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

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Originally Posted by 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 :)

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I have had both boards, and i can tell you the maximus has an issue where the board wont load the cpu at 100% 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.

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

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

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Originally Posted by Malik

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

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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

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..

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Originally Posted by sonofander

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

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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

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

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Originally Posted by 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

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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.

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Originally Posted by sonofander

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

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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.

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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/k2...45nmMaxFSB.jpg

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Originally Posted by Aivas47a

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

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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!

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.

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

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Originally Posted by fadetoblack

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

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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

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!!!!!!!

Does any one know when the 790i board come out

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Originally Posted by 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!!!!!!!

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Umm are you sure about that.

I think it will support Wolfdales but not Yorkies.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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Originally Posted by fadetoblack

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

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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.....:)

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Originally Posted by 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.....:)

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http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7...0188qn8.th.jpg

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Originally Posted by tet5uo

Umm are you sure about that.

I think it will support Wolfdales but not Yorkies.

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

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Originally Posted by 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.....:)

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