Thursday, February 8th 2007
NVIDIA to Launch nForce 680i LT SLI Chipset
NVIDIA is set to release one more nForce 680i variant that is slightly cheaper than the nForce 680i SLI. The cut-down nForce 680i will carry the nForce 680i LT SLI name and target extreme gamers. NVIDIA will manufacture the nForce 680i LT motherboards for various motherboard manufacturers. Unlike the heat-pipe endowed nForce 680i SLI motherboards, nForce 680i LT SLI-based motherboards will have active cooling. Instead of support for DDR2-1200 memory, NVIDIA has limited the memory controller to DDR2-800. Front-side bus speeds up to 1333 MHz remains supported. The nForce 680i LT SLI will continue to support NVIDIA's SLI multi-GPU technology, but only one Gigabit LAN and eight USB 2.0 ports instead of ten will be presented. NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI-based motherboards are expected to ship in early March.
Source:
DailyTech
15 Comments on NVIDIA to Launch nForce 680i LT SLI Chipset
and reduce what is it capable of doing just to make it cheaper and then push it on 'extreme gamers" who can't purchase the full chipset ..to me this is just a money grab :shadedshu
Of course it is a plan to make more money, that is the idea behind a business. Right now the 600 series only has the extreme low end(650i) and the extrem high end(680i) this chipset fills that middle area. That is why you take a great chipset, strip a few features and sell it cheaper. Not everyone has $250 to spend on a motherboard, but a lot of people want a great chipset that has plenty of features for under $200, and this chipset should fill that spot.