Gigabyte UD9 shows up on newegg...

[Russian]

AND ITS RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE!!! :shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128446

Yeah, thats right. Its $700. $100 more than the Eff'in EVGA SR-2 which supports TWO CPUs, 12 Dimms and 4 way SLI/CFX...

Honestly, what the hell is Gigabyte thinking? :confused:

[=[PULSAR]=]

Wow that is indeed an EPIC FAIL, maybe its not on Gigabyte though and rather and extremely high markup?

[WrigleyVillain]

Cons: i'm a law abiding citizen, unless you're made of money gbt apparently wants you to rob someone so you can afford this board.

:ROTF::rofl: :up:

[Manicdan]

it could be newegg marking it up, if no other site has it for sale yet. trying to be the one to get a few off before competition rolls in.

[Russian]

it could be newegg marking it up, if no other site has it for sale yet. trying to be the one to get a few off before competition rolls in.

How much have you seen Newegg mark up a board? 100 dollars? 200 dollars? 300 dollars?

I'd say the markup MIGHT be 50.

[damha]

So my body-parts estimate was close. Not surprising. Extreme overclockers will buy this even if it was at $2000.

[Manicdan]

How much have you seen Newegg mark up a board? 100 dollars? 200 dollars? 300 dollars?

I'd say the markup MIGHT be 50.

we saw them push the price of the intel SSDs up by 120% more than MSRP

[Musho]

I hope that's the case. This is simply ridiculous. Then again, if people vote with their wallet, Gigabyte should have to drop that price soon enough :yepp:

[Russian]

we saw them push the price of the intel SSDs up by 120% more than MSRP

Yeah, but was anyone really selling them at MSRP for very long? Most people were selling them significantly over MSRP.

[TheKarmakazi]

Yeah I could buy 2 classifieds for the cost of one of these. FAIL!

[Manicdan]

Yeah, but was anyone really selling them at MSRP for very long? Most people were selling them significantly over MSRP.

many were selling high, but newegg beat them all by a mile

i can see gigabyte trying to get 500$ for the board, and then newegg pushing for the rest while they have the upper hand. im betting this sku will be deactivated and a new one pops up tomorrow with whats more inline with what gigabyte wanted.

GB could be the ones pushing the price high, but newegg has a history of doing this to us, which is why im betting they are. or hell it could be both

[Starscream]

i havent been with Intel in a while so im out of it a bit but 700 dollars?
Intel stuff has always been a bit more expensive then AMD stuff but 700 dollars?
What makes this board 700 dollars kind of special?

Yes its a nice board with the amount of x16 PCI-e slots, 2 USB 3.0 slots, 10 SATA slots ofwich 2 are sata600 but whats the bit that makes this board so expensive?

[Biker]

Simply put:

The price = :rofl:

[LiquidReactor]

So how is Giga X58 UD9 over 2x better then Asus Rampage Xtreme III?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131642&Tpk=asus%20rampage%20III

Only $370 at the egg and pretty much the same features, 24 phase, dual 8pin power etc.

[OhNoes!]

Come on people, we're talking about $700 here! I mean $700. $700. Come on, $700! What are we talking about? $700!

[endlesszeal]

that price is outrageous. however, if someone buys it, they will build and price it accordingly.

i mean look at the Intel EE for a cool $1000. also, the obligatory comparison to super cars; do you really need a 1000hp w16 that goes 240+mph and cost over $1 million US?

[zsamz_]

i just bought a rexIII
i wouldnt pay even pay 400 for this board:rolleyes:

[Loque]

ouch.. can't be that price, will most likely average $500 in a couple weeks..

[WhiteFireDragon]

jeezus, what a price rape. in par with evga classified 4-way SLI, yet costs almost double.

[ghost_recon88]

Gonna call up newegg and see how many they've sold so far :D And then get the name and address of everyone that has so I can show up at their front door and beat them senseless :wierd: :fight: :horse:

[[XC] Synthetickiller]

http://420.thrashbarg.net/lol_que.jpg

And I don't even speak Spanish!

[Jamesrt2004]

I said this will be stupidly expensive and pointless.

only elitists OCers that get given hardware will get it.. boring.

[systemviper]

WOW, :surf: :eek::shocked::rofl::down:

get them fast, only 18 in stock....

[Expat GriZ]

499 euros here in Europe....not even considering it.....SR2, RE III, all the Classy's to choose from.......definate n0 way J0se.

[vladimir]

How much have you seen Newegg mark up a board? 100 dollars? 200 dollars? 300 dollars?

I'd say the markup MIGHT be 50.

Well, this ain't a board, but it's a decent example of what Newegg will do. The Patriot Gamer Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220477) started out at Newegg for $599 and lasted about 6 hours before they popped it to $699, (price history at Newegg here (http://camelegg.com/product/N82E16820220477)).

I purchased the same RAM at Fry's for $499.

[wuttz]

its bundled with a pentium 4 so its kind of a good deal. not.

[road-runner]

Newegg has been getting worse and worse, looks like gigabytes joining them...

[chispy]

Meh :/ , it would cost me $752US Dollars with tax and shipping to Puerto Rico from newegg , wth its newegg doing lately , they are getting so greedy :shakes: , anyhow I will never buy that board $700US DOLLARS:down:
setecientos dolares :eek:

[Dumo]

Same as 5900:D

17 pcs. left:)

[Chrono Detector]

Here in Australia the cheapest UD9 is listed as $642 which is average, for such a high end board, but still expensive. But yeah, $700 is way off, even for a Gigabyte board because usually their boards offer a nice value but this is outrageous.

[Russian]

Well, this ain't a board, but it's a decent example of what Newegg will do. The Patriot Gamer Series 12GB (3 x 4GB) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220477) started out at Newegg for $599 and lasted about 6 hours before they popped it to $699, (price history at Newegg here (http://camelegg.com/product/N82E16820220477)).

I purchased the same RAM at Fry's for $499.

Within what timeframe?

[dinos22]

Expensive board means high end features. UD9 has every feature under the moon that a consumer board has and more. It's a killer board in my opinion and it has a price to match. It's definitely out of most people's price ranges that's for sure but that's why GIGABYTE has the UD7, UD5, UD3 which are all great in their own way and fit every budget people have.


So how is Giga X58 UD9 over 2x better then Asus Rampage Xtreme III?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131642&Tpk=asus%20rampage%20III

Only $370 at the egg and pretty much the same features, 24 phase, dual 8pin power etc.

UD7 is equivalent in specs to R3E and i believe a bit cheaper too in US

[jjjc_93]

Ouch, $700 for a freakin board?
That means it would be around $20,000 here in Australia:rofl:

[road-runner]

Expensive board means high end features. UD9 has every feature under the moon that a consumer board has and more. It's a killer board in my opinion and it has a price to match. It's definitely out of most people's price ranges that's for sure but that's why GIGABYTE has the UD7, UD5, UD3 which are all great in their own way and fit every budget people have.



UD7 is equivalent in specs to R3E and i believe a bit cheaper too in US

Meh...

[dinos22]

Ouch, $700 for a freakin board?
That means it would be around $20,000 here in Australia:rofl:

hahaha good one

I actually did some price checking yesterday while speaking to a friend of mine and here is what it was like in Australia yesterday

FIRST GROUP:

GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 > $389+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=x58a-ud7&spos=1) (range $389-419)
ASUS R3E > $526+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=rampage+III+extreme&spos=1) (range $526-589)
EVGA X58 Classified > $505+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=EVGA+x58+Classified&spos=1) (range $505-667)

equivalent boards in spec......is R3E worth the extra ~$150 or E760? To some ppl it is and some it isn't

SECOND GROUP:

GIGABYTE X58A-UD9 > $642+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=x58a-ud9&spos=1) (range $642-738)
EVGA 4WAY Classified > 658+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=EVGA+4WAY+x58+Classified&spos=1) (range 658-757)

THIRD GROUP:

EVGA SR-2 $899 (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=EVGA+SR2&spos=1) (range $899-978)

[Gautam]

The AU pricing seems sorta logical, but the newegg price is pretty nonsensical. I say newegg and not US, because perhaps when other retailers pick it up, it'll drop to a sane price.


...then again, perhaps this was Gigabyte's plan all along. Everyone is talking about it after all. :) All press is good press and so on...

[Dumo]

EVGA SR-2
oos now.....https://www.sabrepc.com/p-283-evga-classified-sr-2-super-record-2-dual-cpu-motherboard.aspx

[Russian]

hahaha good one

I actually did some price checking yesterday while speaking to a friend of mine and here is what it was like in Australia yesterday

FIRST GROUP:

GIGABYTE X58A-UD7 > $389+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=x58a-ud7&spos=1) (range $389-419)
ASUS R3E > $526+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=rampage+III+extreme&spos=1) (range $526-589)
EVGA X58 Classified > $505+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=EVGA+x58+Classified&spos=1) (range $505-667)

equivalent boards in spec......is R3E worth the extra ~$150 or E760? To some ppl it is and some it isn't

SECOND GROUP:

GIGABYTE X58A-UD9 > $642+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=x58a-ud9&spos=1) (range $642-738)
EVGA 4WAY Classified > 658+ (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=EVGA+4WAY+x58+Classified&spos=1) (range 658-757)

THIRD GROUP:

EVGA SR-2 $899 (http://staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=EVGA+SR2&spos=1) (range $899-978)

In the US the EVGA SR-2 is cheaper than the Gigabyte UD9, thats mostly why i find the price to be so ridiculous.

[Blacky]

Synthetickiller;4398591']http://420.thrashbarg.net/lol_que.jpg

And I don't even speak Spanish!

:rofl: I had the same reaction when I looked the price (and yes i'm latin)


In the US the EVGA SR-2 is cheaper than the Gigabyte UD9, thats mostly why i find the price to be so ridiculous.


+1

[SKYMTL]

Expensive board means high end features. UD9 has every feature under the moon that a consumer board has and more. It's a killer board in my opinion and it has a price to match.

Then by all means educate us on the useful features this board has which demand such a high price premium.

Is it the 3/8" water cooling barbs? The add-on heatsink? The 7 PCI-E slots of which 3 will go unused even in the highest-end system? The "3oz copper" PCB? The stupidly hot running NF200 chips? The two 8-pin CPU power connectors?

I would love to know because the way I see it, this board competes with the RIIIE and costs nearly double. Meanwhile, there are no standout features which justify its price. Maybe it is a Newegg markup which would make A LOT more sense.... :up:

[Russian]

Then by all means educate us on the useful features this board has which demand such a high price premium.

Is it the 3/8" water cooling barbs? The add-on heatsink? The 7 PCI-E slots of which 3 will go unused even in the highest-end system? The "3oz copper" PCB? The stupidly hot running NF200 chips? The two 8-pin CPU power connectors?

I would love to know because the way I see it, this board competes with the RIIIE and costs nearly double. Meanwhile, there are no standout features which justify its price. Maybe it is a Newegg markup which would make A LOT more sense.... :up:

Especially since the UD7 basically has most if not all of those features with the exception of too many PCI-E slots.

[dinos22]

There are tonnes of features in the board. There is just about everything you can put in a board just about. When people build ultra high end systems they will look for as many features as possible. As a benching board it's also clearly competent in the right hands too. :)

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_unlocked-power/unlocked-power.htm
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=3434

What's wrong with 3/8" barbs? It won't effect your water cooled system peformance in any way and it is easier for ppl to convert from 1/4 or 1/2 to this size :shrug:

You are right about the nvidia chips, they are hot but they are the only way to provide those extra lanes to provide 4WAY SLI & full 16x bandwidth.

7PCIe slots...sure if you use 4GPUs you wont use others unless you use single slot VGA water coolers. They are there to provide maximum expansion/options for people building ultra high end systems imo

R3E is equivalent to UD7 which is up to $150 cheaper in Australia. :shrug:

[saaya]

sounds like gigabyte only produced 100 pieces and they dont want to run out of stock anytime soon? :D

and dinos, the waterblock is complete fail...
too small and restrictive, only 3/8 instead of 1/2, and worst of all, it doesnt actually touch anything but a dozen .1mm thin heatsink finns that THEN touch the base :D

besides that, the board looks very neat though! lots of nice features... like i said before, boring color choice but ok...
despite the many features, i dont think its worth the 700$...

normal people care about features, but for them this board is too expensive... the features just dont justify the pricetag for them...
and enthusiasts dont care about most of the features, they will only care about cpu pwm and lots of pciE slots... whether this is worth it for them, i really dont know... but i dont think so...

you can get a 5970 for less, or get 2 GTX470s for the same price...
then again, the evga classified board SEEMS to be selling in some numbers, so... i can see why gigabyte wants to give it a try...

[Russian]

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4379/joke.gif

Stolen from Bhawthorne @ EVGA forums.

[dinos22]

yeah i know what you mean saaya but who will talk a manufacturer into making some purpose built board that they will only sell to 200 ppl worldwide just to bench with and nothing else and charge $150 for them

it would be cool but who will do that :D


Bhawthorne sounds pretty angry heheh

[tajoh111]

yeah i know what you mean saaya but who will talk a manufacturer into making some purpose built board that they will only sell to 200 ppl worldwide just to bench with and nothing else and charge $150 for them

it would be cool but who will do that :D


Bhawthorne sounds pretty angry heheh

Is this really 700 dollars though? I think 499 is kind of Ok and is inline with 4 way classified pricing, which is a similar board aside from the waterblock which isn't the best.

I think what stops this the most from selling from a higher price is that the powerphases don't really seem that revolutionary. 24 phases is what we see on all gigabyte boards lately. They could have atleast did something a bit different like when EVGA introduced the first classified.

700 dollars is too crazy simply because it doesn't offer enough features over a ud7 which is a good board already to justify the cost.

The SR2 also looks like the better board to break records with.

[dinos22]

power phases are revolutionary in a sense that this is the first time that someone has actually created an auto fail recovery function in VRMs. You actually have dual 12phase VRMs working independently and if one was to fail the other will kick in and operate as normal.

Board will also switch between one and another making them work less too if you know what i mean. The phases will also switch off via Autogear software if not used............and enable all 24phase if you start hammering the CPU on LN2....

No one in the industry has done this sort of thing with PWM that i know of

the website actually talks about some of these new features
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_unlocked-power/images/unlocked-power-dual.htm

[Blacky]

power phases are revolutionary in a sense that this is the first time that someone has actually created an auto fail recovery function in VRMs. You actually have dual 12phase VRMs working independently and if one was to fail the other will kick in and operate as normal.

Board will also switch between one and another making them work less too if you know what i mean. The phases will also switch off via Autogear software if not used............and enable all 24phase if you start hammering the CPU on LN2....

No one in the industry has done this sort of thing with PWM that i know of

the website actually talks about some of these new features
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_unlocked-power/images/unlocked-power-dual.htm

the VRMS sound revolutionary but, ask yourself man would you pay $700 just for that standout feature :shrug:? (since most of the rest you can find it on existing high-end products) when for $100 less you can grab a SR-2 and have double the power :( at least on US... was a huge letdown when I looked the price early today I didn't expect that, could easily get the world guinnes record for the most expensive motherboard ever made ;)

[dinos22]

didn't realise USA is the WORLD....what about the rest of us poor people elsewhere :D

[Blacky]

didn't realise USA is the WORLD....what about the rest of us poor people elsewhere :D

oh cmon man you understand what I mean :ROTF:

[zsamz_]

Then by all means educate us on the useful features this board has which demand such a high price premium.

Is it the 3/8" water cooling barbs? The add-on heatsink? The 7 PCI-E slots of which 3 will go unused even in the highest-end system? The "3oz copper" PCB? The stupidly hot running NF200 chips? The two 8-pin CPU power connectors?

I would love to know because the way I see it, this board competes with the RIIIE and costs nearly double. Meanwhile, there are no standout features which justify its price. Maybe it is a Newegg markup which would make A LOT more sense.... :up:

maybe they added some gold with the copper in the gigabut board:rofl:

[570091D]

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4379/joke.gif

Stolen from Bhawthorne @ EVGA forums.

thank you for helping me to spray my keyboard with beer! :up: :rofl:

[Russian]

didn't realise USA is the WORLD....what about the rest of us poor people elsewhere :D

But to most manufacturers, it represents a huge chunk of their sales. ;)

[George_o/c]

499 euros here in Europe...

Link?

[marmott]

Gigabyte France has announced a price of 499€

http://www.pcworld.fr/2010/05/07/materiel/carte-mere/gigabyte-ga-x58a-ud9/489271/

edit: it's listed in Europe http://skinflint.co.uk/eu/a533195.html

[nightsharkski]

If the god force me to buy this stupid board, I think the only way is selling my kidney...........

[affiliate13]

There is a market for this board after all the SLI 4Way Classified was £400+ in Europe.
Regardless of price someone will want whatever is "fastest" at the time of buying, and will pony up to have it.

I would like to know what the Gigabyte base cost to wholesale cost is though.

[Sn0wm@n]

price fail right there .....

[Napster69]

wow...screw u newegg!!! or perhaps, gigabyte..

[Napster69]

thank you for helping me to spray my keyboard with beer! :up: :rofl:

hahahahahah.... +1... i wont pay any extra cash for some blue paint job..;)

[systemviper]

power phases are revolutionary in a sense that this is the first time that someone has actually created an auto fail recovery function in VRMs. You actually have dual 12phase VRMs working independently and if one was to fail the other will kick in and operate as normal.



Asus also offers "auto fail recovery function in VRMs" BUT they also offer redundency across all components for the SAME price.....
Revolutionary! :yepp:

Here is the Asus solution for $700 :shrug:

http://img.techpowerup.org/100521/asus_republic_of_gamers_rampage_iii_extreme_mother board-540x369.jpghttp://img.techpowerup.org/100521/asus_republic_of_gamers_rampage_iii_extreme_mother board-540x369.jpg

[systemviper]

NOW I JUST READ THAT THEY RELEASED A CHEAPER VERSION FOR THE BUDGET MINDED PEOPLE! :surf:

http://img.techpowerup.org/100521/coinop.jpg

[Sn0wm@n]

thank you for helping me to spray my keyboard with beer! :up: :rofl:



then you have a reason to buy that ud9 ..... see problem fixed

[knopflerbruce]

$700... hahahahahhaha hahahah HAHAHAHHA.

If all the extra bling bling features add something to the efficiency and overclockability, it's worth it for an OC'er perhaps. But does this board squeeze another 100MHz out of CPUs? I doubt it, but it would be cool if I was wrong.

I feel lucky that I can buy high quality boards for $150 for my AMD rigs, if those boards were as overpriced as this Gigabyte board I'd still be stuck on socket 939:rofl:

[sofos1990]

I feel lucky that I can buy high quality boards for $150 for my AMD rigs, if those boards were as overpriced as this Gigabyte board I'd still be stuck on socket 939:rofl:

hehe
You don't have to worry about nothing :p:
AMD mobo's won't be that expensive :D

As for the price of UD9 I think it's ... well let's say overpriced!
If I remember well 2x NF200s offer only delay . So why to buy this mobo if I'm looking for efficiency ???

[road-runner]

Gigabyte has to pay for the competitions and the cherry picked hardware that they give out to specific people some how, I guess this is the way. Everything keeps getting more and more expensive.

[BenchZowner]

699$... well... let's put the price tag aside for a sec.
Does it feature an on-board WiFi adapter ? Blue-tooth adapter ? A complimentary overclocking panel ?

[Mechromancer]

Price aside, how good is this board? What does it offer over others in it's class?

[Onoff312]

Haha this is gold you can get the board for $600AUD here or cheaper at some stores i love this for the first time you are paying more

[crash5s]

Asus also offers "auto fail recovery function in VRMs" BUT they also offer redundency across all components for the SAME price.....
Revolutionary! :yepp:

Here is the Asus solution for $700 :shrug:


Except the ASUS doesn't do 4 way SLI, the GIGABYTE does. For the ASUS you have to buy that stupid ROG expander.

[saaya]

yeah i know what you mean saaya but who will talk a manufacturer into making some purpose built board that they will only sell to 200 ppl worldwide just to bench with and nothing else and charge $150 for themwhy do mfcers build this stuff to begin with? for marketing! then wth is it that they think they can actually make big $$$ with them? is any of the teams MAKING MONEY off of the F1? hah! go and ask them! :D

and if thered be no competition, sure... i could see why it costs 700$, but there is competition for it... and its cheaper...
if this would be THE board to get, with lots of extra features, then i think normal people might actually buy it, even for 700$! not many, but a few K...
lets say if it had flashing LEDs on it, a really good waterblock, a really slick paintjob or at least nice color design, etc...

but im curious how much of this is newegg markup, somebody said newegg probably only makes 50$ per board... i highly doubt that! they make 50$ on 300$ hardware, they are definately making 100$+ on this thing!


Bhawthorne sounds pretty angry heheh
idk but its pretty funny imo :D
and i mean hes totally right isnt he?
this pretty much is a 1:1 copy of the evga board, with uglier colors and then priced quite a bit higher...

if it would cost the same or be cheaper i couldnt understand it, but why does it cost more?

[Blacky]

Except the ASUS doesn't do 4 way SLI, the GIGABYTE does. For the ASUS you have to buy that stupid ROG expander.

for a non bencher user NF200 is worthless, plus in addition increases the board cost & consumes more heat + adds latency to non 4-way configurations, so why have them on the board when you can sell an addon board for those people who want 4-way configuration for extreme benching? sounds like a smart idea right there

[M.Beier]

AND ITS RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE!!! :shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128446

Yeah, thats right. Its $700. $100 more than the Eff'in EVGA SR-2 which supports TWO CPUs, 12 Dimms and 4 way SLI/CFX...

Honestly, what the hell is Gigabyte thinking? :confused:

Where can you buy SR-2 ???

[bassplayer]

It's more expensive in the US than in Australia?

I'm really regretting the two SSD's and two f3's I just purchased from Newegg. Is there anywhere you can submit a formal complaint? I don't want to buy from a company that will rip people off like this...

[Expat GriZ]

Link?

Here yah go...


http://www.alternate.be/html/productDetails.html?artno=GTEG10

[p2501]

Well the European pricing of this board kinda makes sense, RIIIE + 4way-SLI daughter board = GB UD9. It's debatable if they're comparable power wise, those 8 DirectFET Asus phases will propably deliver the same or even more power than the 12+12 GB standard FET ones, with the RIIIE having more capacitance as it looks. Those 7 x16 slots will propably be used by only a very small percentage of buyers (e.g. folders) but the Asus has some nice WiFi/Bluetooth/USB gimmicks that propably _will_ extensively be used.

So, if one runs up to 3-way SLI? RIIIE. 4-way SLI and need to get it into a case, UD9. If you're folding/WCG'ing/GPUGriddin' and have some money left for watercooling 7 cards, UD9.

I have one question to GB: Why did you screw up so much on that waterblock? That's some really ridiculous design! Wrong fittings and the base is touching some stupid fins instead of being closer to any heatpipe from the PWM area or the northbridge?!?

[dinos22]

Asus also offers "auto fail recovery function in VRMs" BUT they also offer redundency across all components for the SAME price.....
Revolutionary! :yepp:

Here is the Asus solution for $700 :shrug:


hehehe you are comparing wrong boards mate

X58A-UD7 is cheaper here in Australia and in USA i believe :up:

[dinos22]

Price aside, how good is this board? What does it offer over others in it's class?

The only board equivalent to it is EVGA Classified 4WAY board

you can go to each manufacturer's product websites and compare

Here is the GIGABYTE website dedicated to UD9
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_unlocked-power/unlocked-power.htm

Here is the EVGA site
http://www.evga.com/articles/00501/

in terms of OC records the UD9 is still not established as it is just hitting retail now so it might take a while to see the full extent of what it's capable of but you can see now what sort of capability it has

http://www.futuremark.com/community/halloffame/

Right now it is the fastest single socket board in Vantage P

It is also the fastest 3DMARK06 and 3DMARK05, second fastest in 3DMARK03 due to lack of GPU clocks only

[G H Z]

dinos we know you love GBT :hump:

Even if it's a great board, it's too much.

[Sam_oslo]

I think the high price of 980x, and high-end GPUs has raised the bar for expensive MBs.

When you pay $1000 for a 980x and ~$400-500 for a GPU, then you loose your fear for a $700'ish MB. Not mentioning the ~$1600 for 4x5870, or ~$2000 for 4xGTX 480, which this Mb is actually designed for. ;)

[dinos22]

dinos we know you love GBT :hump:

Even if it's a great board, it's too much.

oh yeah i am not justifying the price hell no
i am putting some things in perspective here

i still run a P45 board with a Q6600 in my 24/7 system sheesh.....time for an upgrade a touch overdue :rofl:

[OhNoes!]

power phases are revolutionary in a sense that this is the first time that someone has actually created an auto fail recovery function in VRMs. You actually have dual 12phase VRMs working independently and if one was to fail the other will kick in and operate as normal.

Board will also switch between one and another making them work less too if you know what i mean. The phases will also switch off via Autogear software if not used............and enable all 24phase if you start hammering the CPU on LN2....

No one in the industry has done this sort of thing with PWM that i know of

the website actually talks about some of these new features
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_unlocked-power/images/unlocked-power-dual.htmI think your argument would make more sense if Gigabyte shipped a full functioning backup board for redundancy :up: Then the $700 would be justified. :p:

[chispy]

I think the high price of 980x, and high-end GPUs has raised the bar for expensive MBs.

When you pay $1000 for a 980x and ~$400-500 for a GPU, then you loose your fear for a $700'ish MB. Not mentioning the ~$1600 for 4x5870, or ~$2000 for 4xGTX 480, which this Mb is actually designed for. ;)

:eek: , :shocked:

[Dumo]

About 5k for a rig....benching rig....add $1.25 X 50L LN2 (1 session) plus $250 Pot...There goes the mortgage payments:D

Probly better to park the greenback at NVDA stock right abvout now:)

[Russian]

Where can you buy SR-2 ???

EVGA just sold a bunch on their site... there are people who have retail boards.

[saaya]

I think the high price of 980x, and high-end GPUs has raised the bar for expensive MBs.

When you pay $1000 for a 980x and ~$400-500 for a GPU, then you loose your fear for a $700'ish MB. Not mentioning the ~$1600 for 4x5870, or ~$2000 for 4xGTX 480, which this Mb is actually designed for. ;)
except for andre yang i dont know a single person worldwide who actualy spends that much on hardware... :shrug:
your overlooking that 90% of the people with these rigs get at least some if not all the hardware sponsored...

and it makes sense to send somebody 4 cards to beat a wr, so then people know its the best card, or at least not a bad one by any means, and then go and buy a single one for 300-500$... that makes sense... but more than that... the air is mighty thin in price ranges above 500$, especially if its a component that by itself only boosts performance in the single digit percentages...

im not sure i actually know somebody who bought a retail 980x for 999$... again, andre maybe... :D

ironic isnt it? cause so many people complain about andre binning and having an unfair advantage, but hes probably the guy spending more money on retail hw than most of the top 10 guys combined ^^

[M.Beier]

EVGA just sold a bunch on their site... there are people who have retail boards.

Are you sure? A friend asked me where to buy, and I simply couldnt answer him....

[Sam_oslo]

except for andre yang i dont know a single person worldwide who actualy spends that much on hardware... :shrug:
your overlooking that 90% of the people with these rigs get at least some if not all the hardware sponsored...

and it makes sense to send somebody 4 cards to beat a wr, so then people know its the best card, or at least not a bad one by any means, and then go and buy a single one for 300-500$... that makes sense... but more than that... the air is mighty thin in price ranges above 500$, especially if its a component that by itself only boosts performance in the single digit percentages...

im not sure i actually know somebody who bought a retail 980x for 999$... again, andre maybe... :D

ironic isnt it? cause so many people complain about andre binning and having an unfair advantage, but hes probably the guy spending more money on retail hw than most of the top 10 guys combined ^^

If you read throughly, then you see I wasn't suggesting to buy 4xGPU, as I've said: Not mentioning the 4xGPU-price.

Many enthusiasts chose to spend extra on high-end HW, because they want the best. I know many who has bought 980x retail and also know several who has ordered EVGA SR-2 and waiting to pay for 2 x $1000+ CPUs.

My point was, and still is: the high price of high-end CPUs and GPUs has raised the bar for high-end MB-prices.

[Eastcoasthandle]

Wait, is that newegg's price or MSRP? Wow, that's expensive.

[TehVince]

$700 board with PS/2 ports.


Awesome.

[Dainas]

newegg's software adjusted greed is hilarious. Then again it usually only nails those in the more money than brains club. At the skyrocketed prices they still sell to the idiot who re-mortgaged to buy an uber computer and sports car his income has no business in, not the true overclocker crowds who understand the concept of shopping around.

[Sam_oslo]

newegg's software adjusted greed is hilarious. Then again it usually only nails those in the more money than brains club. At the skyrocketed prices they still sell to the idiot who re-mortgaged to buy an uber computer and sports car his income has no business in, not the true overclocker crowds who understand the concept of shopping around.

Before you claim you have more brain than those who buy this from newegg, you should have a look here (http://www.avadirect.com/product_details_parts.asp?PRID=17324), and if it doesn't blow up your brain, you would admit the opposite.

It is not so smart to call others "idiots", just because they spend money on HW, at least not in this forum.

[Salavat23]

So how is Giga X58 UD9 over 2x better then Asus Rampage Xtreme III?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131642&Tpk=asus%20rampage%20III

Only $370 at the egg and pretty much the same features, 24 phase, dual 8pin power etc.

Seems there are so many financial experts here.

The Rampage III Extreme does not support Quad SLI according to Nvidia's specifications because the board would require 2 NF200 chips. The Rampage III Extreme does not meet that specification. To have "true" Quad SLI on the Asus board, you will need to shell out more money on a separate daughter board that won't even allow you to keep your cards in your case.

[K404]

im not sure i actually know somebody who bought a retail 980x for 999$... again, andre maybe... :D

ironic isnt it? cause so many people complain about andre binning and having an unfair advantage, but hes probably the guy spending more money on retail hw than most of the top 10 guys combined ^^

I've bought all of mine. More than any $999 as well, given the exchange rate....

I'm not even competing for WR. Id rather have a 980x under dice than a 960 under LN2 :p:

[H2O]

Seems there are so many financial experts here.

The Rampage III Extreme does not support Quad SLI according to Nvidia's specifications because the board would require 2 NF200 chips. The Rampage III Extreme does not meet that specification. To have "true" Quad SLI on the Asus board, you will need to shell out more money on a separate daughter board that won't even allow you to keep your cards in your case.

Ok, what about a Classified E762 (4-way) that costs $430 and does everything the UD9 does besides USB 3.0 and SATA3? Then there's the SR2 which has USB3.0 and SATA3 plus it has an extra socket and costs $100 less.

I don't mean to come off sounding like a fanboy, especially since I have heard great things about Gigabyte. But the fact of the matter is that this board is in no-man's land - too expensive compared to other 4-way offerings and not powerful enough for the WR seekers.

[Riska]

Marc you can get the SR2 here but it is out of stock

https://www.sabrepc.com/p-283-evga-classified-sr-2-super-record-2-dual-cpu-motherboard.aspx

[SamHughe]

C'mon people! It's the USB3 and SATAIII. As you know implementing these features would add $300+. On related news Killer NIC adds FPS.

[chew*]

i still run a P45 board with a Q6600 in my 24/7 system sheesh.....time for an upgrade a touch overdue :rofl:

Damnit your ahead of me, I still have x38 coupled with Q6600.

[prava]

C'mon guys, the price has to be wrong.

Here in Spain the UD9 is listed at 499€, whilst the Classi 4way costs 520€. So, you can expect both boards to cost more or less the same...

[Dainas]

Before you claim you have more brain than those who buy this from newegg, you should have a look here (http://www.avadirect.com/product_details_parts.asp?PRID=17324), and if it doesn't blow up your brain, you would admit the opposite.

It is not so smart to call others "idiots", just because they spend money on HW, at least not in this forum.

Okay, did you even read half of my post? I didnt call anyone on this forum a moron, but I'm really tempted to call you one since I have never read a more off base senseless reply in my life before. I buy from newegg when the prices are right!!!

Scuse me if I think people who mindlessly click the buy button on something really overpriced without even a second thought of looking elsewhere dumb. Here in america, we have choices and often Newegg does jack up the prices insanely compared to other popular competitors. Guess you must be that idiot with $500k of debt who mindlessly buys toys on a whim. Because if you are not, then why else would you be soo threatened by my post?

[miahallen]

im not sure i actually know somebody who bought a retail 980x for 999$...
I was going to say you know at least one (me)...but I didn't pay $999 for mine, I paid about $1160 for it (in Japan) :rolleyes:

[dinos22]

980X costs $1500 in AUD which is about $1300 US :eek:

[miahallen]

So are you saying you bought one Dinos :p:

[dinos22]

me...no
i have an ES chip :p:

[T_M]

I bought two retails - for USD$1090 a pop

[K404]

Pre-orders @ £465 in the UK.

eVGA 4-way *was* £407 when it was in stock, pre-orders are £425

[Blacky]

980X costs $1500 in AUD which is about $1300 US :eek:

Why the hardware is soo expensive in AUD? I never understood why could you explain :o?

[Toolius]

i paid 1150$ US for my 980x in India.. !! 1300 $ in Australia...that just sucks..:down:
Im guessing its a combination of shipping/and taxes/government duties that makes it soo expensive in Australia.

[George_o/c]

Here in Spain the UD9 is listed at 499€, whilst the Classi 4way costs 520€. So, you can expect both boards to cost more or less the same...

Link?


I bought two retails - for USD$1090 a pop

That's certainly good news! :yepp: So, are we going to see you back in the game Tim?


Pre-orders @ £465 in the UK.

eVGA 4-way *was* £407 when it was in stock, pre-orders are £425

Kenny, could you link us to the store?
£465 is 534€, looks like we are making progress with da price :D

[dinos22]

we live on an island :D

[K404]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-289-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1692

Im not keen on the place, but they're the ones who offer the most pre-orders on up-and-coming gear.

[Chrono Detector]

Yeah, we Australians have to pay higher when it comes to computer hardware, or basically everything which is bull:banana::banana::banana::banana:. $1500 for an i7 980x, yeah right.

[Sam_oslo]

Okay, did you even read half of my post? I didnt call anyone on this forum a moron, but I'm really tempted to call you one since I have never read a more off base senseless reply in my life before. I buy from newegg when the prices are right!!!

Scuse me if I think people who mindlessly click the buy button on something really overpriced without even a second thought of looking elsewhere dumb. Here in america, we have choices and often Newegg does jack up the prices insanely compared to other popular competitors. Guess you must be that idiot with $500k of debt who mindlessly buys toys on a whim. Because if you are not, then why else would you be soo threatened by my post?

I see it blow up the little that was left. You can get tempted to call me or others what you want. It would only describe yourself and expose your own attitudes.

You have used words like "idiots", "moron", and "dumb" to describe enthusiasts that spend on high-end HW. This kind of language says more about yourself than others, and may get you banned from this forum too.

You can try to bring in the whole world from US-dept to expensive stores as an excuse, but why so much hate and anger against those who spend on high-end HW?

[PatRaceTin]

seem overprice for me

[Benny Lodewijk]

UD9 just hit Indonesian market today, price tag around 615 US$.....this time Indonesia price cheaper than US hahahaha... LOL

[Hondacity]

UD9 just hit Indonesian market today, price tag around 615 US$.....this time Indonesia price cheaper than US hahahaha... LOL

hahahah crazyyy

thanks for info:up:

[dinos22]

UD9 just hit Indonesian market today, price tag around 615 US$.....this time Indonesia price cheaper than US hahahaha... LOL
lol Australian dollar took a big dive so it's now equivalent to about US$540 here
:p::rofl:

im guessing that might push up the price unless wholesalers locked it in at that price dont know

[stasio]

Here in Malaysia UD9 ~600 US$ and 980x ~US$900.

[Benny Lodewijk]

lol Australian dollar took a big dive so it's now equivalent to about US$540 here
:p::rofl:

im guessing that might push up the price unless wholesalers locked it in at that price dont know

WOW... 540 US$ is very affordable price....

[Cookiesowns]

I asked one of the gigabyte rep's at Computex TWTC Hall 1, ( guy treated me like a tard ), but um he said retail was about $22000 TWD, so which is around $690, but you can usually cut like 1000-2000 TWD when you know people. So brings it to around 650-670.

The setup was pretty amazing, except for the PSU, running a 1250w, in a close plastic box with only 2 fans. Had a thermaltake FRIO on a 980x running Stock clocks, no 3D benches either. OH YEA HAHA, he said we're not running just some cpu. we're running the Intel 980x, UNLOCKED cpu.... sigh.... Do intel make 1k+ cpu's that don't have an unlocked multiplier?

[malkiewicz]

They have it listed for 58,000 ¥ here but its not in stock...

[SKYMTL]

The price has been confirmed at $649 - $699 USD through various retailer sources who had them show up on disty lists.

[Cookiesowns]

The price has been confirmed at $649 - $699 USD through various retailer sources who had them show up on disty lists.

Yea, but taiwan prices are usually tax included so yay or nay?

[dinos22]

I asked one of the gigabyte rep's at Computex TWTC Hall 1, ( guy treated me like a tard ), but um he said retail was about $22000 TWD, so which is around $690, but you can usually cut like 1000-2000 TWD when you know people. So brings it to around 650-670.

The setup was pretty amazing, except for the PSU, running a 1250w, in a close plastic box with only 2 fans. Had a thermaltake FRIO on a 980x running Stock clocks, no 3D benches either. OH YEA HAHA, he said we're not running just some cpu. we're running the Intel 980x, UNLOCKED cpu.... sigh.... Do intel make 1k+ cpu's that don't have an unlocked multiplier?yes they do

[bassplayer]

yes they do

Besides Xeons?

Also, I gave up on this board. I really wanted it... but just couldn't handle the price. I have a Rampage III Extreme headed my way and i only paid $290 for it.

[H2O]

Core i7 855K and Core i5 655K have unlocked multis.

[ColonelCain]

What warrants the price? Am I missing something? :confused: