GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?

[basher]

Hi,

Can anyone let me know the UK release date of the new Z68 gaming boards that will expand the line of the Gigabyte G1 gaming series ?

When can we expect to see them here in blighty ? 

Cheers basher

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

I am afraid I haven't heard anything about the release date for them.

[Nelly]

Hi,

Can anyone let me know the UK release date of the new Z68 gaming boards that will expand the line of the Gigabyte G1 gaming series ?

When can we expect to see them here in blighty ? 

Cheers basher

Within the next 6 weeks according to this, when I asked the very same question > http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=19377778&postcount=44

[basher]

Thanks Gents, looks like we all have our answer now the G1 Sniper 2 is officially announced.

I have been looking through the spec sheet for this mobo and there are a couple of things I have noticed :-

'Multi-display support with 2 way SLI™ support'

Support for AMD CrossFireX™/NVIDIA SLI technology
* The PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode when AMD CrossFireX™/NVIDIA SLI is enabled.

This has confused me a little, perhaps someone a bit more knowledgeable than this can talk to what I am thinking here :-

I'm thinking this means no  dual GTX590 support ?? (ie quad SLI) ?
If I drop 2 GTX 580s in this board both will operate in x8 mode rather than x16 mode and I lose graphics performance ?
Am I missing something here ? (G1 Assassin 2 perhaps ??)

Cheers Basher.

[Dark Mantis]

Hi basher,

You don't need to worry about the 8x support for each slot as no graphics card to use more than 8x so far anyway. This has been a restriction on many boards already.

I would think the G1-Assassin 2 is a distinct possibility.

[basher]

Thanks Mantis for the response, I'll keep an eye on the announcements ....

Basher