Throw Back Thursday: DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR

#TBT Time to throw back 10 years to the year 2005 when DFI launched the LanParty nF4 SLI-DR motherboard.  This is arguably one the first SLI ready motherboards on the market and was so popular with the overclocking and enthusiast crowd that it spawned several refreshes including one with high-quality components.  The board allowed you to split the PCI Express lanes using a series of jumpers that were removed with a special tool.  Other companies used a card and eventually digital switches controlled by the BIOS.

The DFI LanParty also featured an electrically separated audio module that was designed to reduce audio interference.  The chip wasn't that good but the effort is something we see on modern motherboards.