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EVGA nForce 680i SLI 775 A1 Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: eVGA
Product: nForce 680i SLI 775 A1 Version (122-CK-NF68-AR)
Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2007 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Jason Petermann -
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Introduction





eVGA is certainly not a new player in the market, in fact they are the favorite of many when it comes to their video cards.  With the quality and performance that we have seen in their video cards, we would expect to see tehm do very well with their motherboards as well.  We have the opportunity to look at their 680i board today, and we will see if their reputation follows them into the motherboard segment of the market.  Let me introduce to you the specs of the eVGA nForce 680i SLI 775 motherboard!



Performance
Based on NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Chipset chipset
Supports Intel Core 2 Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad, Intel Core 2 Duo, Pentium EE, and Pentium processors
1066/1333 Mhz Front Side Bus
   
Memory
4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets
Dual Channel DDR2
Maximum of 8GB of DDR2 533/667/800/1200MHz SLI-Ready memory
   
Expansion Slot
2 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe Graphics expansion slot, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
2 x 32-bit PCI, support for PCI 2.1
   
Storage I/O
1 x UltraDMA133
6 x Serial ATA 300MB/sec with support for RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
   
Integrated Peripherals
7.1 Channel, Azalia (HDA)
2 x 10/100/1000 LAN via
   
Multi I/O
1 x PS2 Keyboard
1 x PS2 Mouse
1 x Serial Ports
10 x USB2.0 ports (6 external + 4 internal headers)
Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC)
   
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor
Length: 12.0in - 304.8mm
Width: 9.6in - 243.6mm


Next Page - Board Layout


Review Index
Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - Board Layout
Page 3 - Bundle and BIOS
Page 4 - Test Setup
Page 5 - SiSoft; Sandra 2007
Page 6 - POV-Ray 3.7 Beta 13a
Page 7 - POV-Ray Real-Time Raytracing
Page 8 - ScienceMark 2.0
Page 9 - Everest
Page 10 - Super PI Mod v1.5
Page 11 - CineBench 9.5
Page 12 - WinRar v3.61
Page 13 - RightMark Audio Analyer
Page 14 - Hd Tach 3
Page 15 - 3dmark2006
Page 16 - F.E.A.R.
Page 17 - Overclocking Results
Page 18 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion