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ASUS Striker Extreme NVIDIA 680i SLI Motherboard Review
Date Published:
12-13-2006
Written By:
Diceman
Edited By:
Diceman
Provided By:
ASUS
Where to Buy:
ASUS
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ASUS Striker Extreme NVIDIA 680i-SLI Motherboard

Introduction:

   Today I have for you the new ASUS Striker Extreme motherboard. It's based off the newest NVIDIA 680i SLI enthusiast chipset and features just about everything you could want in a chipset, and also on a high end motherboard. The Striker Extreme is currently ASUS` most feature rich (and expensive) desktop motherboard geared for the gaming and enthusiast crowd that absolutely wants and has to have all the bells and whistles!

   I've recently reviewed two other great ASUS motherboards and I'm expecting good things from the Striker Extreme. Especially considering it's retailing for around $400! That's right, $400 for a desktop motherboard! It better be good right? Let's take a closer look.

Features:

- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo Ready
- NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI™
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- Extreme Tweaker
- SupremeFX / DTS Connect / Array Mic / Noise Filter
- LCD Poster
- EL I/O
- Onboard LED
- Onboard Switches

NVIDIA 680i SLI Chipset Features:
 

 
See NVIDIA website for more information on the technical data, etc of the new 600 series chipsets.
 
 
NVIDIA Chipset Comparison:
 
  NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra
Segment Enthusiast SLI Performance SLI Performance
Socket Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 775 Intel Socket 775
CPU Core 2 Extreme (dual and quad core)
Core 2 Quad
Core 2 Duo
Celeron D
Pentium 4
Pentium D 9XX
Pentium D 8XX
Core 2 Extreme (dual and quad core)
Core 2 Quad
Core 2 Duo
Celeron D
Pentium 4
Pentium D 9XX
Pentium D 8XX
Core 2 Extreme (dual and quad core)
Core 2 Quad
Core 2 Duo
Celeron D
Pentium 4
Pentium D 9XX
Pentium D 8XX
FSB (MHz) 1333* MHz 1066 MHz 1066 MHz
Extreme FSB Overclocking Best Good Good
NVIDIA SLI™ Technology Yes
2 x16
Yes
2 x8
No
Third PCIe Graphics Expansion Slot Yes No No
SLI-Ready Memory (MHz) with EPP 1200 MHz - -
JEDEC DDR2 Memory (MHz) 800 MHz 800 MHz 800 MHz
NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology Yes No No
PCI Express
# Lanes
46 lanes 18 lanes 18 lanes
# Links
9 links 4 links 3 links
Configuration
16, 16, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 8, 8, 1, 1
or
16, 1, 1
16, 1, 1
SATA/PATA drives 6/2 4/4 4/4
SATA speed 3Gb/s 3Gb/s 3Gb/s
RAID 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5 0,1,0+1,5
NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage Technology Yes Yes Yes
Native Gigabit Ethernet Connections 2 1 1
NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology Yes Yes Yes
NVIDIA DualNet® technology Yes No No
Teaming
Yes No No
TCP/IP Acceleration
Yes No No
NVIDIA nTune™ Utility Yes Yes Yes
USB ports 10 8 8
PCI Slots 5 5 5
Audio HDA (Azalia) HDA (Azalia) HDA (Azalia)

* Available on CPUs supporting 1333MHz FSB

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