Goodbye nForce 570 SLI and 590 SLI…

NVIDIA’s new nForce 650i SLI and 680i SLI aren’t exactly new per se but rather a quasi-re-branding of the previously released nForce 570 SLI and 590 SLI Intel Editions. The new nForce 650i SLI SPP pairs with an nForce 430 SLI MCP to provide a total of 29 PCI Express lanes. In SLI mode the nForce 650i SLI delivers two half-speed PCI Express x16 slots.

Recipe: Take a 5 series chipset, chant randomly for a few minutes, and *poof* you will have a 6 series! This change could have been accomplished with a marker or pen, but at least this is a revision rather than nothing at all. Still, clever marketing as such is bothersome…