Features & Specifications

Information technology'southward hard to know where to beginning with a motherboard that seems to have it all. The Gigabyte G1.Sniper2 is a system within itself, removing the need to upgrade anything including the audio and network devices. It'due south merely intended to be outfitted with a graphics cards -- 2 of them to exist exact.

The board offers support for 2-way CrossFireX or 2-manner SLI depending on your preference. With such a configuration, all the same, many gamers find that at that place minimal (if any) room left to upgrade a motherboard'south onboard sound codec with a discrete sound card from Creative or elsewhere.

This won't be an issue for G1.Sniper2 owners, as the board incorporates a Creative Sound Blaster Ten-Fi Digital Audio Processor (20K2) supporting X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity and EAX Avant-garde HD 5.0 technologies.

Additionally, Gigabyte every bit included a loftier capacity amplifier, which is able to drive 150Ω loads, allowing gamers to enjoy a fuller range of dynamic sound with crisper details and less distortion when using high quality headphones. The amplifier also features broad bandwidth, low noise, high slew charge per unit and low distortion, making it platonic for professional sound usage. Gigabyte has also equipped the G1.Sniper2 with iv additional amplifiers onboard for the center/sub-woofer, rear speaker, side surround and line out.

For those concerned about network lag mucking up their gameplay, Gigabyte has included Bigfoot Networks' Killer E2100 NIC, which is featured on all G1.Killer motherboards. Gigabyte is the merely motherboard manufacturer to accept implemented the Killer E2100 Gigabit network controller onboard.

Utilizing a unique combination of dedicated Network Processing Unit (NPU) and exclusive Game Networking Deoxyribonucleic acid technology, the Bigfoot Networks Killer E2100 is designed to give the all-time online gaming feel possible. The Dedicated NPU features its own 1GB DDR2 retention buffer which helps offload network traffic from the CPU, freeing it upward to do other important calculating tasks.

While Gigabyte has included some very impressive audio and network controllers, the company hasn't forgotten about storage support. Apart from the six SATA 3Gb/s ports attached to the Intel Z68 flake, an additional two SATA ports take been included.

Unfortunately, the Marvell 88SE9172 controller has been embedded rather than the newer and faster 88SE9182. The included scrap provides an additional two onboard SATA ports that support 6Gb/southward speeds too equally RAID0 and RAID1 arrays.

The G1.Sniper2 is brimming with USB connectivity, exceeding the dozen standard USB ii.0 ports courtesy of 2 Etron EJ168 controllers that supply 4 USB 3.0 ports -- two at the rear and some other ii using a bundled iii.5" front end mounted bracket.

Gigabyte has infused the G1.Sniper2 with many of its own technologies likewise, such every bit its DualBIOS characteristic. With two physical BIOS ROMs onboard, DualBIOS enables quick and seamless recovery from BIOS impairment or failure due to viruses or improper updating. It also supports booting from 3TB+ difficult drives without requiring you to create partitions.

Gigabyte's On/Off Charge engineering is as well worth mentioning every bit it lets you accuse devices regardless of whether your PC is on, in standby or even off. What'due south more than impressive is that it allows devices to draw more current than standard USB ports allow, boosting the recharge time over similar "sleep and charge" implementations.