- May 3, 2011
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I know the Z68 motherboards aren't generally available but I am hoping for some insight based on people's experience with H67.
I am upgrading my PC by replacing everything except the displays, keyboard, mouse and hard disk drives. I have all of the components except CPU (arrives in two days) and motherboard. The computer will be used for mostly gaming and the occasional video compression task.
I have been trying to patiently wait for the Z68 chipset to arrive (soon I expect) so I can use QuickSync, overclock the CPU and potentially SLI/Crossfire but I recently read a post on another forum suggesting users interested in gaming choose P67 motherboards vs Z68 because on Z68 boards the Processor Graphics will share PCI Express bandwidth with the discrete graphics cards, thus incurring a penalty in gaming performance.
Is this true? If it is, I would hope that it would show now in H67 motherboards. In other words, given identical systems except motherboard chipset, which would have faster gaming performance? H67, P67 or Z68?
I'll be wanting to take advantage of QuickSync if possible so I can either plug in my second display to the Processor Graphics or use Virtu software if provided. Is QuickSync even worth it? Should I just get a P67 motherboard?
My google skills are coming up sort answering these questions, so I hope someone here provide an answer or point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance!
I am upgrading my PC by replacing everything except the displays, keyboard, mouse and hard disk drives. I have all of the components except CPU (arrives in two days) and motherboard. The computer will be used for mostly gaming and the occasional video compression task.
I have been trying to patiently wait for the Z68 chipset to arrive (soon I expect) so I can use QuickSync, overclock the CPU and potentially SLI/Crossfire but I recently read a post on another forum suggesting users interested in gaming choose P67 motherboards vs Z68 because on Z68 boards the Processor Graphics will share PCI Express bandwidth with the discrete graphics cards, thus incurring a penalty in gaming performance.
Is this true? If it is, I would hope that it would show now in H67 motherboards. In other words, given identical systems except motherboard chipset, which would have faster gaming performance? H67, P67 or Z68?
I'll be wanting to take advantage of QuickSync if possible so I can either plug in my second display to the Processor Graphics or use Virtu software if provided. Is QuickSync even worth it? Should I just get a P67 motherboard?
My google skills are coming up sort answering these questions, so I hope someone here provide an answer or point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance!