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    Mix SLI

    Yes they have to be the same GPU, but they could be different clocks. Once you put them in SLI, they will both be downclocked to the lower one. Example: A stock GTX280 SLI'd with an overclocked GTX280. When you enable SLI in the drivers settings, they will both be at stock speeds.
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    Best AGP card to upgrade an old system for gaming?

    3850 would be the best. It has the most updated chip on it, DirectX 10.1, the most stream processors, highest clocks... The 2600XT has slightly more memory bandwidth but it is 2 generations old. Check out these great comparison charts: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/131...
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    GTX 280

    I have 2 EVGA GTX 280 in SLI, watercooled, at 729 mHz core,1300 mHz memory,1458 mHz shader. Do you think it is worth it to vmod? Is there a huge risk? Or is it just a pencil mod?
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    ATi vs nVidia drivers

    I agree with sisq0kidd.
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    Stream processors...

    The fastest stream processor is still useless with drivers. Ati might have better stream p's but Nvidia has better drivers and CUDA.
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    So what exactly is the difference between the 8800GT and the 9800GT

    Basically it is a die shrink from 65nm to 55nm. Hybridpower tech is also added. 8800GT is G92, 9800GT is G92b. " Nvidia's plan to shift from 65nm to 55nm to lower costs is bearing fruit and we have the first 9800 GT 55nm in our hands. The biggest difference compared to the 65nm version is its...
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    ATi 4870 X2 (R700) previews thread

    You believed wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSC_Aero, http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/
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    nVidia GT200 Series Review Thread

    Is anybody else depressed that they are stuck with an SLI motherboard and in order to upgrade to 2 of the newest nvidia cards, they need to dish out $1300? It is obvious that GTX 280 SLI is faster than the 4870 crossfie, but the ati cards come close in speed but cost half as much. Nvidia seemed...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    You're right. Well at least they are doing something over there. I guess nVIDIA just release some new bios code to all motherboard makers of the 790i to fix some issues. I don't have the actual article link though.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Here is a pic of the 790i at Computex: http://www.fudzilla.com/index....=view&id=7777&Itemid=1
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Don't read this, meant to send a PM
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Mr. AK, Only High Resolution gaming like 2560x1600 and 1920x1200 benefits from 3-way SLI. Many review prove this if you read them. Same with 3dmark06, 2 way SLI and 3-way SLI with the same cards will have the same score at 1280x1024, but at 2560x1600 and 1920x1200, 3-way will perform a lot...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I am running on water. I can easily put it to 3.6gHz (300x12) but it gets too hot because I have 3 8800GTX watercooled on the same water loop. Right now the CPU is at 2.46gHz (13x266) and it is at about 55 Celsius at idle. At 3.6gHz, it goes up to 60 Celsius at idle.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    This is True, I am running the QX6700 at 3.43gHz on the 680i and it runs great but runs hot.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    There is hope for those with SLI!!!!! Leo from Gigabyte has been a great help for me so far. He told me that my case is in consideration in the fact that the X48-DQ6 cannot fully replace my 680i because I have 3-way SLI. I would have to throw away $1000 in video cards to settle with the X48. I...
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    New video cards still very backward compatible?

    Can 9800gx2 still play older directX 7, 8, and 9 titles really well? Maybe it's a stupid question but maybe there are driver issues that make the new cards not be able to run older games.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Wow 114 pages, this calls for a celebration. Beers for everyone, on Gigabyte. I think we should start a new topic titled "Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N790SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?" Topic summary: Announced a very long time ago - Then Vanished from Discussion - Are they replacing people's 680i's with...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Location of Serial Number: I talked to Leo and he told me to look on the main 24pin power connector and there it was, the serial number sticker. I felt like an idiot after that one.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Leo called be the other night at 9:30pm too. He asked me what processor I have and what I will be putting in. Then he asked for my serial number. Unfortunately I wasn't at home so I told him I would call back. I checked my motherboard but couldn't find the serial number. Maybe it is because I...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I sent the email too, but I think it is going to be hard for them to replace the board being that there are no Gigabyte replacements for a newer Nvidia chipset. Will they possible supply a refund? Or maybe they will mod the board's wiring and send us back a Rev. 27 board.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    You forgot the part that states "Gamer's choice award", it should read "Recycler's choice award"
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Bios settings: cpu: QX6700. CPU core voltage: 1.4375V, mem voltage: +.400V. multiplier: 12, fsb speed: 300, unlinked, auto at 900mHz for the memory. I have pc2-8500 memory which can go to 1066mHz but after many tests I couldn't find a difference with it running at 800 or 900mHz vs 1066mHz. I...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    But what about the F6b bios. Does that have better support for the QX6850. I do have water cooling for my CPU as well as my 3 8800GTX's. Yes. Now at 630/1458/2000mhz. I'm using a tweaked BFG 8800gtx OC2 bios. You are correct. But I believe 1920x1200 is up there with 2560X1600. 3-way SLi...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    My system is running great with the new F6b bios. I have my QX6700 running at 3.6gHz (300x12) and it is more stable than ever. I can't confirm my QX6860 works yet though. I am too scared to swap it out. On another note, I got my 3-way SLI working perfect. I can actually pass 3dmark06 now...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I installed the new Nvidia Drivers and I can't even get 3DMark06 to finish a test before my computer freezes. More shitty Nvidia drivers for SLI/3-way SLI. I was able to pass 3dmark06 before installing the new drivers. I thought maybe my memory or CPU was too overclocked but my PC has been...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    This statement is only part true. I agree that performance went down from the XP scores, but I know my score of 16540 is much higher than a single 8800GTX would get in Vista. I would say only 2 of my 3 video cards are actually performing. Microsoft and Nvidia need to fix their shit. Nvidia...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Gigabyte's GA-790SLI-DQ6 pixelized http://www.fudzilla.com/index....=view&id=6131&Itemid=1 I can't believe I might consider buying it if they don't offer the trade in program. You just don't find those extra SATA on any other 680/780/790i board.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Alright, I'm hungover but I ran a 3DMark06 test and the results were disappointing. 16540 was the score. My score has gone down since adding a third 8800GTX. I am running Vista 64bit with 4GB ram. Maybe the DirectX10 slowed it down. Also when I achieved 18,469, my CPU was at 3.6gHz instead of...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Haha not yet. I have been so busy with work and school, I have only played 1 game since I installed Vista. Call of Duty 4, and it looks awesome and has no lag. I will get back to you once I get those scores. I think I tried installing 3DMark06 but it didn't work, must be the version of 3Dmark06...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    The new Gigabyte 790i doesn't look that bad. Minus the fact it only has 8 instead of 8 SATA ports and also sports DDR3. I really don't feel like tearing apart my tri-SLI watercooled setup only the upgrade the motherboard and CPU and not see a very big performance increase. I cannot justify this...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I read about that Ageia acquisition too. Goodbye Ageia, hello next generation quantum physics from Nvidia http://www.nordichardware.com/news,4749.html.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    You are correct Blazer7. That is some good logic. I did read somewhere that 790i might support DDR2 or a combo of DDR2/DDR3 for the fact that no one is adopting DDR3 very fast and it doesn't show any memory speed increase, only bandwidth.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I'm not sure if someone already posted about these but if you have Microsoft Vista and you're a gamer, download these hotfixes to improve performance: http://www.vistax64.com/gaming...le-sli-cpu-memory.html. As for an update on my PC, I am now dual booting XP and Vista Ultimate 64-bit. XP is...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Ignore, please read next post.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Well my celebration was short lived. When I go to the New nVidia Forceware ver 169.28 beta for WinXP, they changed the "add increased SLI & 3SLI performance for Crysis" to "Adds increased SLI performance in Crysis when used with the official Crysis Patch v1.1". Must have been a typo. Maybe I can...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Thank you Blazer7, you just made my day. Now I don't have to buy Vista for a long time, at least until SP1 and I don't have to go through the headache of having a dual boot system.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Good work GriMRaper, I am behind you 100% on this and we all are. It just sucks that if it really goes through, I will have to take apart my fully built super PC and be without the motherboard for at leasy a couple weeks. Maybe they can do an Advance replacement.;)
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Read this short horror story if you are bored. Lesson of the day: 3-way SLI isn't supported on Windows XP, not yet at least!!! Ok I think I have the worst planning ever. I decided to add an 8800GTX to my system to make it 3-way sli system. I already had all of the requirements. So I finished my...
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    Mr. rt182, This happened to me in GPU-z also. At the bottom of the GPU-z program just select your other video card where the drop down arrow is and then should show up as "SLI-enabled". A similar problem: in 3DMark06, it shows that I have SLI disabled, but my score suggests otherwise.
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    Where Are The Gigabyte GA-N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboards?

    I am in the process of trying to return but they are taking forever to give me the RMA. Here is it on craigslist: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/sys/493278224.html