Gigabyte's GA-X58A-UD9 Brings Dual 8-pin power, Seven PCI-E x16, USB 3.0 & SATA 6.0..

[Copie]

Originally Posted by 3Tone

Actually Copie's signature has summed up my thoughts about this board.

It's like paying $120K for a Falcon or a Commodore.

That just sums up yourself as well, a typical brand whore, who cares more about looks then the actual performance and features of the product.

[dinos22]

hahaha yuleh i love when your feathers get ruffled

yes boys it's an XL-ATX and it kicks ass.....

here is the chassis support list for the GIGABYTE XL-ATX boards

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/...7_caselist.pdf

[garry]

Originally Posted by Copie

Needs 8 slots, just like every other XL-ATX board.

3Tone doesnt like gigabyte because he is a brand whore/must have the colour scheme red/blackbecausethatswhateveryoneelsedoesperson.

And most of the EVGA high end boards were 700+ on release.

ok thanks looks like my case is a no go then.

[Seith]

Originally Posted by 3Tone

Actually Copie's signature has summed up my thoughts about this board.

It's like paying $120K for a Falcon or a Commodore.

Wow you sure nailed it there champ .

What problem exactly do you have with gigabyte boards?

[King Krapp]

Originally Posted by Seith

Wow you sure nailed it there champ .

What problem exactly do you have with gigabyte boards?

They're not pretty enough for the princess.

[dinos22]

Originally Posted by King Krapp

They're not pretty enough for the princess.

[Copie]

real drivers of this board wont see the thing anyways once 4 dual slot GPU's are ontop of it.

[snappy1]

Exactly, with a single stage, insolation, dual cards and northbridge fan you'd never know I had a classified in my case.

Think I might give this Gigabyte a try, I have had bad luck with GB mobo's in the past but I can't say I ever had a top end one

[3Tone]

I love you Yuleh! Price is a bit steep tho bro. Can you get me a discount???

[dinos22]

Originally Posted by stablez

Wow 2x8 power. i could only use this with what i had.

BTW for those of you unfamiliar with the new features this one is pretty nifty. There are actually two PWMs there acting as one. The will act like a redundancy system if one of the pwms fails automatically kicking in the second one. They both engage together when you draw extreme power from PWM such as benching on LN2 with the 980X providing extra power on tap.

The interesting thing about it also is that the two 12phase designs PWMs will providing automatic switching in normal operating so that both do equal amount of work, hence working half as much as pwm on a regular power design.

This sort of design hasn't been implemented before in the industry.

[dinos22]

Here is actually an official press release which went online yesterday




-- GIGABYTE Unlocks Monster Performance with Latest UD9 Motherboard --
-- Redefining the X58 Platform with 24 Phase Unlocked Power and 4-Way Graphics Support -- 2010/05/11



Taipei, Taiwan, May 11, 2010 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and computing hardware solutions is proud to unleash their latest monster performance GA-X58A-UD9 motherboard, featuring a revolutionary new 24 phase Unlocked Power design, 4-way graphics support including NVIDIA® SLI™ and ATI CrossFireX™, as well as a host of unique GIGABYTE features such as 333 Onboard Acceleration and On/Off Charge.


"GIGABYTE set out to completely redefine what is possible performance and feature-wise on the X58 platform, and the GA-X58A-UD9 truly delivers on both fronts," commented Tim Handley, Deputy Director of Motherboard Marketing at GIGABYTE Technology Co. Ltd. "Providing the industry's highest caliber CPU power delivery with our unique 24 phase Unlocked Power design and including all of the features which set GIGABYTE motherboards apart from the competition, the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 fits into a whole new first class category all its own."

GIGABYTE Unlocked Power
Power is the key to unlocking "True" performance, and nowhere is this more evident than with the unique power delivery system specially designed and engineered for the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9. Featuring the proprietary GIGABYTE Unlocked Power technology with all new 24 phase design, the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 provides maximum power delivery for Intel's latest 1366 socket CPUs including the new Intel® Core™ i7-980X Extreme Edition (6 core) CPUs as well as upcoming extreme performance CPUs from Intel, ensuring utmost system stability and overclockability.

Innovative Dual Power Switching Design
GIGABYTE Unlocked Power also delivers better durability and longer component lifespan due to the industry's first Dual Power Switching design. When Dual Power Switching is activated, 2 sets of 12 power phases operate in tandem, automatically turning on one set of 12 phases and powering down the other 12, allowing the non active set to rest. By sharing the power workload between 2 sets of power phases, GIGABYTE Dual Power Switching effectively doubles the lifespan of the power phases. Additionally, GIGABYTE Unlocked Power features built-in Auto Failure Protection, so if one power phase is damaged or fails, the motherboard will automatically disable its group of 12 phases, allowing it to still operate using the other set of twelve, unlike a traditional motherboard which would be unable to boot.

Maximum CPU Power Delivery
When CPU loading requires more than 12 phases to be active, GIGABYTE Dual Power Switching temporarily suspends, and the full 24 power phases are automatically unlocked, allowing for maximum power delivery. For overclockers and power users, this means the full 24 power phases can be activated to deliver the highest amount of CPU power currently available on any desktop motherboard.

4-Way Graphics Support and GIGABYTE 333 Onboard Acceleration
Based on Intel's highest end X58 chipset, the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 offers a wide range of premium features tailor-made for PC enthusiasts who believe more is never enough. For those wanting to build the ultimate graphics monster machine, the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 delivers with support for 4-way PCI Express 2.0 graphics (x16) for both ATI CrossFireX™ and Nvidia SLI™ technologies. The GA-X58A-UD9 also provides the latest in data transfer and storage capabilities with support for GIGABYTE 333 Onboard Acceleration technologies including SuperSpeed USB 3.0, SATA 6Gbps support, including RAID 0 support for up to 4 times faster data transfer than the previous generation SATA II and GIGABYTE 3X USB power.

Unique GIGABYTE Technologies
GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 motherboards also leverage the success of GIGABYTE's uniquely developed technologies including the GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 3 design, which features 2x the amount of copper of a traditional PCB design, as well as the innovative Smart6™ PC management tools, On/Off Charge with 3x USB Power for quick anytime iPhone and iPad charging, Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2 power saving utilities, and DualBIOS™ technologies. Of course overclocking is where the GA-X58A-UD9 truly shines, with features designed for and by world-class overclockers including overvoltage controller ICs, real-time onboard Debug and System Alert LEDs and enough overclocking BIOS settings to push your hardware to its limits.

To learn more about the GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD9 motherboard, please visit the GIGABYTE website at:
http://ud9.gigabyte.com.tw and
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=3434

[hellaflush]

all im gonna say is... finally they have realized to put the actual 16x slots on every 2nd slot

[dinos22]

yeah mate
they will provide full 16x if you run 4WAY SLI or XFIRE

[Ravennoir]

Originally Posted by dinos22

hahaha yuleh i love when your feathers get ruffled

yes boys it's an XL-ATX and it kicks ass.....

here is the chassis support list for the GIGABYTE XL-ATX boards

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/...7_caselist.pdf

Thats weird, my TJ07 isnt on the list, even though I know it can hold larger boards than my Armor which is on the list

[hellaflush]

Originally Posted by Ravennoir

Thats weird, my TJ07 isnt on the list, even though I know it can hold larger boards than my Armor which is on the list

same as the 800d... obviously they havent finished the list yet