X58-OC makes hardcore OC Aussies happy – PC Power Play Magazine

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Australian print magazine PC Power Play recently published a review of our GIGABYTE X58-OC motherboard, the world’s first high-end motherboard designed specifically for hardcore overclockers. IMG_0515Reviewer Matt Wilson had this to say about the built-in overclocking features and the how the boards target market will appreciate the overclocking potential that lies within:

After warm up runs, we gave the OC-Touch feature a work through, upping the BLCK frequency a good chunk and managing to score a healthy 4.73 GHz overclock (225x21)….The reason this board can overclock further (on air) than other boards we have had in the past is due to voltage stability. Instead of pumping through higher voltages to iron out any ripples, this power delivery system manages to deliver clean power to the CPU, therefore lowering the overall voltage required. We aren’t talking insane levels here, but you’d be surprised how much extra heat 0.06v can produce when you are already pushing 85C on an air cooler.

..for that 1% of hardcore overclockers, this board is definitely the best choice you’ve got. Make the decision: genuine gaming comfort, or simple overclocking insanity?

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As a print magazine, of course we’re unable to supply a URl. However Australians can no doubt grab a copy at their local newsagent.

You can read this blog in Chinese here. 中文版

GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 images revealed; Sandy Bridge for extreme gaming

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We’ve just uploaded some new images of the our forthcoming GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 motherboard to our Facebook page. This was actually on display during Computex 2011 under the name ‘Z68 Gaming’. The G1.Sniper 2 will feature the latest Intel Z68 chipset supporting the high-performance Sandy Bridge processors.

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That’s all we can really say for now. We’ll keep you informed regarding official launch dates etc.

Remember, you can view the complete GIGABYTE G1.Sniper 2 image collection on our Facebook page here.  And don’t be afraid to give us a ‘Like’ if you feel inclined to do so.

Chinese version here. 中文版

Hi Tech Legion give GIGABYTE 990FXA-UD5 a Gold Rating

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George Cella-Cella on Hi Tech Legion has just finished his review of our AMD Bulldozer-ready GIGABYTE 900 series 990FXA-UD5 motherboard, and by all accounts he is mightily impressed, giving it their highest Hi Tech Legion Gold Award.

“There is no disputing that the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 is an absolute top of the line motherboard. The GA-990FXA-UD5 is packed with features, all of which work absolutely flawlessly. Build on the GA-990FXA-UD5 is solid, with great finish and attention to detail. The included Easy Tune 6 utility works extremely well as an overclocking utility for the novice, as well as being a very capable hardware monitor and fan speed controller. With the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, you get an extremely capable and feature rich motherboard, all wrapped in one very attractive sleek black package. The GA-990FXA-UD5 is highly recommended.” – HiTechLegion

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George has also published an unboxing video that covers the packaging and key features of the 990FXA-UD5 board in some detail. Check it out below.

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We’re really happy that George has taken the time to explore and benchmark what is surely one of the most complete and full-featured AMD platform motherboards that Gigabyte has ever done. I’m convinced also that most AMD DIYers will, like ourselves, be even more excited at the prospect of putting this board through its paces packing AMD’s forthcoming FX processors. Here’s hoping they really gives us some Bulldozing performance level to shout about.

Catch the full GA-990FXA-UD5 review on HiTechLegion.

Read this blog in Chinese here. 中文版

GIGABYTE Tech Daily now available in Traditional Chinese

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We’re proud to announce that from now on a Chinese language version of this blog will be available to those of you who prefer to keep up with the world of GIGABYTE motherboards and read our ramblings, opinions and general musings in Traditional Chinese.  We might well be a global leader in motherboard and design and innovation, but we’re still very much a Taiwanese company at heart,  so it’s great that we now have a mirror site in the local language.

You can check out the new site at this URL: http://gigabytedailycht.blogspot.com/

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技嘉科技日報中文版全新上線

我們榮幸地宣布，技嘉科技日報中文版即日起正式上線，以便服務所有喜歡閱讀我們的隨筆、關心技嘉主機板動態以及科技趨勢，但又習慣閱讀繁體中文的讀者們。雖然技嘉科技是主機板設計及創新領導廠商，但我們從來沒忘記，我們仍是一間立足台灣的公司。所以能將我們部落格的內容以本土語言忠實呈現，對我們來說是非常值的高興的事，希望您也跟我們一樣興奮，並喜歡我們的新網站。

您可以點選下列網址瀏覽技嘉科技日報中文版：http://gigabytedailycht.blogspot.com/

Tech Report examine AMD’s Llano on GIGABYTE A75M-UD2H

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Here’s a great in depth article on the new A-Series APUs from AMD. Writing for TechReport.com, Scott Wasson compares these new APUs, codenamed Llano, to previous AMD platforms as well as Intel’s Sandy Bridge and Gulftown offerings. It’s an interesting read that examines the pros and cons of AMD’s Fusion architecture which places more emphasis on the graphics element than we’ve seen in the past. From a strictly Gigabyte perspective, we were also quite flattered to see that Tech Report based a lot of their testing and benchmarks on GIGABYTE boards.

For example Intel X58 Gulftown tests were performed on our X58A-UD5 board, AMD 800 series tests used the Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H while for the new AMD A8-3850 Tech Report selected the Gigabyte A75M-UD2H.

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Check out the full article here.

Chinese version here.

Get up to speed with our A75-UD4H Llano with sin0822

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We’re happy to tell you that veteran reviewer and enthusiast motherboard guru sin0822 has just posted a video featuring our top of the line AMD Llano motherboard, the GIGABYTE A75-UD4H. As you’d expect sin0822 covers virtually every aspect of the board from the 8+2 phase VRM, expansion slots, the external clock generator, the back panel I/O, the super IO chip and in fact pretty much every single piece of silicon attached to this board. How can else can I put it except to say this the A75-UD4h grande tour…get in and buckle up!

 

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Cheers to sin0822 for giving up his time and energy. Great video.

Chinese version of this blog available here.

Bit-tech take a tour of our motherboard factory

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Earlier this month I was fortunate enough to join Paul Goodhead from bit-tech.com on a tour of our GIGABYTE motherboard factory out in Taipei County, and what an eye opening experience it was. Motherboards have come a long way in the last few decades, adding more and more features with improvements to durability and longevity, so much so that motherboard manufacturing now involves bleeding-edge technology and manufacturing processes. Nowhere is this more true than at our Nan-Ping factory just outside Taipei in Northern Taiwan where GIGABYTE’s top tier motherboards products are manufactured, thoroughly tested and then packaged ready to be shipped off to DIY PC retailers around the globe.

Paul’s written a great article which details every step of the process with lots of photos of the production line itself. If you’ve ever wondered just how a motherboard is created, check out the article for yourself. Here are some images to whet your appetite:gigabyte-s-28gigabyte-s-14

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GIGABYTE is the only DIY PC motherboard manufacturer that still has a manufactures in Taiwan. This gives us the edge in a number of areas. For example it means that top-tier motherboards products that showcase new technologies and bleeding edge features can be thoroughly honed, tuned and debugged by a relatively small, yet highly capable team of experts that have been together for many years. Believe me when I say that is virtually impossible to replicate in China and is one of our core strengths as a company. Also, when labor shortages hit production lines in Mainland China, our Taiwan factory can help absorb up to 40% production. While on the factory tour I was also reminded that we make every effort to make sure that all boards are tested to the limit, using the most stringent quality control procedures that actually help reduce our RMA rates.

Check out Paul’s full article on bit-tech.com.

Chinese version of this article can be found here.

Tom’s Hardware Takes a First Look at AMD Llano for the Desktop

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Tom's Hardware recently took a look at the nuts and bolts of AMD’s new Llano platform and came upon some interesting analysis. First off, they gave a shout out to GIGABYTE, noting that our GA-A75M-UD2H features Dual-link DVI and is the only board they had that provided DisplayPort connectivity as well.

Also, GIGABYTE’s board was singled out for its overclock ability:

I spent a couple of late nights chatting back and forth with the fine folks at ASRock and Gigabyte, who helped in near real-time with BIOS builds. Eventually, I was able to get Gigabyte’s A75M-UD2H dialed in at nearly 3.4 GHz (it’d run in excess of that, but crashed under load) using a 23.5x multiplier and 145 MHz reference clock reflected as 143.5 MHz. The APU only needed a .05 V bump to achieve those numbers, too…

Other boards simply wouldn’t overclock well at all, failing long before we were forced to fight a bus speed idiosyncrasy.

They also noted that memory really matters with this platform:

Despite marginal gains in application performance, the bottom line here is simple: if you want to get the best horsepower out of a Llano-based APU, that graphics engine needs to breathe. Memory able to support a high data rate at low latencies is absolutely imperative for the best possible frame rates in games.

Don’t sweat DDR3-1866 if it means CAS 8 or 9 timings. Aggressively-tuned DDR3-1600 looks to be the sweet spot.

Stay tuned to our blog for the next couple of weeks, as we will be doing some testing to show how memory and even overclocking on this entry platform can lead to some great performance and more than just playable DX11 gaming.

To read the full Llano overview on Tom’s, please visit HERE.

Chinese Version of this blog here

Gigabyte 990FXA-UD7 Motherboard has Hardware Heaven on cloud 9

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Our high-end AMD 900 series motherboard offering has certainly impressed Stuart Davidson at HardwareHeaven.com. The 990FXA-UD7 was given a thorough and detailed examination last week, winning an impressive 49 out of 50 points plus the Hardware Heaven Gold award. Here’s a taste of what Stu had to say:

Performance wise the 990FXA-UD7 is again very impressive. It outperforms the fastest board we have seen so far from ASUS and features all of the latest technology such as USB 3.0 and SATA 6GB/s to utilise the potential of our components. Users may also find support for 3TB drives, enhanced USB charging and Bluetooth auto shutdown to be valuable features.

Of course these high specifications and features do come at a cost which makes this board more expensive than most 990FX alternatives. That said, at £189/$249 the 990FXA-UD7 is still considerably cheaper than alternative boards for the Intel X58 platform.

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Summary
An excellent motherboard which has great performance and some excellent features. Added to that it is the fastest AMD 990FX board we have tested so far.

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The 990FXA-UD7 is in fact the most highly specced AMD motherboard that GIGABYTE has ever done, in fact the first in our UD7 class. Let’s not forget too that excitement levels should notch up a level in a month or so’s time when AMD highly anticipated AMD FX Bulldozer CPUs come to market. We can barely contain our excitement.

Full HardwareHeaven review here.

Read this blog in Chinese here.

Bitfenix USB 3.0 connectors pass GIGABYTE motherboard compatibility testing

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Modern motherboards can have up to 2 onboard USB 3.0 headers, but not every mobo ships with front USB 3.0 connector cables. What do you do if your case doesn’t support enough front panel USB 3.0 connectors?

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I’m facing this problem at the moment with my newest PC build where my new case only has 1 onboard header for USB 3.0 (for 2 front USB 3.0 ports). This means that the other 2 front USB 3.0 ports are wasted! What’s more is that my PC sits snugly under my desk in my cubicle at work, so it is not practical for me to always get on my hands and knees to access the USB 3.0 ports in the back I/O panel, so I want to have the maximum number of convenient front panel USB ports.

Bitfenix just sent us two solutions to this problem in the form of the BFA-U3-KU3IU3-RP Internal USB 3.0 Adapter and the BFA-U3-K435-RP USB 3.0 Front Panel. They both just passed GIGABYTE motherboard compatibility testing and we have added them to our USB 3.0 microsite. Here they are (they are hyperlinked so just click on them to have a look at the Bitfenix product web page):

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I especially like the front panel connector because it has 4 USB 3.0 ports with a decent distance between them so that you can use multiple bulky USB devices at the same time.

Check out our USB 3.0 microsite for more USB 3.0 devices that have passed GIGABYTE motherboard compatibility testing.

A Chinese version of this blog article can be found here.

GIGABYTE officially launch AMD Llano A series Motherboards

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Today we’re officially announcing the launch of our new A series motherboard range, supporting the very latest AMD APUs which we think will offer DIY builders a solid mainstream platform with added graphics muscle. We’ve announced seven motherboard models all based on the AMD A75 chipset. The top SKU is the GA-A75-UD4H which is an ATX form factor board with integrated HDMI, DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI and D-Sub video outputs, two PCIe ports (x16 and x8) supporting CrossFireX and a slew of features including 8 USB 3.0 ports, an 8+2 phase power VRM on a 2oz PCB – all in all, it’s one hell of a board.

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We’re predicting that these new AMD APUs will invigorate the mainstream and entry-level DIY segment, offering some pretty decent graphics and 3D gaming performance as well as solid HD video capabilities. The integrated GPU on these Llano chips is really quite impressive. Here’s a video we made showing the platform playing Crysis 2 – not something you’d usually do without employing a discrete graphics card. As you can also see in the video, we also managed to squeeze a substantial overclock from our AMD A8350 APU, hitting a score of over 6000 points in 3DMark Vantage (performance mode). I’m sure you’ll agree….pretty impressive!

As you may have noticed, all these new A75-based boards will be sold as part of our Super4 motherboard product range. This basically means that you’re getting high-end components from top to bottom; features like 2ox copper PCB, 50,000 hour solid capacitors, dual BIOS chips, On/Off charging, dedicated fusing for each USB port and 108db HD audio. I guess GIGABYTE Super4 is a simple way to describe a range of features that will make sure you’re getting a really solid, durable and reliable motherboard regardless of price point.

Check out the press release here.

GIGABYTE A series motherboard site here.

Chinese version of this blog entry here.

GIGABYTE extends Z68 MB + Intel mSATA SSD bundle to Taiwan

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Digitimes is reporting that the Z68XP-UD3-iSSD bundle (Z68XP-UD3 MB + 20GB Intel SSD 311 Series) will also be available in Taiwan. Origionally, this bundle was only planned for early adopter markets such as the USA, Japan, Germany, Korea, and Australia, so it’s good to see this exclusive offer becoming available in other markets too.

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The bundle is available from leading online retailers such as Newegg in the USA (US$239.99), and will continue while stocks last. GIGABYTE’s press announcement with all the details and specs is available here.

Chinese version (中文版) here.

GIGABYTE A series mobos play Crisis 2 at 40 frames per second…

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Our friends from VR-Zone.com managed to get some footage of the new A75M-UD2H motherboard running an overclocked AMD A8-3850 APU running Crysis 2 at 30-40 frames per second.

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The APU was heavily overclocked and game settings were less than optimal, but nevertheless, Crisis 2 on IGP is unheard of!

Speaking of which, we just released our own little video featuring GIGABYTE’s A75 chipset MBs that debuts Stew, our new in house geek and PC gamer. He’s from Liverpool as I’m sure you’ll pick up if you check out this little production.

 

Read the Chinese (中文版) version of this blog post here.

IGP performance world record smashed on overclocked GIGABYTE Llano motherboard

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TweakTown.com have published an article and video where they have our forthcoming A75M-UD2H motherboard pushing AMD’s latest Llano APU to achieve an incredible P6281 points in 3DMark Vantage (performance mode). TweakTown is claiming this overclock as a world record for an integrated graphics processor, further ramping up the buzz of expectation regarding AMD’s eagerly anticipated Llano APU platform launch later this week. We’ve put a lot of work into making our new Llano-compatible AMD A series boards the ideal base for these new Accelerated Processor Units, or APUs, so of course we’re totally chuffed to see a record-breaking overclock on one of our boards at this early stage.

 “You may have seen this type of configuration before, but not like how you are going to see in the video above. We managed to overclock the AMD CPU from its default clock speed of 2.9GHz all the way up to 3.6GHz (150 x 24) using an FSB of 150MHz. In turn this also overclocked the DX11 Radeon HD GPU within the AMD APU from a core clock speed of 600MHz to 900MHz. This is really impressive and we even saw Crysis 2 running at 720p at around 40 - 45 frames per second and from a system without a video card (strange to look at, actually), that is rather good.” – TweakTown

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Read the full article on TweakTown here.

You can read this blog in Chinese (中文版) here.

Z68, Newer Better Faster

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Not only does the Z68 platform combine the advantages both the P67 and H67 platform together into one, GIGABYTE has also included some unique Z68 only features on our motherboards including Intel Smart Response (enabled by GIGABYTE’s EZ Smart Response and onboard mSATA slot options) Lucid Virtue Switchable Graphics and TouchBIOS that truly make it a step above P67 and H67.
 

Read this in Chinese here.

Coming Soon: Heart-stopping Graphics!

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Win a G1.Assassin Board on our new Super4 Facebook Competition

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To celebrate the launch of our new Super4 branded motherboard range, we’re offering the chance to win a top of the range GIGABYTE G1.Assassin board – the award-winning gaming motherboard of your dreams! It’s easy, all you have to do is pay a short visit to our ‘GIGABYTE Motherboard’ Facebook page, hit the like button, play the Super4 game fill in your details and hey presto – your name will go in the hat for the draw. What could be easier!

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This blog can be read in Chinese (中文版) here.

Socket AM3+ hits the mainstream with 25 AMD FX-ready boards

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We just announcement over the weekend that new 3.1 revisions of our GA-M52LT-D3P, GA-M68MT-D3P and GA-M68MT-S2P motherboards now offer AMD AM3+ CPU support, meaning that there are now a whopping 25 GIGABYTE board options out there for our customers to choose from.

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AMD’s Bulldozer CPUs are still a couple of months away, but that doesn’t mean that folks who are building a new AMD rig now should be denied the chance to upgrade to a high performance AMD FX CPU at some stage in the future. By integrating the AMD AM3+ Black Socket on all of these 25 models, DIY builders of any budget will sleep easy in their beds knowing that their PC is capable of upgrading to AMD’s new architecture at some point in the future.

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So what is an APU?

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Most PC enthusiasts will have heard of the new AMD Bulldozer CPUs coming out soon. Here is a blog entry about the APU-ready motherboards we are readying for the launch – modeled here by the lovely Annie who works in our RMA team here at GIGABYTE HQ.

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When we first heard that AMD was calling their new HD graphics enabled CPU an APU, there were a number of different ideas for what it could possibly stand for: AMD Processing Unit, All-purpose Processing Unit, Autonomous Processing Unit, and more… However, it soon became apparent that APU stands for Accelerated Processing Unit, but yet there still seemed to be a lot of questions about what makes it different to a CPU. Finally, on June 14th AMD officially announced their next generation A-Series APUs in a detailed press release with an accompanying youtube video:

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Essentially, the APU combines a CPU + discrete GPU on a single die, allowing for never seen before DX11 integrated graphics (you can play games that you could normally only play with a reasonable VGA card). It supports AMD Dual Graphics when paired with an AMD Radeon VGA card, and you’ll also experience a performance boost during productivity applications where the GPU can take on some of the work traditionally done by the CPU in PCs with integrated graphics.

Oh yes, apparently the APU overclocks pretty nicely on GIGABYTE motherboards (google this: AMD A-Series APU Smashes IGP Performance Records).

Not much else to say really…

Read the Chinese (中文版) version of this blog here.

Hardware Canucks looks at X58A-OC, a must read!

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MAC had a look at the X58A-OC board recently from Hardware Canucks in Canada. I recommend you have a read as you won’t find a more detailed review around. It was good to see they managed to get some excellent overclocking results with the board also.x58aoc_171

GIGABYTE X58A-OC gets a thumbs up for innovation.

Review link: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/42581-gigabyte-x58a-oc-lga1366-motherboard-review.html

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