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21 articles tagged as 680i

The upcoming high-end CPU battle could depend on motherboard prices

With X570 motherboards demanding huge premiums, Intel's cut-price Cascade Lake-X could benefit from more affordable motherboards compared to 3rd Gen Threadripper.

October 21, 2019 | 14:00

Stormforce Crystal 3600 RX 5700 Review

Stormforce's £1,300 rig sports a six-core 3rd Gen Ryzen CPU, RX 5700, and NVMe PCIe SSD.

October 21, 2019 | 09:30

Video: Project Toreador (Bloodlines 2 Mod) Part 1: Intro and 500D Teardown

Alex is going to bring the Toreador clan from Bloodlines 2 to life - in case mod form!

October 18, 2019 | 17:00

XFX nForce 780i SLI

We've already taken a first look at the nForce 780i SLI reference design, but how does it perform? Does PCI-Express 2.0 add much and is it an improvement over the nForce 680i SLI? We test single card and SLI to find out.

January 10, 2008 | 09:09

First Look: Nvidia 3-way SLI on nForce 680i

Nvidia is announcing availability of a driver that enables 3-way SLI on its nForce 680i SLI motherboards today. This isn't something for everyone and Nvidia doesn't hide away from this fact, but are the gremlins of Quad-SLI about to be washed down the drain? Let's take a look...

December 13, 2007 | 14:01

Nvidia 680i boards don't support Penryn?

We've been digging for a little while now as rumours have been circling suggesting that existing Nvidia nForce 680i SLI boards likely won't support Intel's latest 45nm processors.

November 28, 2007 | 18:54

HP Blackbird 002 - CrossFire on nForce!

According to an interview with Rahul Sood on CustomPC, the new HP Blackbird 002 runs both CrossFire and SLI on an Nvidia 680i SLI chipset.

September 7, 2007 | 18:21

Lab Update: Nvidia nForce 680i SLI

The latest P30 BIOS for Nvidia's nForce 680i SLI chipset claims to offer a whole host of performance and overclocking improvements, so does it give a new lease of life to an ageing chipset?

August 12, 2007 | 15:56

Overclocking Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600

We take Intel's Core 2 Quad Q6600 for a spin on two motherboards to find out if it could be the next Athlon XP 2500+. Read on to find out how we got on...

July 25, 2007 | 09:01

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XFX nForce 680i SLI

XFX is another Nvidia graphics board partner that has joined the motherboard market with an enthusiast-orientated nForce 680i SLI motherboard. We check it out to see if it's worth buying instead of the Inno3D and EVGA boards already on the market.

June 27, 2007 | 13:08

Functionality not included

Have you seen the issues with some of the latest hardware releases? Brett Thomas takes a look at the industry's recent "batteries not included" stance, and wonders...do we all have ADD or something?

May 26, 2007 | 16:49

Foxconn N68S7AA nForce 680i SLI

Foxconn, the massive component manufacturer has just launched its own motherboard based on the nForce 680i SLi chipset. Unlike most 680i boards, this comes complete with two chipset fans, but does that mean it's not a motherboard enthusiasts should consider? Read on to find out.

May 3, 2007 | 09:55

Corsair Dominator 9136C5D & 10000C5DF

Today we look at Corsair's fastest Dominator memory to see whether the eye watering price tag is really worth splashing out for. Are the Dominator 9136C5D and 10000C5DF kits something every enthusiast should save up for, or are they only reserved for those with money to burn?

April 3, 2007 | 15:15

EVGA nForce 680i LT SLI

EVGA partners with Nvidia again to release a retro green "Built by Nvidia" motherboard based on the new nForce 680i LT SLI chipset. Think of 680i LT as the semi-skimmed version of the full fat nForce 680i SLI chipset: all of the taste with no need to exercise.

March 26, 2007 | 14:59

XFX to release nForce 680i SLI LT mobo

CEBIT 2007: XFX was showing off an unreleased nForce 680i SLI LT motherboard on its stand today. We can't give you many details on the chipset, but you can look at pretty pictures.

March 17, 2007 | 11:09

MSI's P6N Diamond with X-Fi pixellated

CEBIT 2007: We finally get to see MSI's P6N Diamond for real, two months after we broke news that it supported X-Fi.

March 17, 2007 | 07:15

Inno3D nForce 680i SLI

We have a look at Inno3D's nForce 680i SLI board based on the reference NVIDIA 680i SLI design. We've had our fair share of problems with reference 680i boards, but we've found one that works. Let's find out if it has the potential to satisfy the enthusiast's needs.

February 17, 2007 | 10:05

NVIDIA to release new 680i LT chipset

NVIDIA to launch the new budget 680i LT chipset that should offer high end performance without the eye watering pricetag

February 9, 2007 | 17:04

MSI's P6N Diamond will have on-board X-Fi

MSI's P6N Diamond is the company's upcoming premium nForce 680i SLI implementation. It packs more than a few surprises under its hood, the biggest one being an on-board X-Fi chip.

January 9, 2007 | 09:38

Abit overclocks IN9 32X-MAX to 557MHz FSB

Some of Abit's top engineers have been tweaking the company's latest IN9 32X-MAX motherboard, which is based on NVIDIA's nForce 680i SLI chipset. They managed to get the board up to a pretty lofty 557MHz FSB...

January 4, 2007 | 09:50

NVIDIA releases new 680i BIOS - fixes problems?

There have been some well-documented and widely experienced problems with NVIDIA's nForce 680i SLI reference motherboard. The company claims that the latest BIOS revision fixes the problems that many end users have had. Hopefully it fixes ours, too...

December 19, 2006 | 18:29

First Look: Asus Striker Extreme

We've been working with Asus over the last couple of weeks, testing its upcoming addition to the Republic Of Gamers product line. Meet the Striker Extreme; it's based on NVIDIA's all-new nForce 680i SLI chipset and it comes with a kitchen sink. Join us as we have a look at what to expect from Asus' next gem...

November 23, 2006 | 11:14

GeForce 8800 and NForce 680i availability and pricing

NVIDIA's legion of partners and retailers are out of the door with the next-generation GPU and mainboard components. We have the low-down on where to buy, what to buy and how much to pay.

November 8, 2006 | 19:14

Join NVIDIA on the Reality Tour 06

NVIDIA is giving its loyal fans the chance to test drive its next-generation graphics and platform products in several locations across the world on November 11th. Read on for details and the chance to win some awesome prizes!

November 4, 2006 | 17:22