Some pictures of the new EVGA motherboard. Click to enlarge (Warning: Very Large Pictures, 2560*1920) The outer box: Interior of the Box: Interior of the box onto anti static bag: There she is, the board its self: And another of the board: More to come later. Sam
Looks good mate, nice to see one in someone's hands, rather than just a review shot of it. p.s. hth0923, you'd better trim that sig down before Bindi/another admin pwnerates it.
v. nice looking board man, will be impressively quick... more than impressive... but i cant think of a word for that still, will be rather nice!
Later on this evening, i shall write a list whats included in the box, and the specs of the board, just incase your interested, but currently im at college, and i will be at work till 10pm this even, so i shall do it when i get home. Sam
love my SLi-Deluxe, and when i bought it, i though £100 was expensive. But £200 ???? are they off their rockers ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
rofl @ mankz-91 its the best conroe board you can actually get the and £100 for an sli-deluxe musta been after it had been out for a while? i remember paying £180 for my sli-dr (not my expert) times are a' changing... come on sam... whers teh update.. oww wait your still at work
Well, as promised, i would tell you some specs and features, im not sure were to start, so i thought i would start with the 'Key Features' on the board, so here goes: True dual PCI Express x16 graphics support Thrid PCI Express graphics expansion slot NVIDIA SLI Ready* Built for Overclocking NVIDIA SLI-Ready memory technology w/ EPP** Comprehensive overclocking tools Nvidia nTune utility NV BIOS NVIDIA MediaShield storage technology 6 SATA 3Gb/sec ports NVIDIA FirstPacket technology NVIDIA DualNet technology Dual GigE with teaming TCP/IP acceleration * - Features requires installation of two NVIDIA GeForce GPUs ** - Feature requires installation of select third party system memory That was copied from the box, so i hope EVGA dont mind So, you might be wondering what else is in the box, to make it cost £210, well, i can happily tell you, once again, by looking at the side of the box: EVGA nForce 680i SLI Motherboard More updates to come later, im hungry and going to eat dinner. Sam out Edit number 1, till someone replies (its so i dont double post) Ok, ive opened the box up, and im going through the paper work, install disks and Quick install bits and bobs, so, what exactly is in this selection, well: Quick Install Guide Serial ATA and Raid Driver Floppy Disk EVGA Mainboard utilities and installation CD And a very thick User Manual This image is a widescreen image, (1600*1200) Thats about it in part 1, what else is there, thats part of edit 2, coming up next. Whats on the CD, a breif look at whats on the driver CD. Sam out Edit 2 Ok, i inserted the CD to find an amzing amount of options, take a peak at the picture below: I clicked on Install Motherboard Drivers, and like alot of installers, sits there for a while before starting, and is the normal NVIDIA look, so the logo all around. Anyway, Edit 3 will follow shortly, this will include a list of other bits and bobs that have been included with the board, until then Sam out
Ok, Thanks for the updates people, frodo especially, keep on nagging me on msn Tis all good though Right, this is Edit 3, I shall start of by telling you about a small Black Box, with Cooling fan on it, this is to be used if Overclocking or using a liquid/passive cooling solution, well, im waterclooling my processor when i get it A pic will be up of it a little later, anyhows, onto other bits, Cables, And theres Loads of them, I count 6 SATA cables, can only presume there SATA 2 cables, and then theres the old favourite, the IDE Cable, its been rounded Thers 1 of those and theres 1 Floppy IDE rounded cable, then i have 3 Molex - SATA cable converters, for those who dont have decent PSU's All that was in one bag, and in the second, we have another cable, which goes to a Firewire port to sit on the back panel, and theres also a cable with 4 USB 2.0 Ports for the back panel again and lastly, theres a cable for an anchient Game port (Who uses these anyway? ) In this same bag, theres the EVGA SLI bridge, and the Motherboard back plate with audio, USB, PS2 and other port holes. The picture shows all of this including the wee little fan mentioned above. Fan is in both pictures, i apologise for the poor quality on the fan picture, im not very good with close ups. Hope this is enough for one day, im tired, and i have a boring miserable leacture in the morning, so that is from me for now, good night Sam out
Thanks for dropping by Tim Again, thanks for the help. Oh dear, doesnt sound good Ok, this is a small comparison, as im still running my AMD setup, i did a 3d mark test, and this is how its came out afterwards: Tomorrow when i pick up the processor it will be a bit more impressive Sam
oww!!! didnt know that people were having problems with them i may retract my statement... meh! still looks real nice though, and has many-features!!! which is good imo
Im ok, if i have any problems with it, ile take it to Novatech and demand a refund, then walk around to the other door, walk through it and order an Asus motherboard Sam Oh, saying that, could be a delay as i paid by card Edit: Its now 00:42, and later on i will be picking up my new bits and bobs, A Intel Core 2 Duo E6700, and 2 GB of 800MHZ ram, i will let you know how i get on, all this later on this evening. Sam
