NForce 600


The nForce 600 chipset was released in the first half of November 2006, coinciding with the GeForce 8 series launch on November 8, 2006. The nForce 600 supports Intel's LGA 775 socket and AMD's Quad FX platform and replaces the nForce 500 series.

AMD chipsets

nForce 680a SLI

Specially made for the AMD Quad FX platform proposed by AMD, providing a total of two CPUs and multiple graphic cards configuration working on a single chipset.

nForce 630a

Intel chipsets

nForce 680i SLI

NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI System Platform Processors and Media Communications Processors are the top-of-the-line motherboard for Intel users in the nForce 600 series.

nForce 680i LT SLI

  • Support for Quad Core CPUs and 1333 MHz Front Side Bus
  • Support for 800 MHz SLI-Ready Memory with EPP
  • Support for up to 46 PCI Express lanes
  • Support for up to 10 USB 2.0 ports
  • Support for 6 3 Gbit/s SATA and 2 PATA drives, which can be linked together in any combination of SATA and PATA to form a RAID 0, 1, 5, or 0+1
  • NVIDIA nTune, a tool for easy overclocking and timing configurations
  • HDA Audio
  • Single Onboard Gigabit Ethernet
  • NVIDIA FirstPacket and DualNet

nForce 650i SLI

  • Intel LGA 775
  • Performance/mainstream dual-GPU segment
  • Estimated price US$150 or less

nForce 650i Ultra

  • Intel LGA 775
  • Performance/mainstream single-GPU segment
  • Estimated price US$150 or less

nForce 630i

nForce 680i SLI hotfix

NVIDIA has issued a fix named NV121906 in late December 2006 for 680i SLI motherboards. This hotfix was released because users have reported disconnect or write error issues with Serial ATA disk drives on their nForce 680i motherboards. It is an update specifically for SATA Disk Drives and system instability. System instability is observed in the following ways :
  • Random application shutdown
  • Corrupted boot drive
  • BSOD
  • Corrupt data
To address them, BIOS updates were released for some NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI based motherboards that eliminate those symptoms. Affected motherboards include:
  • EVGA nForce 680i SLI
  • BFG nForce 680i SLI
  • Biostar TF680i SLI Deluxe
  • ECS PN2-SLI2+
This update is supposed to improve system stability and prevent future stability issues related to SATA disk drives on those systems requiring this hotfix. NVIDIA has strongly recommended that all customers upgrade their motherboards to the newest available BIOS revision that their nForce 680i-based motherboards could support, regardless of whether or not they have experienced the issues. Also, NVIDIA has stated that this upgrade will preserve the user's current computer settings.