Overclocking

Overclocking has always been more of an art than a science, but I still like to give readers as much information about our overclocking experiences with a product and this is no different.  The EVGA 680i LT SLI chipset is labeld a “Great” overclocking compared to the 680i SLI chipset being listed as “Outstanding” and those vague terms should mean just about nothing.  What is probably refers to is the binning that occurs at the factory where the fastest parts are sold at the highest prices. 

Let’s see how our overclocking went when playing aorund with the new EVGA 680i LT SLI motherboard.

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X6800 CPU used for overclocking testing at 1600 MHz FSB — already well past the 1066 MHz stock speed.

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1800 MHz for this motherboard was no problem either.

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And we finally found a good stable stopping point here at 1900 MHz — nearly reaching the 2.0 GHz mark!

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With SLI memory set at “expert”, the board has our memory at just about DDR2-800 speeds with very reasonable timings that could be adjusted to be faster without any issues. 

As you can see, my experiences with overclocking our X6800 processor on the new 680i LT SLI motherboard NVIDIA and EVGA were very positive.  I have no doubt that the OC power in this model will be more than “great” enough for just about any enthusiast user.

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