Bring it on
So that all seems straightforward enough; there's only one way to resolve this bit of techie chest-beating: let a respected, independent third party do some testing and see what happens. Naturally they chose HEXUS.
Stewart deserves some respect for calling out ASRock and Gigabyte on this matter and putting MSI kit on the line, because it could all backfire horribly if our findings contradict his claims. However he is right to say that the only way to put this feud to rest is to test and that's what we intend to do.
We have made ASRock and Gigabyte aware of this story and hope to be bringing you confirmation of their acceptance of the challenge soon. Watch this space.