bit-tech.net | Foxconn N68S7AA nForce 680i SLI

Mother-Goose 3rd May 2007, 10:25

hmph!

On a note with memory, compared to running at stock timings, how much better is the performance with the nice tight timings you were testing with?

mclean007 3rd May 2007, 10:30

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I'm not sure why anyone would need two bridges at this moment in time.

Don't you need two for a pair of GX7950 GX2s in Quad SLi?

Bindibadgi 3rd May 2007, 10:37

Why would you want two GX2s not DX10 cards? And for that matter: why quad sli?? ;):)

mclean007 3rd May 2007, 10:39

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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi
Why would you want two GX2s not DX10 cards? And for that matter: why quad sli?? ;):)

I agree absolutely, you'd be mental to buy GX2s now, but if you have a pair, you need two bridges for quad sli, so I guess that is why some manufacturers include them in the bundle, so as not to be accused of missing ANYTHING out!!

Bindibadgi 3rd May 2007, 11:35

True :D

TTmodder 3rd May 2007, 11:38

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Originally Posted by Rich Swinburne
Unfortunately, unlike a deep and sensual V8 rumble, these equate to listening to a 2-stroke lawnmower moped that is struggling uphill

you just got quoted for that :)

Bindibadgi 3rd May 2007, 11:41

\o/

You need some [ s ] tags for the lawnmower bit :D

TTmodder 3rd May 2007, 11:45

ah thx long time since i last used html codes

Krikkit 3rd May 2007, 11:46

Nice looking board - sounds like it fell a whisker short from greatness tbh.

Any idea when/if you'll have a DFI LP 680i LT? Looks like an awesome board...

alextwo 3rd May 2007, 11:54

Why can't motherboard manufacturers make decent software? It's always horrible. :|

Still, if you want to mess about with your BIOS in windows then I suppose you deserve to be subjected to awful software.

ViPPeR_666 3rd May 2007, 12:44

http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/foxconn_n68s7aa/overview1.jpg

What's about that #14?

Also, if SLI is a two VGAs system why having that #3 on 680i motherboards? :?

PS: I was always curious about those two things for some time already. :p

Mother-Goose 3rd May 2007, 12:54

14 is the hex display ;)

mclean007 3rd May 2007, 13:00

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Originally Posted by ViPPeR_666
Also, if SLI is a two VGAs system why having that #3 on 680i motherboards? :?

#3 is a third PCI-E slot, which has 8 lanes rather than 16 for the other two. You could use the third slot for a RAID controller, a third graphics card (in future) to handle physics calculations, or any PCI-E x1 device like a soundcard or TV capture card.

Tim S 3rd May 2007, 14:37

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Originally Posted by mclean007
Don't you need two for a pair of GX7950 GX2s in Quad SLi?

The 7900 GX2 requires two, but 7950 GX2 quad SLI requires one.

Paradigm Shifter 3rd May 2007, 15:09

Looks pretty good. I'm really not too keen on chipset fans, though. :(

ViPPeR_666 3rd May 2007, 18:14

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Originally Posted by Mother-Gooser
14 is the hex display ;)

Yeah I know ( ). But what's the info it displays? Temps? Post? What?

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Originally Posted by mclean007
#3 is a third PCI-E slot, which has 8 lanes rather than 16 for the other two. You could use the third slot for a RAID controller, a third graphics card (in future) to handle physics calculations, or any PCI-E x1 device like a soundcard or TV capture card.

Thx for the info. :)

mclean007 3rd May 2007, 19:02

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Originally Posted by ViPPeR_666
Yeah I know ( ). But what's the info it displays? Temps? Post? What?

Diagnostic codes on POST.

Tyinsar 3rd May 2007, 20:42

I got as far as the bit about the noise of the fans and lost interest. I'm not totally sold on heatpipes all over the board either but I like my systems to be reasonably quiet. I think Foxconn has great potential but this board needs a little more work before I'd buy one.

Fatboy 4th May 2007, 19:07

the feature list says PCI Experss not Express

Looks like a decent board, and im glad its got the 2 marvell LAN chips as my Nvidia one is complete ar$e

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