The Tomcat i915 (S5120) is one of Tyan's latest Socket 775 system boards. With the recent jump to the PCI Express graphics platform, we decided it was time to hop aboard the tech. train and see what PCI-e is all about. The Tomcat comes packed with a plethora of features including: integrated Intel GMA900 graphics core (224MB of memory possible), up to 4GB of unbuffered single/dual-channel DDR400 memory, Serial ATA RAID, a 10/100 Ethernet port and optional Gigabit port, built-in audio and 1394a FireWire. Today we will equip the Tomcat with an Intel Pentium 4 3.2 (540), a HIS X600 XT PCI-e graphics card and pit it against our Athlon 64 3200, ATI 9800 Pro system.
Specifications:
Processor
• Single Socket-775 (LGA)
• Intel® Pentium® "Prescott" processor
• 800/533MHz FSB support
Memory
• Dual/Single channel memory bus
• Up to four DDR DIMM sockets
• Supports non-ECC type memory modules
• Supports up to 4GB of unbuffered DDR400/333
Expansion Slots
• One x16 PCI Express connector for graphics
(configurable to x1 PCI Express)
• Two x1 PCI Express connectors
• Four 32-bit 33MHz PCI 2.3 slots
• Total of seven usable slots
Integrated I/O
• One floppy connector for up to two drives
• Four USB 2.0 ports (via cable)
• One COM port (via cable)
• Tyan 2 x 9 front-panel pin header
Back Panel I/O Ports
• Stacked PS/2 Mouse & keyboard ports
• S/PDIF In/Out optical jacks
• One 15-pin VGA port
• One 25-pin SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port
• Six audio jacks
• Stacked two USB 2.0 ports and one RJ45 10/100
Base-T port with activity LED
• Stacked two USB 2.0 ports and one optional*
RJ45 10/100/1000 Base-T port with activity LED
( * AGNNRF)
Integrated PCI IDE (ICH6)
• Single channel master mode supports two
IDE devices
• Support for ATA-100/66/33 IDE drives and
ATAPI-compliant devices
Integrated Serial ATA (ICH6)
• Four Serial ATA Host controllers embedded
• Supports four Serial ports running at 1.5Gb/s
Integrated SATA RAID (AGNNRF version only)
• Promise PDC20579 SATA RAID controller
• 2x SATA and 1x Ultra ATA/133 channels
• Up to two SATA & two ATA-133/100 IDE drives
• Supports IDE RAID 0, 1, 0+1
Integrated Video (i915G)
• Intel® GMA 900 3D engine embedded
• Up to 224MB shared memory support for graphics
Integrated PCI 1394a Controller
• VIA VT6307 PCI FireWire (1394a) controller
• Two 1394a ports (via cable)
Integrated LAN Controllers
• One GbE LAN controller (AGNF version)
- Broadcom® BCM5751 PCI Express GbE LAN
controller operating at x1 PCIe interface
• One GbE and one 10/100 LAN controller
(AGNNRF version)
- Broadcom® BCM5751 PCI Express GbE LAN
controller operating at x1 PCIe interface
- Intel® 82551QM 10/100 LAN controller
- Operating at 32bit/33MHz PCI bus
System Management
• SMSC DME1737 with hardware monitoring
• One 3+1 pin CPU Fan header w/ tachometer
• input and temperature-sensing auto fan control
• Four 3-pin system Fan headers (three with
tachometer input and two with temperature-
sensing, auto fan control)
• Watchdog timer
BIOS
• Award BIOS 8Mbit flash ROM
• Supports APM 1.2 & ACPI 1.0
• PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0 Power Management
• Jumper free setting for CPU over clocking and
• over voltage
Form Factor
• ATX footprint (12" x 9.6", 305x244mm)
• ATX12V support, onboard 4-phase VRM
• Universal 24-pin + 8-pin power connectors
• 4-pin auxillary power connector
