Motherboard Review: Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6

Motherboard Review: Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6

GA-X48T-DQ6 is a Gigabyte motherboard that support DDR3. Previous motherboard product from Gigabyte is GA-X48-DQ6 that support DDR2.
GA-X48T-DQ6 with Intel X-48 chipset is physically identical with GA-X48-DQ6 with Intel X-38 chipset.

The most interesting about Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 is its support for future processors beyond FSB 1333MHz with 45nm fabrication. It support FSB 1600MHz.

The other advanced feature is Intel XMP (eXtreme Memory Profiles) technology that make DDR3 work on 1900MHz. With 8 GB maximum capacity and dual channels support.

This motherboard have 8 SATA 2 ports. 6 ICH9R ports. 2 JMicron JMB363 ports.

Gigabyte use Ultra Durable 2 technology. Dynamic Energy Saver can decrease energy that give result in motherboard durability. Gigabyte claimed that this feature can result in 70% saving. The feature activity signed by a LED that fully shine when the processor is full loaded and half shine when the processor is lighty loaded.

Fail Auto Reload BIOS automaticaly load default BIOS settings when there's error on modified BIOS settings.


Specification
GIGABYTE GA-X48T-DQ6
Processor Type: Intel Pentium 4, Pentium Celeron, Pentium D, Pentium Dual Core, Core 2 Duo/Quad (Socket LGA7750
Chipset: Intel X48+ICH9R
Memory: 4 DDR3-667/800/1066/1600/1900 dual channels 8 GB max
Graphics Card: 2x PCI Express x16 (PCI Express 2.0)
Expansion Slot: 3xpCIe x1, 2x PCI
Storage: 8x SATA, 1x PATA, 1xFDD, 2x eSATA
RAID: ICH9R/JMicron SATA RAID 0,1,0+1,5, JBOD/0,1,JBOD
Sound Chip: Realtek ALC88T (8 channels)
LAN Chip: Realtek RLT8211B (dual gigabit)
I/O: 1x PS/2 Keyboard
1x PS/2 Mouse
1x Coaxial S/PDIF Out
1x Optical S/PDIF Out
2x Firewire
8x USB 2.0
2x LAN
1x 6in1 audio

TEST RESULT
Sysmark 2007 Preview
Rating: 149

SiSoft Sandra 2007
Dhrystone ALU: 27288 MIPS
Video Encoding: 10 minutes 46 seconds
Audio Encoding: 2 minutes 4 seconds
PCMark 2005 (1280x1024): 6738 PCMarks
3dMark 2006 (1280x1024): 4377 3DMarks
Doom 3 (1024x768 high quality): 132,2 fps
Maximum FSB: 465 MHz

Testing Platform:
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Processor, Kingston DDR3 2GB Memory, Asus GeForce 7800 GT VGA Card, Seagate Baracuda 7200RPM 80 GB Harddisk.

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