Taipei, Taiwan, August 8, 2011 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and computing hardware solutions today announced their entire range of 6 series motherboards are ready to support the next generation Intel 22nm CPUs (LGA1155 Socket) as well as offer native support for PCI Express Gen. 3 technology, delivering maximum data bandwidth for future discrete graphics cards.
Wanting to provide maximum upgradeability to customers, GIGABYTE has enabled native support for PCI Express Gen. 3 across the entire range of GIGABYTE 6 series motherboards, including the recently launched G1.Sniper 2 motherboard, when paired with Intel's next generation 22nm CPUs. By installing the latest BIOS for their 6 series motherboards today, users can be assured they are ready to take advantage of all the performance enhancements tomorrow's technologies have to offer.
To future proof your GIGABYTE 6 series motherboard, please download and install the latest BIOS update for your motherboard model from the GIGABYTE website: http://www.gigabyte.com/.
GIGABYTE 22nm CPU and PCIe 3.0 Ready Motherboards
Wanting to provide maximum upgradeability to customers, GIGABYTE has enabled native support for PCI Express Gen. 3 across the entire range of GIGABYTE 6 series motherboards, including the recently launched G1.Sniper 2 motherboard, when paired with Intel's next generation 22nm CPUs. By installing the latest BIOS for their 6 series motherboards today, users can be assured they are ready to take advantage of all the performance enhancements tomorrow's technologies have to offer.
To future proof your GIGABYTE 6 series motherboard, please download and install the latest BIOS update for your motherboard model from the GIGABYTE website: http://www.gigabyte.com/.
GIGABYTE 22nm CPU and PCIe 3.0 Ready Motherboards
| Chipset | Model | BIOS |
| Z68 | G1.Sniper 2 | F3 |
| GA-Z68XP-UD5 | F3 | |
| GA-Z68X-UD5-B3 | F8 | |
| GA-Z68XP-UD4 | F3 | |
| GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 | F8 | |
| GA-Z68XP-UD3P | F4 | |
| GA-Z68X-UD3P-B3 | F6 | |
| GA-Z68XP-UD3R | F3 | |
| GA-Z68X-UD3R-B3 | F4 | |
| GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 | F8 | |
| GA-Z68XP-UD3 | F4 | |
| GA-Z68MX-UD2H-B3 | F9 | |
| GA-Z68A-D3H-B3 | F10 | |
| GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3 | F8 | |
| P67/H67 | GA-P67A-UD5-B3 | F6 |
| GA-P67A-UD4-B3 | F5 | |
| GA-P67A-UD3P-B3 | F5 | |
| GA-P67X-UD3R-B3 | F4 | |
| GA-P67A-UD3R-B3 | F5 | |
| GA-P67X-UD3-B3 | F5 | |
| GA-P67A-UD3-B3 | F5 | |
| GA-P67A-D3-B3 | F4 | |
| GA-P67-DS3-B3 | F2 | |
| GA-PH67A-UD3-B3 | F5 | |
| GA-PH67-UD3-B3 | F4 | |
| GA-PH67-DS3-B3 | F2 | |
| GA-PH67A-D3-B3 | F4 | |
| GA-H67A-D3H-B3 | F5b | |
| GA-H67M-D2-B3 | F5a | |
| GA-H67N-USB3-B3 | F6e | |
| H61 | GA-H61M-D2P-B3 | F6 |
| GA-H61M-D2-B3 | F7 | |
| GA-H61M-S2V-B3 | F5 | |
| GA-H61M-USB3-B3 | F8 | |
| GA-H61M-S2-B3 | F2 | |
| GA-H61N-USB3 | F2 | |
| GA-HA65M-D2H-B3 | F8 | |
| GA-P61-S3-B3 | F4 | |
| GA-P61-DS3-B3 | F3 | |
| GA-P61-USB3-B3 | F8 | |
| GA-PA65-UD3-B3 | F8 |