GeForce GTX 480 4-way SLI review

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The eVGA X58 Classified 4-way SLI motherboard

 

The eVGA X58 Classified 4-way SLI motherboard

GeForce GTX 480 Quad SLI

The first order of business, showing you the eVGA X58 4-way SLI Classified motherboard. It boasts the Intel X58 chipset with socket 1366 and dual- or triple-channel DDR3 memory configurations.

The 7 PCI-Express x16 slots can be used for setting up up-to four NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards in a 4-way SLI configuration, while a luxurious number of nine SATA ports will provide users with support for an impressive storage solution. The board has been designed for enthusiast class overclocking.

GeForce GTX 480 Quad SLI

Once you educate yourself a bit more about the specifications of this board, you'll notice that eVGA has put a considerable effort in creating this as a solution for high-end enthusiasts. Additional features include a 10 Phase Digital PWM with switching frequency of 1333KHz, low ESR/ESL film capacitor and 100% solid state capacitors.
 

GeForce GTX 480 Quad SLI

The PCB also boasts 300% more gold content on the LGA1366 socket for increased power to the CPU, support for up to 24GB of memory and the bundled EVGA E-LEET tuning utility, EVGA EVbot support and EVGA ECP V2 (EVGA control panel).

GeForce GTX 480 Quad SLI

If you are wondering about the size, you are correct. The board comes in an XL-ATX (342.9mm x 261.6mm) form factor, which will require users to have a full-ATX chassis with nine or more expansion slots. As stated the board has nine SATA II host adapters with support for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, and JBOD, dual gigabit Ethernet, twelve USB 2.0 ports, and more.

Embedded under the black heatsink are NF200 ICs making sure that this time around Quad-SLI indeed is an option.

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