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4-way CrossFireX™ and 3-way SLI™ Support*

The ability to see clearly through the fog of war can often tip the balance between the winning and losing force. That is why GIGABYTE has equipped the G1-Killer series motherboards to offer maximum graphics flexibility and upgradeability. With multiple GPU support, GIGABYTE G1-Killer motherboards deliver maximum FPS (Frames Per Second), allowing gamers to see more clearly, aim faster, and move more quickly.

*See individual board specifications for graphics support configurations

Best 3D gaming experience with CrossFireX™ or SLI™ multi-graphics
Create, edit, sync and/or share your videos with fast, high quality video conversion  
Being able to distinguish between sounds in a loud battlefield situation where guns are blasting away is of critical importance, especially if your enemy tries a sneak attack. The same can be said for the virtual world, as being able to hear where your enemy is located before you see them can put you at a distinct advantage. That is why GIGABYTE has rigged the G1-Killer series motherboards with the industry’s most advanced audio solutions all onboard; giving you the highest caliber audio experience, without the need for buying an additional add-in sound card.

Onboard Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi  Digital Audio Processor (20K2)

GIGABYTE G1-Killer motherboards* are the world’s only gaming motherboards to feature onboard Creative’s top-of-the-line Sound Blaster X-Fi  Digital Audio Processor with X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity® and EAX® Advanced HD™ 5.0 technologies, allowing you to experience sound in your gaming world exactly as you would in real life.

*The G1.Guerrilla features the Creative X-Fi software solution

 
X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity™
X-Fi is a suite of technologies that deliver premium quality surround sound to your ears, whether it is through headphones, stereo or surround speakers and helps to restores compressed digital audio to pristine audio with stunning clarity.
 
   
X-Fi Crystalizer™
Restores the detail and vibrance to your compressed music and movies. All the highs and lows are intelligently enhanced so you’ll hear everything in crystal clarity.
   

X-Fi CMSS® - 3D Headphone
Expands your music or sound away from your earphones, giving you an ultra realistic surround sound over headphones.

 

X-Fi CMSS® - 3D Surround
Expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround sound over multichannel speakers, stereo speakers or even headphones. Voices are centered in front of you and ambient sounds are positioned all around you.

 

X-Fi CMSS® - 3D Virtual
Expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into virtual surround sound over stereo speakers. Voices are centered in from of you and ambient sounds are positioned all around you.
 
EAX® AHD 5.0™
EAX® (Environmental Audio Extension) is a collection of powerful, innovative audio technologies that bring true interactive 3D audio to PC gaming and helps create more ambience within games by more accurately simulating a real-world audio environment.

• 128 Voices
Up to 128 voices are applicable simultaneously. This enables more sound effects to be played simultaneously for detailed and rich game audio, as well as dynamic music that matches the mood and urgency of the on-screen action.

• EAX PurePath
Delivers accurate surround sound, as well as a dedicated bass feed for an incredibly explosive audio experience. It controls sounds according to the speaker system, up to the 7.1 channel system.

• EAX Voice
Gamers can hear their voice with the same effects as the environment their character is in. Furthermore, if the game title supports “3D Voice Over IP” then other players in the game will be able to hear their voice coming from the correct direction.

• FlexiFX
Enables game developers to harness the full processing power of 20K2 digital audio processor to recreate the best game environment audio.

• MacroFX
Accurately recreates sounds that are closer to you for better audio depth perception.

   
Dolby® Digital Live and DTS™ Connect
A real-time encoding technology, Dolby Digital Live converts any audio signal into a Dolby Digital bitstream for transport and playback through a home theater system. With it, your PC can be hooked up to your Dolby Digital-equipped audio/video receiver or digital speaker system via a single digital connection, eliminating the confusion of multiple cables and ensuring the integrity of the audio signal.
DTS Connect is the perfect solution to enhance your entertainment experience using your home theater's Audio/Video Receiver. DTS Connect is comprised of two DTS technologies including.
DTS Neo: PC™ which takes 2-channel (stereo) audio and transforms it into a full-
bandwidth matrix of your speaker layout (up to 7.1 channels) and DTS Interactive™
which encodes digital audio sources into DTS Digital Surround, which can then
stream out to your Audio/Video Receiver using a S/PDIF connection.
Built-in Front Audio Headphone Amplifier
Specially designed for gamers, the GIGABYTE G1-Killer series utilize a high capacity amplifier which is able to drive 150Ω loads, allowing gamers to enjoy a fuller range of dynamic sound with crisper details and less distortion when using high quality professional headphones. The amplifier also
features wide band-width, low noise, high slew rate and low
distortion, making it ideal for professional audio usage. In
addition, GIGABYTE has equipped the G1-Killer motherboards
with 4 additional amplifiers onboard for the center/sub woofer,
rear speaker, side surround and line out.
Nichicon Audio Capacitors
GIGABYTE G1-Killer series motherboards utilize the highest quality Nichicon MUSE ES series and MW series Bi-Polarized audio capacitors at each channel layout. These professional audio capacitors deliver the highest quality sound resolution and sound expansion to create the most realistic sound effects for professional gamers.


Expert marksmen know that having a super fast, hair-trigger response time often makes the difference between making the shot, or missing the target. The same is true for gamers, as even the slightest drop in system performance or network lag to the server can have a seriously negative impact on game play.

Onboard Bigfoot Networks Killer™ E2100 Game
Networking Platform

GIGABYTE is the only motherboard manufacturer to seriously address online gaming network lag issues by implementing the Bigfoot Networks Killer™ E2100 Game Networking Platform directly onboard the G1-Killer series motherboards. Utilizing a unique combination of dedicated Network Processing Unit (NPU) and exclusive Game Networking DNA™ technology, the Bigfoot Networks Killer™ E2100 Game Networking Platform was designed to give the best online gaming experience possible.

Killer™ E2100 Dedicated NPU
Dedicated Network Processing Unit (NPU) with dedicated 1Gb DDR2 memory helps offload network traffic from the CPU, freeing it up to do other important computing tasks.

Killer™ Network Manager
Built from the ground up to give unequalled speed, intelligence and control over online game data, the Killer Network Manager shows the health and performance of the G1-Killer series motherboards, and gives gamers the controls to optimize it.

Killer Network Manager’s Applications Tab uses Bigfoot Network’s exclusive Visual Bandwidth Control™ Technology to enable users to see how much bandwidth they’re using and what applications are using it. Bigfoot’s Advanced Game Detect™ technology will keep the current game at top priority and give it all the bandwidth it needs while users continue to download.

Game Networking DNA™
Bigfoot Network’s exclusive Game Networking DNA™ software offloads gaming data directly to the NPU by bypassing the Windows Network Stack, delivering tremendous speed benefits which allow you to move quicker, shoot faster, win bigger.

Up to 10x Faster
Whether you’re playing MMOs or first-person shooters, the Bigfoot Networks Killer™ E2100 game networking platform delivers up to 10x faster networking performance for a whole new level of online gaming performance.

Front Access Control Panel
As part of its box kit, the G1.Assassin motherboard features a convenient Front Access Control Panel that allows quick and easy access to 2 USB 3.0 ports and Power eSATA. The Front Access Control Panel also features a Quick Boost button that allows gamers to instantaneously overclock their system with a single press of a button. Imagine being in the thick of battle and being able to get a super charged on-the-fly performance boost without the need for a system reboot.

SATA 3.0 (6Gbps) and USB 3.0
When you're behind enemy lines, intelligence data latency can get you killed. That is why GIGABYTE G1-Killer series motherboards provide ultra fast data transfer performance with onboard integration of the latest SuperSpeed USB 3.0 for up to 4 ports (2 front panel, 2 back panel), SATA Revision 3.0 (6Gbps) technologies from Marvell, and an unprecedented 3x USB power boost on all USB ports for the most power hungry USB devices.
 
USB 3.0 10x performance is a maximum theoretical value.
Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
SATA3 RAID 0 4x and SATA3 2x performance are
maximum theoretical values. Actual performance
may vary by system configuration.
3x USB power is a maximum theoretical value.
Actual performance may vary by system configuration.

Being equipped with the best armor and protective gear in the field is essential for surviving any battle. The same can be said for a gaming motherboard, as it needs to be tough enough to withstand any challenge an elite gamer can throw at it. With that in mind, GIGABYTE G1-Killer motherboards were designed ruggedly enough to handle even the most deadliest of skirmishes.

Locked and Loaded Heatpipe Design
The GIGABYTE G1-Killer series features a brand new heatpipe that was designed to be as deadly to heat as it looks. By effectively spreading the heat from the critical areas of the motherboard such as the CPU VRM zone and quickly dissipating it, GIGABYTE G1-Killer series motherboards remain cool, even when the battle heats up.
Modeled after common firearms issued to soldiers deployed to warzones including pistol, rifle and ammo clip, the Locked and Loaded heatpipe design utilizes a unique fluting technology similar to a rifle barrel fluting, which allows for maximum heat dispersion.

*The heat sink consists of three parts created for visual aesthetics and thermal properties and is not intended as a weapon, norcan it be assembled as a firearm.
*The product photos are for reference only. Final product may have slight cosmetic differences.
5 Smart Fan Connectors
Further helping to eliminate heat are the 5 strategically placed Smart Fan pin headers which allow for more precise control of system and CPU fans. Equipped with their own individual thermal sensors, the Smart Fans can be easily controlled via GIGABYTE’s EasyTune™ 6 utility as well as in the BIOS.
 
System Fan
Fan1
 
Fan2
 
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 3
Fan3        
CPU Fan
The signature specifications for GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 3 motherboards are Japanese Solid Capacitors featuring 50,000 hr. operation time, 2x Copper PCBs, Ferrite core chokes with higher energy efficiency compared to more common iron core chokes and Lower RDS(on) MOSFETs that feature lower resistance, i.e. reduced power consumption and heat.

   2x Copper PCB
Traditional
PCB layer cross-section image, magnified 200x     
PCB (Printed Circuit Board)
2x copper PCB = 2 oz copper PCB = weight of copper layer
30.48 cm x 30.48 cm (1 square foot) PCB is 56.7 g (2 oz)
Benefits of 2x Copper PCB
●Cooler than traditional motherboards   ●Enhanced durability
●Improved energy efficiency              ●Greater margins for overclocking
 



Lower
Temperature
Better
Overclocking
Better Power
Effciency
2x Lower
Impedance
Lower EMI Better ESD
Protection
 
Maximum CPU Power Delivery + Driver MOS
Like the pistons and cylinders of a car engine, the design of the motherboard Voltage Regulator Module (VRM), component quality and number of power phases greatly affects motherboard performance. GIGABYTE engineers were first to realize not only the importance of using the best quality components for this critical area, but also that with more power phases there can be more power available to your CPU. G1-Killer series motherboards with their new redesigned VRM, promise to deliver first class system performance and power stability. With only the best quality components and unique design, incorporating Dual Power Switching and Power Phase Boost with Multi-gear Switching, your CPU can enjoy more unadulterated power from the motherboard than from previous motherboards.

* Dual Power Switching requires system to enable GIGABYTE Dynamic Energy Saver program.
   Not all models support Dual Power Switching, please visit the GIGABYTE website for more details

DualBIOS™ 3TB+ HDD Support (Hybrid EFI Technology)
Hybrid EFI Technology combines the benefits of GIGABYTE's mature BIOS platform including stability and compatibility with 3rd party products with 3TB+ HDD support from EFI technology, allowing GIGABYTE to offer the best of both worlds through a quick and easy BIOS update using GIGABYTE's @BIOS utility that is freely available from the GIGABYTE website.
GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ is a patented technology that automatically recovers BIOS data when the main BIOS has crashed or failed. Featuring 2 physical BIOS ROMs integrated onboard, GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ allows quick and seamless recovery from BIOS damage or failure due to viruses or improper BIOS updating. In addition, GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ now supports 3TB+ (terabyte) hard drive booting without the need for partitioning, and enables more data storage on a single hard drive.

  Automatically recovers
Main BIOS data from the
Backup BIOS when the
Main BIOS has crashed
or failed
 
 
Automated Dual Protection Against BIOS Failure
What if the BIOS Fails?
Have you ever been in the middle of a BIOS update and then had it fail for some reason? Or how about executing some applications only to find out that you’ve been infected by some new virus that completely blows away your BIOS? Without the BIOS working the motherboard is basically not functional. Can you imagine the time and effort to get your motherboard fixed?
 
DualBIOS™ vs. Traditional single BIOS
Features
GIGABYTE DualBIOS
single BIOS  
 
2 physical BIOS ROMs onboard provide double protection against virus attack and firmware / physical damage
YES
No
 
Auto recovery from backup BIOS when
main BIOS firmware is damaged
YES
No
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