Chrissti, i dont doubt your experience with computers or your experience with the latency issue, but the fact is many many people have reported this issue. You know as well as anyone that no 2 boards/cpus/ram/soundcards are exactly the same. People can get different results with the same hardware.

I'm guessing you are one of the lucky ones, and thats the thing with this problem, everyone has different experiences. Some people like you dont have a problem. Some people had a problem but the new bios fixes it. Some people had a problem and the new bios makes it worse. Some people see no change.

I'm not sure if you read my earlier posts but i said i have treied the board with bare minimum fresh install, ie onboard sound ,no drivers or anything installed.

I dont recall any major faults or latency problems with Asus at least in the last 5 years. Which boards are you talking about? hmmm they had a problem with soundmax onboard with P5B P965 chipset if thats what you mean.

Chrissti this has been a well known issue with Gigabyte in the audio/sound scene for over a year(even longer). They are the first guys that noticed it and there are some very big threads about it on sites like Cakewalk, Cubase and other sound software sites. I only knew about it a couple of months ago but its hard to deny an issue exists after reading many reports about it. Also I dont think Gigabyte would admit to problem that isnt caused by them.

I dont know exactly what youre saying about Norton but i agree it sucks. I used Norton once on the very first computer i owned and i quickly learned its more trouble than its worth so i agree with you there.

Anyway we can agree to disagree, i'm still interested in your opinion. Computers is a bit of a gamble, sometimes you win sometimes you lose but I still like Gigabyte and the DQ6 overall except for this issue. I would have liked for you to try and help me fix it a few weeks ago but at this stage i am already planning to get another board anyway. Their P45 boards look good so i might get one of those or a P5E. I dont think i'm doing crossfire anytime soon so i might just get the P45 until Nahelem comes out. Nahalem will be the must have upgrade do u agree?