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Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4
Jayesh Limaye	Email Print
May 13, 2008

Supports 45 nm Intel processors and PCIe 2.0, Excellent overclocking support, Power saving DES2, Good components, CrossFireX multi-GPU support, Silent, eSATA/SATA brackets. Not significantly faster than P35-based motherboards, certain components come in the way of others, no additional brackets for additional ports. Rating :

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Page 1 - The Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 Page 2 - eSATA Brackets, Specifications - 1/3 Page 3 - Specifications - 2/3 Page 4 - Specifications 3/3 Page 5 - Chipset Overview - 1/2 Page 6 - Chipset Overview - 2/2 Page 7 - Layout - 1/4 Page 8 - Layout - 2/4 Page 9 - Layout - 3/4 Page 10 - Layout - 4/4 Page 11 - Software Page 12 - BIOS Utilities Page 13 - Performance Page 14 - SiSoftware Sandra Pro Business 2008 - 1/2 Page 15 - SiSoftware Sandra Pro Business 2008 - 2/2 Page 16 - Real World Tests Page 17 - Our Conclusion  Next Page

Ever since the Intel X38 Express chipset was introduced around six months ago, a host of manufacturers have come forward with motherboards based on this "high-end" chipset; since this chipset comes with brand new features and supports the latest 45 nm processors and multi-GPUs. Each manufacturer tries to add his own touch; some provide a handsome bundle of games, and some provide so many cables that the motherboard gets lost in them.

Gigabyte does bundle what is necessary, but the main difference that sets it apart from the flock is that it is going green. The motherboard boasts of special power-saving features and the bundled software provides a front-end to monitor this. Meaning, you are virtually guaranteed that this "high-end motherboard" certainly doesn't mean that you end up paying high electricity bills. The Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 is one such motherboard that we shall test today.

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Report as offensive this review rocks, it is the best i have ever seen on techtree. keep up the good work guys, u r doing international quality stuff here. three cheers! by indi_techie from India on 16/05/08 08:53 PM    Report as offensive good by ganeshkumar from tamilnadu on 16/05/08 05:46 PM    Report as offensive gigabit cannot beat MSI or Asus any how b'coz gigabyte mobos have after run DMA problems and hardware interface performance optimization problems inherently it suks some of the times those using gigabyte mobos for long time u ask them they wont be getting the consistent performance out of it, and reliablity too is also mordrate..... by Shalin from Rajkot on 14/05/08 10:26 PM    Report as offensive this board is really looking to full fill the technology .It can really upgrade your life . Go ahead with this ...over all Gigabyte is available with its ranges of MB's around 12 to 16 models . All is having dynamic energy saver. by Amit from chennai on 14/05/08 11:57 AM    Report as offensive Well this motherboard seems to be pretty good and even the review has been great this time from techtree !!! The only complaint i have is that theres not much perfomance test done like using SLI !!And even the card is just 9600GT could have used 9800 series card by fatality from City 17 on 14/05/08 11:46 AM    Report as offensive MSI P35 Platinum is much much faster by Sanjay from Mumbai on 14/05/08 11:35 AM    Report as offensive Excellent Idea, you did for showing how LEDs look, with the GIFs. Thumbs up! by syed sardar from Hyderabad on 14/05/08 09:39 AM