Asus says Jake the PEG a feature, not a cheat

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Earlier this week motherboard manufacturer Gigabyte accused Asus of cheating. Claiming that Asus's Peg Link Mode "Clandestinely overclocks the frequency of memory and core engines of ATI based PCI Express Graphics". Today Asus has issued a statement regarding its competitor’s statement. Asus says its Peg Link Mode "is a unique feature that enables users to boost graphics card performance for superior video quality". It's still pretty much in the air who's right at this time, but money is on Asus.

Motherboard maker Asustek said that its PEG (PCI Express Graphics) link mode, competitor Gigabyte described as "a cheat" earlier this week, is really an outstanding feature that makes its competitors "marvel". Asus said PEG "is a unique feature that enables users to boost graphics card performance for superior video quality".

The P5AD2 Premium and P5GD2 Premium Asus mobos "received unparalleled testing reviews from world renowed IT media", said Asus. "Many competitors marveled at how the two new Asus motherboards achieved such excellent results," Asus continued in a press statement. "Marvelled" isn't exactly how Gigabyte put it. It claimed that PEG Link Mode "clandestinely overclocks the frequency of memory and core engines of ATI based PCI Express graphics".

View: Gigabyte accuses Asus of cheating

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(3 replies) #1 StarSabers on 05 Aug 2004 - 19:45

Personally, I'd take ASUS over any other mobo manufacture anyday. I've never had a problem with any mobo I've had from them, and I trust them more than most others, as well. It's just someone jealous over ASUS Tek popularity.

#1.1 FloydianOne on 05 Aug 2004 - 19:50

I second that statement.... ive never looked back after going Asus

#1.2 JZolloXP on 05 Aug 2004 - 21:12

Same here, my systems will never use Non ASUS motherboards!

#1.3 bozthepcnerd on 05 Aug 2004 - 21:23

I agree with that, but I'll also say that MSI's not too bad, I still rather ASUS

#2 rogerroger on 05 Aug 2004 - 19:58

LOL. Reminds me of how a "blue screen" in Windows is a feature. I tells you that something is wrong, just in hex and programming langauge!

#3 N@t5 on 05 Aug 2004 - 20:03

I seriously doubt Gigabyte would call it cheating or be complaining at all if they had developed this same "feature" yet

#4 jerry on 05 Aug 2004 - 20:44

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Motherboard maker Asustek said that its PEG (PCI Express Graphics) link mode, competitor Gigabyte described as "a cheat" earlier this week, is really an outstanding feature that makes its competitors "marvel".

Marvel ? So o'clocking is a marvel. Wow ! Asus PR is seriously retarded.

And Abit boards are always better than Asus.

(3 replies) #5 Michael Lerner on 05 Aug 2004 - 20:51

Overclocking is cheating, nuff said.

#5.1 JZolloXP on 05 Aug 2004 - 21:15

I am sick and tired of this "cheating" crap. I say, as long as it benefits the consumer, it's all good.

#5.2 TC17 on 05 Aug 2004 - 22:13

I agree. Just because a company finds a way to speed graphics up, then all of a sudden it becomes cheating. That is nonesense.

#5.3 GamblerFEXonlin on 06 Aug 2004 - 18:25

it doesnt benefit the consumer. the motherboard is pre-overclocked (heh) just to score well in reviews benchmarks.

whats next, gigabyte and MSI pre-overclocks their own, then Asus overclocks theirs even more? Its comparable to the cheap capacitor usage a while back - one starts and the rest have to follow to get enough sales. In the long run it ends with worse quality hardware and more problems.

Ignorant users only seeing at benchmarks and low prices have deserved all the problems PC platform can dish out.

(4 replies) #6 Nose Nuggets on 05 Aug 2004 - 21:18

HAHAHAHAHA so waite a minut....

asus builds a board with BUILT IN graphic card overclocking capabilities and everyone at gigabyt **** there pants and quickest thing they could think of was

CHEATING!

what a bunch of pu$$ies!

#6.1 bozthepcnerd on 05 Aug 2004 - 21:31

HAHAHAHA

SOOOOO TRUE, Gigabyte motherboards suck!!!

#6.2 bozthepcnerd on 05 Aug 2004 - 21:32

#6.3 MR_Candyman on 06 Aug 2004 - 00:34

eh? how do they suck? They may not be as fast as some others, but I sold them for years and they were always very stable and hardly ever arrived in anything aside from immaculate condition

#6.4 GamblerFEXonlin on 06 Aug 2004 - 18:29

Let's see who the pu$$ie is when you discover your PCIe card is unstable because of this "feature," or when your fps drops 0.3% and you **** ur pants hey what a crap BIOS upgrade this is.

And I thought I was dumb. Talk about cheese.

(3 replies) #7 CrimandEvil on 05 Aug 2004 - 21:23

So it only works with ATI cards? Sounds like a cheat to me.

#7.1 aaroniekins on 05 Aug 2004 - 22:08

lmao
ati has been doin overclockin long before anyone else
OVERDRIVE
its not cheating if it helps the customer

#7.2 sard on 06 Aug 2004 - 08:53

If Asus had declared that overclocking was going on there wouldn’t have been a problem. Review sites could have taken this into account in their reviews. But instead they kept it secret so at stock speeds it looked like their boards were significantly faster. If manufacturers would just declare the optimisations and make them optional people wouldn’t be able to accuse them of cheating.

#7.3 Black on 06 Aug 2004 - 11:18

But if it's designed to ship to the consumer with the feature on, why should the reviewer turn it off - surely that would be a less accurate reflection of real world performance.

The only issue I can see with this is if this implicit overclocking damaged the graphics card, apart from that it seems fair enough.

#8 eangulus on 07 Aug 2004 - 13:40

Well this would mean Gigabyte cheats aswell seeing their boards allow you to up the clock speed on your chip.

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