The leaks of the Z490 motherboards continue, and in this case the affected is Gigabyte, from whom 6 models based on this chipset were leaked, with the particularity of supporting PCI-Express 4.0, a function that in any case cannot be used with Comet Lake- Yes, but you will have to wait for Rocket Lake-S in 2021.
According to a special Gigabyte document leaked by Videocardz, these are the features of the company's PCI-E 4.0 implementation:
Gigabyte PCI-E 4.0 Hardware Design
- 2x PCIE 4.0 slot (PCIe 4.0 Enhanced x16 or x8 / x8 with lower impedance)
- M.2 PCIe 4.0 slot (M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 with lower impedance)
- Turbo B-Clock for PCIE 4.0 (External Clock Generator for PCI-E 4.0 Overclocking)
- PCIE 4.0 switches (Change a PCIe 4.0 x16 to PCIe x8 / x8)
- PCIe 4.0 Re-Drivr (Increases and strengthens PCIe 4.0 signals for longer lengths)
- 3.3x greater slot signal stability
- 4x lower Low Signal Loss
Regarding the leaked motherboards, the Aorus Xtreme Waterforce, Aorus Master, Aorus Pro AX, Aorus Ultra, I Aorus Ultra, and Vision G models were filtered. Below you can find images of all of them:
What do you think about these Gigabyte Z490 motherboards?
Source: Videocardz