Opportunity of switching-off of specific functions of the processor + Hyper-Threading, Execute Disable Bit, Thermal Management (TM1/2), Enhanced SpeedStep, Enhanced sub $500 notebook Halt State, Virtualization Technology Adjustments taymingov memories + Memory Performance Enhance (Normal, Fast, Turbo) By SPD, CAS Latency Time, RAS to CAS Delay, RAS Precharge, Precharge Delay, ACT to ACT Delay, Rank Write to READ Delay, Write to Precharge Delay, Refresh to ACT Delay, Read to Precharge Delay the Choice of frequency of work of memory + Auto or is set by a multiplier concerning frequency FSB: 1, 1,25, 1,33, 1,5, 1,66, Opportunity of the task of frequency for peripheral trunks + PCI-E = 1 MHz with step of MHz and an opportunity to increase throughput of port PCIEx sub $500 notebook separately a raising of frequency of its work (function Robust Graphics Booster) Manual distribution of interruptions on slotam + Change of frequency FSB + 1 6 MHz with step of MHz, is function of dynamic dispersal of the processor Change of factor of multiplication of the processor - is absent for processors without an opportunity to change KU at will of the user Change of a pressure of a kernel of the processor + 1,025 2,375 In with step 0,006 In up to 1,600 In and by step 0,0 In above Change of a pressure of memory + up to +0,7 In with step 0,0 In Change of a pressure of a chipset + up to +0, In with step 0, In Change of pressure FSB + up to +0, In with step sub $500 notebook 0, In Change of a pressure of trunk PCI-E + up to +0, In with step 0, In Was used beta-versiya BIOS D25, as last from accessible at the moment of testing and suitable for an insertion in our copy of a payment. Listed opportunities BIOS are accessible in the specified insertion, working capacity of non-standard adjustments was not checked. The payment allows to cause on pressing the certain key during the moment of passage of procedure POST the menu for a choice of the loading device that enables with convenience to execute single loading, for example with CD-privoda, not making respective alterations in BIOS Setup. As it is usual sub $500 notebook at production Gigabyte, additional adjustments open in BIOS Setup on pressing keys Ctrl+F (basically become accessible taymingi to memory).
Apparently, our copy of a payment all the same was based not on final audit 965P-DQ6, gone in sale. Anyway, attempts to stitch any of three accessible official versions BIOS have terminated in full failure, despite of application of all conceivable ways. Utilities under Windows (@BIOS and Award WinFlash) believed last versions Gigabyte, that the size of a file with an image mismatches a memory size fle`sh-PZU, and built in in BIOS Setup utility Q-Flash and DOS-versiya (for some reason AMI Flash) found out discrepancy of model of a payment to a stitched image. Anyhow, it was necessary to be limited preestablished by the manufacturer beta-versiey, but, however, it is penultimate (how much we know) the version before release so hardly functionality and other opportunities of sub $500 notebook serial models differ though a little noticeably.
If to estimate convenience and riches of adjustments BIOS Setup, this program deserves the maximum estimation, allowing to disconnect almost all the integrated controllers to adjust modes of conservation of energy and awakening of the personal computer, to trace all critical temperatures and pressure, and about adjustments for rise of productivity, including dispersal, and to speak it is not necessary. At the same time, the total amount of accessible parameters is considerably reduced in comparison with average (usual) version BIOS Setup that allows to not distract once again attention of the user. In sub $500 notebook general, work is lead excellent. A little nekomfortno forces itself to feel only deenergizing of a feed after the task new taymingov memories. However, it simply feature of a payment, in a second it joins and loaded without problems (if current taymingi it allow, certainly) Productivity the Configuration of test stands
Memory: 2x5 MB PC2-54 (DDR2-667) DDR SDRAM DIMM Corsair (CM2X512-5400C4), 4-4-4-12
The payment has shown good compatibility with modules of memory, correctly having earned with the following pairs checked up by us and single modules at installation of frequency of work Auto and taymingov on SPD: Apacer .4 (one module, it is astable), Corsair CM2X512A-4300C3PRO, Corsair CM2X512-5400C4, Corsair CM2X1024-8500C5, Kingston KHX7200D2/5 (one module), Patriot PSD and Patriot PDC21G8000ELK (only one module, the second worked with mistakes). At the same time and has not earned (even at installation of minimally possible frequency of sub $500 notebook work and maximal taymingov) pair Corsair CM2X1024-6400.
For comparison we have taken results of fastest of the payments tested by us on i955X as i975X anything new by way of speed does not offer, and other chipsets Intel little bit more slowly. Certainly, in the near future we shall in detail disassemble functionality and productivity of ruler Intel 9 in separate clause.
Test Intel D955XBK (i955X) Gigabyte 965P-DQ (iP965) Arhivirovanie in 7-Zip, min:sek 6: 6: Coding MPEG (XviD), min:sek 5: 5: Unreal Tournament 20 (Low@6 480), fps 69, 69, Unreal Tournament 20 (Highest@16 1200), fps 63, 63, Doom (Low@6 480), fps 1 1 Doom (Highest@16 1200), fps Hardly probable here is what to make comments: differences practically are not present. BIOS Setup payments Gigabyte gives not documentary function of the sub $500 notebook task of speed of work of memory. In maximal position Turbo any difference in productivity we also have not found out the Result We have considered absolutely usual topovy'y a product in it an emphasis is made on naked functionality or the richest complete set of delivery, and to qualitative designing and stability of work in any modes. It is complex to tell, how the market will apprehend this payment for its cost surpasses those at many topovy'h payments of competitors, not possessing thus so populist features. Nevertheless, we hope, that many readers, at least, not without advantage for myself have got acquainted with one approach to creation of qualitative and dear products of this sub $500 notebook model in the Moscow retail: $2 ( (the Payment is given on testing by the manufacturer
) Last updating on September, 26th 20 g is published on September, 1st, 2006
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