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GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?

basher

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GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
« on: July 01, 2011, 05:58:44 pm »
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

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Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2011, 06:31:01 pm »
Hi

I am afraid I haven't heard anything about the release date for them. :-\
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Nelly

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Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 05:10:02 am »
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
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basher

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Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2011, 02:53:08 am »
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

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Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2011, 09:46:11 am »
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.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2011, 09:47:31 am by Dark Mantis »
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

basher

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Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2011, 11:35:39 am »
Thanks Mantis for the response, I'll keep an eye on the announcements ....

Basher