Details on Intel's Z68/X68 and Patsburg models

[biostud]

That sounds like an awesome feature. Hopefully all motherboards will have it integrated soon.

Until then you can try the silverstone hdd boost

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1361/1/

 

[palladium]

1. Interesting to see them fit all these (8 DIMM slots, hopefully at least 3 PCIe slots plus all the regular stuff) onto an ATX form factor board.

2. I hope they won't remove Quick Sync from these processors.

 

[Rifter]

2. I hope they won't remove Quick Sync from these processors.

I dont think this is even a option for X68 as there is no IGP.

 

[Idontcare]

1. Interesting to see them fit all these (8 DIMM slots, hopefully at least 3 PCIe slots plus all the regular stuff) onto an ATX form factor board.

2. I hope they won't remove Quick Sync from these processors.

Well they could stop using up all that stop dedicated to unused PCIe connectors and put some dimms there.

 

[dansus]

New Macs come with switchable graphics, maybe a good sign that Z68 will do the same.

 

[MrTransistorm]

New Macs come with switchable graphics, maybe a good sign that Z68 will do the same.

That's been true for a while now, and it's because the laptops and iMacs all use laptop chipsets. The outputs of the integrated and add-on video processors share the same output connector. In a desktop PC where there are physically separate output connectors, switching between graphics adapters on one output connector would require frame grabbing from one adapter to the other. I imagine this would create a large performance hit.

 

[dansus]

That's been true for a while now, and it's because the laptops and iMacs all use laptop chipsets. The outputs of the integrated and add-on video processors share the same output connector. In a desktop PC where there are physically separate output connectors, switching between graphics adapters on one output connector would require frame grabbing from one adapter to the other. I imagine this would create a large performance hit.

That makes sense, hopefully they will at least have a way of accessing QuickSync while using an external GPU. Thats all really care to use regarding the iGPU and i can forgo the external to do that as i dont play games.

 

[sticks435]

That makes sense, hopefully they will at least have a way of accessing QuickSync while using an external GPU. Thats all really care to use regarding the iGPU and i can forgo the external to do that as i dont play games.

Sooo you want to use quicksynch with an external GPU, but you don't want an external GPU because you don't play games. How does that work?

 

[jsedlak]

Can the integrated chip do multiple displays?

 

[PreferLinux]

Yes, two.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Sorry from your link . I couldn't help but lol .

According to this roadmap we're looking at the H61 chipset to arrive fairly shortly and the Z68 towards the end of this half of the year,

You will see the Z at cebit