nForce 790i SLI/Ultra chipset mobos - Reviews/OC/Guides

i am waiting for xfx p04. if anyone has it pls share it.

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Originally Posted by Benji Tshi

Yes, it seems that the p04 is better than the P03, we are experiencing it with Dami1stm. The board works with the QX9650.

But we have another problem. We have installed the 174.74 for Quad SLI 9800GX2 but it appears that there is only one card which is detected (same problem with SLI 8800GTS). The performances are the same as a single GTS, Rivatuner don't recognize more than one gpu.

We are using a Win XP 32bits, which OS is required to bench correctly this board?

Thanks a lot :bows:

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Quad SLI does not work on xp

Is the 0601 for S2E still have the overvolting problems

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Originally Posted by tekjunkie

Is the 0601 for S2E still have the overvolting problems

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There's a Striker II Extreme dedicated thread for these stuff.
However... I don't expect Asus to adjust ( rename to be precise ) their BIOS values to match the real ones.
Plus that there's a variance between different boards.
Are you basing your overvolting "problems" on DMM measurements or with software measurements ?

OK, so anyone else getting randon pausing in games??? if i press the window key goes back to desktop then i can switch back to the game, wierd, anyone else???

Yeah actually, I've been getting some weird video hiccups. I'm not overclocked currenty- Waiting for water cooling, and I'm using the P03 bios . Hope that helps.

Is there any tool for 790i to up the FSB in windows? Can't find anything.. :confused:

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Originally Posted by BenchZowner

There's a Striker II Extreme dedicated thread for these stuff.

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Is there an official s2e thread? I just can't find it.

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Originally Posted by funkflix

Is there any tool for 790i to up the FSB in windows? Can't find anything.. :confused:

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use nvidia peformance tab

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Is there any tool for 790i to up the FSB in windows? Can't find anything..

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I've just had to install this version 6.10 esa to get it working

http://downloads.guru3d.com/nForce-n...load-1869.html

RLM

Looks pretty good, as far as tweaking.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/4...e610esatg0.jpg

RLM

Thanks, but i do not like any drivers on my SuperPi-OS.

But no need for it anyway. Can boot with 562MHz, but SPi fails. With intel most time you can get some more stable MHz with windows-tools.

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Originally Posted by MateoTTR

Is there an official s2e thread? I just can't find it.

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Well, it's a thread Elmor started in Xtreme Forum Reviews, and we're kinda using it as a dedicated S2E thread :)

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Originally Posted by GAR

This bios is amazing, rock solid at 450fsb, and 900mhz mem 7-7-7-24-2t 2.0v, loving it

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Could you post a pic with your read/write and latencies :)

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Originally Posted by BenchZowner

There's a Striker II Extreme dedicated thread for these stuff.
However... I don't expect Asus to adjust ( rename to be precise ) their BIOS values to match the real ones.
Plus that there's a variance between different boards.
Are you basing your overvolting "problems" on DMM measurements or with software measurements ?

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Do you know where i can read the VCore with a DMM on the STRIIEX?

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Originally Posted by webwilli

Do you know where i can read the VCore with a DMM on the STRIIEX?

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The green spots ( could be the blue ones, I don't remember for sure, I will set up the board later and check back )

http://i30.tinypic.com/1t0x9k.jpg

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Originally Posted by GAR

You know i never tried P03R2 so i couldnt tell you, i can tell you P04 is amazing so far.

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Try to push it to see if any corruption happens :)

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Originally Posted by BenchZowner

The green spots ( could be the blue ones, I don't remember for sure, I will set up the board later and check back )

http://i30.tinypic.com/1t0x9k.jpg

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my board is in the case :down: :rolleyes:

really nice if you can check the real vcore with a dmm and report it here.

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Originally Posted by webwilli

my board is in the case :down: :rolleyes:

really nice if you can check the real vcore with a dmm and report it here.

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Will do m8.
It's a part of my reviewing process as well, no way around it :p:

many thanks :D

i don´t trust Everest and Bios ;)

Cas7 still has a bug while gaming, i turned it up to cas 8 and seemed to fix the stuttering freezing issue.

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Originally Posted by evildimitris

Here is my settings
memory clock mode (linked)
memory ratio(sync mode)
mhz 1800
P1 enabled
P2 enabled
memory timing setting
7
6
6
19
1T
all other AUTO
system voltages
cpu core 1.4185
cpu fsb 1.35
memory 2.00
nforce spp 1.45
nforce mcp 1.65
all gtlvref AUTO

i hope to help you

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EVGA 790i Ultra
QX9770 4.05 ghz - 1.42v
2GB shellshock DDR 3 1800 mhz 7 6 6 21 1T - 2.0v
2XGeForce 9800GTX SLI
SoundBlaster X-Fi elite pro
3x150gb wd Raptors Raid-0
2x1TB Seagate Raid
Tagan 950 watt
Watercooling

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Thanks! but still not posting with those settings... :(

Striker II Extreme feels way better with 0601 ( still on initial testing though ).
CAS Latency 5 bug is fixed now.

For a starter a low Everest:

http://i31.tinypic.com/29e214w.png

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Originally Posted by slim142

Hey Dinos

Do you know if 790i is able to run OC w/ 4 RAM sticks at 1T?
Also, when enabled, does P1 and P2 cause inestability with 4 Ram sticks?

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My new 24/7-settings:

http://www.abload.de/img/4gb_dual32m_800mhz_7c9t.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/4gb_dual32m_800mhz_701n.jpg

Can't remember when i had so much fun with a system last time. This board really rocks here! Don't know why there are so much problems. Maybe i just have a lucky board. :)

Will test 900MHz 7-6-5-20 1T 1,94V later. Both kits can do it alone, but don't think in this combination. ;)

Aight so P1+P2 enabled works with 4 sticks and even with 1T... nice. Thx for the pic flix