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The next evolution of GIGABYTE's G1.Assassin has had a slight face-lift, holds true to the G1 colour scheme and firearm styling in the move to X79.




GIGABYTE Tech Daily, a blog run by GIGABYTE engineers, have released a few teaser shots of the latest revision of the G1.Assassin. Imaginatively titled the G1.Assassin 2, the X79 board should represent a medium-to-high end entrant in their range. Given the more 'grown-up' nature of the X79 platform - Z68 should remain the gamers choice for a while yet - it's interesting to see the manufacturer continue to push the garish luminous yellow and black colours and firearm styling.





Hope they remembered to put the 'this is not a firearm' sticker on those heatsinks too. We'll no-doubt hear more about the Assassin 2 as we get closer to the NDA lift date, further images can be seen on the Gigabyte facebook page.

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Mishima Administrator Posts: 4368 Joined: 2009-07-28

#19849 Posted on: 19.10.2011 09:27:19 I think that gun heatsink is a step too far!! Aside from that it looks pretty tasty, though there isn't much given away.

shah7966 Administrator Posts: 33 Joined: 2011-10-13

#19883 Posted on: 19.10.2011 18:21:25 Quote: Originally Posted by Mishima I think that gun heatsink is a step too far!! Aside from that it looks pretty tasty, though there isn't much given away. A new way of attracting customers too... Nice design (y)

alexhull24 Administrator Posts: 1027 Joined: 2010-03-31

#19885 Posted on: 19.10.2011 19:06:17 Quote: Originally Posted by Mishima I think that gun heatsink is a step too far!! Aside from that it looks pretty tasty, though there isn't much given away. I agree, the previous G1 series hinted at this kind of thing, but that's just a whole gun heatsink. Shame as it ruins what is probably an awesome board otherwise! At least in the case you don't have to look at it, seems like a waste though. Do GIGABYTE produce a less flashy equivalent?

w3bbo Moderator Posts: 625 Joined: 2011-04-21

#19888 Posted on: 19.10.2011 19:51:22 Oh dear. Not liking that at all. Great if you are a teenager salivating over the impending MW3 but for eveyone else it's a turn off. A magazine - yes. a gun? Please no!

dav532000 Moderator Posts: 39 Joined: 2011-10-12

#19890 Posted on: 19.10.2011 20:26:43 Looks like a kids toy, should pull in a few teenagers not my cup of tea though.

Helios1234 Moderator Posts: 2570 Joined: 2009-02-17

#19891 Posted on: 19.10.2011 20:54:44 At least the original was "subtle". This is just pathetic.

Mythril Moderator Posts: 998 Joined: 2010-11-03

#19892 Posted on: 19.10.2011 21:07:28 One word... Fugly. Looks like a kids toy. No thanks...

Ju1iet VTZ Newbie Posts: 13 Joined: 2011-02-11

#19947 Posted on: 21.10.2011 10:33:27 Does the Killer 2100 NIC really make sense when it comes to online gaming? I mean, is it necessary? There is a software called cFosSpeed that helps to decrease ping values. Killer's advantage is managing this in hardware but I think it's not worth the money.

alexhull24 VTZ Newbie Posts: 1027 Joined: 2010-03-31

#19949 Posted on: 21.10.2011 11:08:34 We have reviewed the killer 2100 NIC before, you'll find our thoughts in the review in the miscellaneous articles section. Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk

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