Difference Between These 680i Mobos

[halutzparilla]

whats the difference between these two???
Newegg.com - EVGA 122-CK-NF67-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
@209.99USD and in the reviewed Mobo section of HL

and this one not reviewed, but looks exactly like ECS PN2 SLI2+ on the reviewed mobo...

Newegg.com - EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

the idea is i'm kinda snooping around for a new mobo for early next year, until i get some extra cash saving up, so could someone tell me the difference... i kinda like the 680I boards but
i never had experience with P35 only with 680I and 965P... anyhow how will the latter board compared to the Gigabyte P35 boards...

[Capper]

It looks to be nothing more than refresh.......different PCB (green vs black), and individual active chipset cooling as opposed to the passive heat pipe cooler used on the older one.

[gvblake22]

eVGA is notorious for releasing several of what look like the exact same product. It always confuses me too, I've never understood it.

[polobunny]

EVGA 122-CK-NF67-A1 ATX = Only 1 PCI-e too.
It's based on the NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI chipset, but check directly on eVGA or newegg, no second PCI-e slot. ;)

Edit: Actually that's from what I can gather from the details, but people say they have this board in SLI. I'm wtf'ed. o_O

Edit 2: Not an SLI board.
EVGA 680i LT SLI Motherboard Review :: NVIDIA 680i LT SLI Features :: Motherboards.org

[Yellowhello]

One is the 680i LT chipset (the green PCB), which basically a scaled down 680i chipset.

[halutzparilla]

Originally Posted by polobunny

Edit 2: Not an SLI board.
EVGA 680i LT SLI Motherboard Review :: NVIDIA 680i LT SLI Features :: Motherboards.org

what do you mean it looks and says its an SLI Board??? you saying the cheaper 680i is a better choice over the one that was reviewed here basing on the specs alone...

how do they do when compare to P35 Boards of Gigabytes like the new DS3L, DS3R, DQ6???

now i'm more confused with eVGA 680i boards...

and if the green PCB 680i is a scaled down Mobo compare to the Black PCB 680i why is the green PCB more expensive???

another one is this HardwareLogic - eVGA NVidia 680i SLI Motherboard Review same as Newegg.com - EVGA 122-CK-NF63-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail looks like it???

[Quakindude]

The A1 680i, the first link you have in the original post, is a newer LT chipset board. The major difference there is only 2 PCIe graphics slots and support for 800/1066 CPU's. The TR has 3 PCIe slots.

The TR is an updated version of the original 680i SLI board in my review. It has native support for a 1333FSB. The A1 version of the 680i SLI doesn't work well with Quad Core processors while the TR does.

The confusing difference is 680i LT A1 and 680i SLI A1/TR.

I would imagine the LT A1 is higher priced due to popularity more than anything.

[polobunny]

Oh lord, I think the nap didn't help me at all, ignore my other post.

[halutzparilla]

so meaning to say 680i TR of eVga is much more bang for the buck when considering
Quad core in the future?

and now back to my other question how does the 680i boards compare to the P35 Boards?
what makes the difference???

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by halutzparilla

and now back to my other question how does the 680i boards compare to the P35 Boards?
what makes the difference???

Well to start, the P35 are garrenteed to work with the new 45nm CPU's and some boards have DDR3 capabilities.