X-bit labs reviews Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 motherboard
The Intel X38 based mainboard with DDR2 SDRAM support from Gigabyte pleased us with the absence of some frustrating drawbacks we have seen before. Let's find out if the improvements made to this board make it worth our recommendation to computer enthusiasts.
I believe last week was the most remarkable period of time for computer fans in the entire 2007. It is when AMD finally launched their so long awaited Phenom processors. Although they couldn't really please their fans with this launch. What we have been seeing so far is that the CPUs didn't make the best impression: working at the same frequency they lose to the competing Core 2 Quad solutions. Besides, their working frequencies are overall pretty low. Most of the previews available online these days showed that AMD engineers didn't manage to push the micro-architecture to the desired level as well as failed to ensure acceptable yields for chips running at satisfactory frequencies...
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