Up, up and away

A tranche of hardware makers on the island of Taiwan have released figures that show they were on a roll in June.

With GA-AB350N-Gaming WiFi 

Those looking to make a mean compact gaming system or an HTPC based on AMD's latest Ryzen CPUs and AM4 platform do not have plenty of choices but with the latest Gigabyte GA-AB350N-Gaming WiFi AM4 motherboard, things are changing for the better.

External GPU box with GTX 1070

Gigabyte has lived up to its promise made at Computex 2017 show and has released its new Aorus GTX 1070 Gaming Box, an external GPU box that comes equipped with both the PSU as well as Gigabyte's own GTX 1070 graphics card.

The GTX 1080 Ti Aorus Waterforce WB Xtreme Edition

Gigabyte has unveiled the new Geforce GTX 1080 Ti that will both be a part of its Aorus gaming lineup as well as feature a full-cover water block.

Based on B350 chipset

While there were plenty of mATX and ATX socket AM4 motherboards, the mini-ITX motherboards for Ryzen CPUs have been pretty rare but it appears that this will change as Gigabyte is also working on such a motherboard based on AMD's B350 chipset.

RGB lighting and possible VR-link

Gigabyte has released a teaser of its upcoming custom GTX 1080 Ti graphics card that will obviously be a part of its new Aorus series and should feature both RGB lighting as well as a couple of other exclusive features.

Killing partner’s profits

Nvidia’s Founders Edition graphics cards have angered its own partners who are complaining that the range is gutting their own profits.

Motherboard shipments may drop 10 percent in 2017

The latest bit of information from industry sources suggests that ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte will all begin hiking retail prices for motherboards and graphics cards in China beginning in early February after the 2017 Lunar New Year holidays.

Kaby Lake with Geforce GTX 1050/Ti, 1060 and 1070

Gigabyte had quite a few notebooks to present during its media event at CES, not the least of which included its Aorus thin and lightweight gaming series, along with some refreshes to its traditional Aero and P series lineups, and a new Sabre 15-inch design.

Kaby Lake, 144Hz and UHD displays, relatively lightweight

Gigabyte is a well-known PC company that has dofne a remarkable job in delivering top-tier components in its motherboard and notebook product designs over the last three decades for enthusiast overclockers and more recently a range of casual to serious gamers.