Specifications Yes this section is a little boring and a pinch on the bland side but hey, how else do you present a plethora of specifications? For those that aren't exactly up on what the basic specifications are going to be for a high-end P45 board, this section is worth a read over. For our readers here that are up on their basic specs and want to see what special features Gigabyte has pushed into the GA-EP45T-Extreme, the next section is going to be the one for you. Let's start with a quick look at the Intel P45 chipset diagram.  There really are very few differences to the Intel P45 Express chipset when compared to its predecessor the P35 Express chipset. The major additions are the support of the new PCI-E 2.0 standard and the change from the ICH9 to ICH10 families of south bridges. The upgrade to the ICH10 south bridge again, provides very little in the way of new features or technology. The update to PCI-E 2.0 provides future proofing going forward but it is highly unlikely that video cards are going to mandate PCI-E 2.0 ports any time soon. With that said, the P45 chipset still lacks the ability to provide dual 16X PCI-E lanes as that is reserved for the flagship X38/X48/(X58) chipsets. So really, P45 is nothing that we aren't familiar with already. Going through the spec sheets we did find one interesting note, the ability to run different size memory modules and remain in dual channel is now officially listed. Again, that is about all there is for differences.
The following list was pulled directly from the Gigabyte web site with a little bit of fat trimmed off the sides. It basically goes over all of the specifications that Gigabyte has implemented in the GA-EP45T-Extreme. 
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