GIGABYTE AORUS Z490 motherboards to support PCIe 4.0 with Rocket Lake?

Posted on Wednesday, April 22 2020 @ 18:42 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
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VideoCardz delivers exclusive news that Gigabyte's AORUS Z490 series motherboards are PCI Express 4.0 ready. The exact implications of this are unknown. Intel's Comet Lake-S doesn't support PCI Express 4.0 so there's speculation that this feature will be enabled with the future Rocket Lake-S processors.
Intel Rocket Lake-S series is expected to launch after the Comet Lake-S series, either as part of the 10th Gen Core series or as 11th Gen Core later this year. We already told you that Rocket Lake-S features PCIe 4.0 support and there were rumors that Z490 motherboards could support the new generation of the interface. This is especially important because AMD’s high-end X570 platform is PCIe 4.0 compatible and has been for quite a while now.

Gigabyte PCIe 4.0 Hardware Design:
  • 2x PCIE 4.0 Slot (Reinforced PCIe 4.0 x16 or x8/x8 with lower impedance)
  • M.2 PCIe 4.0 Slot (M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot with lower impedance)
  • PCIE 4.0 Turbo B-Clock (External clock generator for PCIe 4.0 overclocking)
  • PCIE 4.0 Switches (Switch PCIe 4.0 x16 into PCIe x8/x8)
  • PCIe 4.0 Re-driver (Boost & strengthen PCIe 4.0 signals to longer lengths)
  • 3.3x Slot Signal Stability
  • 4x Lower Low Signal Loss PCB
  • Gigabyte Z490 AORUS


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