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NVIDIA has released their highly anticipated 780i chipset and both Tech Report and AnandTech have a look at what's new. Surprisingly, "new" is the wrong word to use, since not much is new at all. The 780i chipset is essentially identical to the previous generation 680i. The primary difference is the nForce 200 chip that adds PCI-E 2.0 support and also enables 3-way SLI.
Performance-wise, not much has changed. The 3-Way SLI can make rather sizable differences of course, but that's primarily for those who wish to run really high resolutions, such as 2560x1600. If Penryn and SLI are in your plans, then the 780i is -the- chipset you will want to go after, even if you plan to stick with a single GPU. The mid-range chipset, 750i, will be released in January, however, and might appeal more towards enthusiasts with mid-range rigs.
We will have a review of the ASUS P5N-T 780i board in the coming week.
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I can't help but think it fitting that Nvidia is launching the 780i SLI during a time of year when bands release greatest hits albums to capitalize on the holiday sales rush. In many ways, the 780i feels like Nvidia's greatest core logic hits; you have some old tracks, represented by the 570 SLI MCP, paired with a remixed north bridge and one new song, the nForce 200.
Source: Tech Report
Performance-wise, not much has changed. The 3-Way SLI can make rather sizable differences of course, but that's primarily for those who wish to run really high resolutions, such as 2560x1600. If Penryn and SLI are in your plans, then the 780i is -the- chipset you will want to go after, even if you plan to stick with a single GPU. The mid-range chipset, 750i, will be released in January, however, and might appeal more towards enthusiasts with mid-range rigs.
We will have a review of the ASUS P5N-T 780i board in the coming week.
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I can't help but think it fitting that Nvidia is launching the 780i SLI during a time of year when bands release greatest hits albums to capitalize on the holiday sales rush. In many ways, the 780i feels like Nvidia's greatest core logic hits; you have some old tracks, represented by the 570 SLI MCP, paired with a remixed north bridge and one new song, the nForce 200.
Source: Tech Report
. The chipset 680i is old, but i preffer the 780i because 3-WAY SLI is for gamers and is PCI Express 2.0 compatible, and the 680i is not. If you can help me, do it please