ASUS and DFI Add Penryn Support to 680i Boards

Jimmy 2004 · Jan 3, 2008

Motherboard manufacturers ASUS and DFI are both working on BIOSes which will allow users to install quad-core Intel Penryn processors on motherboards equipped with an nForce 680i chipset - a feature which was labelled as being a major advantage of the new nForce 780i chipset. The enabling factor for these two companies is that they both use their own motherboard layouts, rather than NVIDIA's reference designs. Therefore, they have managed to create beta BIOSes capable of working with quad-core Penryn chips on 680i systems - the ASUS Striker Exteme and the DFI LanParty UT NF680i SLI-T2R. These BIOSes are not yet available to the public, but assuming there are no legal issues that would prevent them from doing so, it shouldn't be long before ASUS and DFI release them.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site

zOaib · Jan 3, 2008

sweet

newtekie1 · Jan 3, 2008

I hope ASUS adds support to their lower end boards too.

btarunr · Jan 3, 2008

Aah...heart goes out to all those who would've sold their 680i DFI/ASUS boards just to use the Yorkfield on a new board.

This is great news. Tough luck for those using "Designed by NVIDIA" boards from EVGA, BFG and XFX

wtf8269 · Jan 3, 2008

This is great! My only complaint is that I would like to have PCIE 2.0 since I will be getting cards that would utilize it, but hey I'd much rather have a DFI board.

Hawk1 · Jan 3, 2008

Still waiting for 975x board update

EastCoasthandle · Jan 3, 2008

Who still up for buying EVGA, BFG and XFX boards if this turns out to be true? :slap:

btarunr · Jan 3, 2008

It won't anyway support Penryn (FSB 1333)

CDdude55 · Jan 3, 2008

Does this include EVGA boards? Or do i NEED an ASUS or DFI? I WANT PENRYN!!

Hawk1 · Jan 3, 2008

CDdude55 said:
Does this include EVGA boards? Or do i NEED an ASUS or DFI? I WANT PENRYN!!

It's going to depend on the board maker. Each board maker will have to work on a BIOS update to get it to work with Yorkfield/Wolfdale. I'm sure if one or 2 do the BIOS update, they will all fall in line, so as not to piss off their future customer base.

cdawall · Jan 3, 2008

or it could be left up to those nice folks at rebalheavan to add it themselves

btarunr · Jan 4, 2008

If (the big IF) I do end up buying a NForce 780i, I wouldn't choose a "Designed by NVIDIA" board (reference design). Who knows, Nehalem isn't too far and then if I get a nut-kick that would be a costly one.

erocker · Jan 4, 2008

If they can make this work with the P5N32-E that would be awesome!! The new Asus 780i board is sooooo nice though...

The Nemesis · Jan 5, 2008

I find this funny since the dfi board barley supports kent's. Sure if you plan to run stock the board is alright but with most boards the mosfets heat up so much under load it either throttles the cpu down or shuts off.

System Name	Jimmy 2004's PC
Processor	S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz
Motherboard	ASUS K8N
Cooling	AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans
Memory	1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB)
Video Card(s)	Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory)
Storage	500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA
Display(s)	Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024)
Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers
Power Supply	Corsair HX520W
Software	Windows XP Home

System Name	BabaJinn's U.F.O
Processor	Intel Core i7 975 Extreme @ 3.8 ghz (for now)
Motherboard	Asus Rampage Xtreme II X58
Cooling	ZALMAN 9900 CPU COOLER Led
Memory	12GB Crucial Ballistix Tracers (Blue Led) 1600 DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI NVIDIA GTX 480 1.5 GB DDR5 384-BIT
Storage	2 x WD Velociraptor 10k rpm 300GB sata + 2x 500GB WD Caviar Sata + 320 GB Seagate Barracuda Sata
Display(s)	DELL U2711 27inch Goodness @ 2560 x 1440
Case	Mountain-Mods U2-UFO Custom Case (Made in USA)
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX X-Fi MB (Creative)
Power Supply	ZALMAN 1000W PSU MODULAR
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (Retail Version)

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	RBMK-1000
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling	DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory	2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s)	BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case	Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s)	ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse	ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard	Gamdias Hermes E2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Onus
Processor	E8500 @ 3.95ghz ~1.25v
Motherboard	ASUS P5E Deluxe
Cooling	Scythe Orochi cpu, 5x 120mm Zalman red LED case fans, stock GPU coolers
Memory	8gb (4x2gb) G.Skill PC8000 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	2x ASUS 3870x2s
Storage	4x160gb RAID 0 Main, 2x 500gb RAID 0 media storage.
Display(s)	LG W2600H
Case	Lian Li PC-A70B, painted black and other modded aspects :)
Audio Device(s)	HT Omega Striker. Klipsch RF-3II fronts, Yamaha NS-A222 rears, Klipsch RC-3II center, Klipsch SUB12
Power Supply	Corsair CMPSU-750TX
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64, lots of games, photoshop n stuff.

ASUS and DFI Add Penryn Support to 680i Boards

Jimmy 2004

New Member

zOaib

New Member

newtekie1

Semi-Retired Folder

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator

wtf8269

Hawk1

New Member

EastCoasthandle

New Member

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator

CDdude55

Crazy 4 TPU!!!

Hawk1

New Member

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator

erocker

*

The Nemesis

New Member

Processor	E6600@3.6Ghz (8x450)
Motherboard	Commando
Cooling	TRUE
Memory	2GB Ballistix Tracers @900 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s)	ATI X1950XTX w/TR HR-03
Storage	2 x WD250GB (RAID0) 1x WD150GB Raptor 1x500GB external
Display(s)	Dell 24" Ultrasharp
Case	TT Armour
Audio Device(s)	Xfi xtreme Gamer (X-230s/HD595s)
Power Supply	TT 750W modular
Software	xp pro SP2/Vista Ultimate 32

System Name	MY PC
Processor	E8400 @ 3.80Ghz > Q9650 3.60Ghz
Motherboard	Maximus Formula
Cooling	D5, 7/16" ID Tubing, Maze4 with Fuzion CPU WB
Memory	XMS 8500C5D @ 1066MHz
Video Card(s)	HD 2900 XT 858/900 to 4870 to 5870 (Keep Vreg area clean)
Storage	2
Display(s)	24"
Case	P180
Audio Device(s)	X-fi Plantinum
Power Supply	Silencer 750
Software	XP Pro SP3 to Windows 7
Benchmark Scores	This varies from one driver to another.

System Name	CDdude's Rig!
Processor	AMD Athlon II X4 620
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Cooling	Corsair H70
Memory	8GB Corsair Vengence @1600mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX HD 6970 2GB
Storage	OCZ Agility 3 60GB SSD/WD Velociraptor 300GB
Display(s)	ASUS VH232H 23" 1920x1080
Case	Cooler Master CM690 (w/ side window)
Audio Device(s)	Onboard (It sounds fine)
Power Supply	Corsair 850TX
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

Processor	Intel i7 920, 950, Xeon 3570,E8700, E8400, Q9450
Motherboard	Asus:Rampage II Gene, Maximus II & III Formula, EVGA Classified
Cooling	LN2 Dragon F1, Custom Single Stage, Corsair H50, TRUE 120, Noctua NH-U12P SE2
Memory	Crucial 8500 & 5300 Corsair: Dominator's & GT's DDR3-1866 + DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	3 X Saphire HD5850's, XFX 5770, 2 X EVGA GTX 295 CO-OP's, BFG 280GTX's, ASUS 4870's
Storage	2 74GB WD Raptors,2 320GB WD's,3 320GB Segates, 1 500GB Seagate
Display(s)	Dell 2407FPS & 3007WFPHC
Case	Tagan Black Pearl, Antec: P180 Mini Black & White Antec 900, Silverstone SG03
Audio Device(s)	Creative Audigy 2 Platnium
Power Supply	Corsair HX850, OCZ GameXtream's 700w, OCZ 1000w, Antec Quattro: 1000w & 850w