After ASRock (ASRock Z68 FATAL1TY born for PCIe 3.0 and Ivy Bridge), also has a MSI motherboard with PCI Express 3.0 (three), offering compatibility with future video cards from AMD and Nvidia, but they are also backward compatible with PCI Express 2.0/2.1 solutions on the market.
The solution to the Taiwanese manufacturer is called Z68A-GD80 (G3) and is equipped with LGA 1155, making it compatible with both the current CPU Sandy Bridge with future processors Ivy Bridge.
This motherboard is equipped with Military Class II components, ie capacitors and other components of the highest quality. Other features include four DDR3 memory slots, ten SATA ports (of which probably four SATA 6 Gbps) and 4 USB 3.0 connectors, two of them on the rear panel. Present support for Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 audio and HDMI and DVI. Not missing a Firewire port and eSATA connectivity.
The motherboard is equipped with technology for overclocking OC Genie II Virtue of LucidLogix and supports to allow the operation of a dedicated video card and Quick Sync integrated graphics.
The company offers Click BIOS II interface in both Windows and using the UEFI, to control all parameters of the motherboard. At the moment it is not known the selling price, but the card should arrive in stores during the third quarter.
Via - Msi.com
