MSI Z68A-GD80 (G3) Quick Guide- Manuals

Page 2 - OVERVIEW

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide OVERVIEW Z68A-GD80, based on the P67A-GD80, embedded the Intel Z68 chipset, is the latest generation of the high-end product. Z68A-GD80 also includes Native SA TA III (6Gbps) support, three PCI-Express X16 slots, ample USB 3.0 ports...

Page 3 - OC : You need K SKU CPU

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Recognize the Sandy Bridge Platform Despite design and architectural similarities between the Intel Series 60 chipsets for the brand new LGA1155 processors and the previous Series 50 chipsets for LGA1156 processors, none of them are...

Page 4 - MILITARY CLASS II MATERIALS; UP; Easy OC for Sandy Bridge ~ OC Genie II

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Previously, MSI provided OC Genie to simplify overclocking for the P55 mainboards. Today, MSI’s Sandy Bridge boards feature the next genera-tion OC Genie II. Since Sandy Bridge base clocks are now limited, the new OC Genie II will t...

Page 5 - Multi-Graphics Cards Gaming Design; SFC

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Multi-Graphics Cards Gaming Design ESR Comparison Solid Cap 5 mΩ Hi-c Cap < 5 mΩ EL Cap >20 mΩ ESR (mΩ) Lower is better SFC To reach the lower power consumption, Z68A-GD80’s PWM adopt Green Choke design, SFC (Super Ferrite Cho...

Page 6 - REaCh thE hIGhER Sata6GB/S

0 Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide ATI CrossFire 3DMark Vantage Benchmark Comparison 1-Way 2-Way 3-Way ATI CrossFire 3DMark Vantage GPU Score Comparison 1-Way 2-Way 3-Way P19954 P29200 18973 31656 Nvidia SLI 3DMark Vantage Benchmark Comparison 1-Way 2-Way Nvidia SL...

Page 7 - Power Super Speed USB; COOLER COnfIGURatIOn; Not recommend

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide USB 3.0 has become the accepted standard for high-speed transfer. As a response to the growing demand of USB 3.0, the Z68A-GD80 breaks through previous limitations by including two NEC USB 3.0 chips to increase the num-ber of USB 3....

Page 8 - Manual OC Overview

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Manual OC Overview Starting from the Sandy Bridge series, MSI will now adopt the new UEFI BIOS as well as Click BIOS into its products. Previously, overclocking options were listed in the “Cell Menu” those options can now be accesse...

Page 9 - OC Ability Reference

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Advanced Memory Timing Setting Users can assign different settings for particular channels of memory. This has the advantage of individual memory parameter optimization, even using the different memory specifications. When you set t...

Page 10 - Z68a-Gd80 OC SEttInG REfEREnCE taBLE

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Max Memory Frequency Memory overclocking on the Sandy Bridge is limited by the Memory Ra-tio. Memory frequency can only be set to 800MHz, 1066MHz, 1333MHz, 1600MHz, 1866MHz, or 2133MHz. In other words, the most stable memory overclo...

Page 13 - Conclusion

Z68A-GD80 (B3) Overclocking Guide Since the Z68 chipset joins the Sandy Bridge family and becomes the king of the overclock-ing and performace, the MSI Z68A-GD80 also becomes the high-end product which comes with more funs in GPU overclocking. Following the high quality and performace design, in the...