On the surface, relationships between various motherboard vendors are usually kept above-board and cordial. While there's no love lost between the various companies, there's a certain degree of civility that keeps the wheels of diplomacy greased and situations (mostly) polite. That's why it was actually a bit surprising last week to receive an email from Gigabyte that point-blank accused ASUS of cheating. ASUS, as you might expect, was less-than-thrilled with Gigabyte's accusation, and fired back a PR barrage of its own.