Gigabyte has been pushing their G1 series “gaming” motherboards for some time now but the Sniper 2 represents their first step away from the aging X58 platform.  Not only is this board more affordable than its predecessor but it also comes with Z68-exclusive features like SSD caching and Virtu GPU switching technology.

Unlike the last generation of X58 G1 Killer motherboards, Gigabyte is jumping feet first into the high-end Z68 market with the new G1.Sniper 2.  However, support for Virtu switchable graphics are only supported through an HDMI connector and a high price is almost guaranteed.   GIGABYTE TECHNOLGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards and [...]

With Intel’s Z68 platform finally here, there is a long list of new features like Intel’s Smart Response Technology and Lucid’s Virtu that need to be put under the microscope.  In this article we do just that in order to gauge whether the this new chipset is really worth more to the end user than [...]

Intel has officially launched their highly anticipated Z68 chipset. It has all of the overclocking powers of P67 while adding in features like GPU switching through Lucid’s Virtu software and Intel’s own Smart Response Technology which allows SSD caching for dramatic load time improvements.   In this review we take a look at ASUS’ P8Z68-V [...]