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MSI is the one that has begun implementing the new generation of PCI Express 3.0. The MSI has done with his Z68A-GD80 (G3), a board designed for Intel processors (LGA 1155) and integrates the Intel chipset and specifications Z68 quite normal now, except of course the PCIe 3.0.

PCI Express 3.0 comes as a natural evolution from previous versions like 2.0 and the current widely used in virtually all motherboards on the market. According to MSI the bandwidth supported is double favor, of course, the 3.0, although in reality the components that connect to the new slot cannot take full advantage … for now. PCIe 3.0 is fully backwards compatible with version 2.0, which is a great advantage to use all current graphics cards.

The other technical features of the MSI Z68A-GD80 (Gen 3) talk about DDR3, SATA III and II versions (6 and 3 respectively Gbps), USB 3.0 and 2.0 and any little thing. As the number of PCIe 3.0 ports that offer, it is two to 16x.

MSI also announced the Z68A-GD65 (G3), another board almost identical except that it incorporates either eSATA or Firewire, and because its PCIe 2.0 slots are some less. Read more… »

Ivy Bridge, the Intel microprocessor family that will succeed the Intel Core 2nd Gen. (or Sandy Bridge), will bring about an evolution toward the main manufacturing process of 22 nanometers, but could also have some surprises: PCI-Express 3.0.

PCIe has become in recent years in connection standard graphics card to the motherboard in the domestic sphere, i.e. on computers in our homes. Currently dominates the PCI-E version 2.0. The main improvements involve the third generation would be a bandwidth of twice based on 16 links (16x), so that the GPU could communicate much faster with the other components of the computer.

Obviously, besides the improvement provided by PCI-Express 3.0 also need to evolve both graphics cards and motherboards, especially its chipsets. Ivy Bridge chipset will be the first to support PCI-E 3.0, and supposedly the motherboard for these new chips would also be the first to use their slots (we’ll see if all or some of them.)

With all this, the launch of Ivy Bridge could bring enough news about 22 nanometers, new motherboards and new chipsets, new socket (not yet confirmed this, but we all know Intel), PCI-Express 3.0 and the new cards graphs. When? 2012, probably at CES 2012.

PClab.pl Boys have managed to take a sample of upcoming Intel Core processor Gulftown i9. This equips Intel 32nm six-core and was tested three motherboards and PClab team compared the results with those cast by the current i5 Core, Core i7, Core 2 Quad and Phenom II.

As expected, this micro runs six cores and 2800MHz shattered in a second any hint of the other cpus hope, that if, in looking at issues watches and kernel core, Gulftown is not much faster than the processors Core or Core i7 i5. Professional users can greatly benefit from the extra 2 cores, and its support Hyperthreading, but this is clearly not a CPU for gamers and regular users. Read more… »