GIGABYTE GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-G1975X motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX

Comparison of GA-8N-SLI, GA-G1975X

27 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-8N-SLI LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model GA-8N-SLI View product	B GIGABYTE GA-G1975X motherboard LGA 775 (Socket T) ATX Model GA-G1975X View product
Memoryidentical
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	8 GB	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/Oidentical
CD/AUX audio inKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	—Unknown — not stated by the source
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	2
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC850	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slots1 differ
Expansion slotsDiffers	2 x PCIe X 16 2 x PCIe X 1 2 x PCI	2 x PCI Express X16 2 x PCI Express X4 2 x PCI
Other features1 differ
I/O portsKnown for one	4 x Line-out/ 1 x Line-in/ 1 x MIC	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresDiffers	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.	Multi-GPU C.R.S. Norton Internet Security Xpress Installation Xpress Recovery 2 C.I.A. M.I.B. EasyTune 5

A dash means the value is not stated by the source. Unknown values are never counted for or against a product, and there is no overall score.