Computex`2004: Mobo Foxconn
Motherboards built on new Intel chipsets take the foreground at the company's expo stand. 8ANXP-D on the i825X chipset +ICH6W is the flagship.
Gigabyte 8ANXP-D
It was also installed in the demo system.
The board features in the reviewed version of additional power supply module dubbed Ultra-DPS 2 (the previous version was called DPS).
the U-DPS 2 module on the 8GPNXP Duo motherboard
Besides, the board offers exceptional expansion options: six DDR2 400/533 slots and eight SerialATA channels.
Also, the U-DPS 2 module is fitted on the 8GPNXP Duo motherboard built on the i915P chipset, and stands out with simultaneous support for DDR2 memory (4 slots) and DDR(2 slots).
Gigabyte 8GPNXP Duo
Remember that the i925X chipset supports only the DDR2 memory, whereas the i915P(G) supports only DDR2 and DDR. The company engineers made use of the chipset specifics in developing the 8i915P Duo Pro motherboard: two DIMM slots are intended for the DDR, with two more for the DDR2.
Gigabyte 8i915P Duo Pro
To accentuate the feature, Gigabyte used the DUO suffix in the name. Also note that the board is aimed at the middle-end sector of the market. Therefore, to make the product cheaper, they removed support for DPS2 and left only four DIMM slots as is: two for DDR2 and two for DDR.
The next board 8i915P Duo is based on the same i915P chipset and used the same PCB.
Gigabyte 8i915P Duo
Reduction in the number of controllers is another step towards the reduction of prices. In particular, one Gigabit controller has been removed, with the support for proprietary DualBIOS technology disabled.
The next board is dubbed 8i915P-D Pro and is meant solely for use with the DDR2 memory.
Gigabyte 8i915P-D Pro
The other board 8i915P Pro does not support DDR2, but is aimed at DDR only.
Gigabyte 8i915P Pro
Gigabyte presented one more board on the same PCB - 8i915G Pro which is based on the i915G chipset (with integrated video core).
Gigabyte 8i915G Pro
This board also supports DDR only. For users interested in support for the DDR2 plus integrated graphics core, the company offers the 8i915G-D Pro motherboard.
Gigabyte 8i915G-D Pro
It turns out that the need for support of two memory types at a time makes manufacturers duplicate the lines of their produce. Moreover, most users who plan a quick migration to LGA775 processors need cheap solutions. That is why Gigabyte presented quite an interesting motherboard: 8IPE775 Pro which is based on somehow outdated (albeit cheaper) i865PE chipset.
Gigabyte 8IPE775 Pro
Now let's look at the motherboards aimed at AMD processors. First off, it is the K8NSNXP board based on the nForce3 250 chipset aimed at Socket754 processors.
Gigabyte K8NSNXP
This board has already been tested in our lab, and soon we'll publish a review. But the urgency of this socket is already coming to naught, and Socket 939 is becoming the most attractive buy for Athlon64 processors with a dual-channel memory controller.
Anyway, Gigabyte met the release of new AMD processors fully armed. In particular, it is K8NSNXP-939 on the nForce3 250 chipset.
Gigabyte K8NSNXP-939
The next board is also based on the nVidia - CK-804 chipset. The model is called K8NENXP-939.
Gigabyte K8NENXP-939
The board offers one PCI Express x16 slot for video cards, two PCI Express x1 slots and three regular PCI slots. Reminding it that it's just the CK-804 chipset is the first nVidia product in which support for the PCI Express bus was implemented.
Besides, one more board is also aimed for Athlon64 Socket939 processors but is based on the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset.
Gigabyte K8VNXP
As regards the low-end market, Gigabyte released a new series of boards dubbed RZ to conquer it. 7NF-RZ based on the nVidia nForce 2 Ultra 400 chipset is a typical representative of the series.
Gigabyte K8VNXP
Now about the coolers: the successful launch of 3D Cooler resulted in that Gigabyte started rubber-stamping clones. The SuperSilent model with reduced turbine rotational speed (thus, reduced noise) was released. And right at the expo, the Ultra Silent model was presented (probably of even lower noise level).
Gigabyte Ultra Silent
Next to it, there were two versions of the fastening frame for the LGA775 socket: a standard version of rigid black plastic,
and the stronger one (as well as flexible) made of transparent material.
The video topic merits a separate thorough review, se we are currently preparing a vast coverage of all the novelties presented at Computex`2004, including all solutions by Gigabyte.
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