CEBIT 2007: DDR3 has moved from future tech to reality
Key
words that can be seen from any corner of Gigabyte's booth are All-Solid
capacitors, Low RDS MOSFET, and Ferrite Choke Coil. Those technology
improvements are just beginning of a new era of more power efficient
motherboards (less generated heat), with no sacrifice in performance for the
enthusiasts. Bearlake chipset could be used to its full potential on these
boards.
The
GA-P35T-DQ6 supports Intel Core 2 Quad, and upcoming 45 nanometre processors
wit dual-channel DDR3 memory. At the time being, the board is advertised as
DDR3 1066. The cooling has been redesigned, as you can see on the picture, a
massive system that consists of heat pipes and full copper coolers, covers the
chipset, and motherboard voltage regulators. Also, the integrated audio is the
newest Realtek 8.1 HD. Of course, these boards are Cross fire ready, have Quad
BIOS feature, ROHS compliant, and look really good.
Very similar to this
board is the GA-P35T-DS4 board. It lacks the Quad BIOS, Quad eSATA support, but
everything else is there.
And for the
less enthusiastic users, Gigabyte is offering GA-P35T-DS3P motherboard. The gigantic
copper cooling system has been replaced with smaller aluminum passive
solutions. Also the voltage regulators on the board are not being cooled.
Again, you will not get eSATA, or all the other Quad features from the first
board.
