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It appears that Gigabyte is ready to step into the dual AMD ring. They have posted the specifications and a nice picture of their new GA-7DPXDW motherboard.

If nothing else, it sure is neat looking!

09/15/2001 03:57 PM: Gigabyte GA-7PXDW at Akiba... by Jim
Mark was jonny on the spot yet again, the first of many to send this piece of information in. Akiba PC Hotline has a few pictures up of what appears to be a Gigabyte 760MPX board, the GA-7PXDW. Prepar...

05/07/2001 11:05 PM: What Flavour is your Gigabyte board? by Jim
Mike was kind enough to throw this my way. Apparently the phrase "What flavour is your Imac?" has spread. Now Gigabyte has decided to color code their products. Digit Life has the story over...

04/30/2001 01:57 PM: GigaByte Announces GA-6RXDW: DDR boards incoming... by Jim
I noticed this exclusive PR over at Chicks Hardware. It appears as if we'll see more DDR-based p3 duallies than just Iwill's DVD266-R. You'll want to be clicking here to check out the layout of this b...

09/28/2000 11:00 PM: Tbreak reviews the GigaByte GA-6VXD7 by J0rdan
Duallies Duallies everywhere! Tbreak took a look at GigaByte's new duallie, the GA-6VXD7. The Northbridge is covered by a heatsink which improves chances of overclocking. Speaking of overclocking, unf...

09/18/2000 06:56 PM: Gigabyte 6VXD7 Review! by J0rdan
GamePC got their hands on Gigabyte's new duallie, the 6VXD7. Another new duallie based on the VIA 133A chipset... We can say first off, that the Gigabyte 6VXD7 is, for the most part, a really stable m...

09/18/2000 05:13 PM: More Gigabyte GA-6VXDC7 pics by nitro_fish
Well the boys of the rising sun over at Akiba PC Hotline have gotten some pics of the GA-6VXDC7 motherboard. With a price of about $225-$178 in Japan check it out here. Plus if you scroll down you ...

06/06/2000 02:14 PM: Gigabyte dual PGA at Computex by dadmin
The GA-6VXD7 is being displayed at Computex. It's an FC-PGA compatible board and looks like it has bus speeds up to 152MHz!full sized pic hereIt seems most manufacturers have wised up and staggered t...

05/03/2000 04:50 AM: Gigabyte GA-6CXD by nitro_fish
Well, another i820 Dual slot1 motherboard has made it to market. This one is made by Gigabyte GA-6CXD Intel 820 chipsetPROCESSORSlot 1 for Intel...

Brad 30105 in 3dmark 03 Posts: 3646 Joined: 2000-12-06

#13582 Posted on: 01/31/2002 04:01 AM no offence Hoozy, but those info/picture been up for months, I remember telling Jim about it in early december Clevo D870P Notebook, P4 3.4ghz NW, 1gb DDR400, Intel 865PE, ATI 9700 Pro 256mb, 60gb, 80gb, DVDRW, 17" LCD, TV Tuner, 1 hour battery life Athlon 64 3700 Sandy @ 9x315 with XP-120, Asus A8N32-SLI, 2x 512mb PC3200 @ 315mhz 2.5/3/4/8, 2x 7800GTX @ 490/1325, 1x 74gb Raptor, 3x 160gb SATA, Audigy 2 ZS, Silverstone TJ-03, Zippy 700w. P4 3.46 Gallatin EE at 12x300, Supermicro PDSGE, 2gb DDR2 @ 600, 6x 250gb, 6x 200gb, Promise SX6000, Adaptec 2610SA, Acbel 550w 7800GTX 512mb's on their way

Hooz Administrator Posts: 2388 Joined: 2000-03-29

#13583 Posted on: 01/31/2002 04:05 AM I thought it looked familiar, but someone also sent me the press release in PDF format, so I thought it must be new. Sorry about that. Go look at it anyway [size=1][url="http://www.2cpu.com"]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! Are you folding? [url="http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=3074"]2CPU.com Folding@Home Team[/url] [url="http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=19979"]My Heatware[/url][/size]

ReMeDy Administrator Posts: 12389 Joined: 2001-02-10

#13584 Posted on: 01/31/2002 04:15 AM and the link doesn't work either. |[size=1][url=http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=279831#post279831][color=yellow]FAQ's[/url][/color][/size]|Heatware-Remedy{WcS}|Dual760|Beerology|

Hooz Administrator Posts: 2388 Joined: 2000-03-29

#13585 Posted on: 01/31/2002 04:20 AM Yes, because they are lame and require a login (even if anonymous). [sigh] Maybe I should just delete the whole post, eh? [size=1][url="http://www.2cpu.com"]2CPU.com[/url] - Because two are always better than one! Are you folding? [url="http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=3074"]2CPU.com Folding@Home Team[/url] [url="http://www.heatware.com/eval.php?id=19979"]My Heatware[/url][/size]

DracoDan Witty text Posts: 327 Joined: 2001-09-11

#13586 Posted on: 01/31/2002 04:38 AM I got in no problem, did anyone else notice the FOUR ide connections? can we say ide raid (even though softraid MAY be faster) :eek: it also has several dipswitches meaning a good possibility that overclockers will get something to play with it also has onboard usb (in an odd place) and an onboard nic thus leaving 3 free 32/33 pci slots if anybody has experience w/ gigabyte motherboards plz post since i have never ran one, i would like to know how stable they are. Heatware Ebay feedback

Brad 30105 in 3dmark 03 Posts: 3646 Joined: 2000-12-06

#13587 Posted on: 01/31/2002 04:50 AM it has a variety of fsb options on the board for 90 - 133mhz fsb, nothing above that though, it also supports multiplier changing Clevo D870P Notebook, P4 3.4ghz NW, 1gb DDR400, Intel 865PE, ATI 9700 Pro 256mb, 60gb, 80gb, DVDRW, 17" LCD, TV Tuner, 1 hour battery life Athlon 64 3700 Sandy @ 9x315 with XP-120, Asus A8N32-SLI, 2x 512mb PC3200 @ 315mhz 2.5/3/4/8, 2x 7800GTX @ 490/1325, 1x 74gb Raptor, 3x 160gb SATA, Audigy 2 ZS, Silverstone TJ-03, Zippy 700w. P4 3.46 Gallatin EE at 12x300, Supermicro PDSGE, 2gb DDR2 @ 600, 6x 250gb, 6x 200gb, Promise SX6000, Adaptec 2610SA, Acbel 550w 7800GTX 512mb's on their way

CroakedOne deliverer of bad news Posts: 58 Joined: 2001-11-08

#13588 Posted on: 01/31/2002 05:17 AM try this link: http://networking.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Products_ServerBoard_Spec.asp?ProductID=25 should work like it is, I hope rig 1:Athlon 900 thunderbird rig 2:dual PIII 1 gig rig 3: dual freebsd PIII 667 mhz rig 4: would like a rackmount system :P

CroakedOne deliverer of bad news Posts: 58 Joined: 2001-11-08

#13589 Posted on: 01/31/2002 05:25 AM DracoDan,I'm using a dual PIII Gigabyte motherboard(dual 1 gig processors) and haven't had no issues with it although I don't think this board is overclockable at all(wish it was) mine is a GA-6VXDC7. Been running it 24/7 for months with no problems. Now I hope that the dual AMD motherboard is stable, I wouldn't mind putting it in my AMD box that has a MSI-6167 motherboard(900mhz thunderbird) if it would fit,having a dual AMD/intel systems is w00t for me. Notice I don't have any boards that is overclockable? LOL I'm a sad one indeed LOL rig 1:Athlon 900 thunderbird rig 2:dual PIII 1 gig rig 3: dual freebsd PIII 667 mhz rig 4: would like a rackmount system :P

stevil Registered User Posts: 1 Joined: 2002-01-30

#13590 Posted on: 01/31/2002 07:08 AM It looks like it should be a pretty good board. I'm still waiting for a features comparison between all the new mpx boards out there from somebody. BTW: Hooz - Cowboy Bebop is the greatest anime ever. I love the icon. -stevil

peteb solittletimesomuchtodo Posts: 330 Joined: 2001-12-06

#13591 Posted on: 01/31/2002 10:46 AM Originally posted by stevil It looks like it should be a pretty good board. I'm still waiting for a features comparison between all the new mpx boards out there from somebody. BTW: Hooz - Cowboy Bebop is the greatest anime ever. I love the icon. Only MPX boards shipping right now are Tyan and Asus. Got within about 0.5cm of the MSI last night, but that was a plexiglass display case - no shipping data on the sucker yet. Walking the streets of Tokyo (Akihabara), the Asus MPX is available, Tiger MP in several places, but no Tyan MPX, nor any other MPX - also no dates available either. I got bored and just on-line ordered the 2466N from the US - who cares about shipping charges!:rolleyes: Looks like the Gigabyte still has 2 working USB ports? Why only 2, and are they 'fixed' I wonder? Lian-Li PC-76|Tyan S2466N|2xXP1700|2GB Reg ECC|Enermax651/301 Dual PSU|5x36ES Raid5 ICP Vortex GDT8623RZ|3Ware 7500-8|4xWD1000JB Raid5, 2xMaxtor80GB Raid0|SB Audigy|WinXPSP1|More PCs

DracoDan Witty text Posts: 327 Joined: 2001-09-11

#13592 Posted on: 01/31/2002 05:55 PM does anyone have any idea of the release date for this board? also, does the usb work? Heatware Ebay feedback

acrophile I took the red pill. Posts: 243 Joined: 2001-10-11

#13593 Posted on: 01/31/2002 10:09 PM Originally posted by DracoDan does anyone have any idea of the release date for this board? also, does the usb work? It sounds like they might have just added an on-board usb controller separate from the chipset... so yes, usb should work, but would a usb keyboard get you into your bios? I don't think so... Anyone miss their dual ppro system?

rogersr Registered User Posts: 96 Joined: 2000-07-21

#13594 Posted on: 02/01/2002 12:20 AM I'll never buy MSI again, their stuff is just not stable, 3 of the last 4 boards I've had of their stuff had stability issues. I put the same hardware on Abit and Asus and Gigabyte boards and all was fine. I love Gigabyte stuff. It's my new corp standard I use for low-end servers, since I don't overclock the systems I build for corp use. Used to use SuperMicro and Tyan only, but I've found that Gigabyte's stuff is rock-solid at a comparitive discount. I also have that same dual PIII board and it's stability has blown away the VP6 stability, never a single blue screen or freeze EVER, and it's been running and handling requests for 24/7 for six months with Win2k Pro SP1 running Apache's Jakarta-Tomcat servlet engine. Haven't even had to restart tomcat once! Rhino

Big B Psychic or Psycho? Posts: 3631 Joined: 2001-07-03

#13595 Posted on: 02/01/2002 02:13 PM I'm thinking my next duallie may involve that Gigabyte board, as my VP6 is beginning to drive me nuts. Hopefully, the board won't be too expensive though (as in $200 or less). MSI Z97S SLI Plus.Pentium G3258 @ 4.3GHz. 8GB GSkill DDR3-2133. Seagate 320GB. WD 1TB+160GB+160GB. LG DVDRW. XFX Radeon 7850. XFX 650W PSU. CoolerMaster 212 EVO. Win 7

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