Hello Muller227
I have compiled the following review which details the main features
of these two boards. In the review of the features V1 indicates the
earlier board, V2 indicates the newer board.
V1: CPU Socket A for AMD® Athlon? XP/ Athlon?/ Duron? 600MHz ~2.8GHz+
V2: AMD Duron/AMD Athlon/AMD AthlonXP 3200+ processors
This indicates that the support for newer processors has been upgraded
as it now supports speeds up to 3200+ processors.
V1: North Bridge: NVIDIA® nForce2 SPP
South Bridge: NVIDIA® nForce2 MCP-T(Deluxe Model) / MCP
V2: Northbridge: NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400
Southbridge: NVIDIA nForce2 MCP-T
The Northbridge chipset has been upgraded to the superior Ultra 400 version.
V1: FSB 333 / 266 / 200 MHz
V2: FSB up to 400 MHz
Support for Front Side Bus speeds of 400 MHz has been added.
V1: Memory - Dual-Channel DDR 400, 3 x 168-pin DIMM Sockets, Max. 3 GB
unbuffered PC3200/PC2700/PC2100/PC1600 non-ECC DDR RAM Memory
V2: Memory - Dual-channel memory architecture, 3 x 184-pin DDR DIMM
sockets for up to 3GB memory, Supports PC3200/PC2700/PC2100/PC1600
unbuffered non-ECC DDR DIMMs
V1: 1 x AGP Pro/8X (1.5V only), 5 x PCI
V2: 5 x PCI, 1 x AGP Pro/8X (1.5V only), 1 x ASUS proprietary Wi-Fi slot
A proprietary Wi-Fi slot has been added for version 2.
V1: IDE - 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33, 2 x Serial ATA with RAID 0/1.
V2: 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33, 2 x Serial ATA with RAID 0, 1 support
V1: Realtek® ALC650 6CH w/built in HP amplifier, Integrated APU (Audio
Processor Unit, Deluxe Model), SoundStorm? / Dolby® Digital (AC-3)
Encoder (Deluxe Model)
V2: MCP-T southbridge integrated Audio Processor Unit (APU) + Realtek
ALC650 6-channel audio CODEC
V1: LAN - 2 Ports, MCP integrated NVIDIA® MAC + Realtek® 8201BL PHY,
MCP integrated 3Com® MAC + Broadcom® AC101L PHY (Deluxe Model)
V2: Marvel 88E8001 Gigabit LAN MCP-T southbridge integrated controller
MAC + Realtek 8201BL LAN PHY
V1: 2 Ports MCP-T Integrated IEEE 1394a + Realtek® PHY 8801B (Deluxe Model)
V2: MCP-T southbridge integrated IEEE1394a controller + Realtek 8801B PHY
V1: Ports-
1 x Parallel
1 x Serial
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Audio I/O
4 x USB 2.0
1 x Surround L/R audio jack + 1 x CNTR/LFE audio jack (optional)
2 X RJ45 (optional, 2nd RJ45 is for Deluxe Model)
V2: Ports-
1 x parallel port
1 x serial port
1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
1 x S/PDIF in/out port
1 x surround L/R audio jack
1 x Gigabit RJ-45 Port
1 x Fast Ethernet RJ-45 port
4 x USB 2.0 ports
The major differences between the two boards are therefore the support
for the newer CPU's, an updated Northbridge chipset and the increase
in allowed speeds for the Front Side Bus.
The information used in this answer was obtained from the following
reviews (and further details of the specification can be obtained from
these pages):
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socketa/a7n8x-e-d/overview.htm
NEW: http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTc3
OLD: http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NTc3
If you have any questions on this subject please ask for clarification
and I will do my best to help. |
