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The MSI P7N SLI motherboard uses the new Nvidia nForce 750i SLI chipset so
let's get straight to the silicon at the heart of the matter.
Although we had a few issues with the nForce 600 family of chipsets due to
their price and colossal heat output you knew exactly what you were getting in
each case. The 680i SLI supports three graphics slots, the 650i SLI supports
regular SLI and the 630i does none of the above as it has a single graphics
slot.
Love ‘em or loath ‘em the 680i SLI and 650i SLI chipsets have been your
only options if you want to run dual Nvidia graphics cards in SLI with a Core
2 processor. As a bonus Nvidia recently added Tri-SLI driver support for the
680i SLI which might appeal to the handful of rich gamers who can afford three
8800GTX or Ultra graphics cards.
The 600 chips are due for an update so enter stage left the nForce 700
chipsets. It's hard to think of these chipsets as a family as there are only
two members. The 780i SLI replaces the 680i SLI while the 750i SLI takes over
from the 650i SLI. There's no mainstream chip as Nvidia cannot compete with
the superb Intel P35 chipset.
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