Computex 2017 Scoop: Biostar Racing X299 GT9
Biostar also has a rather pretty looking X299 motherboard on display, this is the beautiful looking Racing X299 GT9.
X299 will bring quad-channel DDR4 support to compatible 14nm processors and 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes with Skylake-X procs. Kaby Lake-X procs will support dual or quad channel DDR4 and just 24 PCIe 3.0 Lanes. The new platform also offers support for Intel Optane and quad channel DDR4-2667 MHz memory. X99 will be based up-on a new socket, LGA 2066 that means that once again you have to purchase a new (X299) motherboard. The E-ATX form-factor motherboard gets a pair of 8-pin power connectors, and an extra 6-pin PCIe. I counted 13-phases (mentioned on the label is 14) + extra phases for the memory subsystem. The processor gets a proper eight DDR4 DIMM slots tied to it. The GT9 has seven PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots which would configure at x16/x16/x8/x4/x4/x4/x4 (with selected processors).
We count two 32 Gb/s M.2 slots which interestingly enough seem to be stacked and also two U.2 ports. Then four SATA 6 Gb/s ports. There is a very expensive Ethernet jack on there, a 1/5/10 GbE jack powered by Intel X550AT. There's also another 1 GbE jack (Intel i219-V) You'll spot 10 Gb/s USB 3.1 ports type-A and type-C one of each and six 'norma' 5 Gb/s USB 3.0. Have a peek at the two photos.
Computex 2017 Scoop: Colorful iGame GTX1080Ti Vulcan X OC - 05/29/2017 01:29 PM
You know, the one with that funky top side LCD screen. You guys can probably remember the iColor series and Vulcan edition graphics cards. That Vulcan series card actually have that small LCD display ...
Computex 2017 Scoop: ASRock X299 Motherboard Galore - 05/29/2017 01:17 PM
ASRock certainly is ballsy, they figured they could show one X299 motherboard, but no, below the fold photos of the ASRockX299 Gaming K6, X299 Formula OC, X299-E ITX/AC, X299 Killer SLI/AC, X299 Prof...
Computex 2017: Intel To Release 18 core Core i9-7980XE Skylake-X CPU - 05/29/2017 01:05 PM
Many expect Intel to answer AMDs 16-core processors with 12 maybe 14 core processors. Certainly not as they will be releasing an 18-core Skylake-X CPU, you better grab your life-savings. The processo...
Computex 2017 Scoop: MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z - 05/29/2017 12:50 PM
It is time for a couple of pre-computex scoops. First stop, check out the new MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning Z. Indeed, a Z editiion. The card will get high clocks, a Mystic LED treatement and qua...
Computex 2017: ASUS Main Press Conference New Zen And Vivobooks - 05/29/2017 10:25 AM
As stated Computex isn’t starting today, but there is a press conference to attend. Which would be ASUS with a generic series of announcements. In this topic their all new Zen and VivoBooks ...