Gigabyte 6-series motherboards get PCIe 3.0 and 22nm CPU support

Posted on Wednesday, August 10 2011 @ 13:25 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Motherboard maker Gigabyte announced all of their 6-series motherboards are ready to support PCI Express 3.0 as well as Intel's upcoming 22nm Socket 1155 offerings via BIOS updates. Details can be found on this page.
GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and computing hardware solutions today announced their entire range of 6 series motherboards are ready to support the next generation Intel 22nm CPUs (LGA1155 Socket) as well as offer native support for PCI Express Gen. 3 technology, delivering maximum data bandwidth for future discrete graphics cards.

Wanting to provide maximum upgradeability to customers, GIGABYTE has enabled native support for PCI Express Gen. 3 across the entire range of GIGABYTE 6 series motherboards, including the recently launched G1.Sniper 2 motherboard, when paired with Intel's next generation 22nm CPUs. By installing the latest BIOS for their 6 series motherboards today, users can be assured they are ready to take advantage of all the performance enhancements tomorrow's technologies have to offer.


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