Gigabyte Ultra Durable 4 Motherboard Drivers
Updated: Taiwan-based component manufacturer adds UD4 to their motherboards. With competition between manufacturers at a fever pitch, many are striving to differentiate their products with construction quality in a move atypical to the previous trend of feature one-upmanship.
GIGABYTE is one such manufacturer, whose brought solid capacitors, ferrite chokes, and double-thickness copper layers for additional stability and cooling. Today's announcement brings the debuting on the disappointingly mainstream H61 motherboard range, but with further claims towards manufacturing quality improvements that will be spread across the entire range. The first notable change implemented in UD4 is what GIGABYTE are calling 'Humidity Protection', further described as a 'Glass Fabric PCB technology' that appears to be a modification of the industry-standard PCB material. GIGABYTE's Glass Fabric results in a tighter fibreglass weave than preceding circuit boards, which GIGABYTE claim gives 'much better protection from short circuit and system malfunction caused by humid and damp conditions.' Though a tough feature to test in the Labs, in practice this should add longevity to systems in humid areas of the world – but will do little to stop corrosion of metallic components attached to the new PCB.
Printed Circuit Boards, not like grandma used to make. The second feature touted in the UD4 press release is 'Electrostatic Protection', claiming the integrated circuits chosen are all rated for Electrostatic Discharge of up to three times the average component. Again, hard to quantify, but nice enough to have. Third on the list is 'Power Failure Protection', a mix of old technology rebadged – such as their dualBIOS (a redundant BIOS chip in case of failure) – and new technology, such as 'special anti-surge ICs that protect your motherboard, and your PC, from any surge in power delivery that may occur.'
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For those in areas of unreliable power who experience surges or frequent lightning activity, or who have ever had a PC die from other high-voltage electrical issues, this is a good feature to have indeed. There's nary an electrolytic capacitor in sight. Also 'DaulBIOS' is amusing. The fourth and final feature claimed to be part of the Ultra Durable 4 release is 'High Temperature Protection', though we're sceptical as the components listed have been in service since UD2 and are not especially noteworthy. While Ultra Durable 4 does not bring any particularly attractive features for overclockers or power users past the practical benefits of having the protection methods outlined above, it's certainly nothing to sneeze at and only adds value to the GIGABYTE products. We note that this announcement is only for motherboards at this stage, as graphics cards are covered underneath a separate Ultra Durable VGA Series branding. Update: We have received additional explanation as to how the Glass Fabric weave functions, 'The problem with traditional PCB manufacturing is a process known as Conductive Anodic Filament.
This basically describes a situation where the copper conductive filament forms a laminate dielectric between the adjacent conductors. This can be a major source of electrical failure and is believed to be caused primarily by humidity or moisture, which causes a hydrolytic reaction with the copper within the motherboard overtime. Moisture is thought to enter the PCB via the holes in the board where IC components are attached.' GIGABYTE have also shared that the ESD protection on the USB ports is typically rated for 2Kv+, while theirs is rated three times higher, at 6Kv+.
If you've ever seen that spark between the I/O panel and your drive you'll know this is certainly better than nothing.
GIGABYTE 8 Series Motherboards GIGABYTE 8 Series motherboards support the latest 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processors, bringing together a unique blend of features and technologies that offer the absolute ultimate platform for your next PC build. From high current capable power delivery, performance-enhancing caching technologies, exclusive high-end audio features, advanced networking and device charging, GIGABYTE 8 series motherboards are in a class of their own. Next Gen Intel® 8 Series Platform The latest Intel 8 Series platform offers significant improvements in performance and power consumption with the latest 4th generation Intel® Core™ processors and Intel® H81 chipsets. As well as a boost in overall productivity, the latest HD4600 Intel® processor graphics provide significantly higher frame rates in the latest DX11 3D game titles. GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 4 Plus GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 4 Plus debuts on GIGABYTE 8 Series motherboards, with a range of features and component choices that provide record-breaking performance, cool and efficient operation and extended motherboard lifespan. Ultra Performance GIGABYTE uses All Solid Caps (Capacitors) and Low RDS(on) MOSFETs which are rated to work at higher temperatures to provide a longer lifespan. Ultra Safe GIGABYTE motherboards feature GIGABYTE DualBIOS™, an exclusive technology from GIGABYTE that protects arguably one of your PC's most crucial components, the BIOS.
GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ means that your motherboard has both a 'Main BIOS' and a 'Backup BIOS', making users protected from BIOS failure due to virus attack, hardware malfunction, improper OC settings or power failure during the update process High Quality Audio Capacitors GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ motherboards use high quality Nippon Chemicon ARE series audio capacitors. These professional audio capacitors deliver the highest quality sound resolution and sound expansion to create the most realistic sound effects for user experience Dedicated Audio Hardware Zone. Separation on the PCB layer protects the board's sensitive analog audio components. Separate analog and digital ground to protect against Electromagnetic Interference (EMI).
Gigabyte Ultra Durable 4 Motherboard Drivers
Humidity Protection Humidity can play havoc on a motherboard's circuitry.GIGABYTE's new Glass Fabric PCB design helps protect against electrical shorts due to humidity by reducing the gaps in spacing between PCB filaments. Power Failure Protection GIGABYTE also uses Anti-Surge ICs to protect the motherboard against power surges. Electrostatic Protection GIGABYTE motherboards feature High Resistance ICs which help protect the motherboard against electrostatic discharge. High ESD Protection for USB and LAN (USB 3.0 only) GIGABYTE 8 Series motherboards raise the bar in terms of protecting your system, providing advanced electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection for both your Ethernet LAN and USB ports, both common sources of ESD-related failures. Each LAN and USB port can withstand high electrostatic discharges, protecting your system from common electrical surges and even direct lighting strikes 4K Ultra HD Support 4K resolution is the next technological milestone in high-definition content delivery, utilizing approximately 4,000 pixels on the horizontal axis, more than four times today's standard HD pixel density.
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Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Please refer 'Memory Support List' for more information.) Onboard Graphics Integrated Graphics Processor - Intel ® HD Graphics support:. 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz / 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz. Support for HDMI 1.4a version. Maximum shared memory of 1 GB Audio.
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