Any word on EFI? It seems there is not much support for EFI from the motherboard manufacturers, while it can have quite some benefits over the old fashioned BIOS.

I want an option to enable DES in BIOS without having to install the software for that.

"The company's latest and upcoming X58 and P55 motherboards"

Does this statement imply there are upcoming x58's as yet to be released? They already seem to have a few of them out now.

Let's get rid of PCI and IDE and Floppy already, it's really dead. So is PS/2.

Use a quality ethernet controller as well, Realtek is not exactly the best, Intel or Marvell anyone?

Also, I noticed that the P55 boards seem to have fixed the NB heatsink from blocking the first PCI-E x1 slot, which is blocked on the current x58's, a rather tragic and avoidable oversight.

These BIOS "Features" are absurd and are really just marketing fluff, adding no real tangible value. Like some have said, why not put some real features in the BIOS like fully adjustable fan headers? Smart dual BIOS... is BIOS corruption that prevalent these days? If these aren't going to make my system more stable, or go faster, or do something unique (the AMD feature is, but I don't use AMD CPUs) then don't bother, who the hell needs parental locks on an enthusiast motherboard? Like I want to record everything im doing or store passwords in the BIOS?!

Ahh, just what we need... more bloatware. In our BIOS. How long before we start seeing **AA-mandated BIOS-resident DRM? Also consider this -- the more complicated something is, the more likely there will be security vulnerabilities in it. If we go down this path, how long before we start seeing BIOS-resident malware infections?

I suppose the silver lining is that this may finally kill off the one remaining reason for floppy drives to exist, since BIOSes will become too large to fit on a floppy.

Shame they can't 'get fancy' with some decent case/system fan control in their BIOS. I'll stick with ASUS or DFI for my next board because of this...

Smart QuickBoot speeds up the system boot-up process and shortens the waiting time for entering the operating system, delivering greater efficiency for daily use.
I'm wondering if this speeds up the AHCI and RAID detection process, which takes forever on my GA-EP45-DS3R.

Where did ABITs old BIOS engineers end up? μGuru is still unsurpassed.

when I set to hybrid and then I set to ACC to auto my computer seems to crash before it restarts, there is some text but i cant read it the crash is too fast. i am using the UD4H and a X3 720
oh well fun to try

Pass. Gigabyte's utility software is buggy as all hell. EasyTune, DES regularly crash and @BIOS is like playing Russian Roulette.

Smart Recorder looks like it may have privacy implications....(though perhaps it can make use of TPM if that's installed)

Most of these need no explanation, except perhaps for Smart QuickBoost. Gigabyte told us that feature lets you bypass the lengthy power-on self test (POST) hardware detection procedure after three successful boots, assuming an unchanged hardware configuration. That ought to shave a few seconds off of boot times.

You mean "Smart QuickBoot", right? That doesn't sound like their description fo Smart QuickBoost at all. ;)

Here's the list of Smart 6 features, in Gigabyte's Engrish-tinged words:
Bah, there's no Engrish in any of that. The only grammar error I can find is: three levels of CPU performance levels and any native English speaker can make that mistake.
In some of the software I use at work the Engrish is so bad it almost seems deliberate.

This is why Gigabyte gets my money

That unlocking trickery is pretty neat. You still get to use the latest BIOS but the old unlock code gets injected or piggybacked on to it. Gigabyte is impressing me a lot these days, I think they've become my first choice in motherboards.

That's one Smart motherboard. *sigh*