Official eVGA 780i Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide Thread

[GAR]

Reviews

http://www.guru3d.com/article/nforce_780i_sli_review/482/
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/13790

Vdroop Pencil Mod

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2381763&postcount=16

Bios Updates

P03 - http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=230745&mpage=1&key=&#230745

Known Issues

- nVidia chipset drivers seem to have issues with Windows XP, if you are getting the nv BSOD, simply do not install the MEDIA SHIELD drivers when installing the chipset drivers.....nvidia should have a fix for this either with a newer bios, or newer drivers, Windows Vista does not have this issue........(this seems to be either an SATA cd-rom drive issue, or raid related, either way it has something to do with the sata ports)

Things to know when OVERCLOCKING

- The Vdroop mod above is suggested and does not harm the board, very simply reversible.
- Users with 4GB of memory, (4 sticks, or 2 sticks) use 1.5V on the NB when going over 333FSB or else you will run into stability problems.

Suggested settings for 400-450FSB

Voltage Settings
CPU Core - Whatever value your cpu needs, if a Q6600 G0, you can start with 1.38v and move up, this is the real voltage value you should be giving the cpu, if you dont do the vdroop mod, select 1.425 in bios to start with.
CPU FSB - 1.4V (1.5V for 450 and above)
Memory - whatever your ram needs.
SPP - 1.45V min. 1.5V recommended
MCP - 1.6-1.65V should be enough
SPP <> MCP - 1.3-1.4V
MCP AUX - Auto (P02 and up do not have this option anymore)

Other settings for better performance

PCI-E MHZ - when using a pci-e 2.0 card, frequency is automatically set to 125mhz and cannot be overclocked within bios, using ntune you can push a bit further, but it is not recommended.
SPP MCP Ref clock - 250MHZ is safe for 24/7, you can lower the multi to 4x and push it to 350mhz, this will give you a frequency of 1400mhz.

[2good4you]

The board seems good, let's the show begin. GAR you start :D Crank it up and se what she can do in FSB with tight strap.

[GAR]

The board seems good, let's the show begin. GAR you start :D Crank it up and se what she can do in FSB with tight strap.

so far i have been able to boot up at 475fsb with my quad, havnt done any stability testing, just set it up about 20 mins ago, my ram is running memtest at 1100mhz wich was previously unstable on my x38.............so far so good for this board :up: ...................im sure it wont be long before someone gets 500fsb to boot with a reallllyyyyy good quad cpu.

[NaeKuh]

Im still in line for my replacement. Thank goodness i can say bye bye to my 680i.

Just a quick question guys, are there any mounting holes on the south bridge? The board layout with cooler is kinda funky, and its hard to tell on newegg. Would it be possible to mount waterblocks on the north and south bridge?

[GAR]

yeah its got mounting holes, its tightened from the bottom with screws.....very good idea, makes for good contact.....the build quality seems a bit better than the 680i did, but it could be my eyes fooling me.

[GAR]

ok, first issue I ran into, when i restart my comp i get an error A0, when i read the manual it says initializing mouse, lollll i need to figure this out...............

[2good4you]

so far i have been able to boot up at 475fsb with my quad, havnt done any stability testing, just set it up about 20 mins ago, my ram is running memtest at 1100mhz wich was previously unstable on my x38.............so far so good for this board :up: ...................im sure it wont be long before someone gets 500fsb to boot with a reallllyyyyy good quad cpu.

Can't wait to see what this board is FSB capable of with good strap. Someone with an Penryn based CPU and nForce780i should really soon set new FSB WR.

Have you discovered your CPU's FSB wall yet with any previous board?

Maybe nForce7 is better than X38/X48 @ OC, what do you think? ;)

[GAR]

Can't wait to see what this board is FSB capable of with good strap. Someone with an Penryn based CPU and nForce780i should really soon set new FSB WR.

Have you discovered your CPU's FSB wall yet with any previous board?

Maybe nForce7 is better than X38/X48 @ OC, what do you think? ;)

My wall on the 780i is better than the one on my X38, but i cant seem to fix this issue i am having, everytime i restart my computer, or get into the bios it hangs on the code A0

[strange|ife]

ahhh would like to see some more results in this thread, hoping nvidia ironed out the kinks in the chipset, and this sucker will perform. Im not holding my breathe on this though, still doubtful.

[Aldy402]

hows the NB temps gar? runs hotter then the X38? silent?

[Roch]

Pics please! :)

[GAR]

hows the NB temps gar? runs hotter then the X38? silent?

runs hot bro, in my antec 900 with the nb fan and a 120mm fan right on it idles around 48-53c

[emu002]

EVGA have sent me an email offering me a step up from my 680i to the new 780i so im interested to see other peoples results with this new board before i make my decision to change or not

[Jupiler]

Mmmmh, new boards are always interesting.

Gentlemen, you know the rules.
Criticism is OK, as long as it doesn't end in another bashing and flamewar thread.

[Maxfly]

waiting on pins and needles here :D ive been waiting very very impatiently to see some max stable quadcore ocs.it looks promising so far.hope you get the mouse issue resolved(quickly)Gar.keep the results coming! :)

[froste]

My wall on the 780i is better than the one on my X38, but i cant seem to fix this issue i am having, everytime i restart my computer, or get into the bios it hangs on the code A0

When your in the BIOS the LED should say "01", "A0" is usually when the MB detects the CPU. Do you get "A0" only at overclocked settings? Do you have atleast 1.45 SPP voltage for 450FSB and above?

[Justifire]

Any word on FSB holes ?
Really hate those holes on 680i hope these are fixed.
If the 780i clocks as good as my 680i striker with watercooling i get myself an upgrade (read FSB 500+)

[Aldy402]

The only layout flaw i see is the NB fan blows the heat directly onto your GFX card

[Maxfly]

The only layout flaw i see is the NB fan blows the heat directly onto your GFX card

i agree,then again who amongst us will be using the stock cooler? :D

[Gunslinger]

I'm having a strange problem. There is only one PCI-E slot in bios (slot 3) I have 2 GTX's installed, and a 3rd scheduled for delivery tomorrow. The 2nd GPU appears to be seated good, so I'm kind of stumped.
As far as FSB, I've made 3DM06 runs up to 1700MHz so far, still tweaking to go higher.

[joe.denice]

I just picked up one myself, playing around at 4ghz with 2 8800gtx's. Should i go for another one?????

[BeastNotro]

3 way is only about 7&#37; faster then a 2 way, think of it like 3 chicks in your bed... only two can do so many things, where as the third will sit motionless unless needed to perform.... :)

[JAG87]

I'm having a strange problem. There is only one PCI-E slot in bios (slot 3) I have 2 GTX's installed, and a 3rd scheduled for delivery tomorrow. The 2nd GPU appears to be seated good, so I'm kind of stumped.
As far as FSB, I've made 3DM06 runs up to 1700MHz so far, still tweaking to go higher.

Thats not a problem Gunslinger, I believe I read in a review that the bios only allows PCI-e adjustments to the middle 1.1 slot, which should be slot 3. I may be wrong thou.

On a side note, hows the qx9650 OCing. I'll have my 780i by the end of the week, and my qx9650 will be sitting under a GTX just like yours, and I am wondering what clocks, voltages you are settling for. Does the board over volt the MCH to 1.4 and the VCC to 1.45 when you use 400 FSB like 680i? Is the vdroop the same as 680i?

I was thinking of doing 400x10, 400x10.5, or 400x11 (optimistic), depending on how much voltage is needed to be stable, but I was wondering if the chipset latency is better at 333 FSB, because 333x12 or 13 could be a possibility as well, but I doubt it will give me better memory read and write readings in everest. Would you mind running a couple of tests gunslinger? the waiting is eating away at me :ROTF:

[Gunslinger]

3 way is only about 7&#37; faster then a 2 way, think of it like 3 chicks in your bed... only two can do so many things, where as the third will sit motionless unless needed to perform.... :)

Not a very good comparison. If I had 3 chicks in my bed testing would be complete 187% faster than just 1, and 333% faster than 2. Wouldn't matter if the 3rd was idle, just her mere presence would be enough.

I will try when I get home from work, but my OC skills are nil compared to what you are used to seeing here. But compared to what I was able to do on my 680i, this board is light years ahead.

As far as the PCI-E problem, I would agree with you, but it is not giving me the option to enable SLI, and it appears as though my GPU is seated fine, so I assumed (probably wrongly) it had to do with only one PCI-E slot appearing in Bios. Vdroop appears bad, has some nice color coded voltage options, they don't seem go as high as 680i though.

[BeastNotro]

Not a very good comparison. If I had 3 chicks in my bed testing would be complete 187% faster than just 1, and 333% faster than 2.

Oh so your a 5 minute man..... :)

[froste]

I'm having a strange problem. There is only one PCI-E slot in bios (slot 3) I have 2 GTX's installed, and a 3rd scheduled for delivery tomorrow. The 2nd GPU appears to be seated good, so I'm kind of stumped.
As far as FSB, I've made 3DM06 runs up to 1700MHz so far, still tweaking to go higher.

Update: 12/20/2007
In the BIOS under "Advanced Chipset Features" -> "System Clocks" there will be an option that states "PCIe x16_3, MHz", this option sets the speed for PCIe slot number 3, which is the PCIe slot in the middle. PCIe x16_3 is PCI Express 1.1 compliant and is controlled by the MCP (southbridge).

[JAG87]

I just picked up one myself, playing around at 4ghz with 2 8800gtx's. Should i go for another one?????


Hey Joe, is 1.365 set in the bios? If so what voltage are you getting under load after vdroop?



3 way is only about 7% faster then a 2 way, think of it like 3 chicks in your bed... only two can do so many things, where as the third will sit motionless unless needed to perform.... :)

I beg to differ, you have one penis and two hands, 3 ladies is just fine. :rofl:

[BeastNotro]

Hey Joe, is 1.365 set in the bios? If so what voltage are you getting under load after vdroop?




I beg to differ, you have one penis and two hands, 3 ladies is just fine. :rofl:


Well ok guys i know we can do more with 3 chicks, but the point was the third card is only 7% faster and a third chick may be a 600 pounder.... bahaha.. :)

[joe.denice]

right now I have it set to 1.40625 in the bios and it vdrops in windows to 1.38 and when i stress test it with OCCT it goes down to 1.345, so far so good, I am trying to see if there is a voltage regulation feature in it like the Asus Maximus Formula had, with that board I would put 1.3625 in the bios and it would stay around that voltage.

[NaeKuh]

ummm im just curious.

How are you guys wiring 3 GTX's. The most ive seen a PSU have on PCI-E was 4. You would need 6 or 2 more, and most companies dont recomend you plugging the PCI-E via adapter though rail.

[systemviper]

I beg to differ, you have one penis and two hands, 3 ladies is just fine. :rofl:[/QUOTE]


:party:

[Gunslinger]

My enermax galaxy DXX is modular, I have to just plug in 2 more PCI-E cables for the new card.

[GAR]

ok guys, anyone else get the A0 error while overclocking????? it boots, then when i go into the bios and come back out, the system hangs and i get an error reading A0, thanks.

[Gunslinger]

ok guys, anyone else get the A0 error while overclocking????? it boots, then when i go into the bios and come back out, the system hangs and i get an error reading A0, thanks.

None here.

[CERO]

huh is the i780 already released or did u got a ES sample, or I obviousely missed smtn:X, anyways pretty curiouse what the results are:D

[GAR]

huh is the i780 already released or did u got a ES sample, or I obviousely missed smtn:X, anyways pretty curiouse what the results are:D

Been retail since monday.

[jas420221]

MIne will be here tomorrow...

SUBSCRIBED!

[CERO]

Been retail since monday.

aith keep posting:up:

[joe.denice]

Here is my setup now:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3544/cimg0815rc1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Aivas47a]

Quad core (esp. yorkfield) results? :)

[pumbertot]

Quad core (esp. yorkfield) results? :)

waiting for same. also it was more than 7% from those triSLI Crysis benches, wasnt it roughly 12fps on 1 card, 24fps on 2 cards and 36fps on 3 cards? surely thats closer to 100% for each additonal card? thats will res full and AF/AA full of course or was I just dreaming of those results?

[Leeghoofd]

CornerJack can run his Yorkfield at stock speeds though changing multiplier isn't an option on the Asus variant, apparently this reference board can...

[Gunslinger]

I don't have any SLI results, but I have made single card runs at 4.4GHz. The CPU and all its functions works great so far.

[Maxfly]

any max stable quadcore fsb results yet guys?

[JAG87]

any max stable quadcore fsb results yet guys?

waiting for stupid ncix to ship...


grrrrr :horse:

[GAR]

can someone test their board with a q6600 please to see if they get the A0 error while exiting the bios at fsb higher than 1700.........the system boots when i shut it off and on again, but when i go into windows and restart i get a hang at A0 error code, also going into bios and exiting does this as well.

[odditory]

Well ok guys i know we can do more with 3 chicks, but the point was the third card is only 7&#37; faster and a third chick may be a 600 pounder.... bahaha.. :)

That's two times in this thread you've posted bogus or just vague information so I had to reply: where did you get the figure that the third card in a triple-SLI setup is "only "7% faster"? Maybe you were just trying to be funny, but every site that's benched Triple-SLI has noted great scaling (about 2.8x that of a single card) especially in cases of high resolutions (which is the whole reason those of us bothering to buy a third GTX or Ultra are doing so - for 24" and 30" screens to run at native res).

I put together my 780i based system last night finally after UPS dropped everything off including third GTX card; I fired up Company of Heroes 2 with Triple-SLI'd GTX cards and at 2560x1600 was in fact getting about framerate between 2.8x and 2.9x what I get with SLI disabled.

As for Crysis, current bench figures are nearly useless since Crytek and Nvidia are still optimizing the game for Triple-SLI so until that's final there's not much to debate.

I can say that, coming from an EVGA 680i with a Q6600 and moving to the 780i, things seem way more stable at the same frequency (3.8 on water and memory at 1100mhz) but ofcourse I'll continue to evaluate over time.

-O

[joe.denice]

I agree, it seems like they have fixed some of the issues... but its still to early to tell.

[Leeghoofd]

do these 780i boot the CPU at 400FSB ? would be nice to run my QX6950 at 10 x 400...

[froste]

do these 780i boot the CPU at 400FSB ? would be nice to run my QX6950 at 10 x 400...

Yes, I will post some prelimary results in a few minutes. I have an ES Q9550 (YorkField) running 460~FSB.

[jkresh]

froste, what fsb have you reached with the q6600 on this board?

[froste]

Test setup:
EVGA 780i
Intel Q9550 (YorkField) ES w/ stock P4 Intel cooler
2x1GB CL4 800MHz
2x EVGA 8800GTS 512 (G92) w/ stock cooler 100&#37; fan
PC P&C 1KW
XP 64

FSB: 464 ;)
Multi: 8.5

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5794/780iyorkieor9.png


http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5794/780iyorkieor9.th.png (http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=780iyorkieor9.png)

[systemviper]

Sweet, that what i'm thinking about! Very nice job

[froste]

froste, what fsb have you reached with the q6600 on this board?

Ill go for max tonight or tommorow, I have done 450~ no problems.

[GAR]

good news, i can run my g.skill at 550mhz 5-4-4-12 (2.2v) max on the x38 was 533-540 at 5-5-5-15........ram latency seems to be kind of high, higher than the x38 thats for sure, but bandwidth seems the same.

[froste]

Update:
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5599/run3tz8.png


More here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=170292

[dinos22]

guru3d has some tests with QX9650 and 680i there lol :)

[dinos22]

Update:
[IMG]http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5599/run3tz8.png


More here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=170289

AWESOME :yepp: :yepp: :yepp: :yepp: :yepp: :yepp:

[shawn1998]

Anyone running one of these boards upside down? I might get one to play with over the holidays, but it would have to go in my Lian-Li inverted.

Shawn

[OBR]

I have Asus P5N-T Deluxe, nForce 780i SLI board ... but i cannot to overclock my Yorkfield ... if i will set any higher FSB then 1333MHz ... no post, board freezes ...

I think i have a buggy first release of mobo ... damn

[scarface]

Anyone running one of these boards upside down? I might get one to play with over the holidays, but it would have to go in my Lian-Li inverted.

Shawn

i don't see where that would make any difference.

[shawn1998]

I just found this board over at NCIX for 80.00 cheaper than newegg has it. It's a good deal and I just couldn't pass it up, as I plan on putting it to the test over the holidays.

Thanks for the reply, scarface.

[Looker]

good news, i can run my g.skill at 550mhz 5-4-4-12 (2.2v) max on the x38 was 533-540 at 5-5-5-15........ram latency seems to be kind of high, higher than the x38 thats for sure, but bandwidth seems the same.

GAR, can you give me some measurements from the new 780i? I have a Maximus Formula (X38) and the RAM slots are in oriented ideally for my case (long story) can you indicate how much farther up the board they are oriented on the 780i?

[froste]

Update:

I installed XP 32 bit and brought out my good G.Skill kit I have. Got up to 469 FSB bench stable with memory at 1154 MHz @ 4-4-4-5. Fedex should be here with my 9650 soon, will post results later.

Scored a little higher.

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/4975/run5bc2.png

[GAR]

GAR, can you give me some measurements from the new 780i? I have a Maximus Formula (X38) and the RAM slots are in oriented ideally for my case (long story) can you indicate how much farther up the board they are oriented on the 780i?

hey bro, i can get you acurate measurements in a bit when i get to my computer.................otherwise i have been trying to get my ram to pass occt, i cant get it to pass for the life of me.............still working on it.....

[odditory]

do these 780i boot the CPU at 400FSB ? would be nice to run my QX6950 at 10 x 400...

How about 11 x 425? :)

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/cpu/intel/penryn-oc2/4675_max_OC.png

[GAR]

so the FSB issue i was having is only between a certain fsb, from 1650-1775

[Leeghoofd]

How about 11 x 425? :)

http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/cpu/intel/penryn-oc2/4675_max_OC.png

For benching yeah, but for 24/7 I'll settle with 3.8-4ghz ( if possible ), Victor Wang already fried one of his puppies , I don't want to be nr 2

[jas420221]

I will just be happy with 3.6-3.8 with my E6750...... :)

[GAR]

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2122/60319263as3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

not stable tho.

[jas420221]

Now I just have to figure out how to get it there. The memory dividers on this generation of CPUs/mobos confuse the sheeeeeeeeehite out of me.

My last rig was an Athlon64 3200+ @ 2.8Ghz. That was an easy o/c, these numbers, not so much. :(

EDIT: Im thinking I should keep it @ 1:1 and just tighten the timings down @ 450/475....??????

[dinos22]

EDIT: Im thinking I should keep it @ 1:1 and just tighten the timings down @ 450/475....??????

yup good idea :up:

[march09]

The fsb 480-475mhz is about as high as these boards can OC w top end stability so far.

Tech Report review OC'd fsb 480mhz rather easily but they couldn't tweak the fsb to go higher.

Legitreviews OC fsb 475mhz

So far in this thread 480-470mhz fsb range is top end. I was hoping for solid average FSB 500 from 780i boards. Did not 680i's fsb hit 500mhz and over range?

I'm in process of shopping for a new Intel 45nm build. I'm leaning towards Asus P5k Deluxe P35 Wi/fiAP DDR2, from all the reviews I've read they seem to overclock very well and stable up to fsb 500mhz.

On the down side, I won't get SLI :mad: only crossfire which I'm not a favorite of.

[Aivas47a]

Big difference if you're talking dual or quad. So far these early reports suggest the 780i clocks quad fsb as well as P35/X38, which was not the case with 680i.

[march09]

I do believe I saw somewhere (Chinese review) where they did comment 780i lackluster dual core OCing compared to X38/P35, but OC'd equally w quads in comparison to X38/P35 chipset.

It be interesting if someone had dual core e6750 or e6850 pop in and see how high they OC fsb on these boards.

[IanY]

Hey Naekuh,

PC Power & Cooling 1200W has six PCI-E connectors (and other gizmos) and you'll be all set and ready to go :)

The box from PCP&C doesn't include Bose noise reduction headphones though... been looking for it... its not included ? damn lol ;)

[dinos22]

Big difference if you're talking dual or quad. So far these early reports suggest the 780i clocks quad fsb as well as P35/X38, which was not the case with 680i.


I do believe I saw somewhere (Chinese review) where they did comment 780i lackluster dual core OCing compared to X38/P35, but OC'd equally w quads in comparison to X38/P35 chipset.

It be interesting if someone had dual core e6750 or e6850 pop in and see how high they OC fsb on these boards.

i don't think 780i will do much different from A1/D00 680i so similar quad OCing but not more dual core wise

i tested my E6850 a couple of days ago that can do around 515MHz FSB 32M superpi on air with X38 and it can boot to windows at 500 with 680i i have but i need to drop 5-10 mhz to make it stable

i was able to prime my quad core Q6600 at 468MHz FSB for an hour so it was pretty decent

i will be testing a 780i board on monday with LN2 and QX9650 which i know has some issues running stable on asus x38 board past 415MHz FSB and DDR3 gigabyte but it can do 450 with ddr2 gigabyte board which was very odd lol

anyways i am hoping to get near 450 with the 780i for our testing with all sorts of different nvidia cards on the day with some mid-5GHz clocks or thereabouts

[GAR]

Vdroop pencil mod works, i just applied this to my board and it works like a charm

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2381763&postcount=16

[GAR]

is anyone using occt ram test????

memtest 1.7 pases without problems, but occt fails.....any help would be appreciated, i have run into a couple of problems with this board so far, hope to get them fixed.

[shawn1998]

Anyone try a pci-express raid controller with this board yet? Just curious if I am wasting my money on getting this board, as I have an Areca 1210 that I will be installing on this board next week.

[froste]

I did some benching with 780i and a QX9650 ES, quick all air results below.

Test Setup:
EVGA 780i SLI
Intel QX9650 ES
Tuniq Tower 120
2x1GB G.Skill 1066MHz CL4
2x EVGA 8800GTS 512 (G92)
PC P&C 1KW
XP Pro 32

Super Pi @ 4.48GHz all 4 cores enabled

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/8982/spicb3.png

22526 in 3DM06

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/641/run6gf8.png

[GAR]

froste, i see you have the same ram as me, the g.skill 4gb ddr1000 set, can you get occt to pass at high fsb???? thanks.

[jabski]

i don't think 780i will do much different from A1/D00 680i so similar quad OCing but not more dual core wise

i tested my E6850 a couple of days ago that can do around 515MHz FSB 32M superpi on air with X38 and it can boot to windows at 500 with 680i i have but i need to drop 5-10 mhz to make it stable

i was able to prime my quad core Q6600 at 468MHz FSB for an hour so it was pretty decent

i will be testing a 780i board on monday with LN2 and QX9650 which i know has some issues running stable on asus x38 board past 415MHz FSB and DDR3 gigabyte but it can do 450 with ddr2 gigabyte board which was very odd lol

anyways i am hoping to get near 450 with the 780i for our testing with all sorts of different nvidia cards on the day with some mid-5GHz clocks or thereabouts



look forward to your results dinos22 :)

[joe.denice]

anyone else getting major vdropping??

[GAR]

anyone else getting major vdropping??

there is a simple vdroop mod, look at the first post, i have no vdroop :up:
takes only 1 minute to do.

[Gunslinger]

GAR, that link take you to 680i mod, is it the same for 780i?

[dinos22]

GAR, that link take you to 680i mod, is it the same for 780i?

he's done it himself in the thread and confirmed it works fine

[Leeghoofd]

froste, i see you have the same ram as me, the g.skill 4gb ddr1000 set, can you get occt to pass at high fsb???? thanks.

He has the PC8000 4-4-4-5 kit GAR , same as me, I specially bought it to get tight latencies at 1000mhz though it seems the same bug as on my Striker board... look at his 1mb Superpi, really not impressive for 4.5Ghz (CPU with 12Mb) with ram at 1140mhz with 4-4-4-5... my 4-4-4-12 ram ( PC6400 HZ) runs better on the Striker then the 8000 kit did... (EVA2000 always said that an ES model runs slower on SuperPi than a retail one, maybe also why they reach such high clocks )

But at least the QX9650 clocks nicely on the board

[GAR]

GAR, that link take you to 680i mod, is it the same for 780i?

yes, it works great :up:

[dinos22]

He has the PC8000 4-4-4-5 kit GAR , same as me, I specially bought it to get tight latencies at 1000mhz though it seems the same bug as on my Striker board... look at his 1mb Superpi, really not impressive for 4.5Ghz (CPU with 12Mb) with ram at 1140mhz with 4-4-4-5... my 4-4-4-12 ram ( PC6400 HZ) runs better on the Striker then the 8000 kit did... (EVA2000 always said that an ES model runs slower on SuperPi than a retail one, maybe also why they reach such high clocks )

But at least the QX9650 clocks nicely on the board

nvidia chipset sux at superpi but they are closer to intel in 1M than 32M

i tested an E6850 yesterday with 680i and around 4.3GHz i was getting 11.8s so that yorkfield result looks about right

guys if your RAM can do 575MHz 4-4-4-x chances are it will also do 4-3-3-x timings at similar clocks / volts

try that next time :up:

[Leeghoofd]

I just want to say that the TRAS of 5 doesn't help at all on my 680i it even makes performance worse with my Striker, I payed big cash for those rams and in the end they are just as good as my old OCZ at 4-4-4-12 1000mhz nothing special with the TRAS...

The 12mb cache should help the score a lot , I was shocked when my mate benched his E6600 at 3.2Ghz to my E6400 at 3.2ghz, his was way faster just due to cache on the CPU ( 3200 with 8 x 400) , same mobo (P5W) ram (PC6400HZ 4-4-4-12) in test then ...

[gmod]

Well I picked up the XFX version of the 780i...will start replacing my Striker tonight

[E.R]

I did some benching with 780i and a QX9650 ES, quick all air results below.

How high does your QX9650ES go if vcore is on the safe side for 24/7 use(max 1.5V?) on that 780i?

[froste]

How high does your QX9650ES go if vcore is on the safe side for 24/7 use(max 1.5V?) on that 780i?

~4.1-4.2GHz, it really starts taking alot of voltage to go past 4.2 on my chip.

[billdavis]

just got a evga 780i

we will see i guess

[Paxi]

Pls give me/us some more infos about high fsb and some bios screenies, i&#180;m also thinking abozut getting teh 780i but i need a FSB from 475 at least stable.

[E.R]

~4.1-4.2GHz, it really starts taking alot of voltage to go past 4.2 on my chip.

Thanks, the V-droopmod that GAR did does not help to get a bit more out of it without upping vcore?

[Justifire]

Looking forward to the results guys.
Might pick up a XFX 780i on monday.
Since i'm on a Striker i still dont know if i should wait for Striker II or just go with the XFX and play around this christmas.
Hope some can show 500+ fsb overclocks.

[joe.denice]

there is a simple vdroop mod, look at the first post, i have no vdroop :up:
takes only 1 minute to do.

#2 pencil to those areas???

[shawn1998]

Still no one has tested if a raid card will work in the center pci-e 16X slot?

[dinos22]

#2 pencil to those areas???

2B pencil yes

[varrius]

Anyone running one of these boards upside down? I might get one to play with over the holidays, but it would have to go in my Lian-Li inverted.

Shawn


http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/holliclark/PICT0008.jpg

[shawn1998]

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f231/holliclark/PICT0008.jpg

Awesome, thanks!

Shawn

[Dede99]

Nice rig there varrius, how about scores in 3dmark with those monsters in SLI :D

[billdavis]

santa was good this year

im going to add this to a evga 780i

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m316/wcd26/DSC09835.jpg

[GAR]

nice cpu

[Dede99]

good luck with it :) but I will wait for the Q since QX is to expensive

[GAR]

good luck with it :) but I will wait for the Q since QX is to expensive

same, but the 7x multi is gonna suck for the q9550

[Aivas47a]

I thought the 9550 was going to have a 8.5 multi? That's bad enough but 7 would really blow. :(

[RottenMutt]

is anyone using occt ram test????

memtest 1.7 pases without problems, but occt fails.....any help would be appreciated, i have run into a couple of problems with this board so far, hope to get them fixed.

have you tried the built in vista memory checker. don't froget to switch it over to advanced. i don't like memtest86, it doesn't find memory errors very well.

[GAR]

have you tried the built in vista memory checker. don't froget to switch it over to advanced. i don't like memtest86, it doesn't find memory errors very well.

i got it to pass prime blend for over 4 hours, requires alot of voltage from the NB, 1.5+ to pass, all other voltages are either on the highest green, or the on first red.........so if ur running 4gb at high frequency you are going to need alot of voltage to pass.

[joe.denice]

well the mod seemed to work out, what is a good software program that works on this board to monitor volts?

[DarthBeavis]

putting 780i on triple 8800 gtx (water) with QX9650 on modifed Vapochill tomorrow guys . . .hope for good benches . . .

[GAR]

putting 780i on triple 8800 gtx (water) with QX9650 on modifed Vapochill tomorrow guys . . .hope for good benches . . .

Very nice, look forward to your results.........

a good program to monitor temps is http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php :up:

[DarthBeavis]

Very nice, look forward to your results.........

a good program to monitor temps is http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php :up:

problem with most programs is they suck at sub-zero temps . . .speedfan does work

[jas420221]

Well... running @ 3.4Ghz 425 FSB, memory manually set at the ram's rated speed of 1066.

[Warboy]

I wanna point out something in the Guru3D Review


To fine-tune for stability you can change out the HTT Link Multipliers (1x to 5x), both for upstream and down stream, so that you do not push the Hyper Transport speed way out of stability while adjusting the base reference clocks.

Since when did Intel have Hyper Transport :rofl:

[jas420221]

I wanna point out something in the Guru3D Review



Since when did Intel have Hyper Transport :rofl::ROTF:

It is in there though!

Is that something that should be dropped to say 4x?

[joe.denice]

Hey here's a question,

Just got my board the other day and noticed a springed coil sticking out the back of the board, connecting to one side of the MOSFET cooler hold down. First time I've ever seen that. At first I thought it was a flaw, but checked the pics on Newegg and can see that board has one also. What the heck is that for?

andyc


i saw that as well and pulled it out, though hopefully that didn't mess up the contact with the northbridge heatsink??

[GAR]

nVidia chipsets use HTT to talk to the cpu, by lowering the multi to 4 and taking the HTT mhz to 300 you have a HTT of 1200, 300x4, stock is 200x5.......i have tested this and a bit of performance is gained by doing this....if you are benchmarking, every bit of extra is usefull.

[mele]

nVidia chipsets use HTT to talk to the cpu, by lowering the multi to 4 and taking the HTT mhz to 300 you have a HTT of 1200, 300x4, stock is 200x5.......i have tested this and a bit of performance is gained by doing this....if you are benchmarking, every bit of extra is usefull.

I wonder if this would help me OC my CPU? I can boot @ 3.9Ghz but it's not stable no matter what voltage I use.

[shawn1998]

The Areca ARC-1210 8X pci-e Raid card works just fine in the middle slot. Just thought I'd give you all some feedback. I just finished installing the board. No testing done just yet, but will post back when I do.

Shawn

[billdavis]

hurry up!!

jk have fun

[JacobF]

New BIOS posted :yepp:

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=204596

[joe.denice]

nice, i thought it might of been my case that was causing that, i will load this up later tonight and see how it goes.

[DarthBeavis]

started http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4904/dsc00189ls3.th.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00189ls3.jpg)http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7485/dsc00188qn8.th.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00188qn8.jpg)

[GAR]

P02 installed, LED now working, and as far as my A0 issue, its still present with reboots..... :cool: only certain fsb 1650-1750

[JacobF]

Does it happen at 1800MHz FSB?

[shawn1998]

I have had it installed now for most of the day. I replaced my DFI X38 with this 780i and have been pretty impressed. It's a bit different than the DFI, vcore in the bios works differently. On the DFI, I could leave all voltages at stock and I could run my Q6600 G0 at 9x333 perfectly. While I am able to do this on the 780i, the bios runs vcore at about 1.38-1.41 when set to auto. The DFI X38 (and P35 before it) would keep it at stock vcore (which was about 1.22'ish). I have to set the vcore in the bios to 1.375 to get it to actually be at 1.29 (ALOT of droop!), but it is completely stable.

So, in summary, my Q6600 G0 is running at 9x333, all 8gigs of G-Skill is running beatifully and my Areca ARC-1210 raid card is working flawlessly in the middle pci-e 16X slot. Also, no sound issues with my X-FI-based Prelude in this board either.

Shawn

[Darkatom]

How is the general quality of this board compared to that of the 680i ?

[shawn1998]

To be honest, it is very well constructed. I am competely impressed with the build quality. The only thing I I would like to have seen done differently is the orientation of the NB heatsink, but it hasn't affected performance at all, so I guess it isn't a big deal.

One more thing. Is there a version of Everset Ultimate that works with this motherboard?

[DarthBeavis]

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1380/screenieko9.th.jpg (http://img183.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenieko9.jpg)http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/2156/3wayslijo2.th.jpg (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3wayslijo2.jpg)

Running baseline benches at stock now . . .only issue is my proc is at -30 where QX6700 was at -42 . . .mightn ot have good seat

[Robilar]

Does anyone know an e-tailer in the us or canada that has stock and will ship the board to canada?

[FuriousSalesman]

First post and I hope I am not doing anything wrong. I went out and got a XFX780i at my local Fry's electronics. I am wondering if I should return and wait for a Evga board.


Another question in general about the 780i, is the fact that it uses ddr2 a good thing?

[jas420221]

First post and I hope I am not doing anything wrong. I went out and got a XFX780i at my local Fry's electronics. I am wondering if I should return and wait for a Evga board.


Another question in general about the 780i, is the fact that it uses ddr2 a good thing?Right now its not a bad thing. DD3 is too expensive for the meager performance gains it provides. If you need to be on the bleeding edge, go for a ddr3 board, but expect to shell out a sheeeeee load for the memory.

[billdavis]

Running baseline benches at stock now . . .only issue is my proc is at -30 where QX6700 was at -42 . . .mightn ot have good seat

ur killing me w/o benchies

:mad: :stick: :brick:

[Justifire]

started http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4904/dsc00189ls3.th.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00189ls3.jpg)http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7485/dsc00188qn8.th.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00188qn8.jpg)

Nice setup :)
Exactly what i was thinking about.
No v-mod on the cards as far as i can see?
Is there room for wc on the southbridge with 3 cards installed?
Cant wait to see some results.
Might get me a 3rd gtx or wait for 9800 serie just wait for your benchies.

[jas420221]

Nice setup :)
Exactly what i was thinking about.
No v-mod on the cards as far as i can see?
Is there room for wc on the southbridge with 3 cards installed?
Cant wait to see some results.
Might get me a 3rd gtx or wait for 9800 serie just wait for your benchies.3 cards shouldnt matter. As you can see from that picture only 2, are above the SB. ;)

[Justifire]

3 cards shouldnt matter. As you can see from that picture only 1, maybe the second is above the SB.

What your trying to say?
That you dont know neither?
I want to know sure or the 2nd card is blocking the way for a sb wc-cooler.
At the moment 1 have an EK sb-block on my 680i between 2 cards in 1st and 3rd slot.
As far as i can see im not so sure if it is possible to keep that in place with a 3rd card installed.

[jas420221]

Just the first 2, as I posted, should only be in the way. I can tell you with my 8800gt, that there isnt much clearence above it either. You asked about 3 cards:
Is there room for wc on the southbridge with 3 cards installed?
I told you the 3rd card isnt close to the SB (just by looking at the picture).

Im not sure what you want......It clearly depends on where your barbs are located on the block.

[Justifire]

Just the first 2, as I posted, should only be in the way. I can tell you with my 8800gt, that there isnt much clearence above it either. You asked about 3 cards:
I told you the 3rd card isnt close to the SB (just by looking at the picture).

Im not sure what you want......It clearly depends on where your barbs are located on the block.

Ok sorry, maybe i wasnt clear enough :)
With 3 cards i mean that the 3rd card is in the 2nd pci-e slot.
As with 2 card SLI you use the 1st (highest) and 3rd (lowest) pci-e slots.
So the 3rd card wil go in the middle slot.
With that cleared out, when installed 3 cards al 3 slots will be filled.
Now the question is, is it possible to use a wc-block on the southbridge when all 3 cards are installed?

[jas420221]

All good.. :)

I dont think it goes in slot 3 for the 2nd card. The SLI bridge that came with the mobo would only reach 1 slot across. The tri sli bridge, however, does reach across all 3 so I believe your thinking in regards to card orientation is wrong to start with.

[kinghong1970]

hmm... was excited to hear of the upgrade program but i just realized that the original HSF heatpipe thing was destroyed... curiosity and wire clipper got the better of me... ya think they will accept the remainder of the board for an upgrade?

[Yooper]

I will be receiving my XFX 780i board tomorrow. I am currently running a DFI 680i LT board and it was just too finicky with my setup. I could only get my Q6600 to 3.2 stable and I know there is more in that G0 stepping core. In addition, I wanted to be able to run the new 45nm cores at some point. I am sorry that I do not have a sig up now and will take care of that later. I do run 2 8800GTs in SLI right now. Also, TRI SLI sounds interesting to me.

Here is a link to where I bought the board http://www.ncixus.com/products/27630/MBN780ISH9/XFX/

I have used NewEgg quite a bit over the years, but they wanted $320 for this board, which is outrageous.

They had 10 in stock when I ordered mine on Monday and are out now.

[Robilar]

The 8800GT will not do Tri-SLI

[jas420221]

The 8800GT will not do Tri-SLIGood point.... :up:

[gmod]

Right now its not a bad thing. DD3 is too expensive for the meager performance gains it provides. If you need to be on the bleeding edge, go for a ddr3 board, but expect to shell out a sheeeeee load for the memory.

Dont worry about having the XFX verison..Its pretty much the exact samething...I have the XFX have not gotten any of the A0 problems like another user has on his EVGA...

Ive gotten my Q6600 up to 3850...tried to hit 4gig but wanted way to much volts for air...I did boot to windows at 4050 and got all the way to the cpu test in 06 when it crashed..

[jas420221]

Dont worry about having the XFX verison..Its pretty much the exact samething...I have the XFX have not gotten any of the A0 problems like another user has on his EVGA...

Ive gotten my Q6600 up to 3850...tried to hit 4gig but wanted way to much volts for air...I did boot to windows at 4050 and got all the way to the cpu test in 06 when it crashed..I dont have an XFX, I have the Evga (see sig). :confused:

[FuriousSalesman]

Now another question. So far there are only three 780i boards, correct? Two reference designs by EVGA and XFX and a non-reference version from Asus.

I am reading from the back of the box and I am seeing that my XFX780i is only rated for 1333fsb. What are people going to do when the QX9770 comes out? I think that one has 1600fsb.

And another question about ram for this board. I was originally was going to wait for a x48 ddr3 board. How marginal is the difference between a really good stick of ddr2 and really good ddr3 memory like the Cell Shock 1800mhz?

I am having the hardest time deciding what to get or what to keep. Should I just wait for the next gen stuff?

[jas420221]

Now another question. So far there are only three 780i boards, correct? Two reference designs by EVGA and XFX and a non-reference version from Asus.

I am reading from the back of the box and I am seeing that my XFX780i is only rated for 1333fsb. What are people going to do when the QX9770 comes out? I think that one has 1600fsb.

And another question about ram for this board. I was originally was going to wait for a x48 ddr3 board. How marginal is the difference between a really good stick of ddr2 and really good ddr3 memory like the Cell Shock 1800mhz?

I am having the hardest time deciding what to get or what to keep. Should I just wait for the next gen stuff?1. These boards dont support the 1600Mhz processor.

2. DDR2 is a sweet spot in price for performance. DDR3 performance, for what its selling for, isnt worth it.

3. Get an X38/X48 or a 780i/790i and a Penryn, cant go wrong there.

[Yooper]

The 8800GT will not do Tri-SLI

I know that. My second computer is running one 8800GT. I would run two 8800GTs in SLI on my second rig and upgrade my primary rig to whatever is TRI SLI capatible at the time. Right now it is just GTX and Ultra, but I would expect more mainstream cards down the road will be trisli capatible. I just want to have the TRISLI option available to me.

[Yooper]

I dont have an XFX, I have the Evga (see sig). :confused:


Dont worry about having the XFX verison..Its pretty much the exact samething...I have the XFX have not gotten any of the A0 problems like another user has on his EVGA...

Ive gotten my Q6600 up to 3850...tried to hit 4gig but wanted way to much volts for air...I did boot to windows at 4050 and got all the way to the cpu test in 06 when it crashed..

What FSB are you running?
What are your voltages for the NB and CPU?
Are you running memory linked or unlinked?

[RottenMutt]

I am reading from the back of the box and I am seeing that my XFX780i is only rated for 1333fsb. What are people going to do when the QX9770 comes out? I think that one has 1600fsb.

Did you read the foot note:
* While Nvidia technology will provide FSB speeds beyond spec, the processor must also be capable of this speed.

I think DDR2 is faster (benchmarks/games) at this time with lower latencies. give ddr3 some time.

[RottenMutt]

I paid the Newegg TAX :( and got the XFX board.

Will XFX void the warranty if I remove the stock NB cooling solution and watercool the NB and use the EVGA SB heatsink?

I will need to find something for the power transistors, any suggestions?

[Rincewind]

I paid the Newegg TAX :( and got the XFX board.

Will XFX void the warranty if I remove the stock NB cooling solution and watercool the NB and use the EVGA SB heatsink?

I will need to find something for the power transistors, any suggestions?

The EVGA was available this morning at the Egg (plus tax :[ ). Any reason you opted for the XFX? In fact, I don't see the XFX listed at newegg any more :confused:

[GAR]

I was burning a cd with nero 8 and my computer froze....

[Rincewind]

I was burning a cd with nero 8 and my computer froze....

Then what? :shrug:

[GAR]

Then what? :shrug:

Im trying to figure out if its a stability issue or just a crappy program................my stability tests run fine, i can run all games fine for hours, so i am guessing its either drivers, or a crappy program.

[gmod]

The EVGA was available this morning at the Egg (plus tax :[ ). Any reason you opted for the XFX? In fact, I don't see the XFX listed at newegg any more :confused:

Because they are exactly the same board...

[BobyTT]

Anyone here with QX6700 and XFX 780i?

Any tips? :)

[RottenMutt]

The EVGA was available this morning at the Egg (plus tax :[ ). Any reason you opted for the XFX? In fact, I don't see the XFX listed at newegg any more :confused:
The EVGA was sold out when I ordered it last week. They are exactly the same board minus warranty. XFX is two year transferable; and EVGA is a life time warranty to the original buyer if registered within thirty days, or a year from the original purchase date if resold.
I probably will not have the board longer then six months so it doesn't matter and i got to keep 10 bucks in my pocket.
I'm wondering if XFX is refusing to sell to the egg since they are ignoring the suggested retail price and gouging. It is a stupid move by newegg and they will lose more in sales now from lost customers! they should refund the difference and sweep the mistake under the carpet if you ask me. But by upping the price they are able to meet demand...

[billdavis]

well i got it in the mail today

all i get is error code FF and nothing happens. ever... i just turns on and shows code ff, strait to ff no boot codes just ff and only ff. i dont know what ff is ffing about

[dinos22]

FF usually means all is good but there is a whole bunch of codes the PC goes through before it ends up on FF

we had a board with FF issue after our LN2 session but started working again after some hair dryer action

try another CPU bill

[jas420221]

well i got it in the mail today

all i get is error code FF and nothing happens. ever... i just turns on and shows code ff, strait to ff no boot codes just ff and only ff. i dont know what ff is ffing aboutF that! :ROTF:

Sux man....

tried resetting cmos and all that jazz right?

[billdavis]

FF usually means all is good but there is a whole bunch of codes the PC goes through before it ends up on FF

we had a board with FF issue after our LN2 session but started working again after some hair dryer action

try another CPU bill

ehh i got this cpu from andre yang and it is the only cpu i have:mad:
anyone near stuttgart want to come over with a cpu:yepp:

[billdavis]

F that! :ROTF:

Sux man....

tried resetting cmos and all that jazz right?

yeah bro i have tried every thing i completly rebuilt it and reset the cpu a million times. tried booting w/o ram or gfx card to see if i could get a error. tried d9 ram and the powerchip's i have. the code stays on ff from the second i hit power to the second i turn it off ??:confused: :confused:

i put this up on evga forum looking for a mod but im sure i will only get kids who know everything and tell me it is because i didnt plug in my monitor so i cant see the screen booting up

[billdavis]

dam im good:rofl:

RE: New build, Dosent Work stuck @ code FF - 12/28/2007 2:21:56 PM
JCBananas2
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FF means fully functioning (which means you are 100% good to go). Does your monitor turn on when you boot the computer? Can you get into the BIOS?

_____________________________

Intel E6600 @ 3.33 (415 X 8)
EVGA 680i A1
2GB GSkill GBHZ @ 830
OCZ GmerXtreme 700 watts
EVGA 8800 GTX @ 621/1000
CM Stacker 830


i owe my self a beer :up:

u guys sit tight ill go get it to calm my nervs:clap:

[Justifire]

PSU connected in the right directions?

[Robilar]

I have the EVGA 780i coming in for Weds next week (maybe monday fingers crossed)

I paid $249 CAD (+GST of course 6%)

Does anyone know if the NB will interfere will a thermalright ultra 120e in the vertical position? I'm sure it will fit horizontally but I really don't want to exhaust warm air into my power supply.

[Icy]

going for the xfx as all the evga's seem to be sold out for the uk >_< unless anyone knows a secret online supply xD

[gmod]

Does anyone know if Coretemp is accurate with this board..Seems to be way off. plus getting really erratic temps on all the cores

Using a TR ultra120 extreme push pull..
c1=47
c2=42
c3=35
c4=35

Ive resetted the heatsink everything is perfect just like I had on my Striker...

[Malik]

Guys i have problem which mobo choose:

- topic mobo - EVGA 780i
- Asus Maximus Forumla SE ( X38 )

Primary conditions - good performance and good predispose for OC

Help needed :)

[eva2000]

Guys i have problem which mobo choose:

- topic mobo - EVGA 780i
- Asus Maximus Forumla SE ( X38 )

Primary conditions - good performance and good predispose for OC

Help needed :)
easy X38 unless you plan on SLI which 780i will be the one

[GAR]

Guys i have problem which mobo choose:

- topic mobo - EVGA 780i
- Asus Maximus Forumla SE ( X38 )

Primary conditions - good performance and good predispose for OC

Help needed :)

I have had both boards, and i can tell you the maximus has an issue where the board wont load the cpu at 100&#37; on certain voltages and fsb, the 780i has a couple of quirks as well, but with the 780i, you get no vdroop with a simple pencil mod and a equal quad overclocking board with the option of SLi, performance is very similar, maybe a bit of an edge to the x38 clock for clock, but nothing to go crazy about, overall for a gamer the 780i is a much better choice IMO, nothing taken away from the x38 or maximus, i would go for the 780i if you are a gamer, SLi is great for resolutions 1920x1200 and above.....the 780i has good ddr2 overclocking potential, got good clocks from my g.skill 4gb (2x2) ddr1000 kit, about 30mhz more on the 780i......good luck on your decision......just some insight from someone who has had the pleasure of working with both boards.

[billdavis]

well it seems i have a bad board

im pretty positive something is wrong with it accessing cmos chip and it is stuck on it's last known code of a working ff code

reasons i think this are
i have tried booting up withg everything uninstalled cpu, ram & gfx and as soon as i hit power it is just ff shown i get 2 yellow lights and 1 blue (im color blind so the yello could be any color) so it didnt show any other code so i figured it some how stuck on ff so i thought maybe bad cmos but i took that out and booted and still same no post operations just and only ff!! ive done a over night cmos clear

any ideas how to force it to access the cmos chip maybe ... shorting something?? i have put in for the advanced rma (to apo-ae in germany)and that will take about 4 days after ~ 4th of Jan but my main dielema is in my line of work i will be else where till late 2008 umm refining my counter strike jump strife jump techniques :D but i sooo wanted to improve my hwbot scores expecially with this sweet chip i got off of Andre Yang i guess ill just go buy a p5k preimum for about $350 usd out in town and do some single card Benchies:down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :shakes:

anyone near STUTTGART. De

[Malik]

So if i think about SLI - 780i, if not - X38. Performance are the same.

[sonofander]

So if i think about SLI - 780i, if not - X38. Performance are the same.

I'd be wary about that... I have never seen an Nvidia chipset perform on par with intel chipsets. I've been patiently waiting to see how this board turns out, but I had yet to see any results that suggest that this board can keep up with the performance and quad ocing potential of the x38

[gmod]

Ive benched at 3850mhz with my XFX version also booted all the way to windows and started 06 at 8x2000 and 9x1900 but both would fail the cpu test...this was at 1.6v vcore..Was unwilling to give the cpu more..

[Leeghoofd]

I'd be wary about that... I have never seen an Nvidia chipset perform on par with intel chipsets. I've been patiently waiting to see how this board turns out, but I had yet to see any results that suggest that this board can keep up with the performance and quad ocing potential of the x38

On some benches it is faster, namely 3dmarks, though superpi and co the intel is just faster there, for day to day use yo will not notice the difference

[GAR]

quad overclocking between the x38 and 780i are about the same, 460-490fsb is max for both.

[pumbertot]

well it seems i have a bad board

im pretty positive something is wrong with it accessing cmos chip and it is stuck on it's last known code of a working ff code

reasons i think this are
i have tried booting up withg everything uninstalled cpu, ram & gfx and as soon as i hit power it is just ff shown i get 2 yellow lights and 1 blue (im color blind so the yello could be any color) so it didnt show any other code so i figured it some how stuck on ff so i thought maybe bad cmos but i took that out and booted and still same no post operations just and only ff!! ive done a over night cmos clear

any ideas how to force it to access the cmos chip maybe ... shorting something?? i have put in for the advanced rma (to apo-ae in germany)and that will take about 4 days after ~ 4th of Jan but my main dielema is in my line of work i will be else where till late 2008 umm refining my counter strike jump strife jump techniques :D but i sooo wanted to improve my hwbot scores expecially with this sweet chip i got off of Andre Yang i guess ill just go buy a p5k preimum for about $350 usd out in town and do some single card Benchies:down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :shakes:

anyone near STUTTGART. De

from what i hear it could be the board not liking the QX9650. im guessing if you could try a non-yorkie in there it might work. some 780i are working with yorkie some arent.

[humeyboy]

I'd be wary about that... I have never seen an Nvidia chipset perform on par with intel chipsets. I've been patiently waiting to see how this board turns out, but I had yet to see any results that suggest that this board can keep up with the performance and quad ocing potential of the x38

Something wrong there mate unless you were not around in the NF2/3/4 days, cause they Nvidia's were the king of OC (esp with AMD's but also Intel), not Intel Mobos.

The NF5/6 are not so hot and the 780 aint a total new Mobo but 790 might get them back in the running.

[FuriousSalesman]

Does anyone know a concrete release date for the 790i? I returned my xfx780i to Fry's and went and got the EVGA version from newegg.

[GAR]

Does anyone know a concrete release date for the 790i? I returned my xfx780i to Fry's and went and got the EVGA version from newegg.

I think around the time the 9 series is out......from what i have heard.

[Aivas47a]

I got to try out my qx9650 processor on an EVGA 780i this weekend. The only aspect of performance I tested was fsb overclocking capacity, and on that measure (to my surprise) the 780i performed better than my Maximus Extreme X38: higher OCCT-stable fsb (480 vs 465) and lower chipset voltage to achieve it. I hate nvidia so it pains me to say they seem to have done a good job on yorkfield overclocking. (I still bet the X38 is faster but it's hard to do an apples to apples SuperPi comparison with a DDR3 X38 vs. a DDR2 780i, which is all I've got access to).

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k255/aivas47a/EVGA780i45nmMaxFSB.jpg

[RottenMutt]

...it's hard to do an apples to apples SuperPi comparison with a DDR3 X38 vs. a DDR2 780i...

ddr2 vs dd3, what you could do is a COST comparison, total up the the cost at todays prices for the component you are comparing. it would be interesting!

[RottenMutt]

I'm waiting to get my corsair memory back from RMA before i fire up my 780i.

on my EVGA 680i I'm water cooling the NB chip. on the new 780i the NB heatsink is bigger, is there any benefit to water cooling the NB? i would have to find a replacement heat sink for the cpu power regulator chips and SB.

[fadetoblack]

whats the cheapest i can get this mobo for and from where?

[GAR]

whats the cheapest i can get this mobo for and from where?

its hard to find these boards right now, an if you find it, its not worth paying what they ask for, dont pay anything over $279.99

[railmeat]

im getting back my 680i from dfi this weekend and im SOOO happy penryn is compatale on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. p-31 bios ehh,im in!!!!wooh00!!!!!!!

[generalpetres]

Does any one know when the 790i board come out

[tet5uo]

im getting back my 680i from dfi this weekend and im SOOO happy penryn is compatale on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. p-31 bios ehh,im in!!!!wooh00!!!!!!!

Umm are you sure about that.

I think it will support Wolfdales but not Yorkies.

[gmod]

Does anyone know a concrete release date for the 790i? I returned my xfx780i to Fry's and went and got the EVGA version from newegg.

Why when they are exactly the same board minus the warranty..

[RottenMutt]

whats the cheapest i can get this mobo for and from where?

www.pricewatch.com
www.pricegrabber.com

[Dynasty]

I been using evga 780 board for sometime now which is not bad, im not very
pleased that inductors are R50's vs. Striker II's R68's.
Striker II for 780i/ddr2 seems on par for cpu overclock vs. my maximus formula........
striker 2 bios has all the voltage options, load line caliberation, etc...same as maximus series has and you can now disable cores within bios.....:D
Something the Striker 680i should of had....

Other note my EPP 6400C3DF works great with 780i......

I will post some tri-sli #'s when time and everything gets together, waiting
on some single slot gpu pots for pci-e 1 & 2 slots....3rd slot can still mount full size gpu pot, but 1 & 2 need some slims.....:)

[DarthBeavis]

I been using evga 780 board for sometime now which is not bad, im not very
pleased that inductors are R50's vs. Striker II's R68's.
Striker II for 780i/ddr2 seems on par for cpu overclock vs. my maximus formula........
striker 2 bios has all the voltage options, load line caliberation, etc...same as maximus series has and you can now disable cores within bios.....:D
Something the Striker 680i should of had....

Other note my EPP 6400C3DF works great with 780i......

I will post some tri-sli #'s when time and everything gets together, waiting
on some single slot gpu pots for pci-e 1 & 2 slots....3rd slot can still mount full size gpu pot, but 1 & 2 need some slims.....:)http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7485/dsc00188qn8.th.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00188qn8.jpg)

[Leeghoofd]

Umm are you sure about that.

I think it will support Wolfdales but not Yorkies.

DFI 680LT supports retail yorkies I beleive as I some nice clocks on it already
( another forum though, nordichardware I believe)

[E.R]

I been using evga 780 board for sometime now which is not bad, im not very
pleased that inductors are R50's vs. Striker II's R68's.
Striker II for 780i/ddr2 seems on par for cpu overclock vs. my maximus formula........
striker 2 bios has all the voltage options, load line caliberation, etc...same as maximus series has and you can now disable cores within bios.....:D
Something the Striker 680i should of had....

Other note my EPP 6400C3DF works great with 780i......

I will post some tri-sli #'s when time and everything gets together, waiting
on some single slot gpu pots for pci-e 1 & 2 slots....3rd slot can still mount full size gpu pot, but 1 & 2 need some slims.....:)

Sounds nice, but what about EPU issue? Do you have any where the CPU is not loaded 100%.

[JacobF]

I got to try out my qx9650 processor on an EVGA 780i this weekend. The only aspect of performance I tested was fsb overclocking capacity, and on that measure (to my surprise) the 780i performed better than my Maximus Extreme X38: higher OCCT-stable fsb (480 vs 465) and lower chipset voltage to achieve it. I hate nvidia so it pains me to say they seem to have done a good job on yorkfield overclocking. (I still bet the X38 is faster but it's hard to do an apples to apples SuperPi comparison with a DDR3 X38 vs. a DDR2 780i, which is all I've got access to).

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k255/aivas47a/EVGA780i45nmMaxFSB.jpg

Thats with P02 right? Some are seeing even better YF FSB results with P02.

[GAR]

my next goal is to get 475fsb stable on my q6600 cpu......any suggestions on voltages i should use, i am also running 4gb iof ram wich already requires 1.5v on the nb to be stable.

[DarthBeavis]

Thats with P02 right? Some are seeing even better YF FSB results with P02.

stop being a wuss and get those gpus on water ;) that is if you can put blocks on EVGA cards . . .lol. Why you guys let BFG get the jump on you with Danger Den is beyond me. Did you guys try to work out a deal with EK? EVGA cards deserve better than Black Pearl man. Way better. You guys make awesome stuff and have awesome customer service. stop lowering yourselves.

[Aivas47a]

Thats with P02 right? Some are seeing even better YF FSB results with P02. Yes P02. Pretty low chipset voltages too (FSB voltage at 1.3, NB voltage at 1.45) compared to X38. For GTL reference volrage adds I'm using .1/.1/.1/.1 but that is just random trial and error that seems to work OK -- no actual idea what I'm doing there as compared to the GTL reference settings in the DFI P35/X38 bios.

I'd really love to find stability at 500 FSB for 24/7 use when the 9450s come out (8x multiplier).

[E.R]

Yes P02. Pretty low chipset voltages too (FSB voltage at 1.3, NB voltage at 1.45) compared to X38. For GTL reference volrage adds I'm using .1/.1/.1/.1 but that is just random trial and error that seems to work OK -- no actual idea what I'm doing there as compared to the GTL reference settings in the DFI P35/X38 bios.

I'd really love to find stability at 500 FSB for 24/7 use when the 9450s come out (8x multiplier).
Perhaps better to forget that since thats will be very hard or impossible to do, DFI board or not. Get a QX9650 and do 4GHz on safe 1.4Vcore 24/7 rather than a short time on 1,5-1,8V.
I might be wrong but i dont think so.

[Aivas47a]

Yeah, I'm not banking on 500 fsb for a quad. It seems that maybe Intel has figured out how to keep their lower-priced processors from competing head to head with the higher priced models (low multis plus limited FSB headroom). :(

[Zytek_Fan]

Can you use the EK Supreme CPU block with this board?

[RottenMutt]

for those with the XFX board it is possible to flash to EVGA's bios and back. just use the /F switch.

I've assembled my XFX 780i and am only able to get about 100MHz more out of it then on my 680i with Q6700 and cheap 667mhz memory. I don't like to use excessive voltage since my boxes run Boinc 24/7.
one thing i did notice is that the memory performance is better. I get my good Corsair memory back from RMA tomorrow, now i need to RMA my G.Skill 1000Mhz memory...

[JustChill]

Ya lets hope it doesnt fry DDR2 like the 680i does....So many RMA so little time

[Nostromo]

I have the XFX 780i

Q6600 PCPC 750 silencer. water cooled cpu gpu. ballistix 8000
only two sticks in at the moment.

I can get 3.6 pretty stable, but I had this 3.9 stable on a p5k deluxe.
3.7 and up on this and I am not stable, and get A0 display and no post
after reboot, also, vdroop I have to set 1.6 in bios to keep 1.47 under load.
1.47 on the p5k was stable many hours prime. small fft's

any tips? when do i need to drop htt on this? at what fsb.

If someone can point me to a decent 680i thread would be appreciated, thanks.

Nostromo

[.p4nzer]

Is there some serious differences between the evga-xfx models (with reference layout) and the asus p5n-t?

I can't find a comparison between nforce mobos on web.
Bye

[Eddy_EK]

Hi there.
Can anyone tell me if the the NB chips at 780i board are the same height or is there height difference. Cant find a mobo here and want to make the water block.
I'll appreciate any info.

Eddy

[Justifire]

Hi there.
Can anyone tell me if the the NB chips at 780i board are the same height or is there height difference. Cant find a mobo here and want to make the water block.
I'll appreciate any info.

Eddy

Hi Eddy,
your in for a Asus Striker II Formula block ?
Would be great :)

[shawn1998]

http://www.lavalys.com/beta/everestultimate_build_1237_bwel3fkdm5c.zip

New beta that works with the 780i. It now correctly recognizes it and read the sensors properly.

Shawn

[GAR]

I have the XFX 780i

Q6600 PCPC 750 silencer. water cooled cpu gpu. ballistix 8000
only two sticks in at the moment.

I can get 3.6 pretty stable, but I had this 3.9 stable on a p5k deluxe.
3.7 and up on this and I am not stable, and get A0 display and no post
after reboot, also, vdroop I have to set 1.6 in bios to keep 1.47 under load.
1.47 on the p5k was stable many hours prime. small fft's

any tips? when do i need to drop htt on this? at what fsb.

If someone can point me to a decent 680i thread would be appreciated, thanks.

Nostromo

RMA it bro, my first board had the A0 error when rebooting between fsb 1650-1750, my second board does not have this issue, but my second one doesnt overclock my ram as high hehe, i guess you win some and loose some, cant have it all :rolleyes:

[FuriousSalesman]

I, for one, feel like a complete idiot. I returned my Xfx 780i mobo and got the Evga 780i. I thought that step up policy applied to motherboards but I am sadly mistaken. I am making too many mistakes with my build.

[jkresh]

FuriousSalesman, step-up is nto for motherboards but evga did give an upgrade option for 680i board owners so they might over some incentive for the next generation as well (probably not 780 to 790 but maybe to the following chipset)

[GAR]

i dont see a reason to go to DDR3 intill nehalem.

[FuriousSalesman]

I am a very indecisive. Its been a few years since I built my last computer. I guess I lean towards DDR3 because its "cool and new". I bought some really cheap OCZ 800mhz gold edition DDR2. http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4308035

Is this good enough? Or should I look for better ram?

[GAR]

just got my new board, from RMA, a new board....im having trouble getting my ram stable at fsb 1712, my other 780i which had the A0 problem, didnt have this issue......hmmmm is it my ram or my board.........im using 1.5v on the nb and 1.65 on sb, 1.4 for fsb and 1.4 for ht..............

UPDATE: so 2gb works fine, pases memtest blend normally, but 4gb is trouble, i have the nb voltage almost maxed out......this is def. an NB issue in my opinion...............soon as i put in 2 sticks it fails prime blend within 1 minute, but with one stick it works fine..........any ideas on this guys? thanks

[lefy]

are these running any cooler than the 680i chipsets?

[GAR]

are these running any cooler than the 680i chipsets?

nope, still burning hot NB, i dont care for the heat as long as it is stable.

[jkresh]

GAR have you tried lowering the nb voltage? Also what cooling are you using on it at max volts? ie .. do you have a fan, a watercooler, just standard...?

Got teh board in but haven't had a chance to open it, probably will test it out tomorrow and start really playing with it over the weekend (hoping for at least 3.6 with my q6600 and the closer to 4 the better)

[GAR]

GAR have you tried lowering the nb voltage? Also what cooling are you using on it at max volts? ie .. do you have a fan, a watercooler, just standard...?

Got teh board in but haven't had a chance to open it, probably will test it out tomorrow and start really playing with it over the weekend (hoping for at least 3.6 with my q6600 and the closer to 4 the better)

here is the thing with this board, seems like at stock fsb 1066mhz it will prime blend no problems with 2 sticks 4gb total, but with fsb 1712 it wont pass prime blend with 2 sticks, but it passes with 1 stick......im using stock cooling and i have a 120mm fan blowing on the nb when testing.............well its getting late here in SoCAL so imma get some rest will test some more when i get free time tommorow..........if anyone else with 4gb kit could test it out at higher fsb, 1600+ i would appreciate it, thanks.

[badboy]

I wish I could find one in stock. :(

[RottenMutt]

I have the XFX 780i

Q6600 PCPC 750 silencer. water cooled cpu gpu. ballistix 8000
only two sticks in at the moment.

I can get 3.6 pretty stable, but I had this 3.9 stable on a p5k deluxe.
3.7 and up on this and I am not stable, and get A0 display and no post
after reboot, also, vdroop I have to set 1.6 in bios to keep 1.47 under load.
1.47 on the p5k was stable many hours prime. small fft's

any tips? when do i need to drop htt on this? at what fsb.

If someone can point me to a decent 680i thread would be appreciated, thanks.

iNostromo
I also have an XFX 780i plus a Q6700, tough power 1200 watt PS, and Corsair 1142MHz memory. running the 2.4v Seti application all i can get "stably" is 3.5MHz (10x350MHz fsb). I have the vdrop mod done and have 1.43 cpu voltage set in bios, everything else except memory is set at auto (memory is at 1.95 volts). currently i'm running out of the case (so no water cooling) and am using a thermalright ultra 120 extreme heat sink.

[GAR]

OK guys an update, seems i had another bad board, but eVGA's BEST!!!! customer service is sending me another board, they have the best service i have ever seen from a company, they have gained a customer for life, keep up the good work!!!!!!

[Nostromo]

Gar--

I was starting to think about popping the P5K back in, but spent a little more
time with the 780i ..

There is as you found out a HUGE hole of some sort, where rebooting causes the A0 code on reboot. thats why I was having such a hard time. once you pass the hole, reboots are normal.

I could not get over 3.6 stable with thing until i did the vcore pencil mod.
setting higher volts to compensate for vdroop did not seem to work.

I am typing this with my quad at 4.2 (waiting for blue screen any second).
I played through the crysis demo at 4.1 no problem.

running my memory at 5-5-5-18 2t unlinked 1000

I am only running 2 of my 4 1 gig ballistix at the moment though.

can anyone point me to a read about the HT settings, I remember back in the athlon days having to keep ht in a certain range for stability, but not sure about it now, seems 5 is the loosest setting, and 4 and 3, so on is tighter? but how do you figure tha range to keep it at?

Nostromo

[Nostromo]

Sorry for re-post, but hey all, try this.

Lock your memory at 800, make sure timings and mem volts are ok, then see what you can do with overclocks.

Nostromo

[101]

I also see the A0 soft restart issue starting at around 1640 MHz. I'm using the evga bios, anyone try the xfx?


EDIT: Okay, I went and found the exact range for my board. From 1627-1721 MHz (inclusive) I get the A0 soft restart problem, while above and below is fine. I'll tool around and see if I can find any sensitivity to the breaking points.

[gmod]

I have the XFX and have not gotten the A0 problem....Ive booted to windows got 06 to run at 8x500 but it failed the cpu test...I run 1600x9 and my crucial balistics 8500 @ 1100mhz 24/7.....Ive benched 06 at 8x1925....

[RottenMutt]

... quad at 4.2...
Nostromo

what mutiplier, fsb, and voltages are you running?

I've suspected a memory hole but haven't had an opportunity to see if i can get around it.

[101]

gmod, does the shipping XFX bios still have the half mullti? as shown here:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/616/4/
It is missing from the EVGA, although the "setting" column under fsb and mem config shows it (although it doesn't actually boot up that way)

[GAR]

well, one of my boards had the A0 error, the other didnt, and one of them couldnt get a stable clock with 4gb if its life depended on it, no matter what fsb............the board is too imature, but it seems like we are going to have some issues again that nvidia will sort out with bios updates, if not we will have a new revision soon.

[Nostromo]

UGH!
I had been running small fft's with no problem, didnt even think to try blend.
so now with blend I blue screen reboot..

running 9 multi, 1823 (455 fsb) all voltages maxxed green except mcp 1.6
and cpu 1.5..

nostromo

[GAR]

yeah that was my story, run blend and blue screen, i have put my X38 back in for now.

[Nostromo]

whew! and i was about to pull the trigger on another ultra, glad I didnt.

Nostromo

[RottenMutt]

http://www.lavalys.com/beta/everestultimate_build_1237_bwel3fkdm5c.zip

New beta that works with the 780i. It now correctly recognizes it and read the sensors properly.

Shawn

it reads my mcp at 90 degrees C!!:eek:

[gmod]

gmod, does the shipping XFX bios still have the half mullti? as shown here:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/616/4/
It is missing from the EVGA, although the "setting" column under fsb and mem config shows it (although it doesn't actually boot up that way)

Nope dont get any 1/2 multi's here...

[Robilar]

My fresh install with the board went fine.

Couple of things though

Only two onboard usb headers (my asus P5N32-E and striker had 3, sucks with a stacker 830 and a internal usb card reader)

firewire port is between the video cards??? The fact that I have a removable motherboard meant that I had already installed my video cards and sound card, slid it in and voila no way to access it :(

also the usb headers are placed beside the digital bios display, the wires I connect with run right across it blocking the view

Most annoying, again with a removable motherboard tray, video cards installed, the stupid front panel connectors are actually under my second video card with about 2 1/2" clearance to bottom of the case. spent half an hour with a pair of small pliers before i got them plugged in. Fired it up and then realized that the chart in the manual was wrong. grrrrr

Other than that the board has been stable and booted first shot.

I pre-ordered the E8500 (should be receiving it Jan 24) so I'm looking forward to the combination.

btw the nb fan is freakin loud!

[RottenMutt]

P02 bios is now on XFX site http://www.xfxforce.com/web/support/searchDriversProductCode.jspa



does the shipping XFX bios still have the half mullti?
Mine doesn't, but i only have a q6700 and maybe it only shows up with quad extreme cpu (qx96xx).

[Robilar]

Can anyone tell me if there are vrm's or mosfets that are cooled at the top of the heatpipe assembly? I was planning on stripping the pipes off and putting a nb and sb cooler on the board. I noticed there is a separate heatsink at the top of the cpu (covering vrm's I assume) but what about the taller stack just right of the cpu? I've read that the whole assembly is tricky to remove and reset so I don't want to take it apart without some advice.

[RottenMutt]

it reads my mcp at 90 degrees C!!:eek:

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=213464

I removed the stock heatsink to find out it wasn't making good contact with the SB Chip! The SB appears to be using the same crappy thermal compound as was used on the 680i boards. I had to straighten the SB Arm relative to the NB portion, I placed the heatsink on grannite and worked in until all the legs contacted the surface. now I'm getting 68 degrees C.

Update:

second attempt, I'm now down to 48 idle and 50 degrees C under load.

i did as dilburt suggested and peeled off the sides to leave just four posts of foam. I also filed down the standoffs on the heat sinks. i didn't remove much material other then remove burrs and made them flat.

[Gleevec]

started http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4904/dsc00189ls3.th.jpg (http://img186.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00189ls3.jpg)http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7485/dsc00188qn8.th.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00188qn8.jpg)

Hey all, first post. :) Working on putting together up my 1st wc box.

DarthBeavis, what are you using to connect your 8800's to each other? I have the EK blocks and the barbs are too long for the 3-way. Should I grab a stubby or two or perhaps give the DD male-to-male nipple a whirl? (Man, that last sentence just doesn't sound right...)

[101]

My fresh install with the board went fine.

Couple of things though

Only two onboard usb headers (my asus P5N32-E and striker had 3, sucks with a stacker 830 and a internal usb card reader)

firewire port is between the video cards??? The fact that I have a removable motherboard meant that I had already installed my video cards and sound card, slid it in and voila no way to access it :(

also the usb headers are placed beside the digital bios display, the wires I connect with run right across it blocking the view

Most annoying, again with a removable motherboard tray, video cards installed, the stupid front panel connectors are actually under my second video card with about 2 1/2" clearance to bottom of the case. spent half an hour with a pair of small pliers before i got them plugged in. Fired it up and then realized that the chart in the manual was wrong. grrrrr

Other than that the board has been stable and booted first shot.

I pre-ordered the E8500 (should be receiving it Jan 24) so I'm looking forward to the combination.

btw the nb fan is freakin loud!

Why don't you just make some extension cables for all the on board headers? That way you can easily pull it without hassle.

[shawn1998]

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=213464

I removed the stock heatsink to find out it wasn't making good contact with the SB Chip! The SB appears to be using the same crappy thermal compound as was used on the 680i boards. I had to straighten the SB Arm relative to the NB portion, I placed the heatsink on granet and worked in until all the legs contacted the surface. now i'm getting 68 degrees C.

Mine reads about 54-56 degrees C at idle. Wow, glad you looked into that and figured it out! I had thought about checking mine out before I installed it, but I decided to chance it. It would seem that it all worked out this time. I did, however, swap out the stock (f'ing loud) fan and tie-wrapped a Vantec Stealth 60mm in it's place. Temps stayed the same, but the niose level dramatically dropped.

Shawn

[Robilar]

Why don't you just make some extension cables for all the on board headers? That way you can easily pull it without hassle.

I may have too. Apparently EVGA never bothered to try out something similar to the asus Q-Connector.

[Robilar]

The ntune beta 6.0 is pretty neat. Seems to work well with the 780i board

[DarthBeavis]

Hey all, first post. :) Working on putting together up my 1st wc box.

DarthBeavis, what are you using to connect your 8800's to each other? I have the EK blocks and the barbs are too long for the 3-way. Should I grab a stubby or two or perhaps give the DD male-to-male nipple a whirl? (Man, that last sentence just doesn't sound right...)
I would do stubbies . . .I found the little play u get with them and tubing makes it easier to get the sli bridge on.

[GAR]

I may have too. Apparently EVGA never bothered to try out something similar to the asus Q-Connector.

This isnt an eVGA board, this is a reference board designed by nVidia and made by Foxconn......eVGA is just the distributor, think of nvidia as the production studio and evga as the publisher.

[101]

Found a little feature I didn't know about, If you hit reset 5 times it'll default back to stock FSB.

[Mk]

Hey GAR:welcome: remember me :P:?
i just finshed with my frist overclock ever:rolleyes:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8651/overclock2ld3.jpg
What do you think?

if you have some tips i would be realy thankful :):p: