[H]ard|OCP reviews EVGA nForce 780i SLI motherboard
The EVGA 780i SLI packs a lot of nice features under the hood, including support for the current mainstream DDR2 memory technology, and SLI using 2 or 3 NVIDIA graphics cards. Is it enough to compete with the latest Intel DDR3 board though?
EVGA is a well known entity in the graphics market, but a relative newcomer in the motherboard area. However, they have been able to translate their quality and performance wins in the graphics area to the motherboard delivery process almost flawlessly. Their newest Intel based product is a definite design win for them.
The EVGA nForce 780i SLI is the newest in EVGA's Intel motherboard lineup. The board is designed by NVIDIA using the NVIDIA nForce 780 SLI chipset, which supports all released Intel LGA 775 processors, DDR2 memory operating in Dual Channel mode up to 800MHz officially, and dual or triple card SLI graphics mode when the board is used in conjunction with matching NVIDIA based graphics cards...
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