Product comparison · 2 motherboards

GIGABYTE GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX

20specifications compared
13differ
7identical
10known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX:AMD
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Intel
Processor socket
- GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX:Socket 940
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Socket 604 (mPGA604)
Compatible processor series
- GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX:AMD Opteron
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:Intel® Xeon®
Number of memory slots
- GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX:4
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:6
Maximum internal memory
- GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX:8 GB
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:24 GB
RAID levels
- GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX:0, 1, 0+1
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:0, 1, 10
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX:4
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX:1
- GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX:2

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Comparison of GA-7A8DW, GA-9IVDTH
30 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-7A8DW motherboard Socket 940 Extended ATX Model GA-7A8DW View product	B GIGABYTE GA-9IVDTH motherboard Intel® E7320 Socket 604 (mPGA604) Extended ATX Model GA-9IVDTH View product
Processor3 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	AMD	Intel
Processor socketDiffers	Socket 940	Socket 604 (mPGA604)
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	AMD Opteron	Intel® Xeon®
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	4	6
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	24 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 0+1	0, 1, 10
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 MB
Graphics cardKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Rage XL
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	2
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	1	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
COM ports quantityDiffers	2	1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Network1 differ
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® 82541GI
Networking featuresDiffers	Gigabit Ethernet	GbE
Featuresidentical
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® E7320
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	2 x PCI-X 133/100/66 MHz, 1 x PCI 32/33 MHz, 1 x AGP 4x/8X Pro	2 x PCI-X, 1 x PCI-E, 3 x PCI
BIOS1 differ
BIOS memory sizeDiffers	32 Mbit	64 Mbit
BIOS typeKnown for one	Phoenix	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	287 mm	330 mm
Internal I/Oidentical
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
RAID controller typeKnown for one	SATA	Unknown — not stated by the source

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