980a 'announced'

[Robbman]

Now where's the mobos...

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_nforce_980a_sli_us.html

 

[daytripper67mi]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131383

 

[Robbman]

I knew about that one (it was that board that leaked the 980a)... odd board... the reason behind rebranding the 780a to the 980a was adding DDR3 support... this board is DDR2... making it no different than the 780a boards already out.

 

[middydj]

repainted.. shined and resold.. same old pig

 

[Old Thrashbarg]

the reason behind rebranding the 780a to the 980a was adding DDR3 support

Which is funny, because the memory controller is on the CPU, not the chipset, so it didn't actually require changing the chipset at all, just the board layout and BIOS.

 

[raisethe3]

So the 980 is a rebrand of 780 for DDR3 support? If so, then *cough, cough*