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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Gigabyte is mainly known for making motherboards, but if you didn't know they make a lot of other products. A while ago we took a look at their 3D Rocket II CPU cooler and it did perform well at all. They have just released a new cooler the Volar, which is very different from any CPU cooler that I have seen. And believe me I have seen a bunch of different CPU coolers! Let's see if this unique design can help the Volar perform better than the 3D Rocket II.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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Currently, Gigabyte is the leader in all solid capacitor motherboards. They also use twice as many Phase Power components. So what does this all mean? Well, how about a motherboard that is more efficient and runs almost twice as cool as standard motherboards using older technology? The Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 is that motherboard, with all the new solid state hardware - not to mention an impressive heatpipe cooling system incorporating a giant copper back plate for that additional cooling.
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Gigabyte's 3DAurora 570 case has about 10 per cent more space inside than the first 3DAurora chassis and the front's been tweaked a bit, too. But what else does it offer the enthusiast? Check out our in-depth review to find out.
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Friday, November 9, 2007
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If Gigabyte being the respectable motherboard company it is gave the world one of the first motherboards built on this new socket. The X38-DQ6 gives all the bells and whistle needed to be a full featured motherboard. Blessed with firewire, USB 2.0, SATA II and PCIe 2.0, the X38-DQ6 is bound to be a board like no other. And if the features don't attract you the colorful layout will. The blue, red, orange and yellow are enough to brighten up any case.
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Gigabyte is well aware that consumers yearning for a quiet PC don't want to give up great looks and functionality. They prove this with their iSOLO 210. In addition to the case's aesthetics, it also turns out to have very impressive construction, especially considering its low price point.
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Designed around Intel's successful P35 Express and ICH9R chipsets, the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R supports socket 775 Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme, Celeron D, and Pentium 4/D/XE processors operating on a 800/1066/1333 MHz FSB. As is standard, up to 8GB of DDR2 1066/80/667 memory can be installed in a dual channel configuration. If you're using Microsoft Windows XP 1GB of RAM should be fine, but for Windows Vista 2GB is a much better.
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The Gigabyte Ga-MA69GM-S2H is a board that is targeted to the HTPC market. It has a rich feature set for a micro board, and will make a great board for its intended purpose. The addition of HDMI should make setup and use with your HTPC and plasma or LCD a piece of cake!
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
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With easy to access PCIe locks like the ones on the GA-P35-DS4, it doesn't matter if the videocard has a large double-slot heatsink, access is unimpeded. If you have to struggle with a screwdriver to release an obscured PCIe slot lock and get the videocard out, you may end up with an electrical short or snapped component. Just a thought, it's not like PCSTATS has had hands on experience with 200-odd motherboards or anything... oh wait! We have. :-)
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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nVIDIA SLI and to a lesser degree AMD CrossFire have made buying a new videocard an interesting exercise. With both standards being supported by game developers, more gamers are starting to ask if two heads really are better than one?
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Simply ignore DDR3-based X38 boards for the time being because there is literally no extra performance on offer - this is very likely not unique to Gigabyte though. Even then, as a top of the range DQ6 board, I don't feel the box package and the overclocking capabilities are where they should be. There's nothing over and above the DS5 apart from different capacitors, a few more power phases and a Gigabit Ethernet socket. The GA-X38T-DQ6 is a good, stable board at stock speeds but I'd still buy the GA-X38-DS5 which does the same for less, without the extra burden that is the cost of DDR3 memory at the moment. If you feel the overwhelming desire to buy an X38 board over P35, then the Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 should certainly be one to consider even if you're not that cost concious. It performs very well, has plenty of features, is super stable and has the same BIOS options as the DQ6. However, it's not a great overclocker like an X38 should be and offers virtually no performance advantage over cheaper P35-based boards.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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The Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L supports Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme processors on a 800/1066/1333 MHz FSB, a max of 4GB DDR2 800/667, and one PCI Express x16 videocard. Integrated items include Gigabit networking, 7.1 channel High Definition audio, one IDE and floppy connector, four SATA, four USB 2.0 ports at rear, and optical/SPDIF audio output. In the box it's nothing the bare basics.
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Friday, November 2, 2007
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With the new X38 chipset out in the wild, Gigabyte did not wait too long to update its lineup and release DQ6 board featuring almost everything you might ever need from the motherboard itself.
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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We may assume that users liked the full-size Gigabyte M55plus-S3G based on the GeForce 6100 chipset. That would explain why Gigabyte decided to launch another product of the same form-factor based on AMD 690G chipset. Which looks more appealing from the point of view of demanding users and users of full-size boards. However, the analogy is not complete in this case. Developers have sacrificed board's main advantage - its 4 PCI slots. That number was halved.
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
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For a price of $70 US, it will be difficult to find a better case than the Triton 180. It's solidly built and roomy inside but not so large that it takes up too much desk space. Instead of using windows, lights, or other flashy things Gigabyte went for a nice and sleek, sophisticated appearance without being too plain.
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This Gigabyte P35 DS3R is an interesting motherboard, with a good alimentation section: selecting 1.60 V from the BIOS we had 1.55 V on the CPU, one of the most efficient motherboards we ever seen. This allows good overclock capabilities that we tested with a liquid cooling system by Ybris cooling, obtaining good results also from the video subsystem. The only weak point of this card is the absence in the BIOS of the control of the voltages on the PLL circuit and of GTL, but this is a detail that can interest only the most exigent overclockers.
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