eVGA nForce 680i SLI

Rob Williams · 06-10-2007, 09:01 PM

eVGA has released numerous motherboards in the past two years, but we are going to take a look at their most recent top offering, the nForce 680i SLI. Coming from a company who knows how to cater to enthusiasts, will the board leave us impressed like their graphics cards do?

You can read the full review here and discuss it here.

Arctucas · 06-11-2007, 12:49 PM

At least eVGA released a revision of this mobo that helped resolve the quad-core O/C issues, something that Asus hasn't (and most likely won't) for the Striker Extreme, where you could send eVGA your original mobo and they would send you the new one for free!

All in all, eVGA has Asus beat hands down, especially with customer service and tech support.
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Yamaha YSR50

Greg King · 06-11-2007, 12:52 PM

eVGA has always impressed me with their customer support. I have never dealt with Asus but I have many time with eVGA and all in all, they clearly care about their customers.

Rob Williams · 06-11-2007, 12:58 PM

I have never dealt with either companies customer service, but I have continually heard bad things about ASUS. Primarily the fact that they are hard to "get through to", and difficult to see quick action.

eVGA has a good thing going I think, I haven't heard many complaints about them.

werty316 · 06-12-2007, 01:17 AM

The eVGA 680i-SLI is a superb board and their customer service is great.

06-12-2007, 02:33 AM

Very good board, I found it to be rock solid so far. However the bridge temp
on this board is FAR FAR too high for no reason what-so-ever. And depending
on which cooler you use on your CPU (9700NT in my situation) the supplied
cooler for the bridge is going to blue its warm air INTO your cooler and make
it less efficient.

Also to note, when running a single 8800GTS card, the MCP temp was around
45 - 50 , once I dropped in my second card for SLI, the MCP temp rose up
about 15 degrees.. :S wth ?

I was able to hit 400FSB with my X6800 and some minor voltage tweaks
coupled with OCZ XTC 8500 SLI memory.

06-10-2007, 09:01 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	eVGA nForce 680i SLI eVGA has released numerous motherboards in the past two years, but we are going to take a look at their most recent top offering, the nForce 680i SLI. Coming from a company who knows how to cater to enthusiasts, will the board leave us impressed like their graphics cards do? You can read the full review here and discuss it here. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

06-11-2007, 12:49 PM	#2
Arctucas Obliviot Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3	At least eVGA released a revision of this mobo that helped resolve the quad-core O/C issues, something that Asus hasn't (and most likely won't) for the Striker Extreme, where you could send eVGA your original mobo and they would send you the new one for free! All in all, eVGA has Asus beat hands down, especially with customer service and tech support. ________ Yamaha YSR50 Last edited by Arctucas; 01-25-2011 at 12:14 AM.

06-11-2007, 12:52 PM	#3
Greg King I just kinda show up... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,081	eVGA has always impressed me with their customer support. I have never dealt with Asus but I have many time with eVGA and all in all, they clearly care about their customers. __________________ "It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan System: Intel i5 2500K \| Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD4 \| 16GB G.Skill DDR3 \| Crucial M4 128GB SSD WD 1TB Black x1 \| WD 2TB Green x 1 \| XFX Radeonn HD 6850 \| Corsair H80 Water Cooler Fractal Design R3 \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Dell 2410 x 3 @ 1920x1200 ESXi Host: Intel i7 920 @ 3.0 GHz \| Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P \| 24GB Patriot DDR3 \| WD 1TB Black x 2

06-11-2007, 12:58 PM	#4
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I have never dealt with either companies customer service, but I have continually heard bad things about ASUS. Primarily the fact that they are hard to "get through to", and difficult to see quick action. eVGA has a good thing going I think, I haven't heard many complaints about them. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

06-12-2007, 01:17 AM	#5
werty316 Partition Master Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 431	The eVGA 680i-SLI is a superb board and their customer service is great. __________________ Chuck Norris doesn't go hunting.... CHUCK NORRIS GOES KILLING

06-12-2007, 02:33 AM	#6
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	This board runs HOT Very good board, I found it to be rock solid so far. However the bridge temp on this board is FAR FAR too high for no reason what-so-ever. And depending on which cooler you use on your CPU (9700NT in my situation) the supplied cooler for the bridge is going to blue its warm air INTO your cooler and make it less efficient. Also to note, when running a single 8800GTS card, the MCP temp was around 45 - 50 , once I dropped in my second card for SLI, the MCP temp rose up about 15 degrees.. :S wth ? I was able to hit 400FSB with my X6800 and some minor voltage tweaks coupled with OCZ XTC 8500 SLI memory.

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