ECS PN2 SLI2+ nVIDIA nForce 680i SLi Motherboard Review

The ECS PN2 SLI2+ is one the many "Designed by nVIDIA" motherboards hitting the streets. It is based on the nVidia nForce 680i SPP and nForce 680i MCP chipsets. Compared to the previous high end nVIDIA nForce 590 Intel Edition chipset, the nForce 680i SLI really only officially supports a higher FSB (up to 1333 MHz by default). There are four DDR2 memory slots which can accommodate up to 8GB of DDR2-800 memory, and "SLI-Ready" memory rated up to 1200 MHz. The 680i SLI chipset naturally supports dual PCI Express x16 videocards in SLI, with a full 16 PCI Express lanes each (the third PCI Express x16 slot is capped at x8). We'll get to the full peripheral expansion options in a moment.