Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
Intel 915 Family
The Intel 915 chipset family, code-named Grantsdale during its development, was in-
troduced in 2004. The Grantsdale family comprises six members (910GL, 915PL, 915P,
915G,915GV,and915GL),allofwhichsupportthe90nmPentium4Prescottcore.These
chipsets are the first to support the Socket 775 processor interface outlined in
Chapter 3
.
These chipsets replaced the 865 Springdale family of chipsets.
The915P,915G,915GV,915GL,and915PLmodelsaredesignedtosupporttheHTTech-
nology feature built into most recent Pentium 4 processors and to support bus speeds up
to 800MHz. All five chipsets support dual-channel DDR memory up to 400MHz and PCI
Express x1 as well as PCI version 2.3 expansion slots. The 915P, 915G, and 915GV chip-
sets also support the then-new DDR2 memory standard at speeds up to 533MHz.
The 915P and 915PL use a PCI Express x16 slot for high-speed graphics, whereas the
915G has a PCI Express x16 slot as well as integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator
