Diseñada para entusiastas que gustan del overclock extremo y del juego de alto rendimiento, la GA-X38-DS4 de GIGABYTE está basada en la impresionante combinación del chipset X38 de Intel y los últimos procesadores multi-núcleo con FSB de 1600MHz incluyendo la próxima plataforma de 45nm. La GA-X38-DS4 es capaz de soportar CrossFire™ con conectividad PCI-E 2.0 x16 real obteniendo el máximo rendimiento en los juegos. Construida para ofrecer la máxima estabilidad, durabilidad y rendimiento aun para los jugadores más extremos, la GA-X38-DS4 entrega diversas innovaciones de GIGABYTE incluyendo el diseño Ultra Durable 2, fabricada con componentes de la más alta calidad que proveen ahorro de energía, menor generación de calor y una vida más larga al sistema.

Especificaciones
Especificaciones
Processor
Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel® Pentium processor Extreme Edition/ Intel® Pentium D processor/ Intel® Pentium 4 processor Extreme Edition/ Intel® Pentium 4 processor in the LGA 775 package
L2 cache varies with CPU
Support 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
Chipset
Northbridge: Intel® X38 Express Chipset
Southbridge: Intel® ICH9R
T.I IEEE 1394 Controller
Realtek 8111B chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
8 Channels ALC889A Audio controller
Memory
4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR2 1200/1066/800 MHz memory modules, ECC
* Please refer "Memory Support List" for memory support information.
Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x16 slots supporting ATI CrossFire™ technology
(The PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
3 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Form Factor
ATX form factor, 305 x 244mm
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x 4-pin PCIe 12V power connector
1 x floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
2 x system fan headers
1 x power fan header
1 x North Bridge fan header
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x CD In connector
1 x S/PDIF In header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x IEEE 1394a headers
1 x parallel port header
1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
1 x serial port header
1 x power LED header
1 x chassis intrusion header
Rear Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x IEEE 1394a ports
1 x RJ-45 port
6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
BIOS
2 x 8 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
Support for Dual BIOSTM
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b
Unique Features
Ultra Durable 2 Motherboard
All Japanese manufactured solid capacitors
Over-clocking Enhanced
Support for @BIOS
Support for Download Center
Support for Q-Flash
Support for EasyTune 5 Pro
Support for Xpress Install
Support for Xpress Recovery2
Remark
Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
Due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. If some vendors still has Win9X/ME drivers available, we will publish on website.
Duo to chipset limitation, Intel ICH9R RAID driver does not support Windows 2000 operating system.