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Zotac Announces New NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Motherboard for AMD

Jimmy 2004

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Zotac has jumped the gun on this one a little bit, pre-announcing its new motherboard based on NVIDIA's upcoming nForce 750a chipset. This will be the first AMD chipset from NVIDIA since the nForce 590 was released back in May 2006, and will offer features such as Hybrid SLI, Hybrid Power and GeForce Boost. The board won't be capable of running triple SLI as there are only two PCI-E slots, but Quad SLI with two GeForce 9800 GX2 cards will be supported. The board should work with past, current and future AMD CPUs, provided that AMD maintains compatibility between AM2+ and AM3 processors. Zotac reckons it will be able to sell the motherboard for less than $150, which wouldn't be a bad price for someone wanting to use high-end AMD processors and NVIDIA graphics.

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Wow, that is kind of odd. I know AMD dont want to shut down some of its customer base, but its been roughly 2 years since Nvidia produced an AMD chipset. Looks nice though. Wonder how it will perform.
 
Really awesome. Zotac is growing...fast. Now where's the Crosshair II Formula.
 
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