Gigabyte X38-DQ6 Motherboard Review - Intel X38 Arrives!

Final conclusions and thoughts

Devices of Intel X38

The tiddlywinks of Intel X38 are great variation in the world of tiddlywinks of platform of Intel.� Like first product to support PCI Express 2.0, the mother charts using X38 will have the support of the next generation of the graphics cards as they are released from NVIDIA and AMD.� This doesn 'average of T those of you with PCIe 1.0 mother chart will be out of the chance for G90+ or R700+, puts 'preoccupation with a T; these GPUs will be compatible with PCI Express 1.0 mother chart as well and since we all know that the bandwidth of PCIe 1.0 isn 't obtaining still saturated, the NEED for PCIe 2.0 isn 't there.�

DDR3 is another new device on the X38 tiddlywinks (although the P35 tiddlywinks has it as well) but not all the mother charts will still support it, just as gigaoctet X38-DQ6 which we reviewed does not make here.� There is no doubt that DDR3 will be thereafter the chief of execution for subsystems of memory but in this moment, without overclocking, DDR3 isn 't appreciably more quickly now.� Memory DDR2 is also completely a little less expensive him incentive a more probable candidate so that the users buy.� Because the prices start to be equalized, we will see that more and more the mother charts DDR3 strike the market and then X38 will still have another advantage.

We can 't forget the duelles slits of PCI Express X 16 qu ' Intel took care to include with the X38 tiddlywinks.� No doubt for the use with the systems multi-GPU, X38 will only currently support the technology of interference current of AMD for the moment as NVIDIA always refuses to differently authorize the use of SLI to no matter whom 'tiddlywinks of S. It is really a shame, but of a point of stand of businesses, you must see the advantages for NVIDIA.�

In conclusion, we have the two other devices that X38 brings to the table: Extreme memory of Intel and extreme utility of agreement of Intel.� They are the two good devices for the enthusiast of material of beginning because it allows users with the overclock their systems in a way much surer than just striking switches and indicator what occurs.� I the 'VE already mentioned that all the two articles are very similar to NVIDIA 'with S have offers of memory and nTune of SLI, but Intel has enough push to make their versions much more impressive.� Which manufacturer of memory isn 't going to want to support Intel 's have the specific devices of synchronizations of memory?� And which suppliers will deny Intel 'software S to work with their mother chart?

Execution

Because you would envisage, the tiddlywinks of Intel X38 carries out indeed better than the P35 tiddlywinks; but not by much.� The differences are mainly in the controller of memory and are really not as dramatic as Intel could have hoped or have envisaged.� It is approximately in conformity with until I waited however, like wouldn of Intel 'leave of T too much their development of controller of memory only to one product simple SKU.�

Truths advantages which we see on the X38 tiddlywinks is in the kingdom overclocking, a sector that Intel finally started to pay the attention to with the last development of the known mother chart 975X under the name of BadAxe2.� Intel opened the buses on the tiddlywinks to allow the suppliers of mother chart 'BIOS to adjust it according to the needs, however not as independently as NVIDIA 'series of S 680i leaves.� Nevertheless, I was very impressed execution of gigaoctet X38-DQ6 in our tests overclocking.� It exceeded any current mother chart of INTEL-punt-form in terms raw speeds of bus on before-side.

Gigaoctet 'mother chart of S X38-DQ6

Although it could lose in the haste which is the launching of tiddlywinks of Intel X38, the mother chart of gigaoctet X38-DQ6 proved to be a LARGE mother chart in my test.� The devices were superb with the inclusion of the slits multi-GPU of PCIe x16, of eight total ports of SATA and an external configuration of connection which is single and really very useful.� The execution of the mother chart was faster than her councils of competition of P35-chipset and the potential overclocking that the shown council exceeded my hopes and placed a new record as well.�

The only disadvantages which I see are the lack of the gigaoctet to offer Intel extreme granting the price of service and potential.� With the current evaluation with $299, it one of the mother charts of enthusiast INTEL-based dearest on the market, competing with the tastes of would be butted of extreme Asus and the DFI LanParty UT P35.� If all goes although the evaluation will be high and us will see this and other mother charts X38 more close to level $200 soon.

Final thoughts

Intel 'the new handset of X38 chips of S and the mother chart of gigaoctet X38-DQ6 based on it show much promise and were very impressive here in our test today.� The X38 tiddlywinks are the first to offer the support of the technology of PCI Express 2.0 as well as brings Intel 's have the device and the system extremes of memory software utilities for launching on the market so that the enthusiasts embrace.� The mother chart of gigaoctet X38-DQ6 takes the best parts of the new handset of chips and combines them to make a hell of a mother chart of enthusiast who employs memory DDR2 and has the entrails overclocking like us asylum 't seen in a certain hour.

Intel 's initially make an incursion in the world of the enthusiast that chipsets in almost two years will be struck and the gigaoctet should not have any trouble being one of the selections preferred of the communities during some time.