NVIDIA nForce 780a SLI breaks cover
Tuesday 06th May 2008, 05:24:00 PM, written by Rys
The good folks at the Tech Report have taken their usual thorough look at NVIDIA's latest core logic for AMD processors, and it looks like a winner.
The MCP comprises an IGP with a bit of poke (GeForce 8400 GS-class features and performance), excellent connectivity and support for Hybrid Power, along with GeForce Boost (what a great name, go go gadget NVIDIA marketing) and connectivity to an nForce 200.
Adding that chip gives the 780a SLI its ability to have some serious discrete graphics grunt, too, cementing the product firmly in the high-end enthusiast section of the market.
Back to Hybrid Power for a second, there are some hardware and software limitations that Tech Report discovered as they performed their analysis, which take the shine off it a bit, but it seems like it's working reasonably well with human intervention on Windows Vista, delivering noticeable power decreases as the discrete board is powered down.
All in, it looks like a seriously attractive product.
Check out their full look at the link below.
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14661
The MCP comprises an IGP with a bit of poke (GeForce 8400 GS-class features and performance), excellent connectivity and support for Hybrid Power, along with GeForce Boost (what a great name, go go gadget NVIDIA marketing) and connectivity to an nForce 200.
Adding that chip gives the 780a SLI its ability to have some serious discrete graphics grunt, too, cementing the product firmly in the high-end enthusiast section of the market.
Back to Hybrid Power for a second, there are some hardware and software limitations that Tech Report discovered as they performed their analysis, which take the shine off it a bit, but it seems like it's working reasonably well with human intervention on Windows Vista, delivering noticeable power decreases as the discrete board is powered down.
All in, it looks like a seriously attractive product.
Check out their full look at the link below.
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14661
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