Pentium 4 motherboards group test
(Abit, Albatron, DFI, ECS, Epox, Mercury, MSI)
Introduction
Abit - IC7-G
Albatron - PX865PE Pro II
DFI - LANparty Pro875
ECS - Photon PF1
Epox - 4PCA3+
Mercury - NDSMx
MSI - 875P Neo-FIS2R
Features table
Verdict
Features table
(20/08/2003)
| Model | Abit - IC7-G | Albatron - PX865PE Pro II | DFI - LANparty Pro875 | ECS - Photon PF1 | Epox - 4PCA3+ | Mercury - NDSMx | MSI - 875P Neo-FIS2R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price (exc. VAT) | £130 | £101 | £132 | £78 | £111 | £36 | £122 |
| Chipset manufacturer and model | Intel 875P/ ICH5R | Intel 865PE/ ICH5R | Intel 875P/ ICH5R | Intel 865PE/ ICH5 | Intel 875P/ ICH5R | Sis 650GL/ 962L | Intel 875P/ ICH5R |
| Front side bus speeds supported (MHz) | 400/ 533/ 800 | 400/ 533/ 800 | 400/ 533/ 800 | 400/ 533/ 800 | 533/ 800 | 400/ 533 | 533/ 800 |
| Memory Speeds supported | PC2100/ PC2700/ PC3200 | PC2100/ PC2700/ PC3200 | PC2100/ PC2700/ PC3200 | PC2100/ PC2700/ PC3200 | PC2100/ PC2700/ PC3200 | PC100/ PC133/ PC1600/ PC2100 | PC2100/ PC2700/ PC3200 |
| Memory Slots / Max RAM supported | 4/ 4GB PC3200 | 4/ 4GB PC3200 | 4/ 4GB PC3200 | 4/ 4GB PC3200 | 4/ 4GB PC3200 | 4/ 2GB PC2100 | 4/ 4GB PC3200 |
| AGP support | 8x | 8x | 8x | 8x | 8x | 4x | 8x |
| PCI | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| PCI/ CNR/ ACRAMR | none | none | none | none | none | AMR | none |
| PS/ 2/ serial port/ parallel port/ gameport | 2/ 1/ 1/ 0 | 2/ 2/ 1/ 1 | 2/ 2/ 1/ 1 | 2/ 1/ 1/ 0 | 2/ 2/ 1/ 1 | 2/ 1/ 1/ 0 | 2/ 1/ 1/ 0 |
| On-board LAN | Intel Gigabit | Intel Gigabit | Intel Gigabit | 3Com Gigabit | Broadcom Gigabit | No | Intel Gigabit |
| USB 2.0 ports/ Firewire | 6/ 3 | 6/ 2 | 6/ 1 | 6/ 2 | 6/ 0 | 4/ 0 | 8/ 3 |
| Parallel IDE/ Serial ATA | 2/ 4 | 4/ 2 | 4/ 2 | 2/ 2 | 6/ 2 | 2/ 0 | 3/ 4 |
| Onboard VGA/ Onboard Sound | No/ Realtek ALC650 six channel | No/ Via Envy 24 eight channel | No/ Realtek ALC650 six channel | No/ CMI9739A six channel | No/ CMI9739A six channel | Yes/ CMI9738 six channel | No/ ADI AD1985 six channel |
| Onboard Raid (model) | Yes/ Intel ICH5R and Sil3112A | Yes/ Intel ICH5R and Promise 20276 | Yes/ Intel ICH5R and HPT372N | No | Yes/ Intel ICH5R and HPT374 | No | Yes/ Intel ICH5R and Promise 20378 |
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