Asus motherboard with UEFI demoed on video

[MrBlkfx1]

This is the best news Ive heard today, I'm very excited for this! No more BIOS! this UI is destined to be great and even looks sexy

 

[Colonel Lance]

I love that they're finally replacing the age old BIOS. It was in severe need for a revamp many years ago.

I hope they do it right and make it all around better than BIOS ever was.

 

[therickster90]

But can it run Crysis?

In all seriousness though, I'd be glad to be done with BIOS. But I'd like it to do more than just look better. I have had some really crappy BIOS with very little options and lots of problems. A nice, standard, modern, motherboard system would be very nice. Especially a simplified device manager (maybe being able to rename drives or change channels without having to plug it into a different slot/take apart the computer. And while we're at it, let's drop IDE.

 

[UT66]

UEFI is nmbr 1 on my top list of features, not going to upgrade until is here, so move yr butt asus, msi, gygabyte, amd, intel,!!!

 

[UT66]

edit, watched he video, they really HAVE to work on that gui design, it has to be a lot cleaner an a bit more ... manlier?

 

[killamoves]

Looks great can't wait to get my hands on it.

 

[sMILEY4ever]

limpangel said:
These are the main features that should have been included in the article:
- Ability to boot from large disks (over 2TB)
- Faster boot-up
- CPU-independent architecture
- CPU-independent drivers
- Flexible pre-OS environment, including networking support
- Modular design

Design enhancements and mouse-controlled user interface are not mandatory, at least in my opinion. I don't need a blue bar to show me how "long" 5V is, i can read very well thank you.
From what I see from this video, the UEFI interface looks now more like an iPhone app than a tool for tech enthusiasts to fiddle with.

Thanks for the info. I was like "new ui? that's it?".

 

[zogo]

"The video is just a taste of what's to come"
Obviously this will bring a higher level of tweaking and overclocking. I wonder how stable UEFI will be. Hopefully a lot!

 

[klepto12]

Can you say its about time lol kinda like UEFI Forever if you get that lol. I do have to say that its a great improvement over the current bios but cant say i wont miss the bios its the only thing ive ever known.

 

[JMMD]

How long before someone finds a security exploit and uses it to infect PC's? I sure hope security was a top priority when designing this new system.

 

[RealXboxMaster]

Can't wait. I'm glad I didn't purchased a MB yet to build my RIG. Way to go ASUS.

 

[Timonius]

Looking forward to it.

 

[dividebyzero]

How long before someone finds a security exploit and uses it to infect PC's? I sure hope security was a top priority when designing this new system.

UEFI can, and probably will, support anti-virus software.
Lets connect the dots...
Intel was/is the prime mover behind UEFI.....
McAfee has had uEFI encryption (inc full disc) and anti-virus on the table for some time (relevant portions start page 29)...
Intel to acquire McAfee for $US7.68bn....
Intel CPU's, chipsets, I/O hubs and other storage controllers are now basically "UEFI ready"...at least for primetime...since Intel's motherboards (as opposed to Intel chipset) have had the ability to boot with EFI/UEFI since the 975 Express (Bad Axe board) chipset- successfully with server boards, less so with desktop. And of course MSI has already announced that it's future Intel boards will be UEFI capable. Their P45 chipset boards utilising ClickBios already use a version of UEFI

 

[red1776]

UEFI can, and probably will, support anti-virus software.
Lets connect the dots...
Intel was/is the prime mover behind UEFI.....
McAfee has had uEFI encryption (inc full disc) and anti-virus on the table for some time (relevant portions start page 29)...
Intel to acquire McAfee for $US7.68bn....
Intel CPU's, chipsets, I/O hubs and other storage controllers are now basically "UEFI ready"...at least for primetime...since Intel's motherboards (as opposed to Intel chipset) have had the ability to boot with EFI/UEFI since the 975 Express (Bad Axe board) chipset- successfully with server boards, less so with desktop. And of course MSI has already announced that it's future Intel boards will be UEFI capable. Their P45 chipset boards utilising ClickBios already use a version of UEFI

...so your saying there's a chance :haha::wave:

 

[dividebyzero]

Where there's a software interface there's an exploit waiting to happen.
My guess, and from what I've read, is that encryption along the same kind of lines as TPM will be available to lessen the chances...or at least make the more nervous/paranoid breathe a little easier.
Hopefully I've shown in a few links that this technology is not something that has just arrived. By the time it reaches mainstream desktop computing it should be a fairly polished and comprehensive product.

 

[ruben1992]

This is great, getting a 6970 after they have been out for a month or two then ill do a Mobo/CPU upgrade when UEFI becomes standard

 

[dlen]

Finally! After years of domination of BIOS it will be replaced by something new and fresh.

 

[Per Hansson]

You don't need to speak Swedish to understand that leaks like this are important to geeks everywhere, and especially those looking forward to a UEFI future.
-I can tell you it sure does help though

therickster90 said:
But can it run Crysis?

I LOL:ed

 

[hellokitty[hk]]

We didn't get to see boot times...

 

[kaosss]

It looks good so far

 

[Storagebox]

idk, i like the Bios of today, i dont like to have like image or animation in a Bios, it looks more cartoonish or easy, Bios need to be technical im prolly just oldschool and with SSD system boot under 15sec idk if UEFI can make it faster but has of today its plenty fast

 

[techpoppin]

I can't wait... This technology is long overdue

 

[kaosss]

UEFI is not new mac are using them for a while so don't worry

 

[Burty117]

hellokitty[hk] said:
We didn't get to see boot times...

Follow the Link LNCpapa has on the first page of comments, Boot Times for a Lenovo T60 with the new UEFI.

 

[compu4]

BIOS is quite outmoded, and I am honestly surprised that it has not been altered in the last 25 years. UEFI should make it much easier for PC enthusiasts to tweak their machines.