Mumbai, India – June 25, 2012 – GIGABYTE Technology, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, is excited to announce that its motherboards and their innovative technologies, have been honored with multiple awards from prominent global as well as Indian technology experts, media and for a, during H1 2012.
 
The top awards won by GIGABYTE motherboards include those received from Digit and Chip, both Indian PC technology media leaders; Tom’s Hardware, a globally popular technology news and review site; Legit Review, a world's leading computer industry review site; and Motherboards.org, one of the world’s topmost online resources for tech news, reviews and insights.

 















A majority of these awards were bagged by the GIGABYTE 7 series motherboards (launched in April 2012) that feature the world’s first Dual UEFI BIOS, and the unique GIGABYTE All Digital power design.GIGABYTE’s 3D BIOS is based on the company’s exclusive UEFI DualBIOS™ technology. The new 3D BIOS offers two distinct modes of interaction in a BIOS environment, 3D Mode and Advanced Mode, that re-draw the traditional BIOS user experience with a far more intuitive and graphical interface. Whereas the All Digital power design allows users to have greater control over the power delivered to their 3rd generation Intel® Core™ processors on the LGA 1155 socket. The design ensures more precise power delivery to the PC’s energy sensitive components than previously possible, thanks to its entirely digital controllers for the CPU, processor graphics, VTT and system memory.


 














Tom’s Hardwarebestowed on the GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 5 technology the Best of Computex 2012. The technology includes high current capable components for the CPU power zone including the awarded IR3550 PowIRstage® ICs from International Rectifier, 2X Copper PCB and high current Ferrite Core Chokes rated up to 60A, which together are able to deliver up to 60°C* cooler temperatures than traditional motherboards.
 
Commenting on the industry recognitions for GIGABYTE motherboards, Sunil Grewal, Sales Director – India, GIGABYTE Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd., said, "It is really a great honor for GIGABYTE Technology to have its wide range of products and technologies recognized by such highly respected technology groups and media from across the world. I think it’s all about providing best value for money, and ensuring the right Price-Performance ratio.”
 
“We are very excited with these esteemed accolades coming our way because it reinforces our leadership and innovations in motherboard technology, and also reflects our enduring commitment to excellence in the motherboard domain,” added Grewal.
 
Key Awards / Accolades Won by GIGABYTE motherboards in H1 2012:
 
Tom's HardwareBest Computex 2012 Award for GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 5
Benjamin Kraft, Managing Editor of Tom's Hardware Germany, representing Tom's Hardware worldwide at Computex: "We like GIGABYTE's promise that the PowIRstage IR3550, which is found on all motherboards with Ultra Durable 5 technology (UD5), increases efficiency and improves stability. This is particularly important in overclocked systems, where UD5 it could raise the bar for systems that run on liquid cooling. Such systems might not even require a CPU fan anymore, which today has to be used to cool the voltage regulators." www.GIGABYTE.in/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1134
 
DigitBest Buy Award for GA-X79-UD5
In the X79 motherboard Comparative Test carried in its April 2012 issue, Digit bestowed on GA-X79-UD5 the Digit Best Buy Award in the Rs. 20,000-Rs. 24,000 category
 
ChipTest CenterAward for GA-990XA-UD3
In its February 2012 issue, Chip bestowed on GA-990XA-UD3its Test Center Recommended Award. Chip’s technology review panelists commended the motherboard for its ‘excellent performance, good feature set, and a very good layout’.
 
Digital TerminalBest Gaming Motherboard Award for G1.Sniper M3
GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 won the Digital Terminal Award for the Best Micro ATX Gaming Motherboard, at a glittering ceremony held on April 27, 2012, in New Delhi. Digital Terminal is a national-level IT channel magazine.
 
 
 
NCN’s User Friendly Motherboard Award for GIGABYTE
The GIGABYTE brand was the recipient of the Best User Friendly Motherboard 2011 Award from National Computrade News (NCN), an IT channel magazine that comes out with national as well as regional editions. The award was presented at the 5th NCN Award Night, held on May18, 2012 in New Delhi.
 
Tom’s HardwareApproved Tag for GA-X79-UD3
Tom’s Hardware reviewed X79 motherboards from multiple brands and gave GA-X79-UD3 the thumbs up. www.tomshardware.com/reviews/x79-ud3-p9x79-pro-dx79si-benchmark,3111-24.html
 
Legit Reviews' Recommended Awards for G1.Sniper3, G1.Sniper M3
Legit Reviewscomments: ‘The GIGABYTE G1.Sniper3 is a top tier motherboard that has all the features that one would expect to find on a motherboard of this quality! The GIGABYTE G1.Sniper M3 may not have the features, but it makes up for it with a price tag much lower and the performance to match the more expensive version!’ www.legitreviews.com/article/1933/15/
 
Motherboards.org’s ‘Hot Product’ Tag for G1.Sniper
Motherboards.orgcomments: ‘If you are looking for a motherboard just brimming with the latest features and devices you have to pay a premium price tag for that and the new GIGABYTE G1 Sniper M3 is priced at an almost entry level price tag, but with features slightly above that range of product.’ www.motherboards.org/review/GIGABYTE-g1-sniper-m3-review-and-benchmarks?page=10
 
TweakTown’s ‘Must Have’ Citation for GA-Z77-UD5H
TweakTowncomments: ‘GIGABYTE Z77-UD5H is a really nice board. It looks great, performs well and come in at a really nice price point. If you're looking for something that can tick those boxes, then this could be the motherboard for you.’ www.tweaktown.com/reviews/4680/GIGABYTE_z77x_ud5h_intel_z77_motherboard_review/index12.html
 
 
For additional information on GIGABYTE motherboards, please visit:
www.gigabyte.in/products/main.aspx?s=42
 
Availability
GIGABYTE products are distributed in India by Ingram Micro, Redington (India) and Neoteric Infomatique Ltd.
 
 
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