Thread: XFX nForce 680i SLI

The XFX 680i SLI is one of the motherboards that is targeted toward high-end PC users and garners that want per¬formance, in short a hardcore enthusiast board, and the distinction falls only to the 680i SLI motherboard. The latest nForce 680i chip set has been included in this mother¬board. This board features Quad core sup¬port, 1333 fsb, 4800 MHz DDR2, 2 x16x PC Ie slots for SLI configurations. In other words support for the latest dual and quad core CPUs, faster memory and latest graphics solutions.

The XFX nForce 680i SLI motherboard has some nice features including additional USB and Firewire headers apart from having six on¬board USB and a firewire slot for extra connections as well as the LED POST indicator lights are also there to help with boot up troubleshooting. There are dedicated power and reset buttons on the moth¬erboard for users that have either open cases or pre¬fer to set up the hardware in an open environment for better cooling and performance. In PCMark05 it scored 5659 PC marks that was the best score in this category of boards. Asus P5K Delux also gave an outstanding performance scoring 5570 in PC¬Mark05, the second best score for this test but it was clearly beaten by this XFX board.



It scored 8207 3DMarks in our 3DMark06 test which is again, an impressive score and is the top scorer in this test. XFX boards have been excellent motherboards with excellent graphics capabilities, in the other test XFX 630i performed decently well and that is why it as been considered as the one for best performer award.