Not to mention 1.6 million graphics cards

The figures for Gigabyte technology look good for the first half of this year and the next.

Custom PCB and Windforce 2X cooler

Since Nvidia has officially announced its third Pascal-based Geforce GTX 1060 graphics card, a couple of custom versions have already been teased, including the Gigabyte's GTX 1060 G1 Gaming edition which will have a custom PCB, Windforce 2X cooler and unavoidable RGB lighting.

Decline and fall

Fifteen years ago, the motherboard industry was a buoyant place to be but it looks as if the glory days are all over now.

Mini-ITX graphics card with GP104 GPU

Gigabyte has decided that there is a market for a powerful mini-ITX graphics card that is 17cm long and has launched the new GV-N1070IXOC-8GD, a mini-ITX GTX 1070 with a factory-overclock.

1000 Geforce GTX 1080 at launch

OcUK, the Overclockers UK has sold more than 1000 Radeon RX 480 cards at launch. Although to be fair to Nvidia, the etailer added that they also managed to shift 1000 Geforce GTX 1080 cards on their launch too [so much for the rumour that Nvidia sampled only small volume to the etailers.ed]

Flagship GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming

Gigabyte has released yet another new Pascal based graphics card and this time it is the outfit;s new flagship GeForce GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming.

Wants to get deeper into gaming

Gigabyte says its Xtreme Gaming-series is part of a philosophy to cultivate deeper relationships in the gaming market.

Later in June 

Gigabyte has released a teaser showing a shadow of what is probably the upcoming custom GTX 1080 graphics card that will be a part of Gigabyte's Xtreme Gaming lineup.

EVGA, Zotac, Gigabyte, Galax and Inno3D

Following the announcement of first Pascal-based Geforce graphics cards, the GTX 1080 and the GTX 1070, Nvidia AiB (Add-in-Board) partners have announced their versions, all based on reference design, now known as Founders Edition.

First Thunderbolt 3 X99 motherboard blesssed by Intel

Gigabyte has released its X99P-SLI board which it claims is the first Intel Thunderbolt 3 certified X99 motherboard.