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April 27, 2007 - updated with results from the F4e BIOS Gigabyte sent us - the F4e BIOS significantly improved the memory performance of the N680SLI-DQ6
Today we look at the Gigabyte 6-Quad N680SLI-DQ6 motherboard - Gigabyte's new high end motherboard for SLI enthusiasts.
This is our second NVIDIA 680i based motherboard review, the first was Abit's IN9 32X-MAX - a nice board that had certain BIOS and performance issues.
Will Gigabyte's 680i board do better?
As you can see from the specifications below, Gigabyte is clearly aiming at the enthusiast market here - I mean why would the board be such an I/O powerhouse otherwise?
After doing many motherboard reviews, I've come to take a lot for granted - but even I was surprised to see four Gigabit ports on the back of the I/O panel. 10 SATA ports is not that unusual, but it is still nice to see - and the dual PCIe 16x slots are practically begging for an SLI setup, with an additional PCIe 8x slot for a third GPU for physics.
All in all, quite a powerhouse.
Today we look at the Gigabyte 6-Quad N680SLI-DQ6 motherboard - Gigabyte's new high end motherboard for SLI enthusiasts.
This is our second NVIDIA 680i based motherboard review, the first was Abit's IN9 32X-MAX - a nice board that had certain BIOS and performance issues.
Will Gigabyte's 680i board do better?
As you can see from the specifications below, Gigabyte is clearly aiming at the enthusiast market here - I mean why would the board be such an I/O powerhouse otherwise?
After doing many motherboard reviews, I've come to take a lot for granted - but even I was surprised to see four Gigabit ports on the back of the I/O panel. 10 SATA ports is not that unusual, but it is still nice to see - and the dual PCIe 16x slots are practically begging for an SLI setup, with an additional PCIe 8x slot for a third GPU for physics.
All in all, quite a powerhouse.
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And yes, I signed up to your forum just to comment on this review.
I have since received a newer BIOS for the Gigabyte N680SLI, and if I obtain better results, I will update the review.
This message was edited by bhenning on Apr 26 2007.
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The latest bios I see at the GA site is F3.
Micah had the idea of putting those copper motherboard standoffs into the X to raise it off the back of the board. It worked, although it does apply more pressure to the holes, as long as you are careful it *should* be ok.