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Title: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
Post by: basher 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

Title: Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
Post by: Dark Mantis on July 01, 2011, 06:31:01 pm

Hi

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

Title: Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
Post by: Nelly on July 06, 2011, 05:10:02 am

Quote from: basher 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

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

Title: Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
Post by: basher 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.

Title: Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
Post by: Dark Mantis 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.

Title: Re: GA-Z68-GAMING UK release date ?
Post by: basher on August 07, 2011, 11:35:39 am

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

Basher