Gigabyte GA-G1 975X: Will a Turbo help the Pentium 4?
by Gary Key on November 11, 2005 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Quick Take
The Gigabyte GA-G1 975X at first glance offers a very functional feature set and provides excellent performance for an Intel based system. The 975X chipset, at least Gigabyte's implementation, has closed the performance gap in most applications with the NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition chipset. The initial indications reveal the Intel 975X is a worthy competitor to the NVIDIA nForce4. This is very good news from an Intel enthusiast viewpoint if NVIDIA SLI support at this time is not important.Our concerns at this time center around the lack of official support for NVIDIA SLI, the noise generation and potential reliability of the four fan solution in the Turbojet system, and the inability to lock the FSB settings from 200 to 205 in manual mode. We look forward to further testing this board's capabilities and will report our full results in the near future along with other 975X chipset based solutions.
In this case, "The art of being wise will be the art of knowing what to look for."
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bairjo - Monday, April 13, 2009 - link
Can anyone tell me specifics on these fans? I need four new ones as they are failing. I can't seem to find information on these. I have not removed them yet but it does not look like they have a square mounting configuration like most fans. What is the voltage?Thanks for any help.
StriderGT - Saturday, November 12, 2005 - link
Quote from Quick Take page 6:"from an Intel enthusiast viewpoint", a real rarity...
endangered species :-P
Gary Key - Monday, November 14, 2005 - link
Yes, there are very few of us, we tend to lurk in the shadows waiting for an FX-57 to drop out of the sky.... ;-> :-)noxipoo - Saturday, November 12, 2005 - link
that mobo looks like something from my nightmares. here i am trying to reduce fans and use bigger ones with fanbuses to reduce noise and this thing comes with 4 tiny ones. wouldn't all those fans be useless if your case do not move air well? just blow around the hot air inside the case.Gary Key - Saturday, November 12, 2005 - link
The noise level is okay, not as good as a fanless setup but so far not too bad. I will be conducting thermal tests with only the power supply running and a stock Intel heatsink/fan from a 820D to see how well the rear two fans exit air.artifex - Saturday, November 12, 2005 - link
How many hamsters does this habitrail hold?Gary Key - Saturday, November 12, 2005 - link
More like how much dog hair will the fans collect over the next week. ;-)vailr - Friday, November 11, 2005 - link
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Gary Key - Saturday, November 12, 2005 - link
Thank you for the link.AndrzejPl - Friday, November 11, 2005 - link
- We will be comparing the thermal characteristics of this system to Asus's 8-phase power and fanless cooper heat pipe technology in the near future -Hi (as I'm new around here)...and a question. That Asus board is also 975x? :) cuz I'm rather keen on something less noisy then 4 60mm plastic fans. If I'd like a vacuum cleaner in a comp, I'd still stick to FX 5800 :). I'm really thinking of coming back to Intel, especially when Presler appears, but I don't want too much noise
And 2nd question. Is it possible to have two x1800Xl on crossfire, and also squeeze the X-fi card on that board (I pressume that other 975x boards will have same PCI-PCI-ex design?)
Andrzej