ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Review - nForce 780a SLI for Phenom Arrives

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The nForce 780a SLI chipset has been on the verge of release many times over

the past several months but there was always something pushing it back. Now

NVIDIA is finally ready to unveiling their first updated AMD-platform

chipset in years and the ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe is the first board on the

chopping block. Can Hybrid Power and other new features save this chipset

from mediocre integrated GPU performance?

 

URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=557&type=expert

 

Quote: "The drawbacks to the Hybrid Power though outweigh the positives in

this current implementation. First, only the 9800 GTX and the 9800 GX2

graphics cards are supported with the 780a SLI chipset - that leaves a whole

host of NVIDIA users with 9600 GTs, 8800 GTS and GT cards that probably

think they have the right to Hybrid Power technology since their cores are

based on the same that rests under the hoods of the 9800 GTX and GX2. Also,

the REAL KILLER here is that NVIDIA is promoting the nForce 780a SLI chipset

as an enthusiast platform, and pushing Hybrid Power with these high end

cards, yet the fact that the motherboard GPU can only output at 1920x1200

resolutions is not-so-cleverly hidden."

 

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