OCZ Summit 2006 APAC - Memory, Motherboards and More Overclocking Goodness

Sneak Peek - Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6

Sneak Peek - Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6

On the other end of the scale, we’ve got a glimpse of Gigabyte's upcoming NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI board as well and this one is a real over-engineered monster. Depending on how much of a feature geek you dare to admit to yourself, the Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 will either give you wet dreams or nightmares. When you combine all the 'Durable' and 'Quad' features from the original GA-965P-DQ6 motherboard, the NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI plus everything else Gigabyte can cram onto the PCB, you get the motherload that is the GA-N680SLI-DQ6.

Its list of features apart from the already extensive nForce 680i SLI chipset are two additional SATA 3.0Gbps controllers for a total of ten SATA ports (RAID and eSATA capable), a whopping four Gigabit LAN ports (that can operate independently or as a pair of 2Gb teamed links), triple PCIe x16, HD Audio, FireWire-400 and a 12-phase PWM. There are only a few working samples at the moment, but Gigabyte has mentioned that the board is already quite stable with no known compatibility issues even with all onboard features enabled.