EVGA NForce 680i SLI Motherboard

Now that the NDA is gone here is the first impression of the EVGA NForce 680i SLI Motherboard

A big thanks to EVGA Europe and to AquaPC :toast:

The board is a Nvidia 680i reference card - made by NVidia to EVGA, a preferred lunch partner


In this first part, I will show you a few pics, Bios screens and first results

I'm still using a HD that I have used with a board with Intel chipset that not allow to fully use NTune..

Setup:
- EVGA NForce 680i SLI Motherboard
- E6700 ES B1
- Tuniq Tower 120
- TeamGroup 5300
- Seasonic 600w

Board just out of the box
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/EVg..._boarcaixa.jpg

Mounted with Tuniq Tower
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/EVg...oard_tuniq.jpg

Some bios screens - a few suprises ;)

General Menu
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/Bios_1.jpg

Now a very nice feature - the board have 2 separeted PLL's : one for CPU FSB, other for memory speed - so they can be controled and raised independently :)

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/Bios_FSB.jpg

Memory timmings :
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/Bios_Mem.jpg

And now some voltages :

VCore up to 1.8V - very cascade friendly :D
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/Bios_VCore.jpg

VMem up 2.5V
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/Bios_VMem.jpg

VCPU FSB
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/Bios_VFSB.jpg

The board allows also to contro many more voltages.

Finally temperature monitoring (hope can read very low temps)
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/Bios_Temps.jpg


And now the first results - still with limitation of non clean Window with no nTune to raise FSB

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/EVG...E6700_4000.jpg

4Ghz ar cooled, so easy - 1st try ::D


More FSB, and memory speed in "Unliked" mode - in this case at 1100Mhz 4-4-4-12

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/EVG...700_411FSB.jpg

More memory bandwith with much less CPU speed :) ( latest version of CPU-Z still not read memory speed and timmings)

The 3 slots PCI de 16X are really asking me that I mount the 2 EVGA's 8800GTX in SLI :D

More results with the next few days - SLI and real cold comming :D


To be continued ..

This is Pedro Rocha over and out :)

OK, a few updates ..

First to nice features do Bios

This EVGA motheboard allow the enable/disable of all cores - even for Quad Cores owners :

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/Bios_Cpu_Config.jpg

The System Clocks section of the Bios is also very feature rich - in Auto boost the PCIes to 125MHz ..

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/Bios_SysClocks.jpg


Before mount on phase change I decide to test the mobo with 2 EVGA 8800GTX - ALL AIR COOLED - here is a photo :

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/BoardCom28800GTX.jpg

As you can see I unsing all the PCIe plugs of my TAGN 900W - quad rail

Now some 3D benching with booth cards stock cooler and moderate overclocked

2001
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/757...TXSLIstock.jpg

More than 1.000fps on Nature with stock cards and CPU air cooled - nice :D

2005
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/241...8800GTXSLI.jpg

And finally 2006
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/168...8800GTXSLI.jpg

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I decide to mount the EVGA NForce 680i SLI Motherboard and 2 the 8800GTX in my Vapochill LS :)

As you can see not may space problems on the space around the socket -a clear advantage over the P5W DH where the mounting of the Vapochill clamshell is much more dificult considering the components around the socket



http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/MontagemEspacoVapo.jpg


Bord turn om, the contact seems good and it read negative temps - here they are (with default voltage, of course) ;)

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/BiosNaVapo.jpg


Photo of the board mounted in the Vapo with a Lian Li PC60 midle tower.

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/MontadaNaVapoSLI.jpg


Superpi with 1.75v VCore , muti 11X and memory "unliked" at 1100Mhz 4-4-4-12 ;)

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/EVG...4500VapoLS.jpg

And for some 3D benching, with the graphics card on air with modearae OC ..with no tweaks at all, inculding load

3D Mark 2006
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/182...00SLIstock.jpg

An amazing gain over the X1950's in Crossfire with same cpu seed - more 5.000 Marks :eek:

3D Mark 2005
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/270...GTXSlstock.jpg

A gain of around 3.000 Marks over X1950's in Crossfire with same cpu seed

And 3D Mark 2001
http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/826...00GTXstock.jpg

2001 are not yet fully tweaked by any means.. just a quick run


That is for now.

Now is time to find the right tweaking for this setup before put it on the cascades

This is Pedro Rocha over and out :toast:

YES!! Been waiting for this review for a while. Now crank up that FSB. :)

That is what I hoped for. While I have never purchased an evga board before this one sure looks nice.

Looking forward to more information. :banana:

is that vcore right? 1.7+? that is a lot for sp1m at 4GHz

Nice board there Pedro:toast:

X16 on both black PCI-E slots?

sweet love the independent cpu/mem control :)

from what you can see, are the NB/SB mounting holes standard widths ? suited to 3rd party coolers ?

nice review,

watch your MCP temp, i have another 120 fan on it XD

Impressive for eVga. Looks good and performs pretty well. I can't wait for more results :)

Nice work :woot:

Whts the Max FSB u were able to get on it :D ??

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Originally Posted by ANP !!!

Nice work :woot:

Whts the Max FSB u were able to get on it :D ??

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i'm soooo tempted to order it now!!

I am debating on finalizing my order..........273$ for just the board with S&H.

Argh I must resist but dam that board looks sweet.

Top and bottom PCIE slots for SLI, the middle is the 8x

in cart.....thinking about it..
im hating that guaranteed 15% restocking fee at mWave. thats $40+ to get a "better" board.

problem is that I have a feeling these will be 279+ minimum by tommorrow afternoon.
this is def the early-bird special if you will.

ahh phooey, I ordered it. Now on to finding decent RAM and decided either 6600 or a 6400

Dont think just buy... like me

Nice stuff Pedro! U the man... u read my mind.. i woke up this morning in serach of a review for the 680i! You answered my prayers! :banana: Keep up the good work and let us know where ur FSB adventures take you.

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Originally Posted by Senater_Cache

in cart.....thinking about it..
im hating that guaranteed 15% restocking fee at mWave. thats $40+ to get a "better" board.

problem is that I have a feeling these will be 279+ minimum by tommorrow afternoon.
this is def the early-bird special if you will.

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i'm thinking it's gonna go up by morning too but i wanna be how high it's gonna clock first.and we gotta think about stability too here

well it is already doing above 400 so that is all I need for my 3.6

I dont like the non-solid caps and the wierd I/O panel placement (by IDE)

Fugger bought his from frys in Vegas and said he can do 530FSB. Now you have to figure thats right out the box, no mods & no optimal settings since no one knows enough about the board to set it up perfect right now:)

Can we see more memory bandwith results and more information of FSB ,everest iz crap use sandra please.

Max fsb please :D

Step over up to at least 500+ FSB, you might hit a few dead spots along the way.

fsb, spp and mcp to 1.5v

well i need a mobo, what to do, go for that one today, or wait for teh asus version?

what do you think?

Shall i dare to try something new coming from evga (foxconn)?