Comdex 2002 Motherboard Coverage - Part I

Gigabyte

Like ABIT, Gigabyte didn't have a whole heck of a lot to show off that we haven't already reviewed or covered before, but there certainly were a couple of boards worthy of note.

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Note: The original photos had a typo indicating that their boards supported Hyper-Threading. This was a typo on Gigabyte's part and we have been assured that the solutions do not support Hyper-Threading as the Athlon 64 does not use the technology.

The two boards shown above are Gigabyte's Hammer boards. The first Hammer board pictured is based on VIA's K8T400 Hammer chipset. This VIA chipset consists of the K8T400 North Bridge and VIA 8235 South Bridge, which has just recently started to become standard in KT400 and P4X400 motherboard lines. Next year, VIA will most likely update their South Bridge to something a bit more potent, perhaps something that supports Serial ATA or 802.11b.

The second Hammer board is based on AMD's very own 8151 chipset, which includes the 8151 North Bridge and 8111 South Bridge.