eVGA 680i available

[ChiPCGuy]

Originally posted by: Skott
I'm thinking ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI,and Intel models will be better. I love eVGA video cards but i dont see their mobos as anything all that great. But thats just me. Maybe they'll prove me wrong.

I seriously doubt eVGA is the original OEM. My guess would be Foxconn or perhaps Jetway is the actual OEM.

 

[cjsketchy]

522 fsb in that HardOCP review... pretty nice

 

[Genx87]

Alright when can we expect to see the 650SLI boards?

 

[SLM Crew Chief]

Originally posted by: ChiPCGuy

Originally posted by: Skott
I'm thinking ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI,and Intel models will be better. I love eVGA video cards but i dont see their mobos as anything all that great. But thats just me. Maybe they'll prove me wrong.

I seriously doubt eVGA is the original OEM. My guess would be Foxconn or perhaps Jetway is the actual OEM.

Yep, Foxconn is the actual manufacturer. I read on X-Bit that nVidia is actually having the boards built and then branded for the resellers. They (Foxconn) are also doing BFGTech, eVGA, XFX, ECS and Biostar's boards. So in theory, they should all perform at almost the same level.

ASUS, DFI, MSI, Gigabyte and ABIT will be doing their own designs but again acording to X-Bit, none of them have them ready yet.

IMO, it will be interesting to see if the "independent"s can do better than nVidia or if they just basically copy the reference board, which is what the Stryker from Asus looks like to me.

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: SLM Crew Chief
IMO, it will be interesting to see if the "independent"s can do better than nVidia or if they just basically copy the reference board, which is what the Stryker from Asus looks like to me.

I've just quickly compared the pics of the abit against the eVGA & there are definite differences.
The most obvious are the digital PWM & the cooling but also sata ports & floppy connector positioning.

 

[LouPoir]

Nice - but way way out of my price range.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

This is one heck of a review for it:
VR-Zone
You gotta love Shamino's over-the-top geek-boy approach to writing reviews

Another very well-written review:
PC Perspective
I love their excessively thorough selection of benchmarking suites/apps and graphs.

 

[de8212]

I'd really like to get one but not sure I will ever SLI. On the other hand, if I don't get a board that can do SLI then I won't be able to if i decide.

Is there any disadvantage to not doing SLI on an SLI board?

EDIT: ALso, didn't I read that the board has a "feature" or something that will make overclocking with less expensive RAM possible? Did I read that right?

 

[SithSolo1]

Originally posted by: de8212


Is there any disadvantage to not doing SLI on an SLI board?

Reduced system-wide power usage.

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: de8212
EDIT: ALso, didn't I read that the board has a "feature" or something that will make overclocking with less expensive RAM possible? Did I read that right?

you probably mean the auto overclock setting with EPP memory? - but that isn't cheaper.

 

[de8212]

Originally posted by: Heidfirst
you probably mean the auto overclock setting with EPP memory? - but that isn't cheaper.

I found what I read. Here it is below.

According to 680i reviews I've seen, you can run FSB and memory speeds either linked or unlinked, and you can also run the FSB faster than the memory, which means you don't need expensive memory to achieve a high FSB.

And it was a member here that posted it so I guess I just want a confirmation that you don't have to buyu the most expensive RAM to overclock. Am I reading that right?

 

[de8212]

Originally posted by: SithSolo1


Reduced system-wide power usage.

Why would it use more power if you weren't using the 2nd slot? Not arguing, just trying to understand.