Tuesday, April 22nd 2014
GIGABYTE G1.Gaming Z97 Motherboard Pictured
GIGABYTE is giving final touches to its next G1.Killer series motherboard, the G1.Gaming Z97. Branded in an uncanny way to MSI's Gaming series, the G1.Gaming is a mid-range ($150 - $200) socket LGA1150 motherboard based on Intel's Z97 Express chipset, which can run Core "Haswell" Refresh processors out of the box. The board features most of the stuff you've come to expect from "gaming" grade motherboards. To begin with, its draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS power connectors, and uses an 8-phase VRM to condition power to the CPU. The CPU is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots, supporting up to 64 GB of dual-channel DDR3 memory; and two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots (electrical x8/x8 when both are populated). Three PCI-Express 2.0 x1, and two legacy PCI make for the rest of its expansion area.
Display connectivity on the G1.Gaming Z97 includes DisplayPort and HDMI. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s, and likely one M.2 slot. A total of six USB 3.0 ports are on offer, four on the rear panel, two by header. The board features 7.1-channel Creative Sound Core3D audio with user-replaceable OPAMPs, a 115 dBA DAC, audiophile-grade electrolytic capacitors, and ground-layer isolation. The wired networking on this board is equally special, a Broadcom-Killer E2100 PCIe NIC with packet prioritization that's optimized for multiplayer gaming. For those with USB headsets that come with their own DACs, GIGABYTE is offering a special USB 2.0 port with extra power output, and electrical noise filter. GIGABYTE's dual-UEFI BIOS is at the helm of this board.
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Expreview
Display connectivity on the G1.Gaming Z97 includes DisplayPort and HDMI. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s, and likely one M.2 slot. A total of six USB 3.0 ports are on offer, four on the rear panel, two by header. The board features 7.1-channel Creative Sound Core3D audio with user-replaceable OPAMPs, a 115 dBA DAC, audiophile-grade electrolytic capacitors, and ground-layer isolation. The wired networking on this board is equally special, a Broadcom-Killer E2100 PCIe NIC with packet prioritization that's optimized for multiplayer gaming. For those with USB headsets that come with their own DACs, GIGABYTE is offering a special USB 2.0 port with extra power output, and electrical noise filter. GIGABYTE's dual-UEFI BIOS is at the helm of this board.
28 Comments on GIGABYTE G1.Gaming Z97 Motherboard Pictured
4 DIMM x 8GB/DIMM .. or they are available 16GB/DIMM ?
When I saw the red in Techpowerup's post I was :( but if pics from lab501 are legit, then we're finally getting a good, somewhat affordable black mobo.
my z87 pisses all over both z77 and z68 in terms of "chipset" performance.
z77 was hardly any better than 775 at the end.
They're alright. Instead of giving us two boards with PCI I would have like to see a model with a pair of M.2 slots in those spaces for a more diversified and in my opinion, desirable lineup.
**There is also a SATA Express port defined for only SATA Express devices, but at this time we'll mostly see the other one to smooth the transition. It also doesn't take up much more space on the board so I expect the 2 SATA Express + 2 SATA configuration to be a popular one. (And if someone were to produce a board with 2 M.2 slots and 2 SATA Express that would be hot!)
the performance of my drives, and ram all improved on z87.
while the ram was constrained by sandy the drives where not on either z68 or z77 so where else does it come from?
are they next to your false facts?
or the stuck up nature about your hardware?
if you knew me you would know how i feel about how it stacks up against my other systems and why and how i got it :)
As he pointed out, Intel seen there was going to be an issue, so they worked the hell out of the board to get the best performance.
Sure if I had an SSD it'd be an awesome system, but running 24/7, i'm not "in a hurry" to reboot the system.
There's not enough real world performance gain out yet for me to spend the money to move up to a new platform. Benching dont mean alot for everyday performance to most.
Now TBH, that the new Gen video card's {780's/R290's} there's a performance increase to be had over my 5870, but the 7970, not much more than eye candy for 1080p.
I'd love to get the last Skulltrail Intel board and a 4770K, but it's just not going to do much but take $$$ outta me, but the same $$$ for 780 performance hell yes, "HELL NO" from the wife Lol :ohwell:!!!
I had the same thought, but now I'm betting Intel keeps making desktop boards, since their recent public statement in support of desktop enthusiast platforms. If not, Asus boards are the next best thing, and they'll probably be working closer with Intel on board and chipset development. I almost ordered a 780, but decided that my 660 Ti would serve until the 800 series debuts. I'll upgrade MOBO, CPU & GPU in late 2014/early 2015 and hopefully be able to actually feel the difference coming from Ivy Bridge/Kepler.