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April 2008
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28 Reviews
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Abstract: INTELs X48 chipset is the much anticipated follow up to the X38 chipset....which in turn was the much anticipated follow up to INTELs hugely successful P35 chipset. It doesnt take a rocket scientist or industry insider to know that many in the enthu...
It turns out that despite mainboard makers’ desires, Intel X48 based solutions cannot be regarded as really new products. The chipset doesn’t boast any significant advantages over Intel X38. as for the 1600MHz bus support that has been formall...
Energy efficient central hardware design, Dynamic Energy Saver further conserves energy, PCI Express 2.0 graphics bandwidth, BIOS updates are made safe with dual-BIOS, Japanese-manufactured surface mount all-solid capacitors, Blu-Ray/HD DVD Full rate a...
Expensive motherboard solution, X48 Offers no improvement over X38, Prerelease BIOS is not optimized, Lacks SLI and ESA Support
Gigabyte certainly captured my attention with their remarkable presentation of the GA-X48T-DQ6 Ultra Durable 2 motherboard. Gold sure has its touch, and when your retail box resembles a Fort Knox reserve, you cant really go wrong. The information o...
Abstract: Intels X48 Express Chipset is only an incremental update compared to the X38 with the main additions being support for Core 2 processors with a 1600MHz FSB and DDR3-1600 memory support as well as its memory controller being optimized for XMP (Extreme...
Our journey with the GA-48T-DQ6 has been challenging over the last few weeks. Although Gigabyte has been extremely diligent in providing BIOS releases to address our reported problems, we still have not found the everyday overclocking stability we "ex...
Intel’s X48 chipsets in no short terms will displace the X38 chipset as the top dog. In fact, we can’t see any reason to go for an X38 when the X48 chipset offers the same with official FSB support of 1600MHz, and so far we have seen three goo...
Abstract: The GIGABYTE GA-X48T-DQ6 feels like another chapter within a book. Very much reminiscent of the GA-X38T-DQ6 before it, as it was to the GA-P35T-DQ6. This board is the third generation and with subtle changes being made at each evolution, it’s intere...
Many of the pluses from the GA-X48-DQ6 are evident with the GA-X48T-DQ6. Performance-wise, it stacks up nicely next to the DDR2 version, something it should do considering they are basically the same board. In 27 out of 35 system benchmarks and 23 out...
Abstract: The last time we looked at a motherboard was the P5E3-Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n X38 motherboard from Asus roughly half a year ago. At that time, the X38 chipset was Intels latest flagship chipset chosen to officially replace the tried-and-true 975X from last s...
Published: 2008-05-26, Author: Scott , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: Last year Intel released a new line of chipsets, dubbed the X38, aimed squarely at capturing the gaming/enthusiast end of the market. Now, it's update time so we're taking a look at the latest high-end motherboard to use Intel's new X48 chipset – the Giga...
