Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5WDG2 i975x/pci-e vs GIGABYTE GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX

21specifications compared
8differ
13identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

USB 2.0 connectors
- P5WDG2 i975x/pci-e:4
- GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:3
Number of SATA connectors
- P5WDG2 i975x/pci-e:8
- GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:4
Number of chassis fan connectors
- P5WDG2 i975x/pci-e:2
- GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:3
PS/2 ports quantity
- P5WDG2 i975x/pci-e:2
- GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:1
Audio chip
- P5WDG2 i975x/pci-e:Realtek ALC882
- GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:Realtek ALC850
Depth
- P5WDG2 i975x/pci-e:245 mm
- GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX:244 mm

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Comparison of P5WDG2 i975x/pci-e, GA-8N-SLI
40 specifications	A ASUS P5WDG2 i975x/pci-e View product	B GIGABYTE GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model GA-8N-SLI View product
Memoryidentical
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	ECC & Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphicsidentical
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Not supported	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	4	3
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	8	4
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers	2	3
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	2	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Marvell 88E8066/8062 PCI-E Dual Gb LAN & WiFi AP	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Audio chipDiffers	Realtek ALC882	Realtek ALC850
Audio output channelsKnown for one	7.1 channels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	2 x PCI-E x 16 2 x PCI-X 2 x PCI 2.2	2 x PCIe X 16 2 x PCIe X 1 2 x PCI
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	245 mm	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	ASUS PC Probe II RAID utility Symantec NIS 2005 Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0 Microsoft Direct X 9.0C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
EZ plug connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
GAME/MIDI connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresDiffers	WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE, AI NET, Chassis Intrusion	NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU support Support NVIDIA Firewall Norton Internet Security XpressTM Installation XpressTM Recovery 2 C.I.A. 2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) M.I.B. 2 (Memory Intelligent Booster 2) EasyTune 5 M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker) S.O.S.
I/O portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4 x Line-out/ 1 x Line-in/ 1 x MIC

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