CES 2011 Coverage

Bosco - January 7, 2011
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Gigabyte Press Event:

Gigabyte invited OCC to its CES 2011 Kickoff Event to unveil its new 6-Series and Gaming Motherboards.

Henry Kao, Vice President of Gigabyte, came on stage to present the company's new line-up of gaming motherboards, the G1-Killer Series. Below you can see photos of the top-of-the-line G1-Killer known as the G1.Assassin.

The G1-Killer motherboards have four main ways to "weaponize yourself" with Super Sight, Super Hearing, Super Speed, and Super Shield.

Super Sight - Support for 4-Way CrossFireX and 3-Way SLI.
Super Hearing - Features the Onboard Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 20K2 Digital Audio Processor.
Super Speed - Features an Onboard Bigfoot Networks Killer E2100 Dedicated Network Processing Unit (NPU), as well SATA 3.0 and USB 3.0 controllers.
Super Shield - Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 technology features 2x Copper PCBs, 50,000 hour Japanese Solid Capacitors, Lower RDS(on) MOSFETs, and Ferrite Core Chokes. The G1.Assassin has 16 Phase Power, while the G1.Sniper and G1.Guerrilla have 8 Phase Power.

The three motherboards in the G1-Killer series, in order from top to bottom, are the G1.Assassin, G1.Sniper, and G1.Guerrilla.

Model	G1.Assassin	G1.Sniper	G1.Guerilla
CPU Support	Intel Core i7 Processors	Intel Core i7 Processors	Intel Core i7 Processors
CPU Socket	LGA1366	LGA1366	LGA1366
QPI/FSB	4.8GT/s, 6.4GT/s	4.8GT/s, 6.4GT/s	4.8GT/s, 6.4GT/s
Chipset	X58+ICH10R	X58+ICH10R	X58+ICH10R
Graphics Interface	5xPCI-E x16 (2x16, 3x8)	3xPCI-E x16 (2x16, 1x8)	3xPCI-E x16 (2x16, 1x8)
Memory Type	DDR3 2200/1600/1333	DDR3 2200/1600/1333	DDR3 2200/1600/1333
Memory DIMM	6xDDR3 (Max 24GB)	6xDDR3 (Max 24GB)	6xDDR3 (Max 24GB)
Expansion Slots	2xPCI-E x1 + 1xPCI	2xPCI-E x1 + 1xPCI	2xPCI-E x1 + 1xPCI
ATA Connector	2xSATA 6GB/s + 6xSATA 3GB/s + 1xPower eSATA (front)	2xSATA 6GB/s + 6xSATA 3GB/s	2xSATA 6GB/s + 6xSATA 3GB/s
SATA RAID	Raid 0,1,5,10	Raid 0,1,5,10	Raid 0,1,5,10
USB 3.0	8 (4 front, 4 rear)	4 (2 front, 2 rear)	4 (2 front, 2 rear)
USB 2.0	8 (4 front, 4 rear)	12 (6 front, 6 rear)	8 (6 front, 6 rear)
Audio	Creative HW Audio 20K2 Front audio headphone amplifier Nichicon MUSE capacitors	Creative HW Audio 20K2 Front audio headphone amplifier Nichicon MUSE capacitors	Realtek ALC 889 Front audio headphone amplifier Nichicon MUSE capacitors
LAN	Bigfoot Killer 2100	Bigfoot Killer 2100	Bigfoot Killer 2100
HW OC Button	Yes (front bezel)	Yes (rear panel)	Yes (rear panel)
Features & Software	16 power phase, Dual Power, 3 way SLI, 4 way CrossFire X, Driver MOSFET, X-Fi, EAX, Dolby, DTS, 3TB+ HDD, On/Off charge, USB 3.0, USB 3x power, Smart6, UD3, DES2	8 power phase, Dual Power, 3 way SLI, 3 way CrossFire X, Driver MOSFET, X-Fi, EAX, Dolby, DTS, 3TB+ HDD, On/Off charge, USB 3.0, USB 3x power, Smart6, UD3, DES2	8 power phase, Dual Power, 3 way SLI, 3 way CrossFire X, Driver MOSFET, X-Fi, 3TB+ HDD, On/Off charge, USB 3.0, USB 3x power, Smart6, UD3, DES2
Form Factor (mm)	XL-ATX (345x262)	ATX (305x246)	ATX (305x246)

Along with its gaming motherboards, Gigabyte also unveiled its new line of motherboards for Second Generation Intel Core Processors on the Socket LGA1155 platform, codenamed Sandybridge. Its initial launch arsenal consists of seven boards, five of which are on the P67 chipset (GA-P67A-UD7, GA-P67A-UD5, GA-P67A-UD4, GA-P67A-UD3P, GA-P67A-UD3R), and two on the H67 chipset (GA-H67A-UD3H, GA-H67A-UD2H). Some of the features you can expect to find in this line-up include Dual CPU Power, On/Off Charge USB Port, DualBIOS, Turbo USB 3.0, Turbo XHD, Hotkey OC, Cloud OC, Dolby Home Theater, and ErP Ready.