Gigabyte Teases Liquid Cooled Z87 G1-Killer Motherboard
Some teasers have surfaced of Gigabyte's upcoming Z87 G1-Killer Motherboard.
So far a number of manufacturers, including Asus, MSI, Biostar and ASRock, have shown us its motherboards intended to be used with Intel's upcoming Haswell CPUs, but we haven't seen much from Gigabyte until now. We have a sneak peek at Gigabyte's flagship G1-Killer Z87 motherboard, and it's impressive.
It appears that the board, as intended for gamers and enthusiasts, will be liquid coolable. While the heatsinks would probably do the job fine by themselves, water cooling will definitely give it some killer looks and might even help with extreme overclocking.
Connectivity looks to be gold-plated. It includes two HDMI ports, a single DisplayPort, a Coaxial port as well as an optical SPDIF port and 7.1 analogue audio out. The remaining ports are likely blacked out from the teaser. Sound processing appears to be taken care of by a Sound Core3D chip from Creative.
While we're waiting for the Haswell CPUs to be released, enjoy the teasers below.



with mediocre performance...maybe
Ivy's HD4000 already does. Actually, Ivy Bridge and Haswell support 4K resolution
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6270/ivy-bridge-gets-4k-display-support-in-october
The issue is, as noted in that article, with Ivy Bridge you need 2 Display Port outputs in order to drive a 4K monitor. Not many if any Ivy boards include 2 DP outputs. Haswell will support 4K over a single DP or HDMI cable, but I'm almost certain I have read HDMI will not support more than 30Hz refresh at 4K.
"with mediocre performance...maybe"
I have a Surface Pro that runs dual monitor with the Surface screen at 1920x1080 and extended to my Dell 2713 monitor @ 2560x1440. It performs just fine for any day to day stuff, (I watch HD NHL Gamecast streams on the monitor while surfing on the Surface screen) but no way I'd try anything gaming related.