Motherboard Wars: Asus Threatens To Sue Gigabyte, Websites

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Taipei (Taiwan) - There is a new battle brewing in Taiwan and this time it is Asus that is bringing out the big guns against its rival Gigabyte: Gigabyte claimed in a recent presentation in front of journalists that Asus is lat-out lying about power savings and power efficiency of its EPU motherboards. Asus responded saying that Gigabyte is lying and is now threatening to sue Gigabyte as well as websites "spreading" Gigabyte’s claims.
Gigabyte apparently used an event last week in Taipei to tell journalists from hardware websites what it found out about Asus’ EPU motherboards. According to Gigabyte, Asus claims that its physical Energy Processing Unit, short EPU, can achieve power savings of about 80%, while Gigabyte said that number is closer to 59%. And, Gigabyte launched a widely publicized attack on Asus, alleging that the EPU is a pure marketing term and that Asus did not change the design, firmware or packaging of these motherboards.

Motherboard Wars: Asus Threatens To Sue Gigabyte, Websites - Tom's Guide

[Rickwell]

They're both good boards.But the Lawers will make the money on this.It's all that green environment stuff.I seen on the box just before I tossed in the corner.

[BKA]

I could have sworn that Gigabyte launched a branch/division a year or so ago and Asus co-owns half of it. Did that deal fall through or something? If not, whats up with the threats of law suits over he said/she said?