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September 2011
(85%)
52 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Nice, Gigabyte restyled their motherboard series towards something really impressive and added features like the KillerNIC, X-Fi DSP and more onto the Intel Z68 chipset platform. It's merely a small handful of the extra features, but certainly are very pr...
Excellent Layout with virtually no clearance issues, Bigfoot Killer E2100 chip (10/100/1000 Mbit), 22nm Ivy Bridge/PCIE 3.0 compatible, Remarkable Audio Subsystem implementation using Creative technology and highend components, Two extra SATA3 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0/1 via Marvell 88SE9172 controller, Four USB 3.0 ports (2 in the rear and 2 midboard) via 2 x Etron EJ168 chips, Fourteen USB 2.0
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Performance-wise, the Gigabyte G1.Sniper2 Z68 motherboard is remarkable and performed a lot better than I expected. Granted, this isn’t an overclocking motherboard, so it is lacking some features that enthusiasts have gotten used to when it comes to hi...
Gaming motherboards come in all shapes and sizes and in most cases aren't designed for a specific purpose since the categorization is generally a segmentation decision made by the mobo maker. In fact you can "game" on any motherboard but, if you want...
There are many things we review that the numbers tell the whole story. You can look through the speeds of an SSD and know instantly if it's good enough or not. Graphics cards aren't so simple because you have the heat and noise issue to take into account...
Abstract: GIGABYTE introduced its new range of gaming-oriented motherboards in January to a guarded audience. Would there be enough of a distinction between its normal enthusiast or high-end boards to dedicate to a gaming series? ASUS has done well with its Repu...
I'm really a fan of this board when it all comes down to it. Initially I was little iffy on the color scheme due to the fact I'm personally not a huge fan of the color of green, but it does look better in person over the pictures I feel, and really o...
Feature Set, Creative XFi processor, Bigfoot e2100, PCIe 3.0 Support, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, Lucid Virtu, Smart Fan Headers, Smart Response Technology...
Price, No Debug LED, No On board Switches, Legacy BIOS for most users...
Gigabyte G1.Sniper 2: Overall I would have to say I am pleased with the performance delivered by the Gigabyte G1.Sniper 2 motherboard. On a scale of 1 to 10, I would have to give it an 8, as I was not able to reach the limits of my poor beat up 2600K....
As we saw with the X58 Killer-series boards, Gigabyte has been pushing themselves on the innovation and marketing fronts albeit with varying degrees of success. Pushing a “gamer” motherboard tends blur the line between self styled gamers and power user...
