De mannen van Gamers Depot hebben vandaag de eerste review online gezet over de eerste Pentium 4 plank van Gigabyte, de GA-8TX. De plank is uitgerust met 1 AGP Pro, 1 CNR, 5 PCI en 4 Rambus sloten. Verder is de plank in het bezit van de Dual BIOS feature van Gigabyte zodat zo af en toe iets fout mag doen tijdens het flashen van je BIOS. Ook handig is dat het moederbord in een normale ATX kast past, dit zelfs zonder een speciale backplate. In de benchmarks komt het bord jammer genoeg niet overal als beste uit de bus, maar met een prijs van 'slechts' 238 dollar en de bovengenoemde features is het volgens de reviewer zeker een goede plank :
With advanced features like a dual BIOS rock solid stability, it's hard to find much wrong with the GA-8TX. However, it's not completely without faults. While we do like its OpenGL performance, we were somewhat dismayed by its Direct3D performance. And what gives with using dipswitches on the board to complete the overclocking process? Isn't this the year 2001 now? We should be way beyond being bound to motherboard jumpers and/or dipswitches.
We also liked how this board easily mounts into any ATX case. This feature alone might make it the board of choice for those looking for an easy way to upgrade their PC without having to either buy a new case or mess around with a backplate as we see on the ASUS P4T.
We also were able to find this board on the web for $238.00, which is quite a bit lower than the lowest price we found for the ASUS P4T at $264.00. Given this board's advanced features, ease of installation, OpenGL performance, stability, and price, we can give it a full recommendation as a viable solution to those looking at jumping into the world of the Pentium 4.
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