The main difference between the P5WD2-E and the P5WDG2-WS is that the latter model targets the professional user and workstation segment. As a result, the P5WDG2-WS comes with two PCI-X-133 interfaces, and features an 8-phase voltage regulator. The downside is in the area of multimedia support - the audio chip supports only one rather then three Dolby modes.
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Asus P5WDG2-WS (Rev. 1.01g)
Platform
Sockel LGA775
Northbridge
Intel 975X (Rev. C0)
Southbridge
Intel ICH7R (82801 GB)
Phasen
8-Phasen Regulator
BIOS
0401 (01/16/06)
Clock Chip
ICS 954123CGLF
Clock Setting in BIOS
Measurement
266.6 MHz (FSB1066)
267.1 MHZ (+0.12%)
SPD Memory Timing Recognition
Timing Result
DDR2-667
CL 4.0-4-4-8
Interfaces
Connectors
onboard / IO - panel
USB 2.0
4 / 4
IEEE1394/Firewire
1 / 1
Serial COM Port
1 / none
Parallel LPT Port
none / 1
Game
1 / none
LAN
none / 2
WLAN
none / none
SATA
8 / 0
Audio analog
LineIn CD / 7.1 Cannels
Audio digital
none / optical Out, SPDIF Out
Connectors
onboard only
PCIe 16x
2
PCIe 4x
none
PCIe 1x
noen
PCI-X 133
2
PCI
2
IDE (PATA)
1 (2 channels)
Fan 4 pins (CPU)
1
Fan 3 pins (System)
3
Mass Storage Controller
ICH7
1x IDE (ATA100)4x SATA (RAID 0,1,5,10)
Marvell 88SE6141 PCIe
4x SATA (RAID 0,1,0+1,5)
LAN
Marvell 88E8062-BDJ PCI-X 66
1x 1 Gbit/s LAN
Marvell 88E8062-BDJ PCI-X 66
1x 1 Gbit/s LAN
Audio
Realtek ALC882D 7.1
AC97 or High Definition Audio
IEEE1394/Firewire
Texas Instruments TI 43AB22A
2x 1394a (400 Mbit/s)
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