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January 2008
(85%)
29 Reviews
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Both Intels new X38 chipset and the Gigabyte X38-DQ6 motherboard based on it show a lot of promise and were very impressive in our testing here today. The X38 chipset is the first to offer support for PCI Express 2.0 technology as well as brings Int...
Ive been waiting for some time to review the new X38 chipset; and given the outstanding performance of its predecessor, the 975X, I had great hopes that it would outperform the P35 chipset like the 975X outperformed the 965P. Reality was more complic...
Abstract: Gigabyte X38-DQ6 ReviewIt has been nearly five months since Intel officially launched their next-generation 3-series platform, or as many have referred to it by its codename of “Bearlake”. The 3-series consists of a top-to-bottom family of chipsets ra...
Ill admit something. I received this board Tues afternoon at 9:30AM PST, which means I had a little over eleven hours before NDA was lifted. If I were to say that I had a lot of time to experience what the board has to offer, Id be lying. That said,...
Abstract: While this is our first review of an Intel X38 motherboard on Linux, we are also preparing for our review of the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe motherboard and will be delivering that in the near future. However, with both of these Intel X38 motherboards we have ex...
Abstract: Wed like to start this review with the question to the reader: which modern chipset for the Intel platform is the top-end? I am sure you answered this question with some delay - this is NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI.
It is hard to find any faults with the X38 chipset at this time. Even though we are working with an engineering sample that has been around the block a few times and an early engineering BIOS that is designed more for debugging the chipset than providi...
Abstract: X38 has been a highly anticipated release and GIGABYTE has been one of the first to market with a product featuring this new northbridge. This isn’t any old product though; it’s the top of the line model with the DQ6 insignia.After having an e...
Well, it’s clear that the X38 with DDR2 memory is simply not the platform to build on. DDR2 has reached its limits at 1200MHz and with the bus clock speeds expected to be quite high on this board due to Intel removing its artificial overclocking res...
Well built, almost-silent operation; 1600MHz FSB speed; flexible overclocking options; it has support for Intels upcoming 45-nanometre CPUs; its based on DDR2 RAM
It ships with four eSATA ports, but they need to be plugged in to four of the eight internal ports in order to work; it has only two full length PCIe slots The Final Word Gigabytes X38-DQ6 is very well built, has very good connectivity options and was...
Gigabytes X38-DQ6 is very well built, has very good connectivity options and was stable in our tests. It still supports DDR2 RAM, and it will be able to handle 45-nanometre CPUs as soon as they are released. If youre after a high-end board, its defi...
