SLI comparison between 790i Ultra and Rampage Extreme
Since there´s a SLI hack that make it possible to run SLI on a non Nvidia chipset board (such as P35, P45, X38 and X48 for an example) I thought it might be interesting to see if there´s any different between a native SLI board and a SLI hacked board.
The choice fell on the 790i Ultra and the Rampage Extreme.
Test setup
Code:
Motherboard: XFX 790i Ultra / Asus Rampage Extreme
Chipset Driver: 15.51 / 9.1.1.1020
CPU: E8600
Memory: 2x2 OCZ Platinum LV PC3-12800 1600C7
Videocards: XFX 9800GTX Black Edition
Video Driver: 191.07
Hard Disk: WD Caviar Black 500Gb
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 2243BW @ 1680x1050
OS: Windows 7 RC 64-bit
The speed for the CPU and memory was set as followed
790i Ultra 400 x 10 4,0GHz / 1600 777 21 1T tRC 30
Rampage Extreme 400 x 10 4,0GHz / 1600 777 21 1N tRD 5 Strong (strap 200)
Let the test start
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...DMark06SLI.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ark06SLI-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...aHigh0xAA3.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...igh0xAA3-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...aHigh8xAA3.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...igh8xAA3-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...aultMSAAx0.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ltMSAAx0-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ltraMSAAx4.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...raMSAAx4-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...hVHigh0xAA.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...High0xAA-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...xAA6loop-1.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...h0xAA6loop.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...h0xAA6loop.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...xAA6loop-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...Gamer6loop.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...mer6loop-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...siast6loop.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ast6loop-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...0FixedMaxQ.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ixedMaxQ-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...dlowMSAAx0.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...owMSAAx0-1.jpg
790i Ultra
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...HighMSAAx4.jpg
Rampage Extreme
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ghMSAAx4-1.jpg
Okey, that was it guys, not much of a different, I call it a draw, what´s your opinion.
Anyone interested in how to activating NVIDIA SLI on their board, here´s how to do it, Activating NVIDIA SLI on all motherboards, detailed HOW-TO