I have first mobo with this chipset at home, but i am waiting for Nvidias permission for publish informations ...
http://i32.tinypic.com/11b10mf.jpg
http://i26.tinypic.com/kd6d5y.jpg
When i will have it, will post many photos and results ...
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I have first mobo with this chipset at home, but i am waiting for Nvidias permission for publish informations ...
http://i32.tinypic.com/11b10mf.jpg
http://i26.tinypic.com/kd6d5y.jpg
When i will have it, will post many photos and results ...
can´t wait for results :D
Stupid NDA!
NDA lifts 18.3 ...:mad:
no teaser for us?? ;)
:poke:
Make sure you give us the 790 vs X38/X48 opinion as well :) when you can...
lol what's the point in creating the thread if you cannot give out any info about it till the 18th :rolleyes:
OBR is a tease !!
cool...hope it is released to the masses soon..so i can step-up with evga
when i start this thread, i did not know about that date of launch ... but Nvidia gave me clear warning :slapass: ... NOTHING before 18.3 .... :(
PS. but i am selling my Maximus Extreme now, i love that Striker Extreme mobo! nForce + DDR3 + SLI is great!
you have Striker II Extreme?Quote:
Originally Posted by OBR
can you tell a little about the board temperature?
i have a P5E3 Deluxe and will change to 790i & SLI.
Is it really great? :rolleyes:
Let's hope it's less problematic then the Striker Extreme. I'm interested to see if it's integrated WC is any good, or if it's just like the other fuzion systems.Quote:
Originally Posted by webwilli
i love my reference board too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by OBR
here are a few tests you can check out
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=179484
Rise of the evil continues.
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Atomic bomb home kit. Let's start with this. Should be enough for it's circuitrity ;-)
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Some perfect - damage your RAM/CPU - platform for us :ROTF:
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P.S.
Hoo cares about NDA ;]
Nice pics, but what's up with the 70c cpu in hw monitor? Do you have photos of the memory timings section of that bios as well?
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Memory settings - comparing to X48 boards, there are no memory settings :D
CPU temp. readings are okay. See, my CPU is kinda hot, especially when cooled by not fastened at all Intel stock fan.
i must have missed that memo....lolz
with the 9800 GTX and GX2 coming out a lot of people have been thinking more about SLIing older cards myself included.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nasgul
The nF790i is looking really good at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nasgul
I'm not getting that excited before I test one out myself... but it's looking definitely better than their previous attempts at it.
Is the 790i a "red hot chilly pepper" like the 680i or not that much ?
And for all prior NV chipsets we had a subset of XS that was all gung ho until they used them for a while then most switched over to Intel...
Is the only difference between the 780i chipset and the 790i chipset other than the latter uses DDR3 and first uses DDR2?
No, New Chipsets and no Bridge Chip needed and about 100+FSB more than my 780I did before RMA'ing the POS.
Some peeps above have very short Memories, when Intel Chipsets sucked and Nvidia NF2/3/4 were OC'ing like mad on AMD CPU's
Like humeboy said, it's a totally new chipset.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anemone
can we get a hard launch on the 18th?
there are a lot of similarities to old but it is a new chipset
i am happy with it but hey you know how it is
some ppl will be unhappy that are a little harder to please and some ppl won't :shrug:
i also liked 680i though for the most part.........they were a bit of a pain in the arse to tweak once you sort of start reaching the limits of your OCs and felt spotty at times.........new board feels far better for me at least :) :yepp:
they will need to stand the test of time
won't be long before you guys get to buy them and see for yourself heh :)
what you see with my OCs is not just "select the OC button" and all is great....it does take a bit of practice to get to benchmark any board at 600+ FSB at 5.7GHz on LN2 i tell ya that much heh
the way i see it is nvidia had to make a jump from amazing AMD chipsets and boards onto intel because of Conroe and with every chipset revision they are improving a lot. They are listening to enthusiasts through feedback some of us give them direct in terms of what can be done better on the boards plus their interaction with end users as well. i've met a lot of nvidia execs and i have to tell you these guys are extremely laid back and are actually really interested in this stuff. I am not kidding :yepp: ;). It's great to see them excited about all this stuff. It's really cool to see some of them even look into getting phase change for they home machines :D . i mean common now how many penguin suit guys do you know that are like that.......Geeks rule!!! :D
Are nvidia still separating 2 pcie calculation in SLI on NB & SB in 790i? or they finally went to a single NB to handle 2 pcie? the SB just handling a 3rd pcie and HD perhaps?
Although nF790i SLI Ultra is known to officially support 1800 MHz RAM sticks, i was not able to load OS when 1:2, FSB450 :(
So for now, just minor results for comparison with X38/X48 driven boards.
Performance is not very amazing, is it ?
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What's very nice is that NB is not such hot as nF680i/nF780i based boards, but SB - it's still is :(
Since BIOS probably has a lot to do RAM driving, it's IMO too early to judge whether nF790i SLI Ultra sucks or not.
EDIT:
10:4 performance rocks :lol:
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NB voltage still at stock/Auto (1.30V IIRC).
please post your settings i cannot to reach any higher FSB then 1350MHz!
Hmm i really did nothing to go with QX9770 at it stock FSB. Also for RAM@1000 MHz i did nothing with VNB.
if you are having trouble clocking RAM use dual channel slots further away from CPU
they clock RAM much better
my NB was on auto past 1GHz on RAM with only 1.96v 8-7-6-20 1T easy
that's very low for quad or dualQuote:
Originally Posted by OBR
you need to try harder mate
just straight boot to 400+
reference board is not finicky at all like that :shrug: > at least not with dual cores
I am now on 1450MHz FSB with Quad, but any higher no post/no boot ...
I tryed Two various memories, in Blue or White slots and the same situation ... i tested many voltage settings but no success at all ...
pmp - look at your voltages with FSB 1600 and post them ... i will try them ...
EDIT: with Dual Core E8400 i am now at 1900MHz! FSB! An super stable ...but frequencies above 1900 = crash a Blue screens ... It seems 1900MHz (475MHz) is max for duals now ... but with Quad still no success with OC ...
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Best mem performance above 11 000 MB/s is at FSB 1600 mems 1800 unlinked ...
I love that mobo so much! 550MHz with no problem (with new 504 BIOS) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NB is pretty cold and unlinked/linked for DDR3 works like a charm! Best mobo i had ... in retail will be on end of this month ... in my country will cost 470 USD!
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Hard launch tomorrow ? I read on the 11th of March for 790i... did quad performance also improve OBR with 0504 bios ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by BenchZowner
Dude whats up with that Picture??:rofl: thats either one hell of a Pimple or somebody remodeled you're Face with their fist:slap: :owned:
Bill had some words with his Phase change rig... thought it was a basketball accident...
But that bandwith is very poor... compared to X38 boards.Quote:
Originally Posted by OBR
Did you tried the best bandwith spot with that board?!
Look at his ram timings man, he was on a quest for max FSB, slackening ram timings big time 8-12-12-34 CR2, think OBR doesn't have good ram kit... and if 790i is anything liek 780i or 680i you pay big time for high FSb in the ram department...Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnMike
talkign about DDR3 ram which one is a good clocker in the medium price range ? I heard good stuff about Corsairs clocking to almost 2000mhz...
OBR,
If you were going to run just one card (e.g. 9800GTX Ultra) would you prefer the 790i or the Asus P5E3 Premium?
I'm hoping this mobo will not had any CPU-INIT bug like Striker Extreme or Striker 2 Formula... :rolleyes:
yeah I think I read that it was basketball too... can't wait to get my hands on one of these boards as it is going to be awesome from the little info we have so farQuote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
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Best MEMs performance is with FSB till 400MHz, with higher FSB performance is rapidly lower. It is like on nF680i ...
With first BIOS 0405 i reach only 470MHz for Dual and 350! MHz for Quad ... now with BIOS 0504 i am at 550MHz with Dual and 470MHz with Quad ...
Launch is 18/3 ...
OBR can you plz show us 9 x 400 ram at 1600 and 8 x 450 ram at 1600 (so keep CPU at 3.6ghz), that's easier to compare..., and if you have the time ram at 1800 too...
But like I saw with the 780i things haven't changed much :) unlike Intel chipsets Nvidia ones have more benefit when using tighter latencies...
OBR, I knew that the chipset would have same problem as 680i. Higher FSB=lower scores. One problem why lowering the multiplier on NF motherboards suck.I think I will stick to 400mhz FSB x9.
I wanted to ask you. Are you sure the board will come out on the 18th? I heard official 790i release was today.
Also, any info about the motherboard Pinot Noir? Will it be x48 or 790i? (please tell me there is a chance it will be 790i because that board rules)
Pinot Noir is X48 AFAIR.Quote:
Originally Posted by slim142
Dont say that :( ! Now that I have looked at the Pinot Noir, I like it more than the Striker II Extreme :P but if Striker II Extreme is the only ROG w/ 790i, then I guess I have no other option.Quote:
Originally Posted by BenchZowner
But seriously that Pinot Noir board is the nicest board I have seen in a long time.
Watch out, because... nice on the outside, doesn't necessarily mean nice on the inside ;)
official launch is the same day like GF 9800 GX2 ... 18/3/2008
You are right, but Im not the kind of person that mods mobos to use LN2 on them :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BenchZowner
As long as it gives me a decent OC and is not problematic with RAM Im ok :)
EDIT: BTW, I just read in another Pinot Noir topic that this board says ROG CONCEPT on top so there is a little chance that it might never go retail????? :S
I add support for 790i in this version: MemSet35beta.exe
Eventually, report me bugs... :)
Asus Striker II Extreme aviable now in most german shops, but > 300€ for a motherboard is crazy.. :hitself:
Let's wait and see if price drops and the retail ones will clock as good as all the samples we see around here on xs.
Which other manufactures announced a 790i board? Can only find the Asus at the moment.
one Asus Striker II Extreme is ordered.
my first nvidia-board ever. i hope it works well.
Where did you guys ordered from?
@slim142: available @ three German shops: http://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/a311092.html
But I guess no shipping to the US...
and normal release day is tuesday...will you have yours by then?
slim142 newegg should have them in stock by 03-18-08 so will clubit.. I hope to get mine from the egg since I only live 10 minutes away. ups ground next day at my door.. :)
cognoscenti are you getting one of these boards?
I might be getting one of these. What bothers me is that the board Pinot Noir looks so nice but no info about it ANYwhere.
Guess Ill go Striker II
I am wondering what my Crucial sticks will do with this board when it comes out on Tuesday here is California...Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
S O U R C E
http://images.tomshardware.com/2008/...ng_results.gif
I see a dreadnought board in my future... hopefully they will come out relatively soon after initial release
hard to justify the upgrade, even if i get areal CPU.
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Can anybody confirm at what time (around) is newegg going to post on their site the Striker II extreme? Or usually at what time do they post new items?
good question! i wanna know too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by slim142
Too bad op is banned I wanna hear more about this board..
Hey all of you current Striker II Extreme owners. Did anyone clean the N/S Chipset areas with AS5 or MX-2? I am wondering if it is needed with this board?
Did the OP get banned for releasing benches too early?
The girl in his sig is hot... :)
Quote:
Originally Posted by tet5uo
OBR is not banned.... kadozer was referring to the nda, I think ;)
We should be getting an avalanche of info soon....:)
*subs to thread* :D
Looks like he is :(Quote:
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have a look at this second last post fellasQuote:
Originally Posted by tet5uo
he can be a bit of a pain sometimes calling ppl fanboys when they don't agree with him hence the ban
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=115
dino22 how about some benches tonight around midnite??? ;) It will be 03-18-08
i got a new bios so gotta do some more testing when i get time >> they gave us more vdimm w00t :D
kinda hard with a couple of little kids and lots of public holidays atm :D
Quote:
Originally Posted by OBR
So they are comming out today? I sure hope so, I am looking forward to the 790i SLI
Do you think the better board wll be the Asus or the Evga?
I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI.. I want my 790i SLI..
Depending on how much my local stores will charge on this Striker I may wait tell I see some benches on the eVGA as well before I spend my dough...Quote:
Originally Posted by systemviper
I still don't see them anywhere, you figure it's 1:15 am there should be something, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lu(ky
i know of at least one shop right next to me here with 790i mobos in stock ;)
arggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggQuote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
you tease!
Quote:
Originally Posted by tet5uo
LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
Diddn't spot that.......
Prepare for an avalanche ... of silence then :D
Unless.......
Erm...
Is anyone prepared to babysit dinos22's kids so he can get some testing done?? :lsfight: :bounces: :D
STRIKER EXTREME 2 790i
you guys are way too impatient
there will be lots of reviews done and posted overnight i'm sure
just relax a touch and find something to do for the next half a day
i am looking forward to reading all the reviews to see who had what take on the gear since i've got first hand experience this time round before some of these guy did
hahahahahah that's what my kids are likeQuote:
Originally Posted by Biker
jumping up and down
maaaan kids are so much fun :D
The "banned" review in an incredible difficult language...
http://pctuning.tyden.cz/index.php?o...0409&Itemid=43
Dinos22 can you do a comperative review here or on i4memory of the mobo and some bandwith tests 9 x 400FSB - 8 x 450FSB with some different ram speeds... seems more mhz on the ram isn't again always better...
Is there going to be an 790 sli boards with ddr2?
probably not, I am getting my 790i board in tonight.
OMG Im checking the egg to buy it right now! cant wait for it to be released!
hmmmm the memory performance at high fsb/memspeed seems to suck... how come?
the fsb/mem performance at 400/1600 cas7 is quite nice tho.
i hope whatever timings nvidia relaxed to reach high fsb/memspeeds can be tightneded by us to get the same perf/speed at high fsb/mem speeds :D
That problem has been there since 680i. One of the reasons why I might not go higher than 400mhz FSB but it kinda annoys me because you need 450mhz FSB in a cpu with multiplier of 9 to make it 4Ghz...
I heard a newer bios gave more ram performance at high FSB... depending on divider used it seems...
With 680i Striker you had good ram performance up to 424Mhz... then it went downhill with higher FSB
...
And to have the same perfomance of 424Mhz FSB you had to go all the way to 500mhz FSB which most strikers couldnt...
BTW, any news about the Striker II extreme??? Been looking at newegg for the last 3 hours.
Here in FL the time is 3:53pm, I believe there is 3 hours of difference between here and California right?
Only the eVGA & XFX 790i Ultra in stock so far...Quote:
Originally Posted by slim142
Techreport just reviewed one-
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14350
Too bad they are 349usd @ Newegg. Ugh.
I ordered one of the EVGA this morning.. just have to wait for the shipping.
Oh snap, lol... I was so excited to get it I totally forgot to add some DDR3 to my order.
Anyone heard how well the G.SKILL F3-12800CL7D-2GBHZ kit works on this chipset?
Ok, I have my board right now... I didn't have to reinstall windows because of the same raid drivers... now though should I have to reinstall windows??
Still waiting for ASUS!!!! GRRR!!!
I am not sure which one to choose right now between the Asus Striker II Extreme or the eVGA 790i Ultra. I will be on water... Which way should I go for the money??
increasing FSB makes it run slower........i have to try the new bios which supposedly has somem changes but nvidia still hasn't fixed slow 32M SuperPi calculations. i am trying to fix this but from past experience they haven't done much in terms of that :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
Thats why you might want to pray that you get a good batch of penryn so you can go up to 500Mhz FSB
I picked evga b/c Eddy is going to be producing waterblocks for the new board soon (or so I hope :)). In addition to that I have always been impressed with evga's customers service. So far results have been impressive with both boards. In this case I don't see how you can go wrong with the evga.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lu(ky
@tet5uo IIRC the memory you referenced above are the same sticks that Jakup is using. Given his access to evga gear I am sure he made a good choice. I just picked some up and will be testing when I receive them.
Yeah the eVGA is good but they are charging you a lot for the 790i and I think the ASUS comes with a lot of goodies which makes it worth it (somewhat). At least that was with the striker, idk about the Striker II since the price is unknown yet.
Is 400fsb (1600QDR) still a hole for quads like 680i? :shakes: