GIGABYTE Announces AM3+ "Black Socket" Motherboards

[FiXT]

GIGABYTE today announced a new line of 16 ?Black Socket? motherboards previously unveiled at CeBIT 2011 that offer support for AMD?s next generation , 32nm AM3+ CPUs and are based on current generation AMD 800/700 series chipset-based motherboards.

Wanting to ensure users their motherboard is able to take advantage of all the performance enhancem... [ Read full article ]

[MacJunky]

Be nice if they made the rest of the white parts on the board black as well.

[sa seba]

Now, if the 9 series chipsets don't offer any new and amazing features, my summer upgrade will be so much cheaper.

[techman95]

does any one know when these new black socket boards are supposed to hit the market? because i really need an upgrade from my dinky 785 matx board ( no room left on it at all especially with a big ol v6 gt on it.)

[matsta31]

This means the next amd generation is semi-close. Anyone has a rumored date ?

[terrybear]

So does that make these then Socket AM3.25 then ?? LMAOL :P

So will Gigabyte upgrade all their AM3 boards(white socket) with a BIOS upgrade to support the Bulldozer? Asus and MSI are.

Just received my new 890GPA-UD3H board(black socket) today...when i ordered it from ncix few days ago,everyone else was getting rev. 2.1(AM3)...very surprised to find rev. 3.1(AM3+) when i opened it up.....WOW! This board has so many features/bios settings,i barely know where to begin. Checked Gigabyte website for any bios/driver updates...this board is NOWHERE to be found..well,it's there..just only up til revision 2.1. Can't wait to play around with this board!