XFX 680i SLI

INTRODUCTION

XFX, a major player in graphics solutions and an NVIDIA partner released their versions of the entire NVIDIA produced 600 series of motherboards approximately 2 months ago. The XFX 680i LT SLI and 650i Ultra motherboards were on the market first to more closely coincide with NVIDIA's official release date of these products. To our knowledge XFX's version of the 680i SLI has just become available in the US within the last few weeks. Was this an incredibly smart business decision on the part of XFX bypassing the proverbial dog days which followed after the 680i SLI's initial release? Did they wait on the board's BIOS to be refined to a point where their customers would be extremely happy? Or was there another reason? Unfortunately, we don't know the answer to any of those questions.

What we do know is that tody we have XFX's 680i SLI motherboard here at Bjorn3D and plan to put it through our rather extensive review process. Will it be just another NVIDIA 680i SLI reference board with XFX's named stamped on it or is there something special about this board that NVIDIA and XFX have reserved until now? We'll do our dead level best to answer this and other questions in our review.

XFX: The Company

XFX, a company that is very well know not only to the general computer consumer but to the Computer Enthusiast community as well operates on the following corporate philosophy:  "XFX; dares to go where the competition would like to, but can't. That's because, at XFX®, we don't just create great digital video components--we build all-out, mind-blowing, performance crushing, competition-obliterating video cards and motherboards." "Oh, and not only are they amazing, you don't have to live on dry noodles and peanut butter to afford them."