Nforce 590 and 570 Gone, Coming 650i and 680i-SLI.

[Kunaak]

Cool...

glad to see Nvidia dropping the 500 series finally.
for intel, it was always kinda a disaster.
hopefully this has more potential, so theres finally a viable alternative, to the intel based chipsets for those that want native SLI support and just the chance to use a new chipset :D


DailyTech has received NVIDIA new product notices that outline two new chipsets. The new NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI and 680i SLI are Intel Core 2 compatible and replace the nForce 570 SLI and 590 SLI Intel Editions.

NVIDIA’s new nForce 650i SLI and 680i SLI aren’t exactly new per se but rather a quasi-re-branding of the previously released nForce 570 SLI and 590 SLI Intel Editions. The new nForce 650i SLI SPP pairs with an nForce 430 SLI MCP to provide a total of 29 PCI Express lanes. In SLI mode the nForce 650i SLI delivers two half-speed PCI Express x16 slots.

NVIDIA’s nForce 680i SLI is essentially a revised nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition. Manufacturers were reluctant to adopt the nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition due to front-side bus scaling issues. Nevertheless the C55 nForce 680i SLI is paired with the nForce 590 SLI MCP a total of 48 PCI Express lanes. As with the nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition, the nForce 680i SLI supports two full-speed PCI Express x16 slots. The C55 are essentially C19 chips with updated memory controllers.

Other supported features of the nForce 650i SLI and 680i SLI include 3.0Gbps SATA, Gigabit Ethernet, ATA-133, USB 2.0, high definition audio and support for five PCI slots are supported by both chipsets. While the nForce 650i SLI and 680i SLI are new model numbers, the chipsets are essentially identical to the nForce 570 SLI and 590 SLI Intel Editions which was only adopted by OEM system manufacturers and ASUS.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4425

[b0bd0le]

interesting, won't this still have the fsb wall though?

[erwinz]

nice.. :D does somebody have the board.. ;) what to know how it performs..:D

[theteamaqua]

the features r the same, but i hope the overclocking will be better, at least reach 400fsb with E6600 3.6GHz ... cuz 350fsb for the C19 is simply too low

[Ehwaz001]

IIRC, DFI was the first to complain about issues with the C15 570 and the 590 and complained about it. Refusing to use them, Nvidia realised the issues weren't going to be swallowed by manufacturers just like that, unlike what they seemed to think about it. Then again, I hope the new C55's with the new names but the same functionalities work this time.
So 680i is 16-16-8-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 right?

[Complete]

Still no release date??

Anyone have any new news..

[fhpchris]

Still no release date??

Anyone have any new news..

It will be launched with the G80 on the 7-8th :)

[Micutzu]

650SLI and 680SLI will be launched on 7 November. Expect a new serious player on the enthusiast mobo market ;).

[Cooper]

650SLI and 680SLI will be launched on 7 November. Expect a new serious player on the enthusiast mobo market ;).

You mean new manufacturer or 6 series chipsets are soooo good ?

[Complete]

Well.. I am in the market for Quad SLI.

I dont plan on buying any new G80 cards for a while. My 7950gx2's where never even freaking used..

Danger Den just released the waterblocks, All the c15 chipsets for the 590's Sucked... And on top of that.. the Asus P5W64 did not suppot Quad SLI, and Nvidia refuses to release a 975x chipset driver for the Nforce's, mainly because NOONE would buy nvidia chipsets.. resulting in loss of profit.

Soo.. in all... yes.. Alot of people are looking for buy this new C55 chipset that is suppose to hit 500 FSB.

[revenant]

I heard test rigs hitting 510 on the fsb with the c55 chipset.. looks to be pretty nice if that's true. :)

[erwinz]

any ES around??? :D

[FUGGER]

http://fugger.netfirms.com/680sli.jpg

[syne_24]

daymn that looks niice.. :)

Finally for the love of god

-cmos battery is not block
-the pci-e lock is not block and easier to take out
-sweet color theme too

[vudoodoodoo]

Why are you making me spend more money! :(

[gundamit]

Nice shot Fugger. Any shots with a top down view so we can see the area around the socket?

[Sneil]

Very nice indeed! Is that going to be 3 pci-e 16X slots?

[NightCrawler™]

Arghhhh.... again these damn heatpipes....

[Kanavit]

wow, that ended quick. the new 6xx series looks awesome!

[JoeBar]

I can't yet think of the day that i'll have an Intel cpu with anything other than an Intel chipset. Or should i...? ;)

BTW this board looks really nice. I'm a bit concirned about the space on the cpu area though.

[FUGGER]

That was the only image Nvidia provided us. I wanted to see a top down as well.

[Revv23]

hmm this is just a product rename right? Still same C55?

Cool. :)

[Revv23]

Well.. I am in the market for Quad SLI.

I dont plan on buying any new G80 cards for a while. My 7950gx2's where never even freaking used..

Danger Den just released the waterblocks, All the c15 chipsets for the 590's Sucked... And on top of that.. the Asus P5W64 did not suppot Quad SLI, and Nvidia refuses to release a 975x chipset driver for the Nforce's, mainly because NOONE would buy nvidia chipsets.. resulting in loss of profit.

Soo.. in all... yes.. Alot of people are looking for buy this new C55 chipset that is suppose to hit 500 FSB.


Dont hate on nvidia for something you dont know anything about, there is alot more to that situation then nvidia simply wanting to screw customers.

[FUGGER]

C55 is new, C19 is old.

[kemo]

Great design for a crowded mobo
Is that thing optimized to run quad core ?
________
Toyota Soarer (http://www.toyota-wiki.com/wiki/Toyota_Soarer)

[steelballzz]

BTW this board looks really nice. I'm a bit concerned about the space on the cpu area though.

me too
my container has a large base and i cant seem to fit in any of the intel boards...:slapass:
or i cut the darn thing or a board with more space around the socket has to be released.......like a dfi with digital pwm...:D

[Kunaak]

seems the latest rumour is that the new Nvidia boards will start appearing in November :)

damn thats gonna be a fun month.
PS3, Gears of War, Quad Core, new Nvidia Boards, G80's...

[Mortal]

nVidia 680i vs. ATI RD600. Going to be interesting! ~says that with visa card in hand~ :)

[Nedjo]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4538

I still can’t believe that someone thinks that eVGA is producing anything!
Just like in the case of their sAM2 nF590 SLI mobo, this new LGA mobo is PRODUCED by Foxconn! In the time of their s939 motherboards, producer was/is Jetway!
eVGA, and BFG are only BRANDING COMPANIES! They are closely tied to the NVIDIA, and through them are using broad connections with Taiwanese companies!

[zakelwe]

Three PCIe slots .. I suppose that means 2 graphics and 1 physics. Nice looking board but for me the northbridge fans are orientated the wrong way as I blow air across the board from the RAM side and do not use a cpu fan.

The engineer reports of 500Mhz and Shamino reporting same is very good news. k|ngp|n reported on the forum that although the c19 motherboards he tried did poor FSB they did get the most out of the nvidia video cards. I would imagine this board will be same so for nvidia vga users it looks the perfect combination.

Regards

Andy

[thunderstruck!]

Might just get the RD600 to remain passive and silent.

[IluvIntel]

seems the latest rumour is that the new Nvidia boards will start appearing in November :)

damn thats gonna be a fun month.
PS3, Gears of War, Quad Core, new Nvidia Boards, G80's...

Damm right ! I can't wait...:party:

[erwinz]

seems the latest rumour is that the new Nvidia boards will start appearing in November :)

damn thats gonna be a fun month.
PS3, Gears of War, Quad Core, new Nvidia Boards, G80's...

it will be an exciting months to come.. :D

:woot:

[Hooker]

And you forgot the Wii even ^^

(plus Guitar Hero 2 for me personally)

[jbizzler]

So it's:

NVIDIA + Intel = nForce 680i;
NVIDIA + AMD = nForce Quad-Father;
ATI + Intel = RD600;
ATI + AMD = RD580 (with Quad-Father and Triple-Play);

cool!

HAHAH I put semicolons after each of those. Too much coding today.

Edit: And FFXII, and Guitar Hero 2, and Gears of War, and PS3, and Wii(got my reserve yesterday), and Kentsfield, and Quad-Father. I love November.

[Sumanji]

I can't yet think of the day that i'll have an Intel cpu with anything other than an Intel chipset. Or should i...? ;)

Hehe same here, my hunger for SLI might sway me away from the Intel chipset path...



Dont hate on nvidia for something you dont know anything about, there is alot more to that situation then nvidia simply wanting to screw customers.

Explain?

[JoeBar]

Hope that Intel will finally get the SLI licence from NV cause if 680i is a descent oc'ing (and stable) chipset, a lot of intel chipset royals will go the NV way...

[freecableguy]

dumb question: are the new generation nvidia boards going to allow crossfire to function?

[Sumanji]

FCG, I seriously doubt it... here's hoping for hacked drivers though :D

[JoeBar]

Getting a NV board to run SLI...? :p:

[Micutzu]

You mean new manufacturer or 6 series chipsets are soooo good ?

I was referring to the new EVGA mobos, like the one in Fugger's pic. You can find some info here (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4538), EVGA is the sole launch partner for 680SLI ;).
Can't release any specs, but i can tell you it's going to be a strong board for overclocking and will be available right after the official launch.

[STEvil]

i like the chipset cooler

[Sumanji]

EVGA is the sole launch partner for 680SLI ;)

...maybe because they are just rebranding the reference board and releasing it, while everyone else makes a proper board design :p:

[Micutzu]

As far as i know, someone at EVGA worked directly on the board development ... anyway, EVGA doesn't have production facilities of their own and the board will be manufatured by somebody else (probably Foxconn).

[JoeBar]

I can live with the idea of leaving Intel chipset for NV (due to SLI), but getting an EVGA NV board...? :shock:

[Kunaak]

dumb question: are the new generation nvidia boards going to allow crossfire to function?

not a chance.
its not possible on any Nvidia based board, AMD or Intel...

ATI wants crossfire on thier boards only, just like Nvidia wants SLI on thier boards only....

[Sumanji]

Any word on the DFI 680i board...?

[erwinz]

I was referring to the new EVGA mobos, like the one in Fugger's pic. You can find some info here (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4538), EVGA is the sole launch partner for 680SLI ;).
Can't release any specs, but i can tell you it's going to be a strong board for overclocking and will be available right after the official launch.

any official date of the lunch? is there any ES board out there.. :D

[maxxxxel]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4637

Coming to a motherboard near you in November

NVIDIA is set to release its upcoming nForce 600 series of chipsets in the first half of November. DailyTech has come across more details of the upcoming chipsets including the nForce 680i SLI, 650i SLI and 650i Ultra—all for Intel’s land-grid-array 775 socket. At the top of the nForce 600 chain is the nForce 680i SLI MCP. This chipset will be replacing the limited availability nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition that was announced last June. The nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition had problems with overclocking the front-side bus past Intel’s rated 1066 MHz.

NVIDIA has remedied this situation and the nForce 680i SLI will officially support a 1333 MHz front-side bus. Whether or not this will support Intel’s upcoming Conroe 1333 MHz front-side bus refresh is unknown. Nevertheless, the supported 1333 MHz front-side bus will allow overclockers greater headroom with current overclocking friendly Core 2 Duo processors. NVIDIA has improved the dual-channel memory controller as well. The nForce 680i SLI’s memory controller now has memory dividers capable of support DDR2-1200 memory. Also supported is NVIDIA’s SLI-Ready memory with Enhanced Performance Profiles.

Graphics expansion will be a key point of nForce 680i SLI motherboards. In addition to the two full-speed PCI Express x16 slots, nForce 680i SLI motherboards will have a third PCI Express slot for NVIDIA’s unannounced three-GPU applications. This will most likely be a form of HavokFX SLI physics processing to counter ATI’s upcoming triple-play physics processing. The third slot will electrically have eight lanes routed to it.

On the networking side of things is the return of NVIDIA’s native Gigabit Ethernet, FirstPacket, DualNet and TCP/IP acceleration technologies. These features previously debuted with the nForce 590 SLI and remain the same on the nForce 680i SLI. High definition audio and six SATA 3 Gb/s ports with NVIDIA MediaShield storage technology are supported too. RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1 and 5 are also supported with the nForce 680i SLI.

Targeting budget conscious users are the nForce 650i SLI and 650i Ultra. These chipset are not officially rated to run at 1333 MHz front-side bus, though NVIDIA claims the chipsets can clock beyond official specifications with overclocking. Unlike the nForce 680i SLI, the 650i SLI only supports two PCI Express x16 slots in dual eight lane configurations. These two chipsets are identical with the nForce 650i SLI endowed with SLI support while the 650i Ultra only supports single-graphics card configurations.

The nForce 650i SLI and 650i Ultra have dual-channel DDR2 memory controllers, though there’s no official support for DDR2-1200 or SLI-Ready memory with Enhanced Performance Profiles. It is unknown if motherboard manufacturers will be able to expose the same memory dividers as the ones available on nForce 680i SLI motherboards.

Storage features have been stripped on the nForce 650i SLI and 650i Ultra as well. Instead of the six SATA 3 Gb/s ports found on the nForce 680i SLI, the 650i SLI and 650i Ultra are limited to four SATA 3 Gb/s ports. Nevertheless, NVIDIA’s MediaShield storage technology is still available with support for RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5 configurations.

Networking features are also crippled with the nForce 650i SLI and 650i Ultra. Although native Gigabit Ethernet and FirstPacket are supported with the nForce 650i SLI and 650i Ultra, the DualNet and TCP/IP acceleration features are unavailable. As with the nForce 680i SLI, high definition audio technology is supported too.

All nForce 600 series motherboards will support NVIDIA’s nTune utility that allows system tweaking within Windows. The utility allows CPU and memory adjustments in Windows without the need to restart.

NVIDIA is expected to launch in early November with immediate motherboard availability. Expect pricing on nForce 680i SLI motherboards to be north of $200 while nForce 650i SLI and 650i Ultra will fill in the below-$150 price points.

[ANP !!!]

How much is it expected to Cost on Launch... ???

I May get any of these


So wht will be more of a OCing friendly RD600 or 680i-sli.

[Sneil]

How much is it expected to Cost on Launch... ???

lol look at the line directly above your post

looks like only 2x 16 pci-e and the third is only 8x pci-e as apposed to rd600 3 X 16 pci-e

[Knight]

I don't know if I am doing something wrong by posting this... but it looked different. :cool:
That HS is looking bigger and bigger.

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4550/680invidaux1.th.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=680invidaux1.jpg)

From the people at "Extremetech.com"

[Noob-ftw]

Looks sweet. Thanks for sharing Knight.

[Revv23]

lol look at the line directly above your post

looks like only 2x 16 pci-e and the third is only 8x pci-e as apposed to rd600 3 X 16 pci-e


rd600 is 8x 8x the third is 4x iirc.

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

so this is only for intel correct? no 680 for amd?

[Sumanji]

That HS is looking bigger and bigger.

Looks like the NB has that additional fan attached...

[Warship]

Any news on any 650i-based mATX-mobos coming out soon?