Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Introductory Review

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Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Introductory Review

Gigabyte introduces the first Intel Core 2 mainboard based on the latest Intel X38 chipset. This new mainboard is centred on the Intel X38 north bridge and supports the Intel® 45nm Core 2™ multi-core processors. It is able to support CPU with 1333 FSB and extending it to future 45nm 1600MHz processors. The GA-X38-DQ6 supports the DDR2 1066 memory, featuring faster speeds and higher data bandwidth thus is enables you to maintain your current investment of DRAM modules. For those who needs GPU power, this board supports Dual PCIe x16 for true CrossFire at 16X + 16X instead of Dual 4x on P35 based boards. The PCIe are also PCIe 2.0 compliant, ready to take advantage of future graphics cards.

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Thanks for the review. Just to let you know page 4 seems to be giving me a 404 page not found message http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/giga...X38-DQ6/g4.htm as well as page 3 the forum link is pointing to ASrock forums!

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Noted.

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BIOS screen shots are UP.

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The board is very o/c. 500mhz is not a problem at all.
Stay tuned for the full review. If no changes, 24th is the official launch date.