GigaByte GA-G1975X Motherboard

Dyre Straits · Apr 28, 2006, 08:58 AM

This board looks incredibly wicked!

Anyone with experience/opinions? I actually saw one and held it in my hands a couple days ago.

Be sure to click on and Zoom into the image and take a look at those turbo jet coolers!!!

http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Mo...Name=GA-G1975X

H3X4D3C1M4L · Apr 28, 2006, 01:58 PM

Maximum PC said they were loud. But for people doing watercooling it looks like a good idea.

I wouldn't go for it myself (never really liked Gigabyte boards) but the idea is cool and it looks like a decent enough board

Ferret_Style · Apr 28, 2006, 02:21 PM

it is nice but i think the asus p5wd2-e premium has more features.

PangingJr · Apr 29, 2006, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dyre Straits

This board looks incredibly wicked!

i think the same.
i've never seen a real board, but looks like the thing will probably gets all dirty fast and hard to clean.

there are still a few good desktop boards that are using Intel 975X express chipset and ICH7R...

P5WDG2-WS - http://usa.asus.com/products2.aspx?l1=3&l2=82
AW8D - http://www2.abit.com.tw/page/en/moth...&fMTYPE=LGA775
D975XBX - http://www.intel.com/products/mother...5xbx/index.htm

and many of the boards that having i955xx express chipset are still very good.

Dyre Straits · Apr 29, 2006, 09:27 AM

I located a good, in-depth review of this board over on Hexus.net:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4019

PangingJr · Apr 29, 2006, 10:10 AM

so, do you like the board or not?
and what about the Asus P5WDG2-WS?

both boards the GA-G1975X and P5WDG2-WS have multi-GPU supports, same amount of the expansion slots, and about the same system memory supports.

but the P5WDG2-WS has dual Gb LAN with WiFi AP module as an option, has more onboard/onchip SATA storage options,
while the GA-G1975X has more P-ATA (IDE) storage options, a better onboard audio system and the unique Gigabyte's Turbojet.

Dyre Straits · Apr 29, 2006, 08:11 PM

(Edited Until I Get More Sleep.

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Apr 28, 2006, 01:58 PM	#2
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Maximum PC said they were loud. But for people doing watercooling it looks like a good idea. I wouldn't go for it myself (never really liked Gigabyte boards) but the idea is cool and it looks like a decent enough board

Apr 29, 2006, 10:10 AM	#6
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	so, do you like the board or not? and what about the Asus P5WDG2-WS? both boards the GA-G1975X and P5WDG2-WS have multi-GPU supports, same amount of the expansion slots, and about the same system memory supports. but the P5WDG2-WS has dual Gb LAN with WiFi AP module as an option, has more onboard/onchip SATA storage options, while the GA-G1975X has more P-ATA (IDE) storage options, a better onboard audio system and the unique Gigabyte's Turbojet.