Gigabyte joins the dark side of PCB
Gigabyte joins the dark side by replacing their traditional blue colored PCB of their motherboards with black and gold midtones. The company chose IDF 2010 to exhibit their two new motherboards for Intel Sandy-Bridge processors, called P67A-UD5 and P67A-UD7. Both mainboards feature the heart of a new P67A chipset, which is an update ready to boost Sandy-Bridge performance.
Looking carefully, we see dual powered 24-phase PWM and gold black heatsinks around the socket area. As more powerful and expensive motherboard, the UD7 signs in cutting edge technologies, such as the still-coming USB 3.0 support and better overclockability over the other models. But, both products still use NF200 chip, so gamers and enthusiasts have to deal with the limitation of two graphics cards only
Gigabyte unveils X79-UD7 with UEFI - 09/19/2011 10:16 AM
Gigabyte finally is jumpin onto the uEFI BIOS as well, with their upcoming X79 motherboard. The photo is actually a UEFI DualBIOS from a X79-UD7 system that was being shown off at the IDF in San Franc...
Gigabyte Shows X79 Motherboard Lineup at IDF - 09/15/2011 10:17 AM
Gigabyte send over pictures of four X79 motherboard that are on display at Intel's IDF in San Francisco, you can check out the images over here. Starting at the top we have the G1.Assassin 2 X79 and ...
MSI: Gigabyte motherboard are not PCIe Gen 3 ready - 09/08/2011 11:00 AM
There's a bit of a mud fight inbetween MSI and Gigabyte as it seems. In short Gigabyte all of the sudden claims that many of their motherboard already are PCIe Gen 3 compatible. MSI's marketing depar...
AMD FX-series gets very detailed thanks to Gigabyte - 09/02/2011 10:13 AM
Gigabyte leaked the specifications of AMD's upcoming FX processor series. The final shipping stepping is indeed B2. The top part, FX-8150, is clocked at 3.6 GHz, with a TDP of 125W. Next in line is th...
Gigabyte introduces UD4 technology - 09/01/2011 10:13 AM
Gigabyte is cranking that Ultra Durable technology of theirs a notch up