MSI Calls Out Gigabyte for "Not True PCIe 3.0"
MSI calls out Gigabyte on its claims of having 40 PCIe Gen3 ready motherboards and wants to set the story straight.
MSI put together a presentation to detail information on what it feels is a true PCIe Gen3 motherboard. MSI is pointing out that, from its view, Gigabyte's claim on having 40 PCIe Gen3 boards isn't true.
MSI shows that its motherboards utilize Pericom 34xx (Gen3) switch chips, whereas Gigabyte utilizes Pericom 24xx (Gen2) switch chips. To fully utilize PCIe Gen3, all components are required to be Gen3 compliant to operate at 32 GB/s (CPU, PCIe Slot and GPU).
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MSI said that it did some PCI-Express electrical testing using a 22 nm Ivy Bridge processor sample to show the bandwidth seen on Gigabyte's P67A-UD4-B3 and MSI's MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3).
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MSI states through their review that the only true PCIe Gen3 ready Gigabyte motherboard is the G1.Sniper 2.
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lol, naughty gigabyte
there no stranger to faulty advertising,
they tried to sell me a psu the other day, peak voltage of 550 watts
continuos volatege of 450 watts!!!
i dont think i trust anything gigabyte make anymore
Oh snap!
I'll wait for someone to sue them now
I'm glad MSI has done this. Most of the time Gigabyte is just all talk & no show.
I've never had a problem with gigabyte. However I'm not a high power user.
Asus always seemed(to me anyway) to be have the top spot though
lol, naughty gigabytethere no stranger to faulty advertising, they tried to sell me a psu the other day, peak voltage of 550 wattscontinuos volatege of 450 watts!!!i dont think i trust anything gigabyte make anymore
To be fair that's not restricted to gigabyte, a LOT of cheaper manufacturers do that, and they're not exactly known for their PSU's (hell, I didnt even know they sold them).
But I wonder how they'll respond to this, not exactly the best of publicity considering mobo's are their main product.