Gigabyte GA-X99P-SLI Thunderbolt-3 released

[Catalonia]

So, here it is. The new member of the X99 family. 

 

Gigabyte GA-X99P-SLI, which claims to be the first motherboard with Thunderbolt 3 and X99. 

 

Compared to a MSI X99S Gaming 9 or Asus Rampage V Extreme looks quite strong. 

 

Any thoughts? 

 

 

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5658#ov

 

 

 

[NumLock21]

Saw that a while back. Was on their site but it was never announced.

 

[Catalonia]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

Saw that a while back. Was on their site but it was never announced.

 

 

What's the story with the Thunderbolt to Displayport bridge? I just don't understand.... Having a cable going from the GPU to the MB? Why?

[NumLock21]

2 minutes ago, Catalonia said:

 

What's the story with the Thunderbolt to Displayport bridge? I just don't understand.... Having a cable going from the GPU to the MB? Why?

To use the tb3 connector as a display output. 

[Guest]

WANT

[Catalonia]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

To use the tb3 connector as a display output. 

So... To use the video output of your GPU in a TB cable you have to connect the TB from the Motherboard to the GPU and then convert one of the Display Ports of your GPU to TB with a special connector? ....

[NumLock21]

4 minutes ago, Catalonia said:

So... To use the video output of your GPU in a TB cable you have to connect the TB from the Motherboard to the GPU and then convert one of the Display Ports of your GPU to TB with a special connector? ....

It's dp to mini dp or mini dp to mini dp. 

[The Benjamins]

19 minutes ago, Catalonia said:

So... To use the video output of your GPU in a TB cable you have to connect the TB from the Motherboard to the GPU and then convert one of the Display Ports of your GPU to TB with a special connector? ....

 

You connect DP out on GPU to DP in on the MOBO, then TB to monitor/hub. Its so you can have one cable go from the PC to monitor/hub to provide video, USB, Ethernet. I feel its a better feature on laptops.

[Curufinwe_wins]

FTW is the "

• Feature Upgrade Possible support

" about?

 

 

Like uhh, placeholder for some crazy added benefit for Broadwell-E or something?

 

BTW great addition to the board. I am STILL waiting for thunderbolt 3 pcie cards though... I thought ASUS had theirs done in July, WTF guys?

[Catalonia]

6 hours ago, The Benjamins said:

 

You connect DP out on GPU to DP in on the MOBO, then TB to monitor/hub. Its so you can have one cable go from the PC to monitor/hub to provide video, USB, Ethernet. I feel its a better feature on laptops.

 

OK that makes sense now. I am probably never going to use that, but is nice to have. 

[Catalonia]

3 hours ago, Curufinwe_wins said:

FTW is the "

• Feature Upgrade Possible support

" about?

 

 

Like uhh, placeholder for some crazy added benefit for Broadwell-E or something?

 

BTW great addition to the board. I am STILL waiting for thunderbolt 3 pcie cards though... I thought ASUS had theirs done in July, WTF guys?

Looks like this motherboard had the Thunderbolt 3 port disabled when launched, then enabled by a BIOS update. So... Maybe they can enable the coffee machine that's hiding beneath the connectors in future updates....

 

[shdowhunt60]

Really annoying that Thunderbolt 3 adoption is so slow. People aren't going to use it unless it gets out there (and preferably at a non-ridiculous price premium).

 

That said, expect more mobos like these. Everybody's going to release new mobos for Broadwell-E.

[awesomeness10120]

4 hours ago, shdowhunt60 said:

Really annoying that Thunderbolt 3 adoption is so slow. People aren't going to use it unless it gets out there (and preferably at a non-ridiculous price premium).

 

That said, expect more mobos like these. Everybody's going to release new mobos for Broadwell-E.

Rampage V Extreme Black Edition

 

[Catalonia]

37 minutes ago, awesomeness10120 said:

Rampage V Extreme Black Edition

 

 

37 minutes ago, awesomeness10120 said:

Rampage V Extreme Black Edition

 

Rampage V Exterme Black Ultra Low, Floating, Extreme Power Lane for FPS Quad-Way SLI Edition

[Real_PhillBert]

OP, Let me help you:

 

 

 

 

[Catalonia]

19 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

OP, Let me help you:

 

 

 

 

So cool and a really good value for the money. I would love to see a comparision between this and some MSI and ASUS and check out if there's any difference in FPS comapred to very expensive Rampage V or Godlike. Which they will probably be updated in Computex by the way