Friday, November 7, 2008

Gigabyte launches X58 Series of motherboards


Gigabyte has announced their latest X58 Series motherboards, the GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5 in India. Designed for Intel’s new Core i7 processors, these high-end motherboards are all set to burn the performance charts.

The new motherboards boast of a host of new features including the new QPI interface, 3 channel DDR3 support, 3 Way SLI and CrossFireX support, Ultra Durable 3 technology and an extensive range of overclocking features. Thw much touted QPI interface is actually a replacement for the Front Side Bus (FSB). The QPI has a transfer rate of 25.6 GB/sec which is double the bandwidth of the 1600MHz FSB thereby eliminating the communication bottleneck between the processor and chipset.

The X58 Series features Intel's Turbo Boost Technology, which is able to power down idle processor cores and dynamically reroute the power to the active cores for significant performance boosts, and at the same time, maintain greater energy efficiency.Additionaly, with 3 PCIe x16 2.0 slots, supporting both ATI CrossFireX™ and 3 Way NVIDIA SLI, this is a gamers dream come true.

Other Features

Visible Overclocking Reminder
OC-Alert LED indicates the level of CPU overclock from low to high.

Visible Temperature Reminder
Two sets of Temperature Alert LEDs indicate the current temperature level of the CPU and North Bridge

DualBIOS - Patented Dual Hardware BIOS Protection
DualBIOS is a GIGABYTE patented technology that automatically recovers BIOS data when main BIOS has crashed or failed. Featuring 2 physical BIOS ROMs integrated onboard, GIGABYTE DualBIOS allows quick and seamless recovery from BIOS damage or failure due to viruses or improper BIOS updating.

EasyTune6
Gigabyte has completely redesigned EasyTune6 to manage and monitor your hardware resources as well as tweak your system settings in order to achieve maximum system performance. It provides all the tools you need to quickly and effortlessly fine tune your system.

Precision OV - Hardware Overvoltage Control ICs
Gigabyte X58 Series motherboards also include Hardware Overvoltage Control ICs which provide more voltage control options than before for the CPU North Bridge and memory

As for the price, the Gigabyte GA-EX58-EXTREME and GA-EX58-UD5 Motherboards are priced at Rs.24650 and Rs.20400 respectively making it a stricly enthusiast -only board!

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