Seven 650i SLI Motherboards Compared

Applications

3D Studio Max is so CPU bound that motherboard selection doesn't seem to matter

Audio

Lame and OGG audio conversion are again CPU bound, leaving little difference between boards.

Video

What was true of audio conversion is also true of video conversion, as the 650i SLI appears to perform on-par with the 680i SLI chipset.

Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.