By: Ryan Shrout
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the quick look at the new product. If you are interested in the full review,
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When Intel launched their new dual core Intel Pentium Extreme Edition
processors last month (and all the other dual core processorsfor that matter)
and most recently their Intel Pentium D line, they also released a new
chipset in order to bring support for the platform. The Intel 955X
chipset is aimed at the performance market and enthusiast crowd of users.
Gigabyte has prepped and readied a board based on this solution called
the 8I955X Royal. This board offers some good features, overclocking and performance.
The 8I955X Royal’s feature set includes four SATA channels that support
RIAD courtesy of the Intel ICH7R south bridge on the motherboard. The single IDE
channel that the Intel chipset provides may not be enough for a lot of users so
Gigabyte has also included an IDE controller that supplies two additional channels.
Of course, the standard USB 2.0 and Firewire support are integrated as well.
The Gigabyte 8I955X Royal motherboard had a lot to live up to being the first of
the new dual core capable motherboards to reach us for the Intel platform.
Intel’s 955X chipset doesn’t really offer anything new and exciting over
the 925X/E chipsets, with the exception of dual core processor support, so vendors
are going to struggle to find a way to make this new board generation stand out from their last.
Gigabyte has done an excellent job compiling overclocking, performance and
features into a somewhat reasonably priced motherboard. If you are eager to get
your hands on the latest Intel Pentium D or XE processors, the Gigabyte board
looks to be one of the best options for enthusiasts for dual core.
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