790i ULTRA SLi

[SoulsCollective]

Hellfire! $AUD 600! Guess I'll be buying my next board from the US then, because I want one of these babies.

[zbogorgon]

price is what people are prepared to pay

For example, I will never ever again buy nForce based board as long as NVIDIA is having monopol on SLI on motherboards and same goes for GeForces. 300+€ for motherboard that is only good for running SLI, you must be joking...

And same goes for every one of you! If you all run into stores and buy new 790i board for 360€, 890i will be 450€.

[SoulsCollective]

300+€ for motherboard that is only good for running SLI, you must be joking...

Erm...you did see the 600+ FSB and spanking3DMark scores on the previous pages, right?

All evidence is that this chipset isn't "only good for SLi", it's one of the best SocketT boards yet.

[zbogorgon]

I haven't seen 650+ FSB and I have seen it on 100€ Intel based board released in 2006 and I am quite confident that 2D, 3D Single card and non QX benching will stay on Intel based boards.

[George_o/c]

Erm...you did see the 600+ FSB and spanking3DMark scores on the previous pages, right?

All evidence is that this chipset isn't "only good for SLi", it's one of the best SocketT boards yet.

These spanking 3D Mark scores that you lately saw with 790i, isn't only about the brand new n-Vidia chipset ... It's about sth else ... SKILLS ! Don't you think that Vince has the appropriate skills so that he crushes a 3D Mark WR ?

600MHz FSB ? ... hmm yes we 've seen that again with commando, P5B Deluxe etc etc ...

680i, 780i, 790i all of them are very good chipsets ... And I really mean it ... But on the other side of the coin, why do I have to pay an exorbitantly overpriced board so that I'm restricted in SLi ? Because the best 2D benching is an outcome of Intel chipsets ...

So, plz don't be a fanboy ...

[SoulsCollective]

These spanking 3D Mark scores that you lately saw with 790i, isn't only about the brand new n-Vidia chipset ... It's about sth else ... SKILLS ! Don't you think that Vince has the appropriate skills so that he crushes a 3D Mark WR ?

Never said it wasn't mate. But you can't deny that you need the hardware as well - you can't pull a WR out of a s478 Dell beige box.

600MHz FSB ? ... hmm yes we 've seen that again with commando, P5B Deluxe etc etc ...

Again, never said that we haven't. I'm merely pointing out that there is no reason to dismiss this chipset just because it's an nVidia offering. They've come to the party, and now they need some recognition.

But on the other side of the coin, why do I have to pay an exorbitantly overpriced board so that I'm restricted in SLi ?

Now that, I will concede. They are expensive.

Because the best 2D benching is an outcome of Intel chipsets ...

Again (you guessed it), I never said it wasn't.

So, plz don't be a fanboy ...

Read my post. Read the post I replied to. I'm not an nVidia fanboi for pointing out that it is wrong to dismiss the 790i as "only good for SLi".

Bottom line - I couldn't care less if this was an Intel, AMD or VIA chipset - gross generalisations and off-hand dismissals help noone and nothing.

[zbogorgon]

you have to look it at different perspective. for ex.:

1st
You don't have a lot of money for comp stuff and like every smart person you won't buy two card system and you want the best performance for 2D and 3D and best overclockability. Any nForce board it at the very end of my list.

2nd
You have a little more money so two card system is an option so now you have to choose betwen CrossFire or SLI, you can't have both cause we are not $ loaded yet. If you choose CF, you'll have Intel based board that rocks 2D benching and not so bad at 3D. 3DMark01 sux, but 03, 05 and 06 are in pair with SLI. If you choose SLI you can forget 2D benching or Single Card benching but you'll have some decent results in 3D.
And there are some other things to consider, SLI costs much much more, you'll have constant headaches when overclocking, you'll have to give but loads of $ for graphic cards and now days 3D records are divided into graphic card models, vendors, single, multiple, so it's not really that important what you're benching as long as it's top benching .

So now we come to loaded, millionaire category, where you can just buy everything you want, so there is really no need for reasons.