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Thursday, October 25, 2007
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It's been a few months since we reviewed our first handset from GIGABYTE's GSmart division, that being the t600. With the launch of the GSmart i350 last month, we thought we'd bring you a review of it as well. The i350 is running Windows Mobile 6 Professional and the form factor is similar to the t600 with the same excellent 480x640 260,000 colour 6-inch LCD display.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
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Gigabyte has been around for some time and is widely considered a top competitor in the enthusiast motherboard market. However in recent times they have expanded their product line to cover video cards, powers supplies, CPU cooling and chassis. Today I have a chance to review the Gigabyte iSolo 210 case, their newest addition to their budget line of cases, this steel case may not possess all of the exciting features found in the enthusiast level chassis line they offer, but let?s dig in and see how this case stacks up in its price range.
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Monday, October 22, 2007
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We return to Gigabyte's stables to give their high-end X38 based DQ6 series another go. This time, we take the DDR3 GA-X38T-DQ6 out for a spin instead. How does the GA-X38T-DQ6 fare in comparison to the DDR-only GA-X38-DQ6? Find out inside.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
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The Gigabyte iSOLO 210 represents the company's newest mid-range product. At a price of just under $100 it comes with a very solid aluminum and steel front, a great design and a screwless installation system. There are round openings for watercooling, as well as plenty of space, even for large graphic cards and power supplies.
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Gigabyte has done a fantastic job with its first power supply - it's extremely quiet, very well made, good looking and it has cool additions like molex quick release plugs, modularity, thermal probes, fan adapters, colour co-ordination (mostly) and software control. I'm genuinely finding it hard to criticise it but my natural gut reaction is "motherboard turned accessory maker - additional business rather than a primary one" which may be true, but it's not to the detriment of the product. There are certainly a few things that need revisiting, including airflow and connector lengths, but it's nothing particularly serious. My only worry is long term reliability, but there's certainly no outright reason to worry and nothing has been reported so far. Just check what it has suits your needs and stick it on your want list if you're all ticks.
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Intel has two chipsets in the P3x family, the Intel P35 Express and the P31 Express. The P35 Express is designed for higher performance platforms, with support for DDR2 or DDR3 memory and the ICH9 series Southbridge. The P31 being tailored for budget systems, only supports DDR2 memory and features Intel's older ICH7 series Southbridge. However the P31 has one major advantage price. Today I'll be reviewing Gigabyte's GA-P31-DS3L platform based on the Intel P31 chipset. Let's dig in and see how this board stacks up.
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
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GIGABYTE's Odin GT line of power supplies is the world's first PSU series that allows software control and monitoring. From within the GIGABYTE P-Tuner software you can adjust voltage levels, fan speed and get detailed monitoring info about your PSU like power draw. In addition to that we found out that the unit also has a very high efficiency of over 84% and good voltage stability.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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Intel's X38 is here and we have Gigabyte's top offering in-house. Key features include PCI-E 2.0, dual PCI-E 16x slots, 1333/1600FSB support along with a slew of unique features Gigabyte has become well-known for.
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From the reviews we have published featuring Intel's P35 "Bearlake" Chipset on such motherboards as the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P and ASUS Blitz Extreme, this chipset has functioned very well under Linux with no real problems and the performance has been great. While the P35 works wonders on Linux, how does Intel's soon-to-be-shipped X38 work with Linux? Well, in this article we will tell you how this new Intel Chipset, which supports two PCI Express 2.0 slots and other improvements, is able to function on a Linux desktop and Solaris. At hand we have the Gigabyte X38-DQ6 motherboard as we explore its alternative OS compatibility and performance.
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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The Gigabyte G-Pad Pro is a notebook cooling surface, intended for 15 inchers or smaller. It features a heatsink shape, can be cooled actively if needed with the included fan and propped on the its feet. Transporting it is made easy as well, thanks to two included bags.
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The board I will be reviewing from Gigabyte is the GA-P35-DQ6 featuring a P35/ICH9R chipset combination. This model supports the DDR-2 standard, dual PCIe graphics capability (only crossfire is supported on the Intel chipsets), solid caps all over the board, Quad bios solution, Eight Channel HD audio provided by the Realtek ALC889 codec and silent heatpipe cooling. All great features contributing to the very bling-bling nature of this board. Let's dig in and see if it stacks up.
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Thursday, October 4, 2007
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For the time being we're unconvinced by Intel's X38 chipset and DDR3 memory but Gigabyte has done a decent job with the GA-X38T-DQ6 and it looks like it could be future-resistant for a year or two which is pretty good going in this game.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007
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Gigabyte's new GA-MA69GM-S2H board has HTPC written all over it, with no fewer than six possible video output types, optical Toslink output, and AMD's 690G chipset with Radeon X1250 IGP. In our review, we find more than a few reasons to recommend it to anyone who?s considering a new HTPC.
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Gigabyte enters the UMPC market with the introduction of its latest addition, the Gigabyte U60 UMPC that's an affordable alternative for folks who want to take their Internet lifestyle around with them wirelessly.
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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3D Mercury is the name of GIGABYTE's first ever case with an integrated water cooling system. The case is aimed at first time water cooling buyers and is extremely easy to setup and maintain. Is this case worth the money or is it just another overpriced attempt to fuse a water cooling system and a chassis?
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