First nvidia 780i SLI review

[afireinside]

Shall we take a count of how many D9's were killed by 680i?

No more than my xbx2, p5b, and c51xem2aa killed...

[FlimFlam00]

I'd bet theres alot more to this board, then just a few minor upgrades.

the stock Nvidia 680i has went through so many revisions its just a pain in the ass to figure out which ones the best now.

these will be everything they learned from the evolution of the 680i, so you will get much better Quad Core overclocking from these I bet.

also, with the ridiculous abilities of ram overclocking on the 680i, overclocking with a good 780i from a company like Asus or DFI, that doesnt just use the stock Nvidia reference board, but improves on it, and makes it their own, should make it even more fun to use.

SLI + better Quad Core overclocking + Ridiculous ram overclocking ability + Updated Featrures = Should Be one hell of a fun board, by the time it shows up here at XS, in the hands of Overclockers... not just reviews.

That is more pragmatic thinking and forecasting rather than disparaging it in its pre-market reference state. I always liked Kunaak's perspective.

[mdio1234]

I don't know if it matters but like I wish the 780i boards could have had all solid capacitors to extend their life

[The0men]

Well I've had no problem running D9 in mine (tested ballistix and run OCZ)

Like kunnak said, if its got the issues of the 680i board sorted then it should be alright. And it does run tight timings and 1t command at wicked speeds for ram overclockers.

All solid would be nice. That might come down to the manufacturer of the board.

Even though the scores are a fair bit slower in most scenarios, hopefully the features outweigh that, and hopefully it has good FSB capability.

If all that works out, then even with the slight dissadvantage, it might just be good to use.

[linflas]

They need to replace the post to 3 leds.
That way instead of the --
It can show SOL, LOL, BRK, CRP, ;-(
A$$, RMA, LZR, ELT

That is friggin funny, nice one.

ya, keeping 680i, will not be going three card sli, two barely works in Vista as it is, 3 will just be driver not responding hell

[Cronos]

Can anybody confirm the memory controller in 780i has the same defficiency as 680i when paired with Quads -i mean huge drop in memory bandwidth then there are two or more threads simultanioisly trying to read from the memory?
On 680i, total bandwidth drops dramatically, being less than 1/2 of what P35 has.

[cowie]

if they could just make sure it would clock cd2/quads better than p35 it would be nice.
nothing else would matter

[Cronos]

At least, this should be advertized openly that 680i/ and possibly 780i has poor memory performance with Core 2 Quads. This may not be that important for gamers, but can seriously affect some HPC applications.

[Roch]

Any more news on this yet?

[tet5uo]

I'm on my 3rd 680i board now... they keep dying

I haven't got much faith left, starting to wish I didn't use SLI or i'd have gone p35 or x38 by now ..

[Drag]

i don't know if 3 cards are really usefull for main stream, somebody explain?

[IanY]

Its a masterpiece. Can't wait.

[Omastar]

Its a masterpiece. Can't wait.

Really? The enormous NB heatsink, the non-integrated PCI-E v2.0 chip, the generally lackluster performance. What's not to like?

[IanY]

Really? The enormous NB heatsink, the non-integrated PCI-E v2.0 chip, the generally lackluster performance. What's not to like?

Its the single SLI solution in the marketplace. That's all I have. I'll pounce on it on day one. In fact, I need two of them.

[GAR]

so is this board delayed??? or is it still coming on the 12th.

[Omastar]

Its the single SLI solution in the marketplace. That's all I have. I'll pounce on it on day one. In fact, I need two of them.

There's always the Striker Extreme.

Hopefully, the 780i boards will have fewer quirks in general.

[BiFfMaN]

With few PCI 2.0 vid cards out there..makes me wonder if two 8800gt's would even be worth it. Would the extra PCi bandwith even help....or needed?

[IanY]

There's always the Striker Extreme.

Hopefully, the 780i boards will have fewer quirks in general.

Unfortunately, that avenue is already explored. Typing this on a Striker Extreme

[GAR]

With few PCI 2.0 vid cards out there..makes me wonder if two 8800gt's would even be worth it. Would the extra PCi bandwith even help....or needed?

not yet, an 8800GT is the same on pci-1.1 and 2.0

[newls1]

here is a thought Since this board has 3 PCIx slots, I would think that once Nvidia releases a dual GPU single card GFX card (like the old 7950GX2's) this could open the doors for 6 GPU's in 1 PC That would be a nightmare for drivers, but if nvidia "SUPPORTS" it better then the "QUAD SLi" of last year, this could make for 1 hell of a gaming rig. Hell, maybe Crysis could finally get 50+FPS now . This is just my thought, and woould actually buy this board if something like this is possible.

[d44ve]

that was a bit of a let down

[BiFfMaN]

not yet, an 8800GT is the same on pci-1.1 and 2.0

Yah i would have figured that the Difference in PCIe 1.1 and 2.0 would have been like the last days of AGP vs PCIe 1.0. I was kinda waiting on the Software and Vid cards to catch up with the new technology...guess im waiting longer...

[bingo13]

for more info & scores pls go to the source: [FF not friendly..] http://topic.expreview.com/2007-10-1...2447d6049.html

1. The 780i chipset has been delayed.
2. Stick a QX9650 in it and show the results or do we not discuss why it has been delayed in the first review.

[railmeat]

Theyre pretty dissapointing scores, although totally expected, everytime they add more bling they slow things down.

rofl sadly agree.

[disruptfam]

Will my ek blocks i have on my 680i fit this board seeing it looks almost exactly the same layout wise..?