ASRock Z68 Extreme4

ASRock Z68 Extreme4 @ TweakTown

“Also, because we went into so much detail on the motherboards in those previews, we won’t be looking at the board or package here today, as everything is covered in extensive detail already. So because we’ve been able to have a look at this board and others in great detail already, we’ll be able to instead get stuck straight into the fun stuff like the BIOS, Overclocking and of course, performance.”

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO & Z68

ASUS P8Z68-V PRO & Z68 @ Hexus

“But Z68’s hybrid nature is exemplified by the ‘southbridge’, which really is an amalgamation of H67 and P67, plus some other goodies on top. The entire left-hand side is a replica of an H67, which means it has support for outputting Sandy Bridge CPUs’ video via three digital connections (only two concurrently), made possible by the Flexible Display Interface hook-up to the chip.”

ASUS P8Z68 V PRO

ASUS P8Z68 V PRO @ Guru3D

“Next to that most Z68 motherboards will get the ability to switch in-between the processor IGP and a dedicated graphics card. That means you could use the Sandy Bridge IGP for seriously fast transcoding, yet once you want to play a game your dedicated graphics card, that 3D accelerated solution will kick in. Pretty cool stuff, in theory.”