Gigabyte’s X48T-DQ6 is in many ways the exact same board as the Gigabyte X48-DQ6 in terms of layout, configuration with the main difference being the support of DDR3 memory on the board, which the other board does not support. The X48T-DQ6 does the job in more ways than one. In terms of performance the X48T-DQ6 is slightly behind the Intel reference X48 board, but mostly it is within the normal range of running a benchmark on two different motherboards. In terms of features the X48T-DQ6 is outstanding as it offers Quad BIOS safety from a bad BIOS Flash, Quad external SATA2 support and Quad Cooling, offering the best cooling solution on their boards.
Gigabyte tends to release many motherboards on the same chipset and the X48 is no exception with no less than four X48 motherboards currently on their website. The X48T-DQ6 supports all of the latest Intel Core 2 Quad/Extreme/Duo CPUs and also supports the older Prescott CPUs which some motherboards don’t due to the VRM 11.1 specification. The qualified memory support on the board is rather light as to their Qualified Vendor List on their website, with the lack of Samsung DDR3 memory above 1066MHz and no Crucial memory support on the QVL list at all though both companies’ memory worked great when I tried them. Not exactly an Editor’s Choice due to its lack of DDR3 support, but it is a Hot Product as it still has plenty of available options that make it worth taking a look at.
