Z68 motherboard sneak sale

The Intel Z68 chipset will not be released until May 8, but the GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 from Gigabyte has already begun sales in Taiwan and Norway.

Intel Z68 is actually a collection of P67/H67 features, can provide better overclocking support for Sandy Bridge processor, integrated graphics and memory, but also supports video output. Although most of the extreme players may not be satisfied with Sandy Bridge's integrated GPU performance, they may not be particularly interested in the Z68's built-in Quick Sync multimedia acceleration feature. However, the new Z68 motherboard supports display output is not a bad thing, even for those hot game players, they are not always need strong display performance. With Lucidlogix Virtu can switch to the processor's built-in GPU output when unnecessary, can save a lot of power Z68 chipset also supports cache technology "intelligent response", should be considered the best choice for Sandy Bridge platform.

The GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD7-B3 is designed in black and gold color to support the current popular USB 3.0 (six) and SATA 6Gbps interfaces (at least two) with four PCI-E x16 and one PCI-E x1 Two PCI expansion slots, just multiplex CrossFireX, SLI, dual Gigabit LAN, 7.1-channel sound card, IEEE1394a interface, etc., but they did not provide any video output interface.

The price of this motherboard in the Taiwan region is unknown, and a Norwegian online store bid a price of NOK 2715, which is approximately RMB 3,300.