Comparative motherboards: ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI

	Gigabyte				MSi		Asus
	P35	P45		X58	P45	P55	P35	P45
	EP35-DS3R	EP45-DS4	EX58-UD4P	EX58-UD5	P45T C51	P55-CD53	P5K-SE	P5Q
Miscellaneous								TO CLARIFY
Need fix Reset Cmos	DSDT	DSDT	DSDT	DSDT	No	No	No	No
Boot without DSDT (CPU Alias)	Native	Native	Native	Native	No	No	Native	Native
LPC Device	DSDT	DSDT	DSDT	Native	Native	Native	DSDT	A test
Need fix HPET	DSDT	DSDT	DSDT	DSDT	No	No	DSDT	A test
Time Machine	Native	Native	Chameleon	Native	Native	kext (network)	Kext	Native?
Discs
AHCI	Native	Native	Native	Native	Native	Native	Bios mod	Native
Fix Icons Oranges (AHCI)	DSDT	Legacy	Legacy	Legacy	Legacy	No	Legacy	No
SATA	Native	kext	Native	Native	kext	Native	kext	kext?
IDE	kext	No	kext	Native	A test	kext	A test	A test
Watch
Functional	Native	Native	Native	Native	Native	Native	No	Native?
Reveille by USB 1.1	Native	Native	Native	A test	Native	Native	-	Native
Reveille by USB 2	No	DSDT	Native	Native	Native	Native	-	Native
Eject USB Storage after awakening	A test	DSDT	DSDT	DSDT	Native	Native	-	Native
Auto Sleep	Native	Native	Native	Native	Native	Native	-	Native
Hibernation	Native	Native	Native	Native	Native	Native	No	Native
Power-Management
Restart	kext	Chameleon	Chameleon	Chameleon	Native	Native	Native	Native
Shutdown	kext	DSDT	DSDT	DSDT	Native	Native	kext	Native
c-states	DSDT	DSDT	Native	DSDT	DSDT	Native	DSDT	A test
p-states	DSDT	DSDT	Native	Native	DSDT	Native	DSDT	A test
Turbo Boost (iCORE)	-	-	Native	DSDT	-	Native	-	-
Network
Internet	Native	Native	Kext	Kext	Native	Kext	Kext	Kext
Hello	kext	Kext	Kext	Kext	Kext	Kext	Kext	A test
Audio
Legacy AppleHDA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	A test
VoodooHDA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

This table shows the point that we considered essential for the compatibility of motherboards with Os X. The 3 Main starts to OSX86 are represented: ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI.

This comparison is based on Snow Leopard, with the boot file that you can find in the link below.

The results are nevertheless subject to change based on updates to the system.

스노우 레오파드를 기준으로 비교를 해보았고 boot파일은 아래에 링크를 걸어 두었다.

It is seen from this table that each brand has its strengths and weaknesses.

If you're scared or unsure about editing the DSDT for energy management and the processor, the MSI are relatively strong on this point.

Gigabyte and ASUS, you can benefit from data that does not appear in this picture: the support of the community, since these cards are widely used, with certain advantage for a Gigabyte that will rate compatibility close to perfection if they are well patched.

각사의 장단점을 알 수 있지만 만약 에너지 관리를 위한  DSDT 수정에 익숙하지 않다면 MSI보드를 강력하게 추천한다.  DSDT 수정할 필요가 없이 기본적으로 지원되니까,,,,

Gigabyte 와 ASUS는 이 그림에서는 별다른 이점이 보이질 않지만, Gigabyte보드는 제대로 정확하게 패치만 할 수 있다면 호환성 면에서 거의 완벽에 가깝게 할 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있다.  아주 드물기는 하지만,,,,

In conclusion, we could say that every time his mother cards: If Asus were the "queens" with Tiger and Leopard early, became the Gigabytes (especially with P35/P45 Chipset) the "Must Have" for Leopard.

결론적으로, ASUS사 제품이 타이거와 레오파드버전에서는 퀸이었다면 P35/P45  칩셋에서는 단연 기가바이트 보드라고 할 수 있다. 다만, 제대로 패치를 해야 한다는 단점이 있긴 하지만 ,,,,

Today, thanks in part to advances in DSDT patches, we realize that the cards BIOS MSI offer better quality and more compatible with Snow Leopard. This is because of the fact that MSI, and especially Apple, better meet the ACPI specification. Therefore with some motherboards MSI recent, you can avail of the Power Management Processor (included) natively. (Otherwise, follow the guide:

http://www.darwinx86.net/guides/installer-configurer/208-pmosx.

If you wish to contribute to this comparison, you can follow the forum topic here:

http://www.darwinx86.net/forum/53-le-bistro/982-recherche-utilisateurs-p55-x58-gigabytemsi