nForce® 6 series

XFX NVIDIA nForce® 600i Series motherboards are the ultimate “if you build it they will play” platform designed for gamers and PC enthusiasts who want to game hard. With SLI™ technology that delivers scalable graphics performance and enhanced memory, MediaShield™ storage technology that enables you to configure up to six SATA drives, and FirstPacket™ technology that delivers more responsive online gaming, this is where to start for the ultimate in performance.


XFX NVIDIA nForce 6 Series motherboards offer:
• The ability to overclock like crazy. (680i SLI)
• True dual x16 PCI Express slots for extreme gaming (680i SLI)
• Up to 2X the graphics performance of a single graphics card configuration (650i SLI)
• Integrated Gigabit Ethernet for top networking performance plus support for 1333 FSB CPUs, DDR-800 memory and high-bandwidth SATA storage (630i)
SPECIFICATIONS

PCI Express Supports PCI Express bus architecture with full-bandwidth x16 expansion slot.	√
Intel Designed for Intel based processors.	√
ESA-Certified Provides real-time and complete PC performance management. Tested by a comprehensive certification program for system compatibility and reliability, ESA-certified components and applications bring you unprecedented control to manage and tune thermal, electrical, acoustic and operating characteristics to maximize your PC’s performance.	√
Comprehensive Overclocking Tools Award-winning NVIDIA overclocking tools provide a complete kit of tools giving everyone from the most veteran enthusiast to the novice overclocker the ability to unleash the hardware in their PC.	√
SATA/PATA Drive Support Combine up to 12 SATA drives into 2-4 volumes for bigger, faster RAID. More drives mean more configuration options such as 2x RAID 0 for boot partition, 2x RAID 0 for enhanced gaming, 4x RAID 5 for multimedia applications, and 4x RAID5 for media data storage. Take advantage of the latest SATA 3Gb/s hard drives with full support for hot plugging and native and tagged command queuing which can provide higher disk performance in a multi-threaded environment by performing out-of-order disk accesses.	√
NVIDIA MediaShieldTM RAID Suite of features that safeguards your most important digital media assets; always reliable, scalable, and accessible. Includes support for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 configurations and up to six SATA 3Gb/s drives.	√
Vista Ready NVIDIA nForce-based motherboards are perfect for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ when coupled with an NVIDIA GeForce® GPU and 512MB of system memory.	√
High Definition Audio (HDA) High definition audio brings consumer electronics quality sound to the PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels. Using HDA, systems can deliver 192 kHz/32-bit quality for eight channels, supporting new audio formats.	√
Networking with NVIDIA nForce NVIDIA networking delivers the highest network throughput at the lowest CPU utilization. The manageable and stable NVIDIA networking solution results in better networking management and a lower total cost of ownership. Only NVIDIA integrates this level of networking allowing you to take your online experience to the next level.	√
USB 2.0 A standard plug-and-play interface that provides easy-to-use connectivity for USB devices. Supports up to 10 USB 1.1 / 2.0 ports.	√
Onboard NVIDIA GeForce Graphics N/A	7050, 7100, 7150, 8200, 9300, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
Hybrid Power N/A	√
Hybrid SLI N/A	√
NVIDIA Control Panel NVIDIA Control Panel allows you to take full advantage of ESA. Easily adjust PC characteristics for maximum performance. Features NVIDIA System Monitor, so you can seamlessly monitor characteristics in an intuitive and customizable 3D environment.	√
NVIDIA System Monitor A new 3D application for seamless monitoring of PC component characteristics. Its unique and intuitive architecture is the ultimate foundation for delivering optimized system, thermal, and acoustic performance of your NVIDIA nForce based PC and ESA certified components.	√
NVIDIA nTune Now with access to more settings from this Windows-based utility, the NVIDIA nTune performance manager allows automatic tuning for optimal performance. Once configured and customized, nTune automatically chooses the right system settings for the application that is being run based on your saved profiles and personal rules.	√
NV BIOS NV BIOS delivers easy-to-use tuning to let you have full control over your hardware including processor voltage tables and memory drive strengths.	√
Multiple Disk Setup Through a simple wizard-based interface, you can effortlessly set up your drives for better data protection, faster disk access, or maximum storage capacity. MediaShield automatically selects RAID 0, 1, 0+1 or 5 configuration according to your needs. Advanced users can access RAID options directly.	√
DiskAlert System In the event of a disk failure, MediaShield users see a real-time image of the motherboard that highlights which hard drive has failed, making it easier to identify, replace, and recover.	√
RAID Morphing MediaShield allows users to change their current RAID set-up to another configuration in a one-step process called morphing. This eliminates the need to back up data and complex, multi-step processes.	√
Bootable Multidisk Array MediaShield storage fully supports the use of multi-disk array for loading the operating system at power-up.	√
NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet Connections The industry's fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency and performance.	√
NVIDIA FirstPacketTM Technology Be the 'King of Ping' with NVIDIA FirstPacket technology. Get the crystal-clear phone conversations and online gaming performance you expect. NVIDIA FirstPacket technology assures your game data, VoIP conversations, and large file transfers are delivered according to preferences set by you in an intuitive wizard.	√
TCP/IP Acceleration Delivers the highest system performance by offloading CPU-intensive packet filtering tasks in hardware, providing users with a PC networking environment that is faster.	√
EPP 1.0 nForce 680i SLI MCP and nForce 680i LT SLI MCP automatically increases bandwidth when select SLI Certified memory modules are detected.	√
EPP 2.0 nForce 780i SLI MCP and nForce 780i LT SLI MCP automatically increases bandwidth when select SLI Certified memory modules are detected.	√

REVIEWS

nForce 610i MCP wins Driver Heaven Best in Class Award

Driver Heaven Best in Class

Throughout the tests the XFX product performed very well, consistently on par or slightly ahead of the G33 based motherboard when testing desktop performance in applications such as Cinebench. This was particularly surprising considering the use of single channel memory on the XFX products. When testing gaming not only did they provide some competitive performance the features offered by XFX’s onboard graphics were superior.

nForce 630i MCP wins Driver Heaven Best in Class Award

Driver Heaven Best in Class

Throughout the tests the XFX product performed very well, consistently on par or slightly ahead of the G33 based motherboard when testing desktop performance in applications such as Cinebench. This was particularly surprising considering the use of single channel memory on the XFX products. When testing gaming not only did they provide some competitive performance the features offered by XFX’s onboard graphics were superior.

XFX nForce 630i MCP with GeForce 7150 GPU Review

Motherboards.org

XFX did a wonderful job with their nForce 630i and GeForce 7150 solution. The board has plenty of the features that you need to run the latest Intel CPUs and has integrated graphics that don’t suck as well for the Home Theater PC market.The HTPC user will love the integrated graphics card on this board, as it has HDMI, DVI and VGA ports, meaning you can attach any kind of monitor to it and it’ll work out of the box and has PureVideo capabilities to play the latest Blu-Ray and HD-DVD movies.