[First Look] DFI 680i LT NF-680i LT SLI (56K Warning~~~)

[bingo13]

I really think you guys should go with the EVGA board!

Not bad advice actually....

[nugzo]

Not bad advice actually....

I agree for many.. But for me, my 3rd PCI-E video card is blockin the air intake on my upper 8800GTX and it now runs 12-15c hotter than the lower 8800. The DFI has a little different PCI/PCI-E configuration which would put the 3rd video card at the very bottom leaving plenty of breathing room for the 88's. also the 2 extra SATA ports are BIG for me. I really do not expect the DFI to perform "better" than the EVGA, I just hope its as good. In my opinion, the EVGA pwns every other 680i out right now. I haven't owned all the other 680i's while they had their most mature bios, but i have owned them all. I went back to the EVGA every time. SOoo, If you do not need the extra 2 SATA ports, and the PCI/PCI-E layout is ok for you, then i would also recommend the EVGA. A1 or T1 of course.

[NinjaZX6R]

I agree for many.. But for me, my 3rd PCI-E video card is blockin the air intake on my upper 8800GTX and it now runs 12-15c hotter than the lower 8800. The DFI has a little different PCI/PCI-E configuration which would put the 3rd video card at the very bottom leaving plenty of breathing room for the 88's. also the 2 extra SATA ports are BIG for me. I really do not expect the DFI to perform "better" than the EVGA, I just hope its as good. In my opinion, the EVGA pwns every other 680i out right now. I haven't owned all the other 680i's while they had their most mature bios, but i have owned them all. I went back to the EVGA every time. SOoo, If you do not need the extra 2 SATA ports, and the PCI/PCI-E layout is ok for you, then i would also recommend the EVGA. A1 or T1 of course.

I may catch hell fo this, but can you either tell me or point me in the direction of finding what the difference is between the A1 and T1 models?

-Collin-

[virtualrain]

Not bad advice actually....

Bingo, why do you say that?

[nugzo]

Bingo, why do you say that?

I'm not bingo but i think he meant that the EVGA is a good board. Or it could have been sarcasm.

[virtualrain]

I'm not bingo but i think he meant that the EVGA is a good board. Or it could have been sarcasm.

AFAIK, Bingo13 is a reviewer at AnandTech... I would like to know what he knows about this board.

From what I've heard the quad-core overclocking and memory performance is not the best on this board but they are still working on bios tweaks - so there is still hope. If this hope has evaporated and/or there are new issues, then I'd like to know ASAP.

[bingo13]

AFAIK, Bingo13 is a reviewer at AnandTech... I would like to know what he knows about this board.

From what I've heard the quad-core overclocking and memory performance is not the best on this board but they are still working on bios tweaks - so there is still hope. If this hope has evaporated and/or there are new issues, then I'd like to know ASAP.

1. The quality of the board is excellent, all features work right out of the box, RAID, SLI, and audio are in total harmony.

2. The board screams with a 2MB Cache C2D, but do not expect overclocking over 500FSB with them, the board can do it at low multipliers, but the strap change at 501 just kills performance. Right now, my board is extremely stable at 475~485FSB, anything higher is not possible except for a CPU-Z screen shot.

3. The board had average memory performance when overclocking with the 4MB Cache C2D or Quad Cores, the EVGA has much better memory performance above 400FSB with these chips. There are also various FSB holes with these processors and particular memory settings. That said, DFI is working overtime on these issues.

4. I really like the board, it just needs some TLC within the BIOS. If you have a Quad Core or 4MB Cache C2D and an EVGA board, do not switch yet if benchmarking is important to you.

[The Nemesis]

1. The quality of the board is excellent, all features work right out of the box, RAID, SLI, and audio are in total harmony.

2. The board screams with a 2MB Cache C2D, but do not expect overclocking over 500FSB with them, the board can do it at low multipliers, but the strap change at 501 just kills performance. Right now, my board is extremely stable at 475~485FSB, anything higher is not possible except for a CPU-Z screen shot.

3. The board had average memory performance when overclocking with the 4MB Cache C2D or Quad Cores, the EVGA has much better memory performance above 400FSB with these chips. There are also various FSB holes with these processors and particular memory settings. That said, DFI is working overtime on these issues.

4. I really like the board, it just needs some TLC within the BIOS. If you have a Quad Core or 4MB Cache C2D and an EVGA board, do not switch yet if benchmarking is important to you.

Looks like I'll be sitting this board out after all. I've already got a fun board to bench my 2 mb cores that does 500FSB no tweaking & low nb volts. If it's not clocking 4 mb cores better than the evga then there's no advantage over the IN9 32Max either.

[scarface]

1. The quality of the board is excellent, all features work right out of the box, RAID, SLI, and audio are in total harmony.

2. The board screams with a 2MB Cache C2D, but do not expect overclocking over 500FSB with them, the board can do it at low multipliers, but the strap change at 501 just kills performance. Right now, my board is extremely stable at 475~485FSB, anything higher is not possible except for a CPU-Z screen shot.

3. The board had average memory performance when overclocking with the 4MB Cache C2D or Quad Cores, the EVGA has much better memory performance above 400FSB with these chips. There are also various FSB holes with these processors and particular memory settings. That said, DFI is working overtime on these issues.

4. I really like the board, it just needs some TLC within the BIOS. If you have a Quad Core or 4MB Cache C2D and an EVGA board, do not switch yet if benchmarking is important to you.

This? Bah, that's minor issues as far as i'm concerned. I've had an evga that's been giving me major problems and i'm looking to get off their platform.

Why bother feeding the trolls. Ignore him.

It didn't occur to me, Thanks.