Introduction

DFI has come a long way since the days of their budget and mainstream series of boards that were more OEM-minded in design than for the DIY end-users. However, with a successful marketing blitz for their LANParty series of boards for more than a year, they rapidly increased product awareness among enthusiasts and overclockers alike by promoting boards that are focused on the needs of gamers and modders. Although the LANParty series is targeted at this growing niche group, DFI's increased product awareness has certainly helped raise their profile among all motherboard adopters in general. DFI still maintains their basic motherboards series for those who require only the essential features and the DFI 915P-TAG is one such Intel 915P Express board that we rounded up for this grand shootout.

The DFI 915P-TAG is a mainstream Intel 915P Express motherboard.

The DFI 915P-TAG comes with the following components:-

2 x SATA data cables

1 x SATA power converter cable (dual plugs)

1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA data cable

1 x Floppy drive data cable

I/O shield

Driver CD

User's Manual

DFI 915P-TAG Technical Specifications

Cpu Support	Support for an Intel® Pentium® 4 Extreme Edition processor in an LGA775 socket with a 800MHz system bus Support for an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in an LGA775 socket with a 533/800MHz system bus Support for an Intel® Celeron® D processor in an LGA775 socket with a 533MHz system bus Intel® Hyper-Threading™ enabled
Chipset	North Bridge: Intel 915P Express 533 / 800MHz front side bus PCI Express x16 graphics Digital Media Interface (DMI) with 2GB/s bandwidth South Bridge: Intel ICH6 Intel High Definition Audio Supports up to eight USB 2.0 ports Supports four PCI Express x1 lanes Supports four SATA ports Single-channel Ultra ATA-100 IDE port Digital Media Interface (DMI) with 2GB/s bandwidth
Memory	Dual channel memory architecture 4 x 184-pin DIMM sockets support max. 4GB DDR 333/400 non-ECC memory
Storage	Intel ICH6 South Bridge 1 x Ultra ATA 33/66/100 (data transfer rate up to 100MB/sec.) 4 x SATA (Serial ATA 1.5Gbps interface)
Audio	Intel High Definition Audio (Azalia) Realtek ALC880 8-channel audio CODEC Coaxial S/PDIF input and output
Networking	Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN
IEEE 1394 (FireWire)	VIA Fire VT6307 IIM 1394 Host Controller 2 x 1394a ports @ 400 Mbps speed
I/O Interface	1 x Floppy connector 1 x Ultra ATA IDE connectors 4 x SATA connectors 8 x USB 2.0 ports (4x rear, 4x header) 2 x IEEE 1394a port (1x rear, 1x header) 1 x Coacial S/PDIF Output 1 x Coacial S/PDIF Input 1 x FP-Audio header 8-Channel Audio I/O ports 1 x CD-IN 1 x 9-pin serial port 1 x parallel port (SPP/EPP/ECP) 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
Expansion Slots	1 x PCI Express x16 slot 2 x PCI Express x1 slots 3 x PCI slots
Others	Compatible with 20-pin ATX Power Connector (but 24-pin Power Connector recommended)
PCB	ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)
BIOS	4Mbit flash memory, Award BIOS