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n°1308673
10-21-2006 at 08:05:34 PM

Might as well get a new thread started for the new intel Quad core mobo.  So far its rumored to be available early November and will also have much better overclocking capabilities than their last 590 intel edition.  
 

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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.


 
Can't wait for this one.  I need to do some serious overclocking and this one looks to be a fine candidate to do just that.

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n°1308716
10-21-2006 at 08:37:51 PM

That looks pretty tasty, might be enough of a reason for me to upgrade to a Core 2. If it really does achieve some amazing overclock results i think it's a deffo.

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n°1314061
10-25-2006 at 02:35:51 AM

Will motherboards based on these chip sets be Quad Core Compatible out of the box?

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n°1314069
10-25-2006 at 02:40:52 AM

They're supposed to support a 1333 fsb, which is what the Quads are supposed to run.  So I'm assuming yes.

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n°1314124
10-25-2006 at 03:26:10 AM

I've just checked zeus.asus.com... its appears to be where asus do their webpage development.. and where the 590 chipset mobo page was up weeks before going live on the production asus website.
 
No sign of the 680i chipset mobo's page yet.
 
Maybe asus won't make a 680i chipset board as they already have the 590.

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n°1314546
10-25-2006 at 10:43:32 AM

Does anybody knows if this setup will be able to do something like ATIs assymetrical physics thing?

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n°1314654
10-25-2006 at 02:10:54 PM

This looks to be the one I've been waiting for, built for dual core, upgradable to quad core and has SLi with the " Physics slot" or 3rd GPU slot. OK... I want it! ASAP. I'll be watching this string for sure for updates.

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n°1314782
10-25-2006 at 04:17:12 PM

I realized that if I had 3 dual-slot GPU's in my comp, I can't use any of the other PCI ports... ugh.
 
They really need to extend mobo's soon... but then again, if I don't go SLI/Xfire with Physics card then it wouldn' be a problem, but it would definitly put a hamper on upgrades in the future.

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n°1314787
10-25-2006 at 04:18:59 PM

I realized that if I had 3 dual-slot GPU's in my comp, I can't use any of the other PCI ports... ugh.
 
They really need to extend mobo's soon... but then again, if I don't go SLI/Xfire with Physics card then it wouldn' be a problem, but it would definitly put a hamper on upgrades in the future.

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n°1314937
10-25-2006 at 06:04:45 PM

In my current rig with the 590 board I got Quad SLI and the SB Xi-Fi Fatality sound card.....and absoluetly no room for anything else.  
 
With Quad a physics card is pretty much pointless (well, IMO pointless anyway).  Its just another GPU and has only shown to provide any performace gains in a very limited number of games.    If anyone knows of some reviews / benchmarks I'd love a link.

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n°1316309
10-26-2006 at 02:26:50 PM

Just checking for updates. Searched the Internet, nothing new there.

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n°1316327
10-26-2006 at 02:58:20 PM

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In my current rig with the 590 board I got Quad SLI and the SB Xi-Fi Fatality sound card.....and absoluetly no room for anything else.  
 
With Quad a physics card is pretty much pointless (well, IMO pointless anyway).  Its just another GPU and has only shown to provide any performace gains in a very limited number of games.    If anyone knows of some reviews / benchmarks I'd love a link.


 
A physics card doesn't improve performance at all, if anything it hampers performance because there are alot more physics calculations to do.  
You need a decent card like a x1900xt or above to use a physics card and also have decent fps...all the physics do is enhance eye candy, but you have lower fps when physics is enabled vs when it is not enabled

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n°1316329
10-26-2006 at 02:59:15 PM

....But nearly all of the 965 boards support woodcrest..... :idea:

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n°1316332
10-26-2006 at 03:01:02 PM

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....But nearly all of the 965 boards support woodcrest..... :idea:


 
Uh? Woodcrest = Xeon = LGA771...
 
P965 = LGA775  
 
i don't see where it supports Xeon

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n°1316347
10-26-2006 at 03:22:06 PM

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....But nearly all of the 965 boards support woodcrest..... :idea:


 
Uh? Woodcrest = Xeon = LGA771...
 
P965 = LGA775  
 
i don't see where it supports Xeon
 
I didnt mean woodcrest, I meant Quad core, which is what the article is about.

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n°1316632
10-26-2006 at 07:04:00 PM

Yeah just about all P965 motherboards with either a bios update or eventually a revision will be able to support Kentsfield, Core 2 Quad, along with 975x boards

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n°1317203
10-27-2006 at 02:05:00 AM

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This looks to be the one I've been waiting for, built for dual core, upgradable to quad core and has SLi with the " Physics slot" or 3rd GPU slot. OK... I want it! ASAP. I'll be watching this string for sure for updates.


I know but what ATI offers is that you can use any card as a physics exclusive card. That way when you upgrade you dont trow away the older one but itll be your physics. Idk is Nvidia will start selling physics cards then...

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n°1318010
10-27-2006 at 05:26:41 PM

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This looks to be the one I've been waiting for, built for dual core, upgradable to quad core and has SLi with the " Physics slot" or 3rd GPU slot. OK... I want it! ASAP. I'll be watching this string for sure for updates.


I know but what ATI offers is that you can use any card as a physics exclusive card. That way when you upgrade you dont trow away the older one but itll be your physics. Idk is Nvidia will start selling physics cards then...
 
Nvidia might already be including physics already on the there 8800GTX/S cards, saving the need to even have a second card at all for physics

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n°1318029
10-27-2006 at 05:38:49 PM

Like I've said before.... my main concern is being able to upgrade down the road from dual core to quad core for as little as possible(meaning just the proccessor I hope). And I do mean down the road!!

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n°1318975
10-28-2006 at 06:25:40 AM

Thats pure gossip right??

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n°1319587
10-28-2006 at 09:02:31 PM

I have heard for a while that these boards are expected to be released early November.... has anyone heard anything new?? Any expected date yet?? Are any sites offering pre orders yet??