Biostar: No Worries, Our 6 Series Mainboards Fully Support Native PCI-E Gen. 3

Posted 11/16/2011 at 7:42am | by Paul Lilly

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In preparation for Intel's upcoming 22nm processor refresh, Biostar wants to get the word out that each and every one of its 6 Series motherboards fully support native PCI-E Gen. 3 when paired with chipzilla's next generation Ivy Bridge CPUs. According to Biostar, each board is able to pass the signal test of PCI-E Gen. 3 technology without any hardware changes, unlike at least one other board maker who was accused of having "fake" PCI-E Gen. 3 support.

PCI-E Gen. 3 claims are sometimes a point of controversy, just as we saw in September when MSI called shenanigans on Gigabyte's implementation. MSI put together a boatload of slides calling Gigabyte out for using "fake" Gen. 3 switches and other non-compliant hardware. MSI then demonstrated that by plopping a 22nm CPU into a board that isn't fully PCI-E Gen. 3 compliant, it drops down to Gen 1. x8.

This is why Biostar is making it a point to announce that its 6 Series boards are up to snuff. The list of mainboards that fully support native PCI-E Gen. 3 is long and includes the following boards:

Intel Z68

• TZ68K+
• TZ68A+

Intel P67

• TP67XE (PCI-E 16_1 slot only)
• TP67B+

Intel H67

• TH67A+
• TH67+
• TH67B
• TH67XE
• H67MU3
• H67MH

Intel H61

• TH61 ITX
• TH61
• TH61A
• TH61U3+
• H61B
• H61MLV
• H61MLC
• H61MGC
• H61MHB
• H61MLB
• H61MU3
• H61ML
• H61MH
• H61MGB

Image Credit: Biostar