Gigabyte lies about PCI-E 3 ready mobos :\
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dugdiamond
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lmfao - i think i had the debate with someone a while back
see.... i told you ...ALL LIES - lol
see.... i told you ...ALL LIES - lol
SmoulderingCircuits
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Not happy with Gigabyte lately, was reading an article in a hardware magazine and the reviewer took out a USB stick from one port of the rear I/O then put it into a different one, causing the board to pop and die!! Ultra Durable? Tuh
(was a fusion board)
(was a fusion board)
DwarfAdigginAhole
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lol fine you win XD
DwarfAdigginAhole
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Oh, and another note.....SHIT JUST GOT REAL SON! XD I love it when one company just completely bombs another with pure facts!
JesseLactin
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Ouch. I'm kinda glad that didn't happen to me, I'd be POed to say the least. That is enough for me to stay away from GB for awhile.
Excalabur50
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Holy Dooley Batman
Ok, I'm confused...as usual Lol
This is first i've heard of this PCIe 3.o 32 Gbps.
Is it out yet?
Is it only on Gig Mobo's.
Is this only for Intel CPU Mobo's? Since it says Ivy bridge I'm assuming that it is only Intel Mobo's. If so this will probably keep me from going this route $$$. To me intel is over priced VS AMD
Does this PCIe 3.0 require PCIe 3.0 Graphics Cards or standard PCIe GPU?
How many PCIe slots does this chip affect and which ones does it affect?
I have been staying away from Gig brand Products.
This is first i've heard of this PCIe 3.o 32 Gbps.
Is it out yet?
Is it only on Gig Mobo's.
Is this only for Intel CPU Mobo's? Since it says Ivy bridge I'm assuming that it is only Intel Mobo's. If so this will probably keep me from going this route $$$. To me intel is over priced VS AMD
Does this PCIe 3.0 require PCIe 3.0 Graphics Cards or standard PCIe GPU?
How many PCIe slots does this chip affect and which ones does it affect?
I have been staying away from Gig brand Products.
Solidarity
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Perhaps gigabyte needs to test things thoroughly before claiming things like this
Gigabyte: Today we release PCI-E 3.0 ready mainboards.
MSI: O RLY?
Gigabyte: Yes.
MSI: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
It's kinda of like me saying my 775 motherboard is PCI-E 3.0 ready, but only features PCI-E 1.0 slots, since PCI-E 3.0 cards will be backward compatible. Gigabyte's spec list might state its slots to be all PCI-E 2.0, but that PCI-E Gen 3 ready sticker is just dishonest trickery. It got quite suspicious since Gigabyte didn't flaunt PCI-E 3.0 boards at Computex.
Oh Gigabyte, yet another example of the marketing department tainting the reputation of the engineering team.
MSI: O RLY?
Gigabyte: Yes.
MSI: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
It's kinda of like me saying my 775 motherboard is PCI-E 3.0 ready, but only features PCI-E 1.0 slots, since PCI-E 3.0 cards will be backward compatible. Gigabyte's spec list might state its slots to be all PCI-E 2.0, but that PCI-E Gen 3 ready sticker is just dishonest trickery. It got quite suspicious since Gigabyte didn't flaunt PCI-E 3.0 boards at Computex.
Oh Gigabyte, yet another example of the marketing department tainting the reputation of the engineering team.
yassarikhan786
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Isn't this illegal? I mean a lot of people will buy the boards thinking that they are PCIe 3.0 ready and will likely be paying more than a similar board with PCIe 2.0.
nothingspecial
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Balls. This puts my plans into disarray once again.
Need a board with a decent (Read: Texas Instruments, not VIA) firewire chipset for my external sound card. Was all set to get a GB X68-UD7, and the PCIe3/IB support was a real advantage, as I'd start with a cheap 1155 Pentium chip then throw an IB in.
Could just get a firewire PCIe-x4 card with a decent chip on it, but then if I get another 560Ti for SLI, it'll be knocked down to x8. Thus negating the point of getting the UD7. Thus meaning I might as well go for something with proper UEFI. Or wait for the new chipset boards, delaying my build until April instead of December...
Or I could go LGA2011, then add the SSD etc. at a later date... Tempting...
Edit: Actually, I did notice the other day that the "PCIe 3.0 Support" line had dropped off the Notes section of the BIOS upgrades...
Need a board with a decent (Read: Texas Instruments, not VIA) firewire chipset for my external sound card. Was all set to get a GB X68-UD7, and the PCIe3/IB support was a real advantage, as I'd start with a cheap 1155 Pentium chip then throw an IB in.
Could just get a firewire PCIe-x4 card with a decent chip on it, but then if I get another 560Ti for SLI, it'll be knocked down to x8. Thus negating the point of getting the UD7. Thus meaning I might as well go for something with proper UEFI. Or wait for the new chipset boards, delaying my build until April instead of December...
Or I could go LGA2011, then add the SSD etc. at a later date... Tempting...
Edit: Actually, I did notice the other day that the "PCIe 3.0 Support" line had dropped off the Notes section of the BIOS upgrades...
michaelah500
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LOL.
Respect for MSI +7
Respect for Gigabyte -2442
Respect for MSI +7
Respect for Gigabyte -2442
JesseLactin
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UEFI and IB aren't friends (wicked unresolvable incompatibility)
nothingspecial
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O RLY? Could be interesting...
SmoulderingCircuits
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In the UK at least, yes
Just a little tid bit, but a 560 could run at a x4 speed and get the same FPS, ONLY time it will change is if you are running nvidia surround gaming... If you are on a single 1920x1080 monitor... You will see not a bit of drop with lower bandwidth... Even a gtx 590 in an x8 slot with each gpu getting x4 actually ran faster by an average of .2fps in some repubutable tests. Dont be afraid of a mobo that isnt FULL x16 power to all your cards...
