Gigabyte X48T-DQ6 DDR3 Motherboard

Thu 2008-04-03 - Posted by Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

TweakTown has just reviewed the Gigabyte X48T-DQ6, an Intel X48-based DDR3 motherboard.

Let’s see what they had to say:

“The GIGABYTE X48T-DQ6 has also given us full confidence in the X48 chipset and GIGABYTE’s design, though we do favor the ASUS P5E3 Premium’s inclusion of the WiFi controller and their third PCI Express x16 slot onboard over the GIGABYTE setup, as it lacks the option for CrossfireX and a third graphics card to run as a physics engine, or just to use for a large PCI Express based SAS/SATA controller. This is where ASUS gets the leg up, however the power efficiency and overclocking crown so far goes to GIGABYTE’s X48T-DQ6.”

Wow, this motherboard hit 569Mhz FSB, which is the highest front side bus speed that I’ve ever seen in a review. I just hope that this was not a cherry-picked item. While some may criticize the lack of a third PCI-E x16 slot, this is a rather insignificant shortcoming that will not affect the vast majority of users. On the plus side, the X48T-DQ6 is $60 cheaper than the ASUS P5E3 PREMIUM/WIFI-AP (which has three x16 slots).

Click here to read the full review.

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