Athlon Hit Parade: 10 mobos with the nForce2 Ultra400

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Manufacturer	Gigabyte	Leadtek	MSI	Shuttle Spacewalker	Shuttle Spacewalker
Model	GA-7NNXP	Winfast K7NCR18D Pro 2	K7N2 Delta	FN45 (XPC-SN45G)	AN35-N
Chipset
Socket	nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400	nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400	nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400	nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400	nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400
Clock (CPU/Bus)	2205.0 / 400.5	2205.0 / 400.5	2205.0 / 400.5	2204.99 / 400.5	2205.0 / 400.5
Northbridge	nForce2 SPP	nForce2 SPP	nForce2 Ultra 400	nForce2 Ultra 400	nForce2 Ultra 400
Southbridge	nForce2 MCP-T	nForce2 MCP-T	nForce2 MCP-T	nForce2 MCP-T	nForce2 MCP
Northbridge Fan	yes	no	no	no	no
Form Factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory
Maximum RAM	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB
DIMM-Sockets	3	3	3	3	3
Memory Type	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM
Memory Frequencies	DDR200, DDR266, DDR333, DDR400	DDR200, DDR266, DDR333, DDR400	DDR200, DDR266, DDR333, DDR400	DDR200, DDR266, DDR333, DDR400	DDR200, DDR266, DDR333, DDR400
ECC-Support	no	no	no	no	no
Standard Components
Size (LxH)	305 x 244 mm	304.8 x 243.8 mm	Row 15 - Cell 3	Row 15 - Cell 4	305 x 244 mm
PCI Slots	5x PCI 2.2, 32 Bit	4x PCI 2.2 32 Bit	5x PCI 2.2, 32 Bit	1x PCI 2.2, 32 Bit	5x PCI 2.2, 32 Bit
AGP	AGP 3.0 / 8x	AGP 3.0 / 8x	AGP 3.0 / 8x	AGP 3.0 / 8x	AGP 3.0 / 8x
AGP Card Lock	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
ACR / AMR / CNR	no / no / no	yes / no / no	yes / no / no	no / no / no	no / no / no
Parallel Ports	1	1	1	0	1
Serial Ports	2	1	1	0	2
USB 2.0 internal/external	2 / 4	4 / 2	4 / 2	2 Front / 2 Rear	4 / 2
Fan Headers	3	3	2	3	2
IDE Controller	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133	2x UltraATA/133
Additional Components
Piezo Speaker OnBoard	optional	no	no	no	no
Wake on LAN (WOL)	yes	yes	no	no	no
Wake on Modem (WOM)	yes	yes	no	no	no
IrDA-Port	yes	yes	no	yes	no
Chassis Intrusion Detection	no	no	no	no	no
Temperature Monitoring	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Fan Status Monitoring	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Network Controller	Intel 82540EM, Realtek RTL8201	Dual 100 Mbit/s	ICS 1893AF	yes	yes
IDE RAID Controller	Silicon Image Sil3112 SATA, GigaRAID IT8212	Silicon Image 3112 SATA	Promise PDC20376	no	-
Firewire Controller	Realtek RTL8801	nForce2 / Agere FW803 via ACR	optional	RTL8801BL	optional
SCSI Controller	-	-	-	-	-
Sound System
Type	AC97 / MCP-T	AC97 / MCP-T	AC97 / MCP-T	AC97 / MCP-T	AC97 / MCP
Manufacturer / Chip	Realtek ALC650	Realtek ALC650	Realtek ALC650	Realtek ALC650	Realtek ALC650
Surround Sound	6 Channels, Dolby Digital	6 Channels, Dolby Digital	6 Channels, Dolby Digital	6 Channels, Dolby Digital	6 Channels Surround
External Connectors	In, Out, Mic	In, Out, Mic	In, Out, Mic	In, Out, Mic	In, Out, Mic
Internal Connectors	CD-in, AUX-in	CD-in, AUX-in	CD-in	CD-in	CD-In 1, CD-In 2, AUX-In
Setup
CPU Config	BIOS	BIOS	BIOS	BIOS	BIOS
Selectable Multipliers	5.0 - 22.5 / 1	3.0 - 24.0	auto / 7.0 - 13.0	8.0 - 23.0	auto / 8.0 - 23.0
FSB Range / Increments	100 - 300 MHz / 1	100 - 300 MHz / 1	100 - 250 MHz / 1	100 - 250 MHz / 1	100 - 250 MHz / 1
AGP clock	50 - 100 MHz / 1	66 MHz auto	66 - 120 MHz	auto	auto
Voltage
Vcore Range / Increments	1.10 - 1.85 V / 0.025 V	1.1 - 2.0 / 0.025 V	1.55 - 1.80 / 0.025 V	1.10 - 1.85 V /0.025 V	1.10 - 1.85 V /0.025 V
Vram / Increments	+0.1V / +0.2V	-	2.5 / 2.6 / 2.7 V	2.6 / 2.7 V	2.5 / 2.6 / 2.7 V
Vchipset / Increments	Vagp +0.1V / +0.2V / +0.3V	Vagp + 0.1 V / + 0.2 V	Vagp 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.7 V	Vagp 1.55 / 1.6 V	Vagp 1.55 / 1.60 V
Board and BIOS Details
Bios	Award/Phoenix	Award/Phoenix	Award/Phoenix	Award/Phoenix	Award/Phoenix
Version	M06	-	7.2	D	G
Date	May 29, 2003	June 25, 2003	June 2, 2003	May 28, 2003	June 10, 2003
Motherboard Revision	1.0	2.0	1	1.0	1.1
Boot Devices	Floppy, LS120, HD, SCSI, CDROM/DVD, ZIP, USB-ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-CDROM, UDB-HDD, LAN	Floppy, LS120, HD, SCSI, CDROM/DVD, ZIP, USB-ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-CDROM, UDB-HDD, LAN	Floppy, LS120, HD, SCSI, CDROM/DVD, ZIP, USB-ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-CDROM, UDB-HDD, LAN	Floppy, LS120, HD, SCSI, CDROM/DVD, ZIP, USB-ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-CDROM, UDB-HDD, LAN	Floppy, LS120, HD, SCSI, CDROM/DVD, ZIP, USB-ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-CDROM, UDB-HDD, LAN
Manual Interrupt Assignment	yes	no	no	Row 58 - Cell 4	yes
Special Features	Row 59 - Cell 1	-	Bluetooth PC-2-PC	XPC Motherboard, Auto Guardian	-
Shared Interrupts	?	?	?	?	?
Clock Generator	nForce2	nForce2	nForce2	nForce2	nForce2
Miscellaneous
Layout Issues	-	IDE connectors in front of PCI slots	Promise IDE RAID controller cannot be disabled	difficult to assemble	-
Model Variations	-	-	-	Row 64 - Cell 4	Row 64 - Cell 5
Shipment / Utilities
Manual / Quality	excellent	complete	excellent	not included with test sample	comprehensive
Languages	English	English	English	?	English
Quick Setup Guide	yes	yes (5 languages)	no	not included with test sample	no
Cables	3x IDE-80, 1x Floppy, 3x SATA, 1x SATA power	1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy, 2x SATA 30 cm	1x IDE-80 round cable, 1x Floppy, 2x SATA	-	1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy
Adapters	DPS2-Module, Firewire (2x), USB (2x), Serial ATA External, Audio Adapter	2x Firewire, 1x SPDIF, secondary network on ACR card	Firewire (2 ports), USB/D-LED, audio jacket adapter	-	Row 70 - Cell 5
Software	EasyTune 4, DMIView, Face Wizard, ITE Smart Editor, Norton Internet Security 2001	Adobe Acrobat 5, Speed Gear, Ulead Video Studio 6, Ulead Cool3D 3.0 SE	MSI DVD, Adobe Acrobat Reader, PC Alert, PC-cilin	not included with test sample	Row 71 - Cell 5
Miscellaneous	@BIOS	Row 72 - Cell 2	Row 72 - Cell 3	Row 72 - Cell 4	Row 72 - Cell 5