Gigabyte Shows "3D Power" Control On X79 Mobos
Gigabyte demonstrates extensive power control software with 3-Way PWM
Gigabyte this week gave us an exclusive look at a new motherboard feature that it will be introducing with its Intel X79-based products.
The motherboard maker has developed hardware and software that will allow power-users to exert greater control. Specifically, Gigabyte has a new Digital PWM (pulse width modulation) controller that can limit and control current in a circuit.
"Since we are using a brand new Digital PWM controller for the CPU and memory," Gigabyte explained, "we have developed a fully interactive 3D utility that facilitates adjustment of the 3 dimensions that control the power delivery to the CPU and memory: Voltage, Phase and Frequency."
Check out the video below for a quick demo of the software:
Of course, Gigabyte is marketing this new feature as part of its latest motherboards. Specifically, the lineup includes the G1.Assassin 2, X79-UD7, X79-UD5 and X79-UD3.
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whats better the G1.assassin 2 or the x79-ud7?
whats better the G1.assassin 2 or the x79-ud7?
Me
And of course people end up prefering and using the bios.
I couldn't care less about the specs, but man, the orange X79-UD7 is one damn sexy motherboard.
whats better the G1.assassin 2 or the x79-ud7?
id personally go X79-UD5 just because of the ram drive i could make on the cheap,
I couldn't care less about the specs, but man, the orange X79-UD7 is one damn sexy motherboard.
halloween theme, got to love that, my favroite holiday.
I could be wrong about this, but isn't that orange "UD7" their -OC mobo?
Not enough memory slots. Fail!
More options for people to play with, some of which may actually be useful if set properly.
Not enough memory slots. Fail!
they're on each side of the CPU.
Question though: why does the ud5 have 8 RAM slots, and the ud7 only have 4 ?
why does ud5 have 8 RAM slots, and ud7 only have 4?
I would like a X79-UD5 with a nice fancy box with lots of accessories to go!
damn those goddamn motherboards look good.
the g1 assassin and x79-ud7 look pretty loud, in a good way.
i'd prefer the x79-ud5 for the ram slots tho', i can make good use of those.
i don't think you'd find many of the x79 mobo features in z68 boards.
The one with blue accents looks like an Arch Linux user's wet dream...
whats better the G1.assassin 2 or the x79-ud7?
AFAIK G1. assasin is for gamer mind
you get killerNIC and creative soundcard
as for UD7 is more for enthusiast/OC
as you can see, there board have several voltage button as well voltage pins to measure voltage
UD5 and UD3 basically toned down from UD7
its good things gigabyte now make each product more clearly.. the difference is just more visible
I could be wrong about this, but isn't that orange "UD7" their -OC mobo?[citation][nom]sgtopmobile[/nom]whats better the G1.assassin 2 or the x79-ud7?
It's a matter of opinion but I bet most people would say the X79-UD7.
The G1.Assassin 2 has a Bigfoot Networks Killer E2100 NIC which is supposed to lower ping times and a Creative Soundblaster X-Fi digital audio processor which should be better than any other on-board audio solution.
The X79-UD7 has a 20 phase CPU VRM and 6 phase RAM VRM compared to the G1.Assassin 2 and X79-UD3 which only have an 8 phase and the X79-UD5 which has a 12 phase. That, on top of a few other OC goodies make it by far the enthusiast's choice (as for Gigabyte anyway) motherboard.
I could be wrong about this, but isn't that orange "UD7" their -OC mobo?
Not quite. Their old OC mobo had the same color scheme so it's easy to make that mistake and this new X79-UD7 is essentially the successor to their old OC but they didn't put it in the name.
Not enough memory slots. Fail!
8 DIMMs takes a lot of space. They have their reasons but I would hardly call it a fail.
why does ud5 have 8 RAM slots, and ud7 only have 4?
Because Intel recommends 1 DIMM per channel for maximum performance and that certainly is the case for OCing.
There is a typo, the black MB is UD3, not UD7.
The way the memory slots are placed, aftermarket cooling may be a fickle beeyotch
An unnecessary exaggeration.
whats better the G1.assassin 2 or the x79-ud7?
I would say G1 for having Bigfoot Killer E2100 network processor and Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi, which if you buy as separate cards cost something in the range of 200 bucks.
the orange is bad ass wish it had a pci. looking forward to the benchmarks or these ivy bridge, even know its performance is most likely overkill for games for 5 years or better...
ugly mother boards... that why the asrock msi and asus is getting big everytime
so is the UD5 the only that supports quad channel? I would have the the UD7 would also... Unless im missing something
The point of this is????
that gun on the motherboard is just stupid.
so is the UD5 the only that supports quad channel? I would have the the UD7 would also... Unless im missing something
They all support quad channel but the X79-UD5 is the only one that supports 2 DIMMs per channel
Why are the RAM slots placed on both sides of the CPU? I can imagine that will make installing coolers difficult.
very nice gb is known for its new innovations!!!
They do a horrible job at explaining these features. "as you can see various features" then he closes the window. I guess they are "Magic"
I'd go for the UD5 for it's 8 memory slots.
Not enough memory slots. Fail!
I thought this guy was making a joke about having 8 slots, which IS ridiculous. Why's everybody taking him seriously?