Quad-Core Ultimate Gaming Rig - Intel Core 2 Extreme, GeForce 8800 GTX SLI, NF680i

NVIDIA’s two major launches last week marked a significant advancement in both 3D Graphics and PC Motherboard feature-set and performance. The launch of NVIDIA’s G80 GPU with their GeForce 8800 series of graphics cards was the advent of the first truly DX10 capable GPU architecture on the market. Furthermore, upon its introduction, the nForce 680i SLI was widely acknowledge as the most feature-rich chipset for the Intel Core 2 dual-core and quad-core platforms to date; even more-so than Intel’s own P965 and 975X Express chipsets.

What can all this new-found horsepower do for me when we put together the fastest, most capable components money can buy? Take a Core 2 Extreme QX6700, drop it into a bleeding edge nForce 680i motherboard, install 2Gigs of high performance memory, add not one - but two - GeForce 8800 GTXs in SLI mode, and overclock the stuffing out of everything — shaken not stirred, thanks very much. Read on thirsty speed freaks. This article is for you.

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