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Gigabyte N680SLI-DQ6 - First Look

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Started by Komet , Jan 05 2007 04:28 AM

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 04:28 AM

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http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?23007

Check this shit out:


Gigabyte says Fuck You nVidia! We're making the hottest chipset on the planet passive! Bam! I'm impressed at Gigabyte's C2D boards. They've really stepped up to the enthusiast market with innovative solutions at extremely competitive prices. Also, notice the migration in motherboard cooling design from top-down cpu cooling (i.e. Tt Big Typhoon) to backdraft (i.e. Zalman 9700) from the location of the main heatsink on this board. Very intelligent thinking, since that method has proved to be most efficient in removing heat from the ATX design.

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 05:07 AM

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but... all the manufacturers are using heatpipes... BFG, ASUS etc.

i am now confused somewhat
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 05:10 AM

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QUOTE (SéRïÔûS ¢¥àNîdë @ Jan 5 2007, 02:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
but... all the manufacturers are using heatpipes... BFG, ASUS etc.

i am now confused somewhat
BFG doesn't make motherboards, and you won't be finding many passive 680i chipsets because they dissipate a huge amount of wattage.

It wasn't the heatpipes themselves that was notable.

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 05:13 AM

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http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_listn...4&sid=21068

u were saying?
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 05:23 AM

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Rofl, 4 Ethernet adapters? Wtf Am I gonna do with those? XD

The rest of the specs look really nice. Solid caps I assume?

The only downside are the colours...this board really reminds me of gay icon_razz.gif

And uh.. suspected price?


QUOTE (Weiman @ Apr 5 2009, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is exactly what has been going on through the entire thread, and it's not the first time either.
You come to us for advice..you just spell out what you want to get, and then ask us if it is okay, and we have to explain why it isn't. That's the world upside down.. If you would just say 'hey guys, I have an X amount of money, what should I buy?' Then this would be over in 2-3 posts, not 2-3 pages.
QUOTE (Kazzerax @ May 21 2009, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Every time someone goes against Weiman's sig I feel like they should be bludgeoned for a few minutes in the head to feel the headache I feel when I realize someone really IS that dense.

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 05:45 AM

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$500+ Australian.. or abt 250-300 usd!

and ther is 2 ethernet adapters not 4 Weiman
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 06:01 AM

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QUOTE (SéRïÔûS ¢¥àNîdë @ Jan 5 2007, 11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
$500+ Australian.. or abt 250-300 usd!

and ther is 2 ethernet adapters not 4 Weiman


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1 x TPM connector
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3 x Cooling fan
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QUOTE (Weiman @ Apr 5 2009, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is exactly what has been going on through the entire thread, and it's not the first time either.
You come to us for advice..you just spell out what you want to get, and then ask us if it is okay, and we have to explain why it isn't. That's the world upside down.. If you would just say 'hey guys, I have an X amount of money, what should I buy?' Then this would be over in 2-3 posts, not 2-3 pages.
QUOTE (Kazzerax @ May 21 2009, 09:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Every time someone goes against Weiman's sig I feel like they should be bludgeoned for a few minutes in the head to feel the headache I feel when I realize someone really IS that dense.

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 06:25 AM

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QUOTE (Weiman @ Jan 5 2007, 05:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Rofl, 4 Ethernet adapters? Wtf Am I gonna do with those? XD


Oh i think we all have a pretty good idea what you like to do with a spare ethernet adapter on a lonely night weiman icon_wink.gif

Tho if your thinkin of it that way how many people with dual ethernet boards actually use both ports?
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 06:30 AM

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well its a typo... i no for a fact that the 680i chipset only has 2
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 06:34 AM

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QUOTE (SéRïÔûS ¢¥àNîdë @ Jan 5 2007, 06:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
well its a typo... i no for a fact that the 680i chipset only has 2


They can put on chips to controll more ethernet ports, like how intel got IDE on the 965 chipsets
Also look at the picture, it shows 4 ethernet ports, you gunna call that a typo? icon_razz.gif
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after actually looking at the photo... i stand thoroughly corrected. but i do believe the original specifications from nVidia was 2 so gigabyte must have added them

yea... wat WOULD you do with all those... it could like.. be its own router?
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 06:46 AM

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QUOTE (SéRïÔûS ¢¥àNîdë @ Jan 5 2007, 06:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
after actually looking at the photo... i stand thoroughly corrected. but i do believe the original specifications from nVidia was 2 so gigabyte must have added them

yea... wat WOULD you do with all those... it could like.. be its own router?


Haha yea probs
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 08:55 AM

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lol yea mine has 2, and i only use one...4? wow ok, good job? lol thats all i can say cuz i dunno what else.
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Posted 05 January 2007 - 02:18 PM

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QUOTE (SéRïÔûS ¢¥àNîdë @ Jan 5 2007, 02:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_listn...4&sid=21068
u were saying?
Those are rebranded Chaintech motherboards, because Chaintechs don't sell. Try again.

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 02:23 PM

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QUOTE (Komet @ Jan 5 2007, 02:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Those are rebranded Chaintech motherboards, because Chaintechs don't sell. Try again.

yeah cause chaintech suck ass.

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 05:25 PM

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Chaintech used to have very nice boards. Apogee series was cool. Black with gold and yellow, had a good chipset (nForce2) and had very decent overclocking feats.
Nowadays I dont hear much about chaintech anymore tho...

Anyway, I agree with Weiman. Whats the use of having 4 ethernet ports?
Trunking them would be cool, but needs driver support and a switch that supports it (expensive!), and your HDD's won't be able to keep up anyway.
I'd rather see 4 extra USB ports on the spot of 2 of those Ethernet ports.
Most people have USB port shortages. I had to add 6 extra ports on my machine just to be able to connect all my stuff :/
Just hook me up to the internet, 1000 Megabits per second, IV push. It'll feel like home...

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Posted 05 January 2007 - 06:03 PM

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680i supports some sort of technology that allows you to use one ethernet in, and one ethernet out. So they're essentially allowing you to have two double connections. I don't really know a lot about it, except I remember reading that.

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QUOTE (Komet @ Jan 6 2007, 12:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
680i supports some sort of technology that allows you to use one ethernet in, and one ethernet out. So they're essentially allowing you to have two double connections. I don't really know a lot about it, except I remember reading that.

Thats NIC teaming.
You'd need driver support and a switch that can handle it. Those switches are rather expensive, so I really dont see the use of it for a Home PC
Just hook me up to the internet, 1000 Megabits per second, IV push. It'll feel like home...

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Most home PC stuffs fine with a 10/100 connection, hardly ever do they need even gigabit let alone teamed gigabit ports
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
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