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Drivers for Old Gigabyte Boards Available

Since we're devoted to offering you the best and the biggest selection of drivers of the whole Internet, we're also thinking about the users who have older boards in their computers. Now, we just know that there are a lot of computer users out there who run various PCs with boards which are 5 years old or ...

14 February 2012
10:47 GMT

Gigabyte S1081 Intel Cedar Trail Slate Specs Revealed

When it first presented the S1081 slate at this year’s CES fair, Gigabyte kept many of the specs of this tablet under lock and key, but recently all of these have been revealed when the marker added the device to its website. Just like the rest of the Cedar Tail based slates to arrive so far, the S1081 is targ...

13 February 2012
03:50 GMT

Gigabyte X79-UD7 Motherboard Is EOL, Company Says It Was a Limited Edition Model

Introduced in November 2011, Gigabyte’s GA-X79-UD7 motherboard was apparently a limited edition model, the Taiwanese company having just confirmed that the high-end LGA 2011 board is no longer in production. The motherboard was recently deactivated by Newegg, which made Legit Review reach out to Gigabyte to fi...

8 February 2012
20:01 GMT

Two New Boards from Gigabyte – GA-970A-DS3 and GA-78LMT-S2P (revision 5.0)

While the planet is still waiting for the wave of new motherboards announced at the 2012 CES and centered on Intel's new chipsets, it's really nice to see Gigabyte showing new gear. Well, maybe not all new gear, but in any case, after almost a month with no fresh products, this sounds really good. The no...

7 February 2012
11:18 GMT

Gigabyte Releases GA-970A-DS3 AMD-Based Motherboard

Gigabyte has stealthily introduced a mid-range motherboard designed for central processing units (CPUs) from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The new platform from Gigabyte features the AM3+ CPU socket and is part of the Ultra Durable 4 Classic series. It bears the name of GA-970A-DS3 and, though its price is still s...

7 February 2012
03:10 GMT

Gigabyte MSH61QI Thin Mini-ITX Motherboard Supports Intel LGA 1155 CPUs

Better known to embedded computing developers than to end-users, the thin mini-ITX form factor gained quite a lot of ground in the last couple of months, so Gigabyte has decided to take advantage of this trend with the release of the GA-MSH61QI motherboard for Intel LGA 1155 processors. Just as its name implies, the...

3 February 2012
11:02 GMT

Bios of the Day for 01/31/2012

There we go, with the last BIOS listing for January 2012. Nothing out of the ordinary for today's BIOS pick, save for the new F8 BIOS for one of Gigabyte's X79 boards, the GA-X79-UD7 revision 1.0. After the rather bad past experience with overclocked X79 Gigabyte boards, it looks like the new BIOSes are mo...

31 January 2012
11:53 GMT

Softpedia's Bios of the Day 01/28/2012

This Saturday brings a big list of new downloads in our BIOS area. From an Asus A75 board to the usual Acer desktops, we also give you the latest EVGA BIOS for X79 boards and new software for numerous Gigabyte boards. EVGA has jumped from version 29 directly to 32 and made a lot of changes in the BIOS designed for t...

28 January 2012
07:06 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 7950 Listed in Retail, Priced at $481 (€367)

The first of many Radeon HD 7950 listings to arrive has just gone live today, as Provantage has added the Gigabyte version of the AMD graphics card to its website with pricing being set at $481, or about 367 EUR. The video card has the product code GV-R795WF3-3GD which seems to imply this is actually a WindForce mod...

26 January 2012
02:44 GMT

Gigabyte Creates VIA-Powered Mini-ITX Motherboard

VIA may not hold a very big share of the CPU and chipset market, but the fields it does serve are better for it, enough so that Gigabyte decided to try out the NANO processor and its accompanying chipset. There was a time, rather long ago, when VIA motherboards and processors were actually easy to encounter in PCs ...

23 January 2012
14:31 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS of the Day 01/23/2012

With the new generation of motherboards still on the waiting list, we're bringing you software for the current gear. Today we offer you the latest BIOS files for one of Gigabyte's leading gaming motherboards, the G1.Sniper 2, revision 1.0. You can download the stable BIOS, version F4, or can try the new be...

23 January 2012
10:57 GMT

Gigabyte Offers an Intel-Based Mini-ITX Board

People may not have heard yet, but the VIA-powered M7V90PI is not the only mini-ITX motherboard that Gigabyte has prepared. While that one is ready to handle the embedded market well enough, the company also designed one for barebone PCs. Dubbed MSH61DK, it supports Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs, due to featuring the I...

23 January 2012
09:27 GMT

Gigabyte Outs 21.5-inch Barebone AIO for Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs

Gigabyte will soon update its portfolio with a new barebone AIO computer targeting DIY-ers which was designed to be used together with Intel’s second generation Core processors, also known as Sandy Bridge.The central piece of the Gigabyte AIO is a 21.5-inch display with an unknown resolution, if we were to gues...

19 January 2012
08:07 GMT

Gigabyte Officially Intros Triple-Fan AMD Radeon HD 7970

It would appear that Gigabyte didn't want to wait too long before launching a customized version of the AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics adapter. Like most every other AMD partner out there, Gigabyte released a stock-clocked Radeon HD 7970 when AMD formally launched it. Now, the company has had enough of waiting,...

19 January 2012
05:57 GMT

Gigabyte Adds Dual-UEFI BIOS to H61MA-D3V Entry-Level Motherboard

Gigabyte has just introduced in Japan its first entry-level motherboard to use the company’s Dual-UEFI technology, the GA-H61MA-D3V (rev. 2.0), which is expected to arrive in other parts of the world starting with May of this year.Gigabyte’s Dual-UEFI technology was designed to replace the BIOS found in m...

19 January 2012
05:42 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS of the Day 01/18/2012

It's been quite a busy day here at the Softpedia drivers' area and this is why we can bring you a really nice BIOS list. For today we've got Acer desktops, HP and Dell notebooks and a socket 775 motherboard from Gigabyte. Here we go: Gigabyte GA-EG41MFT-US2H (rev. 1.4) Bios F7 Acer Veriton X4610G BIO...

18 January 2012
11:55 GMT

Motherboard Industry Will Grow Somewhat This Year (2012)

Looks like motherboard makers may not have that much to worry about this year, except each other.According to some of the latest reports on the matter, the global motherboard market will rise by approximately 5% in 2012.That is to say, the total products shipped by motherboard vendors will go up by that percentage.Me...

18 January 2012
11:07 GMT

Softpedia BIOS Pick of the Day 01/17/2012

Here comes another assortment of BIOSes for the present day, just like we've gotten you used to.We are still waiting for the official release of many new motherboards announced by major manufacturers at the recent CES 2012, but it looks like this moment is still not as close as we had hoped for in the first plac...

17 January 2012
11:20 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Picks of the Day 01/12/2012

Most likely everybody has their eyes on the CES 2012, and nice things are expected to emerge in a few weeks' time as far as the motherboard industry is concerned. Nevertheless, we also know that the interest for new BIOSes is still high, and we're providing you with fresh listings every day. Until the mothe...

12 January 2012
10:46 GMT

CES 2012: Gigabyte Outs 7-Series Motherboards With 3D BIOS

Since CES is well underway, Gigabyte is eagerly demonstrating the new technologies that will make its motherboards much easier to interact with. Though they were revealed some time ago, Gigabyte's 3D BIOS and 3D Power technologies are only now being publicly demonstrated. With the 2012 edition of the Consumer...

11 January 2012
14:01 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Pick of the Day 01/10/2012

To be honest, we've waited for quite a long time to announce this BIOS: Biostar has finally released the initial driver for their only socket LGA2011 motherboard, the TPower X79. It's been around a month or more since the official release of the board, yet no drivers have surfaced until these days. We'...

10 January 2012
10:54 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Pick of the Day 01/09/2012

Since it's evening here, here comes the "BIOS of the Day" blog post, bringing you the latest betas for Gigabyte's X79-loaded motherboards. Truly, there must be a lot of things to be fixed in the BIOSes for these boards. They are quite new and the recent overclocking issue has signaled that there is still a...

9 January 2012
11:01 GMT

Gigabyte Not Discarding Convertibles Yet, Preps T1006 Netbook

Even though netbooks seldom make the news nowadays, Gigabyte has no intention of letting the product type die just yet, evident from its latest press release. Since the 2012 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show is almost here, Gigabyte has officially introduced some of the things it will have on display there. ...

9 January 2012
06:21 GMT

Gigabyte Creates Two Notebooks in Time for CES as Well

Gigabyte really did not hold back when it issued the latest press release, the one that lists its CES-bound mobile computers, including the P2532F and Booktop M2432 notebooks. We already talked about the convertible T1006 Netbook and the S1081 windows tablet. Now, two more powerful mobile personal computers are t...

9 January 2012
05:41 GMT

Gigabyte S1081 Windows Tablet Revealed

Gigabyte will have a big collection of items on display at this year's CES, one of them being a tablet aimed at professionals and business users. Dubbed S1081, it is powered by an Intel Atom Cedar Trail central processing unit. As was the case with the T1006 convertible netbook, the exact CPU was not singled o...

9 January 2012
04:36 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Listing of the Day 01/06/2012

Today brings a rather short assortment, with the Gigabyte T1132N notebook BIOS being the most interesting listing. Gigabyte T1132N is a nifty computer that changes shape so that one can use it as a desktop unit, as a laptop or as a tablet. With an innovative 3-1 booktop design, the Gigabyte T1132N is as versatile as ...

6 January 2012
11:40 GMT

Free BIOS Picks of the Day 01/05/2012

Here's a new pick for the fifth day of the year, comprising the usual HP notebook BIOSes and no less than four items for new motherboards from Asrock, Gigabyte and ECS.It's nice to see ECS active again in this field; on the other hand, Asrock raises the bar with another two new releases, while Gigabyte come...

5 January 2012
11:08 GMT

Gigabyte Motherboard Sets CPU Overclocking Record with F7 BIOS

After the news about fried motherboards, people around the world probably didn't expect a Gigabyte X79 model to set a new overclocking record. Ironically, this is precisely what happened, as this submission on HWbot proves. The exact motherboard is X79-UD3, while the central processing unit was an Intel Core...

30 December 2011
04:50 GMT

Softpedia's Free BIOS of the Day 12/28/2011

With just three days before the end of the year, here we are bringing you the latest in the BIOS news. Obviously, the news of the day as far as BIOSes are concerned is the F7 version for Gigabyte's X79 boards, some of which went up in smoke (and small flames) when their owners tried to push them beyond their OC ...

28 December 2011
11:11 GMT

X79-Based Gigabyte Motherboards Receive New BIOS

Gigabyte release a new BIOS for their line of motherboards equipped with Intel LGA2011 sockets. Version F7 brings improvements in the protection mechanism, as Gigabyte note. As far as we know, the present update is likely to enhance the overvoltage and overheating protection routines which would shut down your syste...

28 December 2011
03:46 GMT

Gigabyte Motherboards Go Down in Smoke, Get Recalled

In a surprising, and somewhat disheartening, turn of events, Gigabyte has discovered that quite a few of its newest motherboards have a tendency to blow up. Granted, 'blow up' may be a harsh term, since the issue is that a MOSFET or some other component can fry, and this applies to quite a few boards st...

27 December 2011
08:40 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Assortment of the Day 12/21/2011

It's that time of that day, when we're listing the new BIOS we've posted on Softpedia. Today's highlight is represented by the BIOSes from Gigabyte, intended for the new motherboard generation loaded with the X79 chipset.At the same time, Asus' Rampage IV Extreme board and the K42JA/ K42JB no...

21 December 2011
11:22 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Pick of the Day

Another day brings a new assortment of BIOSes listed on Softpedia. Today, we are offering you BIOS for HP and Dell notebooks, ECS, Asrock, Asus and Gigabyte motherboards.It's nice to see that ECS have managed to release a BIOS update for one of their three X79 motherboards. While other manufacturers have already...

19 December 2011
11:05 GMT

Softpedia's BIOS Listing of the Day

We've promised that we would inform you about the BIOS section on our website. Since there are a lot of users interested in keeping their BIOSes up to date, we figured that such an idea would be a welcomed one. Even more, we've noticed a high interest in this matter, therefore we're happy to let you kn...

15 December 2011
11:00 GMT

Softpedia's Latest BIOS for A55 Chipset Gigabyte Motherboards

We believe you'll like the idea: each day Softpedia posts new BIOS files for motherboards, notebooks, or even graphic cards, we're going to post a blog entry as well, just to let you know about it.We think this is a nice and effective way to stay in touch with our users and drop them a hint about our newest...

14 December 2011
11:20 GMT

Gigabyte Smart6 Utility B11.1124.1 Is Available for Download

Gigabyte's Smart6 management utility reaches version B11.1124.1, and is now available for free download. If you're the owner of a Gigabyte motherboard loaded with Intel's X79 chipset and want to get in total control over it, you might just want to try the Smart6 utility.This software suite comprises 6&...

12 December 2011
09:40 GMT

MSI and Gigabyte Not Making Ultrabooks, for Now at Least

Ultrabooks are not a quest that all PC players are comfortable embarking on, with Gigabyte and Micro-Star International being, apparently, two of the companies with less enthusiasm than the rest. In fact, both these companies are said to have held back from actually jumping in the fray. Neither actually has any ult...

1 December 2011
17:11 GMT

Gigabyte T1009 Cedar Trail Convertible Tablet Visits FCC

The Federal Communications Commission just got to look at yet another mobile electronic, this once a member of Gigabyte's Netvertible product line. Netvertible is a play on convertible tablet, the words used to described those laptops whose screens can rotate and allow for switching from a notebook to a tablet...

1 December 2011
16:11 GMT

Gigabyte's G1.Assassin 2 X79 Motherboard Packs Killer E2100 NIC

While this won’t certainly come as a shocker for most of you, Gigabyte and Qualcomm have recently announced that the G1.Assassin 2 motherboard produced by the former features the Killer E2100 NIC designed to deliver better networking performance to hardcore gamers. The Killer NIC line of networking controllers ...

1 December 2011
10:27 GMT

Gigabyte Booktop Tablet Hybrid T1132 Gets Its Formal Wear

Gigabyte may be aiming to score some holiday sales with its newest convertible tablet, or perhaps not, given that Booktop is more a name that fits with educational venues than consumers. Then again, people from around the world are known to seek out various things, so they may very well consider the new Gigabyte pr...

28 November 2011
10:20 GMT

Gigabyte Luxo X10 Case for Gamers Debuts

Whether because of the holiday season or not, Gigabyte decided to launch a new case, one that doesn't cut any corners, even though it doesn't go out of its way to be too sophisticated either. The new case is a mid-tower carrying the name Luxo X10. At first glance, it doesn't seem like much, with a c...

25 November 2011
04:18 GMT

Gigabyte's Dual UEFI BIOS Looks Stunning

Q4 has brought a nice breakthrough in the world of PC BIOS: the eye-candy UEFI version, a very neat 3D GUI which seems to fill the gap between the unexperienced user and the – until now – rather abstract, and even scary BIOS screen.The new 3D BIOS from Gigabyte can run in two modes: the 3D and the Advance...

16 November 2011
07:25 GMT

Gigabyte Also Launches X79-UD7 LGA 2011 Motherboard

Together with the G1.Assassin 2 from the G1-Killer series of gaming motherboards, Gigabyte has also made official the X79-UD7 board that is designed to come as the company's flagship LGA 2011 solution.Just by taking a look at this new Gigabyte offering it becomes clear that the motherboard has taken a lot of des...

15 November 2011
10:48 GMT

ASUS and Gigabyte Don't Think They'll Sell That Many Motherboards

One wouldn't expect this, not so soon after the recent news from Intel anyway, but motherboard makers are losing optimism in regards to product sales for this quarter. Intel just launched the Sandy Bridge-E series of CPUs (central processing units). Featuring the LGA2011 socket, they are the latest and great...

14 November 2011
18:31 GMT

Gigabyte's G1.Assassin 2 LGA 2011 Motherboard Becomes Official

After catching a glimpse of the X79 G1.Assassin 2 in a series of teaser pictures published back in October, now we can feast our eyes on the final version of the motherboard as Gigabyte has finally made it official.The board hasn't suffered any chances since these initial pictures released almost a month ago, so...

14 November 2011
09:51 GMT

Gigabyte GZ-G1 and GZ-G1 Plus Formalized

'Steel towers' isn't exactly a phrase that would make someone immediately think about PC cases, but the words are, in this case, quite descriptive of the two enclosures that Gigabyte created for desktop PCs. The reason why steel and tower both accurately capture part of the essence of the two product...

11 November 2011
18:11 GMT

Gigabyte Has 3D Power Technology, Not Just 3D BIOS

Though some may say that motherboard makers are taking BIOS and BIOS-related features a bit too far, Gigabyte saw no reason not to invent the 3D Power technology.Really more of an app, this software is an UEFI setup program that all Gigabyte X79 motherboards will have.Since all the company's X79 platforms will ...

7 November 2011
11:02 GMT

Gigabyte '3D BIOS' Is Awesome, Even if Just a Tiny Bit Impractical

If anyone was hoping that motherboards would finally get a nice-looking BIOS, Gigabyte is about to make this dream come true. Sure, it will start off on enthusiast motherboards, even though it is made in such a way as to be more comprehensive to entry-level and mainstream users, but it will land in all Gigabyte UE...

5 November 2011
12:01 GMT

Gigabyte Intros P2532F and P2532H Laptops

There has been a visible shortage of new laptop releases recently, but Gigabyte decided to remedy this by launching two such items, each with their own Intel chips and NVIDIA graphics. The two notebooks from Gigabyte go by the names of P2532F and P2532H and measure 15.6 inches in screen diagonal. Essentially, they...

4 November 2011
05:39 GMT

Gigabyte X79 Motherboard Will Have Bluetooth 4.0 and 802.11n Wi-Fi

Gigabyte is doing something akin to what rival companies have chosen, although its method of implementation seems a bit more straightforward, consisting of a PCI Express to mini PCI Express adapter. Gigabyte decided that, since it is going to release a whole new batch of next-generation motherboards, it may as well...

31 October 2011
12:19 GMT


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