GIGABYTE GA-880GMA-UD2H (2.

0)
Product Guide
GA-880GMA-UD2H
 Undisputed Innovation Leadership
Continuously Delivering Top Notch Technologies

Delivering World’s Best

Innovations Only from GIGABYTE

Innovative Onboard
Accelerated
technologies

World’s 1st 2oz

World’
Copper PCB Motherboard

World’s 1st Dynamic

World’
Phase Power Switching
Energy Saving Technology

World’s 1st Low RDS(on),

World’ RDS(on),
Ferrite Core, Solid Cap
Motherboard
World’s 1st All Solid
World’
Setting Industrial Quality
Capacitor Motherboard Standards Year by Year

2006 2007 2008 2009

 Native PCI-E Gen2 Bandwidth
for SATA3 6Gbps & USB3.0

Native PCI-e x1 Gen2 Bandwidth

Gen2

1* PCI-E x16
USB 3.0 5G 5 Gb/s
controller

SATA3 6G
6 ports 6 Gb/s

World’s 1st Chipset Featuring Native Support for SATA

6Gb/s
 Extreme IGP Performance
Delivering the best 3D performance Up to 10%
Higher graphics
GIGABYTE GA-880GMA-UD2H performance than
785G!
3DMark06 Comparison
785G(DX10.1) vs 880G(DX10.1)

2700+
marks
1800+
marks

1500+
marks

Results based on:

PhenomII X4 965 CPU (OC), DDR3-1600 2Gx2 (OC),
Win7-32bit, 3DMark06 1280x1024
 Optimized Connectivity

USB 2.0 RGB DVI HDMI SPDIF eSATA USB 8-ch

port (4 rear port Port port out port port 3.0 port HD
+ 8 Front ) audio

ATI SurroundView™
1 2 or enables support for
up to 6 independent
monitor displays.
3 5
+
4 6
7
VGA card x2
 Auto Unlock

Featuring a unique Core Boost

micro-processor which enables the
CPU’s hidden cores.

Core Boost micro-processor

Cor
Boo e
st

Note: The ability to unlock the hidden CPU cores

may vary by processor.
 Auto Unlock
Unlock the hidden cores with simple click in the Easy Tune 6 utility
utility

Before

After

Just 1
simple click

4 Core!!
Note: The ability to unlock the hidden CPU cores
may vary by processor.
 Auto Unlock
CPU Spec. Current price*
Athlon II X2 250 3.0GHz, 65W USD 66
Athlon II X3 440 3.0GHz, 95W USD 87
Athlon II X4 640 3.0GHz, 95W USD 122
Price was based on AMD Feb 10 Price list

CineBench R10 Multiple CPU score 87% up

41% up

Note: The ability to unlock the hidden CPU cores

may vary by processor.
 ON/OFF Charge
Delivers the best recharging capabilities for the
iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch

• Enables FAST Charge for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

• GIGABYTE 3X USB power to provide sufficient charge power
• Supports charging in working state, standby, hibernate and power off
mode
Charge Your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch Anytime

• Supports power hungry iPhone/iPad/iPod

Touch Charge from USB ports
• Charge when your PC is turned off
• Shortens the charging time by up to 40%!
 On/Off Charge Theory and Rules

On/Off Charge USB port

Supports iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch charging
while PC is in Hibernation and power off modes

Connect On/Off charge USB pin

pin--
header to front panel USB ports
 On/Off Charge Theory and Rules

S3 S4
S0 S1/S2 S5
Suspend Suspend
Working Standby Shutdown
to RAM to DISK

On/Off
Charge V V V V V
USB port

Standard V V V
USB port
* *
Other
Motherboards X X X X X

V X
Works * Device needs to be connected to PC before entering S4/S5 Doesn’t Work

Notice: Maximum 3 devices can be charged at the same time,

charge current can vary by PSU 5V stand-by spec
 On/Off Charge Comparison
Traditional Motherboards On/Off Charge Motherboards

Slow WIN !
charge
Fast
Charge
System On System On

WIN !
Fast
NO charge
Charge

System OFF System OFF

 Turbo 3D
Turbo Charge Your Graphics Performance

GIGABYTE Turbo 3D dynamically boosts the GPU

(Graphic Processing Unit) clock frequency by
automatically detecting the graphics loading when
processing 2D/3D graphics, allowing the graphics
core clock to operate faster during heavy loading
and delivering a more enhanced graphics
experience.

Note: Overclocking
capabilities may vary
due to hardware and
cooling configurations.
GIGABYTE 333 Onboard Acceleration Technology
GIGABYTE 333 Onboard Acceleration Technology

Featuring AMD SB850 NATIVE high speed SATA 6Gbps

storage 6 ports interface with RAID 0,1,5,10 support.

Featuring SuperSpeed USB 3.0 from NEC with superfast

data transfer rate of up to 5 Gbps.

Featuring 3X USB Power Boost through a unique

hardware design for greater USB device compatibility
and stability.
World’s First Native SATA 3.0 Solution
Integrated into AMD SB850
 SATA 6Gbps
2x Faster than SATA 2, 4x Faster via RAID 0

Provides the latest AMD SB850 NATIVE high speed SATA 6Gbps
storage offering 6 ports with superfast 4x speed with RAID 0, 1, 5,
10 support

AMD SB850

SB850
 Better Performance with SATA 6Gbps
AMD SB850 Beats Marvell SE9128 on
HD TACH performance test (using SATA2 SSD HDD)

450 438.3 280

262.3
260
45% Faster 20% Faster
240
219.6
220
350 200
180
301.9 5% Faster
160
140.7
Marvell AMD 140 Marvell AMD 133.4
SE9128 SB850 SE9128 SB850
250 120
(MB/Sec) (MB/Sec) Average Read Average Write
Burst Speed
Marvell SE9128 AMD SB850 Marvell SE9128 AMD SB850
SATA2 SSD HDD: System:
Intel 80G AM3 PhenomII X4 965, GA-890GPA-UD3H; Intel i7-860, GA-P55A-UD4P
SA2M080G2GC Win7-32bit, HD Tach 3.0.1.0
 Better Performance With SATA 6Gbps
AMD SB850 Beats Marvell SE9128 on
PC Mark Vantage- HDD test (using SATA2 SSD HDD)

23674
23000 21% Faster

20500
19567

Marvell AMD
SE9128 SB850
18000
(Score)
PC Mark Vantage (HDD Test)

Marvell SE9128 AMD SB850

SATA2 SSD HDD: System:

Intel 80G AM3 PhenomII X4 965, GA-890FXMA-UD2H; Intel i7-860, GA-P55A-UD4P
SA2M080G2GC Win7-32bit, 3DMark Vantage (HDD Test Suite)
 World Breaking SATA3 Performance!
3 SATA3 SSDs in RAID 0
500 461.6 473.9
689.5 699.4
700.0 400
332.4 325.3
300
242.5
500.0
200
349.4 147.3

100
300.0
(MB/Sec)
(MB/Sec) Average Read Average Write
Burst Speed
SSDx1 SSDx2 SSDx3 SSDx1 SSDx2 SSDx3

SATA3 SSD HDD: System:

Micron 128G C300 AM3 PhenomII X4 965, GA-890GPA-UD3H; Intel i7-975, GA-X58A-UD7;
Win7-64bit, HD Tach 3.0.1.0
 World Breaking SATA3 Performance!
3 SATA3 SSDs in RAID 0
70000
60925
60000 56582

50000

40000 38722

30000
(Score)
PC Mark Vantage (HDD Test)
SSDx1 SSDx2 SSDx3
SATA3 SSD HDD: System:
Micron 128G C300 AM3 PhenomII X4 965, GA-890GPA-UD3H; Intel i7-975, GA-X58A-UD7;
Win7-64bit, HD Tach 3.0.1.0
World’s First USB 3.0 Logo Certified Solution from NEC
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
5 Gbps transfer rate from
NEC USB 3.0 host controller

10X FASTER
5 Gbps speed USB 3.0 offers 10x performance gain over USB 2.0

Instant Connect
Sync-N-Go technology to minimize user wait-time

Optimized Power Efficiency

No device polling and lower active and idle power requirements

USB 2.0 backwards compatibility

Devices interoperate with USB 2.0 platforms.
Hosts support USB 2.0 legacy devices
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
5 Gbps transfer rate
from NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0

10X
10XFASTER
FASTER!!!

USB 3.0
GIGABYE AMD 800A Series MB
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
No More Waiting

With USB 3.0, transfering a 25GB HD movie is no longer a pain…

14 minutes drops to 70 seconds only!

*Source: NEC
 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
Better Data Transfer Efficiency

USB 2.0 USB 3.0

One direction data transfer Bidirectional data transfer for efficiency

GIGABYE AMD 800A Series MB
Utmost Compatibility with 3x USB Power Boost
 3x USB Power Boost
Offer USB devices More Power
Featuring 3x USB Power Boost
by unique hardware design

USB ports power delivery comparison

Better

Better

Standard Standard
 3x USB Power Boost
Up to 4x Lower Resistance

Better Compatibility
Better Performance Lower resistance fuse
Each USB port protected by (up to 4x lower)
dedicated fuse to ensure lower voltage drop

Note: 3x USB power only compatible for USB 3.0 ports &
On/Off Charge front USB 2.0 ports
 3x USB Power Boost
3X Power Boost performance for USB power
by unique hardware design

Better protection via dedicated fuse on each port

More stable, less power spikes

Better USB device compatibility

Supports more USB devices through USB hub

Support power hunger USB devices

No longer requires ‘Y’ USB cable for external DVD-RW/HDD

(Before) (Now) Better

Needs 2 head 1 head USB
USB to work !!! can work !!!
 The Difference 2X Copper PCBs Make
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™
Durable™ 3 Classic is the industry’
industry’s 1st consumer desktop
motherboard design featuring 2X copper for both power and ground layers

PCB electrical waste is reduced by 50%

Improved signal quality

Reduced temperature around
critical onboard components

1 oz Copper PCB Design 2 oz Copper PCB Design

Power
Layer

Electrons Traveling Through the Copper Electrons Traveling Through the Copper

Ground
Layer
2x Copper PCB Design Benefits

Lower Better Power

Temperature Efficiency

2X Lower Lower EMI

Impedance

Better Better
Overclocking ESD Protection
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 3 Classic
motherboards all adopt 2X Copper PCB
 Security Leadership
Delivering the highest level of protection
from hardware failure and data theft

GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ Technology

b
8M

b
8M
How DualBIOS™ works?
BIOS H/W Boot sequence Boot
check check ON Up!
Pass Pass
Boot
Start
Backup Restore
Boot BIOS data to
Fail kick in main
BIOS

Re-start BIOS Boot Up sequence

 Powerful Audio Technologies

• DOLBY Support
Delivers vivid surround sound for music, movies, and
games, using two to eight speakers or any set of
headphones

• ALC892 Codec
High-performance DAC (Digital-Analog Converter) with
100 dB Signal-to-Noise ratio playback quality

• Blu-ray Support
Enables high quality Full Rate Lossless Audio for Content
Protected media
 GA-880GMA-UD2H(2.0)
Chipset
- AMD 880G, SB850
Processor Support
- AMD AM3 PhenomII/ AthlonII processors
(6core CPU support)
Main Memory
- DDR3 1800+/1333/1066
- 2 Channel, 4 DIMMs (Max. 16GB)
Graphics
- Int. ATI Radeon HD 4250 (DX10.1)
- 1 PCIE2.0 x16 slot for ATI Hybrid CrossFireX
(w/ DX11 ATI Radeon HD 5xxx VGA card)
- 1 PCIE2.0 16 slot (x4)
SATA
- SATA 6Gb/s*5
- eSATA 6Gb/s*1 on rear panel (RAID 0, 1, 5, 10)
USB
- 10* USB2.0 + 2* USB3.0
Display ports
- RGB, HDMI, DVI (HDCP support)
Others
- 8ch HD audio (ALC892) w/Dolby Home Theater
- GbE LAN
- ErP Ready
- Win7 Support
- mATX (244x244mm)
Leader in Motherboard Innovation