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NVIDIA nForce - Technical Specifications
  NVIDIA nForce 680a SLI
Segment Multimedia Enthusiast
CPU AMD
Athlon 64 FX
Socket L1/1207 only
*NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology No
NVIDIA SLI™ Technology Yes
2 x16, 2 x8
PCI Express
# Lanes
56 lanes
# Links
12 links
Configuration
16, 16, 8, 8, 8 x1
Supported Graphics Cards Up to 4
SATA drives 12
PATA drives 4
SATA speed 3Gb/s
RAID 0,1,0+1,5, JBOD
NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage Technology Yes
Native Gigabit Ethernet Connections 4
NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology Yes
NVIDIA DualNet® technology Yes
Teaming
Yes
TCP/IP Acceleration
Yes
NVIDIA nTune™ Utility Yes
USB ports 20
PCI Slots 10
Audio HDA 7.1(Azalia)

Please check with your motherboard vendor for actual specs

Note: *NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology has been removed as a feature from NVIDIA nForce® 680a SLI