TD Staff MSI 6 and 7 series motherboards have acquired official Windows 8 certification by Microsoft. MSI showed various mainboards which met Windows 8 certification requirement during the Computex exhibition this year. It displayed numerous Windows 8 features during the event and now MSI mainboards are officially certified by Microsoft. MSI has also become the only leading motherboards manufacturer to run 3D mark for Windows 8 on their certified mainboards. The Z77 based Z77A-GD65 and the H61 based H61M-P22(G3) and H61M-P31(G3) are the current motherboards that have been certified so far. MSI is expected to add more names to the list soon.
MSI is the first company to introduce the Thunderbolt-based motherboard. With this motherboard, the users got rid of device connectivity problems like slow data transfer rates, each device asking for its own connection port and due to less bandwidth, the drop in the transfer speed during sending and receiving files. This technology helped in attaining a large bi-direction 10 Gbps bandwidth allowing coinciding connection of high resolution monitors, storage devices including a graphic card, helping devices to connect through a single cable.
MSI has also launched new boards featuring Military Class III components. It includes their next-gen DrMOS program, DrMOS II, to provide better heating protection from overclocking. HI-c capacitors with a Tantalum core to save time for almost eight times. The Super Ferrite Choke for enhanced power and the motherboard consists of all solid state capacitors.
With Windows 8 certification, MIS has also cleared the MIL-STD-810G Certification. The presence of OC Genie II helps in instant overclocking of the CPU. Instead of the entering BIOS for tweaking, the application helps in tweaking within Windows itself. The new BIOS comes with full system control, including overclocking, security and information. The expansion slots have have PCIE Gen 3 for the latest Nvidia and AMD GPUs.
