Mini OC Review EVGA 790i FTW DIGITAL PWM

[Pedro Rocha]

Thanks to AquaPC - Portuguese distributor of EVGA - I have the chance to test the new EVGA 790i FTW DIGITAL PWM..

You can here information and specs of the new motherboard - http://www.evga.com/articles/00431/


Setup:
- EVGA 790i FTW DIGITAL PWM
- Retail E8600 Air Cooled by TuniqTower
- 2 EVGA GTX280 in SLI


Photo of the setup :




Mas FSB on Air - bench stable:



560Mhz FSB for a 790i mobo on Air it's really nice


Everest Memory Bandiwth:




Test of Crysis a 1900x1200 AA=4x High Detail

04-10-2008 18:10:56 - XP
Beginning Run #1 on Map-island, Demo-benchmark_gpu
DX9 1900x1200, AA=4x, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=3, Time Of Day= 9
Global Game Quality: High
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2000, Recorded Time: 111.86s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 37.57s, Average FPS: 53.24
Min FPS: 35.98 at frame 156, Max FPS: 79.59 at frame 913
Average Tri/Sec: -34675476, Tri/Frame: -651361
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.41
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 30.82s, Average FPS: 64.90
Min FPS: 35.98 at frame 156, Max FPS: 83.92 at frame 85
Average Tri/Sec: -42159696, Tri/Frame: -649604
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.41
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 30.53s, Average FPS: 65.50
Min FPS: 35.98 at frame 156, Max FPS: 85.90 at frame 109
Average Tri/Sec: -42483624, Tri/Frame: -648600
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -1.41
TimeDemo Play Ended, (3 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests

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04-10-2008 18:10:56 - XP

Run #1- DX9 1900x1200 AA=4x, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 65.20

Average framerate of 65FPS with 1920x1200 HighDetail AA=4, with this setup seems Crysis is finally playable :




And, of course, I have to run my favorite game :



More than 100K All Air on the 1st atempt quite easy


Next I will do some QX9650 testing, since is with QuadCores that the added stability of Digital PWM's really shine..


First impressions:
- Motherboard is really stable, voltages are quite good (1.65v on vFSB really helps) and the vdroop is inexistent.
- Motherboard layout is almost perfect - for example, even with 2 GTX280's in SLI all 9 SATA headers are acessible.
- Due to the Digital PWM's, the heat produced CPU surrounding area realy low, realy a big diference from the 790i's with analog PWM's..


Great work EVGA