We have today a review of Gigabyte's GA-M59SLI-S5, Gigabyte's top of the line nForce 590 based board. Gigabyte spices things up by sporting 8, not just 6 SATA-2 ports on this baby, a heatpipe design, and a 3rd full sized PCI-E 8X slot nestled between the two 16X PCI-E's standard on 590 boards.

"The M59SLI-S5 is not based on the much lauded NVIDIA reference design that was sent out in Foxconn garb last month, though it does use the identical chipset and comes packing very similar features. What is important to note is that this board supports all of the new features found in the 590 SLI MCP, although it does not include the NVIDIA BIOS that 590 SLI reference boards ship with. Gigabyte did not send this board to us in a retail package and included absolutely no documentation, but we can confirm that the board that they sent us for review matches the specifications listed on their website for the production unit."



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