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At The Very Beginning => GIGABYTE News => Topic started by: Dark Mantis on January 25, 2011, 02:58:00 pm
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Gigabyte has just announced today that all new P67 and H67 motherboards on the production line are loaded with the EFI front end.
This is implimented as a EFI/BIOS merger and as such we have the best of both worlds by using the familiar BIOS interface but with all the added functionality that EFI brings with it.
The update will be available for recent higher end motherboards also such as X58 chipset series also.
More information is available here:
http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.com/2011/01/gigabyte-hybrid-efi-technology.html
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Good news but it also said that the bios would be available for other Gigabyte boards.
What about so called current AM3 boards?
Nothing I guess.........
My 890AXA-UD3 is stiil on sale so is that not a current board?
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I expect it will be available but it wil take a time for them to rewrite for all the boards in production as well as the new versions coming out now. I heard about a month but to be honest I think that is a bit optomistic personally. I am waiting for the EFI for my GA-X58A-UD7 board as well but we must just be patient.
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Good news but it also said that the bios would be available for other Gigabyte boards.
What about so called current AM3 boards?
Nothing I guess.........
My 890AXA-UD3 is stiil on sale so is that not a current board?
Hi, the information I have is that it will be made available for all current Gigabyte motherboards both Intel and AMD.
As DM says we will just have to wait and I think, from reading between the lines that, the Intel boards will get it first sometime during this quarter with AMD boards to follow, possibly during Q2.
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Our GUI BIOS is coming soon:
(http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/upload/files/2011-04%20Touch%20BIOS%20ad.jpg)
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Looking great!
Hopefully I will be able to get a job for over summer, I am planning on jumping to LGA2011 as it's released!
Also it looks like it is hinting at touch compatible?
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And remote controllable! ;)
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:o
Will this be available to android phones? Overclocking would be so easy whilst watching a movie downstairs whilst using the phone to do it with!
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I don't know the finer details of it to be honest but I would imagine that it would be from most wireless devices like Cloud OC was.
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More pics: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150167176847120.300167.209090107119
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Never mind anything else it looks like we don't even need an OS any more! ;D ;D ;D
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:D It looks much better than the old BIOS design, although I will miss it!
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Me too but isn't that always the way with anything you are used to using that is being changed ?
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This isn't a BIOS, it's a windows application that saves directly to the BIOS, so you can overclock in windows and reboot with the overclock without having to actually enter the BIOS.
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What you call entering the BIOS is still just using a user interface to change settings, as the BIOS is really just a program which initializes devices for the PC when starting up. There is no real difference, except the general BIOS UI can be accessed without the OS.
I just said what I said for simplicity.
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If you are an excellent value, quality factor, and any more than you look on the motherboard of gigabytes are supported by a team will be looking for a motherboard. I use the machine and has been a great success with the Gigabyte motherboard. A 20-year track record of high quality, are more than up to the new motherboard. Recently, they added to its line card of high value-added products. High quality products with the same top-end motherboards, but now the capability to reach.
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I am pleased that GigaByte is starting to roll out true UEFI (not just hybrid UEFI) on certain existing motherboards. Great news! But in searching this site, I am frustrated to find that nearly all discussions related to UEFI are found under the "Motherboards with Intel processors" discussion area.
Have I missed something? Does GigaByte offer true UEFI (not hybrid UEFI) for any AM3+ socket motherboards?
Will UEFI be offered for any currently available AM3+ socket motherboards in the near future? Or will the UEFI feature be reserved for newly-released AMD motherboards?
I'll just note that I will be purchasing a motherboard with an AMD 990FX chipset in the near future. I'd buy a GigaByte now (as in immediately) if I thought that UEFI would be available as an upgrade within the next three months or so. But if not, looks like I'll have to go with a competitor.
AMD users need love too!
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Hi
I am fairly sure that all of the newer motherboards will be covered by the UEFI upgrade but possibly not the older ones that will reach EOL sooner. I would suggest that you contact GGTS and ask if a particular motherboard will be updated if there is one that you are considering.
GGTS
http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/support-downloads.aspx
or
http://ggts.gigabyte.com/
Please expect several days for a reply.
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I am fairly sure that all of the newer motherboards will be covered by the UEFI upgrade but possibly not the older ones that will reach EOL sooner. I would suggest that you contact GGTS and ask if a particular motherboard will be updated if there is one that you are considering.
Thanks much for the reply. As you suggested, I wrote to GGTS. Hopefully they'll respond back with news regarding whether GA-990FXA-UD3 will be among those motherboards receiving UEFI.
Thanks again!
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When you find out please post the answer here as there maybe others who will be interested too. ;)
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It seems that the F13e beta is out for the 990x and it won't let me at it ! lol F13b keeps showing up.
http://ca.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3901#bios
edit.. Must be a little slow in updating b/c some of the links on the mobile site work. ;)
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Hi Hippie Tech
Try having a look on the TweakTown forum as they often get the updates before us here.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/
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Hi Hippie Tech
Try having a look on the TweakTown forum as they often get the updates before us here.
http://forums.tweaktown.com/gigabyte/
The links were fixed soon after I called tech support and mentioned it.
The new bios is working great and boot times seem a little faster. hehe