Traditionally XFX has been one of the most popular of Tier 1 manufacturers with enthusiasts, especially with regards to their graphics cards. However, in recent times XFX has made a push into the motherboard market (thanks to FOXCONN), producing boards based predominantly around NVIDIA chipsets. Obviously this does make perfect business sense considering that XFX are one of NVIDIA's major customers and now board partners.
Today we will be having a look at the baby of the NVIDIA 600 series chipsets, the nForce 630i. XFX's take on this chipset is the
XFX nForce 630i Socket 775 mATX Motherboard. The XFX nForce 630i is a board predominantly targeted at the HTPC or SFF enthusiast, but with the inclusion of the
NVIDIA 7150 IGPU it may have some gaming ability to boot. According to NVIDIA, the 7150 IGPU in conjunction with the 630i chipset promises "...immersive experiences on the latest applications and games." I guess we'll have to wait for a little later in the review to make that judgement.
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Review: OC3D
Feb 27, 2008, 07:05 AM
