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Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 @ PCStats
“Gigabyte’s high-end GA-X48-DS5 motherboard is, as you might have guessed, based on the Intel X48 Express and ICH9R chipsets. It’s core logic offers up 32 lanes of PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth which makes this platform great for running a pair of Crossfire’d ATI videocards at full tilt.”
ASUS P6T Deluxe OC Palm @ Digit-Life
“As the first motherboard with Socket 1366 in our test lab, ASUS P6T Deluxe is bound to attract extra attention as it features so many new technologies. And our readers’ interest to the new processor microarchitecture, new CPU family, new socket, new chipset, etc. inevitably touches the motherboard as well.”
ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme @ IT Reviewed
“With support for the latest Intel chipset and Core i7 processors, along with the additional overclocking headroom afforded by ROG Extreme Engine, the sexy-looking (just check out the red, black and dark metallic grey cooling) Rampage II Extreme is that fastest and most customisable motherboard on the planet. The downside is that it costs almost the same as a whole computer.”
MSI DKA790GX @ Digit-Life
“This motherboard looks very unusual with its fanciful heatsink. Judging by its characteristics, it’s designed for practical users who choose a motherboard for an all-purpose home computer.”
XFX’s ‘Budget’ X58 Early Look @ Hexus
“XFX knows that the majority of customers will be purchasing a Core i7 920, which currently etails at around £240, and includes a couple of ‘X-Profiles’ in the BIOS that overclock the chip to either 2.93GHz or 3.2GHz, which are the speeds of the 940 and 965 EE, respectively. In effect, XFX is guaranteeing 965 EE speeds for free.”
ASUS P5E3 Premium/Wifi-AP.N @ PCStats
“ASUS has given us everything enthusiasts ask for in a motherboard and then multiplied that by pixie dust and a kitchen sink factor with the Asus P5E3 Premium motherboard. Sure, other motherboards have dual gigabit lan ports, but how many have dual eSATA? Or dual firewire? In addition to a dual antenna wireless-N integrated network adapter?”
Gigabyte GA-EP45T-Extreme @ Techware Labs
“Consumers are looking for value in when putting together their shopping list with increased frequency. These same consumers still continue to seek the best performance for their dollar. Gigabyte seeks to fill the motherboard best performance for your dollar segment with their GA-EP45T-Extreme motherboard. We show you how extreme this copper clad warrior is and compare it to the fastest rig available in the 3DMark Vantage test for a cost vs performance comparison. Who do you think the winner will be?”
ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution @ Motherboards.org
“If you’re looking for a workstation class board on the X58 chipset this is the board for you as it has all the bells and whistles that you expect from ASUS and the extra features you want. SLI works as advertised with the proper spacing for three GTX280 dual-slot cards. Crossfire also works out of the box.”
ECS GF8200A Black Edition @ TBreak
“ECS brings us yet another Black Edition board, the GF8200. This time a Hybrid function board for the AMD AM2+ socket CPU’s. The board comes with a DirectX 10 capable integrated graphics processor with 512mb of shared memory and HDMI output.”
ECS A780GM-A Ultra @ TBreak
“Only recently AMD launched the Phenom II X4 processor that scored pretty well with us. So we decided to test it with the order of the day, the ECS A780GM-A Ultra motherboard. It has great all-in-one features like 160w CPU support and on board video processor based on the ATI HD3200 that supports Hybrid CrossFire.”