Motherboard on the base of chipset NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI in the category of accessible products you will not take place - retail prices are located in the region of 300 dollars.
Source reports that for PC users that search for extreme performance, soon will get the possibility to save a little. NVIDIA plans to arrange the release of the reduced-price version of such motherboards - nForce 680i LT SLI.
It is possible to name as the main difference from elder products : the memory controller there will support only DDR 2-800, but not DDR 2-1200. One additional important component is that in nForce 680i LT SLI instead of the noiseless cooling system on thermal tubes will be used some active cooling. The functionality will be also reduced : one gigabit net controller instead of two and 8 ports USB 2.0, but not 10 as in flag product.
The support of processors with system bus FSB 1333 MHz in nForce 680i LT SLI will be preserved as the possibility of the installation of three graphic card.
The release of such motherboard from different producers on the base of nForce 680i LT SLI will take place in the beginning of March.