Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Testing

Just received this motherboard...

some pictures

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...SLIDQ6/dus.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...fulllayout.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../backpanel.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...sbheatsink.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Q6/package.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...IDQ6/pwm03.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...6/moboback.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...DQ6/socket.jpg

THE BIOS


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...SB_voltage.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...BIOS/vdimm.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...OS/timings.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...systeminfo.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...by_voltage.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ie_voltage.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../pcieclock.jpg

THE BIOS

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...S/pchealth.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ie_voltage.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...S/memratio.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...mclockmode.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...OS/LDT_fek.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...t_linkvolt.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...FSB_linked.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...OS/cpuhost.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...S/cpuclock.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...S/cpu_volt.jpg

Test Setup

Processor Intel Core2 Duo E6300
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 F2 BIOS
Memory Kingston HyperX 8500D2K2/2G
Gigabyte GV-NX88X768H-RH GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB
PSU Tagan Dual Engine 800 Watt


Initial testing............FSB 450 MHz 1:1 Super PI and 3DMARK 2001SE

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...fsb450n680.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...fsb450n680.jpg



FSB 500 Mhz ?? why not ??? :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...fsb500n680.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...fsb500n680.jpg

cant see pics on ur last post , fix it

thanks for posting some results, but indoupload.com is reallly slowww :stick:

already fix it.

Thanks for sharing. How is the BIOS?

One question, is it possible to feed the cpu with more volts and use power saving functions c1e/speedstep -> so you can use low idle speeds and volts and reach max frequency while using custom set vcore (not auto) ?

WOW Great result! please tell me the price

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Originally Posted by Benny Lodewijk

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FSB 500 Mhz ?? why not ??? :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...fsb500n680.jpg

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the SPI time looks good man


my time wasn't tweaked and B1 stepping is generally slower than B2 but still i would have thought that run on 680i would be around high 16m


maybe gigacrap have figured out how to tweak for RAM performance a bit better that others

this is with P965 chipset

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4...e6300esrp0.jpg

Nice, what's the max. SuperPI 1M FSB?

hey benny

i'll love to see you test this board with an E6600 CPU at 3.6Ghz with 400MHz on RAM and then increase the RAM MHz with 4-4-4-x timings......it would be great if you've got any RAM that can move past 500MHz

Throw away the two core and show us quad core FSBs :)

Thanks. Not bad.

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Originally Posted by dinos22

hey benny

i'll love to see you test this board with an E6600 CPU at 3.6Ghz with 400MHz on RAM and then increase the RAM MHz with 4-4-4-x timings......it would be great if you've got any RAM that can move past 500MHz

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sorry bro, i don't have E6600 on hand :(..

Just got F3b BIOS.. gigabyte said it it will improve overclocking capability. I'll try it tomorrow.

keep us posted !

Good results so far, keep us posted. I still cant get over how much stuff is integrated onto this mainboard, 4 gigabit nic's for crying out loud :D

now i can hit FSB 510 MHz with F3b BIOS...(will upload the ss soon)..still digging

will the tuniq tower fit this board, or do you have to remove the backplate?

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Originally Posted by nobugging

will the tuniq tower fit this board, or do you have to remove the backplate?

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It will fit with some creative engineering or you can just remove the backplate.

Hi benny,

Nice result!

Is that a retail board? care to share where you bought ?:p:
After reading your thread, I tried to get one from the local distributor .....argh.. they said its not yet available.:(

Currently using Asus striker with E4300, couldn't get pass 400FSB.:mad:

Nice one ben!

Wanna know if there still raid issue on this board.
Could you try raid-0 and post us some result?

I ordered this board today from ClubIt.com overnight. I Have the Abit, Asus, and EVGA 680i boards. I hope this is where my search ends. I also have E6600, 3060 and X6800 to play with. I'll start a new thread with results and comparisons.

edit: typo