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Friday, June 29, 2007
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Usually, budget and performance don't go together, however ECS has somehow pulled it off gracefully over the last couple of years with the introduction of their EXTREME series of motherboards. Today, we look at their nVidia 680i SLI solution for INTEL CPU's. Let's see how it does!
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
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PN2 SLI2+ Extreme from ECS is based on the latest nVidia chipset for the Intel platform, nForce 680i, being a very high-end motherboard targeted to the latest and future Core 2 CPUs. Its main features include support to DDR2 memories up to 1,200 MHz, the new 1,333 MHz external bus (FSB) and an out-of-ordinary overclocking support. Nvidia has now a new approach and some motherboards based on their chipsets are now labeled as "designed by nVidia", meaning that the motherboard was designed and manufactured by nVidia, not by the brand that is selling it. This is the case with this motherboard. Let's see how this model branded by ECS performs.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
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The ECS PN2 SLI2+ is one the many "Designed by nVIDIA" motherboards hitting the streets. It is based on the nVidia nForce 680i SPP and nForce 680i MCP chipsets. Compared to the previous high end nVIDIA nForce 590 Intel Edition chipset, the nForce 680i SLI really only officially supports a higher FSB (up to 1333 MHz by default). There are four DDR2 memory slots which can accommodate up to 8GB of DDR2-800 memory, and "SLI-Ready" memory rated up to 1200 MHz. The 680i SLI chipset naturally supports dual PCI Express x16 videocards in SLI, with a full 16 PCI Express lanes each (the third PCI Express x16 slot is capped at x8). We'll get to the full peripheral expansion options in a moment.
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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ECS did a good thing with the release of the PN2 SLI2+ motherboard. It is a solid board that performs very well and overclocks well when leaving the multiplier alone. If you are in the market for a new motherboard, and are looking for a 680i board, you will want to take a look at the ECS PN2 SLI2+ for sure...
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