
The site claims the X38-DQ6 motherboard will be available in some retail stores by mid-September, two weeks ahead of ASUS.
The Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 is based on Intel X38 chipset which is to replace the current 975X chipset. This X38T-DQ6 supports DDR3-1600, next generation PCIe 2.0 bus. It comes with dual PCIex16 slot for Crossfire.
This board uses all Japanese SMD solid caps. The Pure copper cooling for Silent Pipe and Crazy cool is used on this board. The board supports Intel 1333MHz FSB 45nm CPU, Dual Channel DDR3-1600, high quality 106dB ALC 880A HD Audio and Dual Gigabit Ethernet.