Friday, January 5th 2007
GIGABYTE N680SLI-DQ6 Preview
Specifications:
- Processor
Intel Core 2 Extreme Duo/Quad-Core Processor
Support 1066/800/533MHz FSB
- Chipset
NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI MCP chipset
TI IEEE 1394 controller
Realtek ALC888DD 8 channel HD audio codec
- Memory
Supports DDR2 800/667/533 memory
Dual Channel supports by 4 DIMMs
- Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express X16 slots
1 x PCI Express X8 slot
1 x PCI Express X1 slot
3 x PCI slots
- Form Factor
ATX form factor (305 x 244mm)
- Internal I/O Connectors
10 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66/33 connector
1 x FDD connector
2 x IEEE1394 connector
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 connector (support 6 ports)
1 x Front Audio
1 x SPDIF_IN connector
1 x TPM connector
1 x LPT port
3 x Cooling fan
- Rear I/O Connectors
4 x USB 2.0/1.1
4 x RJ45
1 x Optical SPDIF_OUT
1 x IEEE1394
1 x COM port
6 audio jacks
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
15 Comments on GIGABYTE N680SLI-DQ6 Preview
ati demonstated 3x x1900's a while back with one for physics, so natrually, nvidia's gonna do it too
they do look good but gigabyte does have a habit of overdoing things a bit, i mean, quad bios?, quad lan?, they took the whole quad thing a bit far (though some might find these useful)
while QuadLAN seems interesting, with my dual lan mobo i don't need to have a hub between the 2 computers, with quad it will be more interesting.
Every new mobo seems to have heatpipes and lots of copper, well you kinda notice it from the price too, but wouldn't mind owning one.
the thing i like about g/b boards that they cram so many features to there board...
seriously a color scheme would not be bad but now it seems like most motherboards are starting to look like they belong in a gay pride parade
and what the hell do u need quad bios for do they mean you can save like 4 diff bios setups and choose which one to boot?
it would be nice for mobo companies to make the higher end product in diff. colors....give the customer choice of color on the same mobo...that would be a modders dream...sure it would cost more $$$ but let the mobo companies eat that for its loyal buyers...