GI.Sniper 2 1155. Will never fully support ivy bridge.

[T_Yamamoto]

pray, explain? why would the second most beloved brand of mobos be considered garbage?

Not to be mean but they've lost support slowly and slowly as other companies start to eat away every mobo company. That little bit of news about the z68 not being compatible ivy bridge sorta pissed people off.

ASRock is rising through the ranks as with Biostar

 

[philipma1957]

Not to be mean but they've lost support slowly and slowly as other companies start to eat away every mobo company. That little bit of news about the z68 not being compatible ivy bridge sorta pissed people off.

ASRock is rising through the ranks as with Biostar

does anyone remember seagate and the first 2.5inch 500gb 7200rpm hdd for laptops. 20 percent fail rate in under a year. 68000 posts on the seagate support forum. they closed the thread due to f u and many other i hate seagate posts.

that drive hurt their reputation. I still hesitate on using seagate 2.5 inch drives and that problem was 2008 to 2009. I upgraded 14 mac minis with that drive and 7 failed in under 3 months the 8th failed in 8 months.

 

[jacktesterson]

I have had issues with Gigabyte boards in my last couple experiences... enough that I generally overlook them now.

I've had best luck with Asus and ASRock.

MSI has also been great for cheaper builds and I'm currently using a MSI Board now and have been happy with it, considering I paid $40 for it.


OP, sucks for sure!

 

[Rvenger]

Since the memory size of the BIOS chip is smaller, the new BIOS will only feature advanced mode, not the graphical 3D mode.

Makes sense, glad you guys found a work around. And thanks for the support and communication. :thumbsup: This restores my faith in Gigabyte products.

 

[DigDog]

so the sniper was a lemon. yeah that sucks. probably Gb would do well to ship out some replacements, who knows if they are going to go down that route.
also, i'm sort of upset they don't have the "basic, but exceptional" DS3 series anymore. 965p ds3, p45 ds3 were awesome. cheap, incredible overclocks, complete feature set. Gb seems to have move to the more "posh" top price zone, which sucks imho.

however they still put out many excellent boards; look at how many people are having issues with the ASR Extr4, while UD3 mobos are pretty much all working without a hitch.

just because biostar and msi decided they want back in to the "good mobo club" doesn't mean that Gb now stinks.

Also ASUS might be the n1 brand, but i have had such an horrible experience with both their RMA (UK), and P45 board, that i'm simply not buying their products ever again.

 

[LeeKay]

A month on and any progress?

A $350 motherboard that cant even run one core on a new I7 at the max turbo speed stated on the box.

 

[Magic Carpet]

That's very naughty of Gigabyte. Customer support has clearly, deteriorated over the last few years.

A month on and any progress?

A $350 motherboard that cant even run one core on a new I7 at the max turbo speed stated on the box.

Really bad.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Gigabyte had recent bios issues but their z77 line is solid. I would not be afraid to recommend it.

 

[jacktesterson]

I've avoided Gigabyte since P67. Too many known issues, and I've read the UEFI they finally have is buggy.

That being said, I've used there boards on AMD builds lately and have been happy with them.

 

[caboob]

Gigabyte had recent bios issues but their z77 line is solid. I would not be afraid to recommend it.

Sorry to bust your bubble but I have a Sniper 3 board that can't run nV Surround with Tri-SLI. I would have thought with the delay in getting this board out that this would work out of the box. I'm trying to get a response out of Gigabyte about how they'll address this issue.

Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I've avoided Gigabyte since P67. Too many known issues, and I've read the UEFI they finally have is buggy.

That being said, I've used there boards on AMD builds lately and have been happy with them.

I bought one Gigabyte Z77 based mobo (Z77M-D3H) the other month, only to find out.... it doesn't support voltage adjustment for the CPU whilst... it does for the RAM. Now does this suck, not being able to undervolt my cpu. Nor.. did it have voltage fan (3PIN) regulation for system fans. Absolutely appalling :thumbsdown:

Thank you for your kindly mail again. About the voltage control issue, due to chipset and hardware design, we do not have Fan Voltage Control features in BIOS. Sorry for any inconvenience. However, your valuable feedback will be noted to improve our future hardware design.

If you still have any further question or suggestion about our products/service, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will try our best to help you resolve the problem ASAP.

Best Regards,
GIGABYTE

 

[Zap]

Haha...I lost my login info for my other account here, which some of you may remember from the good old 680i days.

You might be able to regain access to your old account. Try asking under forum issues.

 

[slag]

Gigabyte = Garbage

No, not even close. The last 6 boards I've bought new have all been gigabyte and performed flawlessly, even when highly overclocked.

Gigabyte is excellent bang for the buck.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Sorry to bust your bubble but I have a Sniper 3 board that can't run nV Surround with Tri-SLI. I would have thought with the delay in getting this board out that this would work out of the box. I'm trying to get a response out of Gigabyte about how they'll address this issue.

Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread.

Sounds more like Nvidia's problem than Gigabyte's cause I bet you AMD cards would work with Eyefinity.

Think about it, the hardware works right? Cause you see all 3 of your cards and the SLI portion is working correct? The software just isn't allowing the surround mode. Does this seem accurate to describe the situation?

probably because of the PLX chip.

 

[slag]

I bought one Gigabyte Z77 based mobo (Z77M-D3H) the other month, only to find out.... it doesn't support voltage adjustment for the CPU whilst... it does for the RAM. Now does this suck, not being able to undervolt my cpu. Nor.. did it have voltage fan (3PIN) regulation for system fans. Absolutely appalling :thumbsdown:

Use a fan controller. Problem solved.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Use a fan controller. Problem solved.

I don't need additional mess, nor the wires. I ended up soldering a cable for this instead. But I don't wanna do that every time when MSI does offer this functionality even in their $40-60 boards. If BIOS can, it should give you this, out of the box. Really lame in 2012.

 

[caboob]

Sounds more like Nvidia's problem than Gigabyte's cause I bet you AMD cards would work with Eyefinity.

Think about it, the hardware works right? Cause you see all 3 of your cards and the SLI portion is working correct? The software just isn't allowing the surround mode. Does this seem accurate to describe the situation?

probably because of the PLX chip.

Surround works in single and 2-way SLI but not tri-SLI. Seems like this issue escaped testing before market release. Can't comment on AMD cards but this sounds like a BIOS issue because when I get in a game, it locks up hard after about 5 minutes. Tri-SLI/surround was rock solid on my RE3/980X combo before this. This issue is inexcusable because it is a highly touted and distinctive feature of the board. You certainly don't want this board for single card because the PLX chip induces latency.

 

[cmdrdredd]

When you're running a single card the PLX chip is not in use because the CPU provides the PCIe lanes.

I don't know...it might be driver issues with PLX and there may be something Nvidia can do there to help. Have you searched for information on other motherboards with PLX chips running 3way SLI and surround? I haven't researched that nor paid much attention to reviews and articles on the subject because it won't apply to me.

Have you tried contacting Sin on OCN? He's the resident Gigabyte motherboard guru and he did a big write up on the Sniper 3. Maybe he can test it and get a quicker answer on a resolution. Worth a shot.

Anyway keep us updated on it. Any info is good info and can definitely help people make informed decisions.

 

[500MM]

No, not even close. The last 6 boards I've bought new have all been gigabyte and performed flawlessly, even when highly overclocked.

Gigabyte is excellent bang for the buck.

I've owned 2 Gigabyte boards in the last 5 years, and they each had annoying bugs and weren't well tested. It can be quite annoying to have to switch ethernet ports every time the system decides it didn't like one of them, and having to re-plug USB accessories after sleep is pretty lame.

I would not suggest their products.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I've owned 2 Gigabyte boards in the last 5 years, and they each had annoying bugs and weren't well tested. It can be quite annoying to have to switch ethernet ports every time the system decides it didn't like one of them, and having to re-plug USB accessories after sleep is pretty lame.

I would not suggest their products.

Then there's 100 people who don't post on forums with any issues.

 

[500MM]

Then there's 100 people who don't post on forums with any issues.

Sure, and I waited 3-5 years to post my complaints too. I've never had a bug free Gigabyte board, so they clearly don't test very well at all.

 

[cmdrdredd]

Sure, and I waited 3-5 years to post my complaints too. I've never had a bug free Gigabyte board, so they clearly don't test very well at all.

I've used them for builds and never had one problem. Dunno what to tell ya. I never used their x58/P55/Z68 stuff though