Intel 845 Chipset Review & Motherboard Roundup: September 2001

Gigabyte GA-8IDX

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It used to be the case that Gigabyte motherboards featured virtually no tweaking/overclocking options, but that has all changed with the 8IDX, a member of Gigabyte's P4 Titan series.  The AWARD BIOS setup of the 8IDX not only allows the user to adjust the FSB frequency and the voltage supplied to the CPU but also the voltage supplied to the SDRAM slots and the AGP slot.  A complete 180 for Gigabyte and it's definitely appreciated, hopefully we'll see similar setup features in future Gigabyte motherboards.  Another interesting feature was the ability to select what language to view the BIOS setup in: English, French, Japanese, Spansigh, German, Simplified and Traditional Chinese.

Features such as Dual BIOS and use of the on-board Ethernet complete the 8IDX package.