nForce 790i SLI/Ultra chipset mobos - Reviews/OC/Guides

[sonofander]

can we get a hard launch on the 18th?

[dinos22]

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

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

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 . 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 . i mean common now how many penguin suit guys do you know that are like that.......Geeks rule!!!

[non]

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?

[pmp]

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 ?



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



NB voltage still at stock/Auto (1.30V IIRC).

[OBR]

please post your settings i cannot to reach any higher FSB then 1350MHz!

[pmp]

Hmm i really did nothing to go with QX9770 at it stock FSB. Also for RAM@1000 MHz i did nothing with VNB.

[dinos22]

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

[dinos22]

please post your settings i cannot to reach any higher FSB then 1350MHz!

that's very low for quad or dual

you need to try harder mate
just straight boot to 400+

reference board is not finicky at all like that > at least not with dual cores

[OBR]

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 ...



Best mem performance above 11 000 MB/s is at FSB 1600 mems 1800 unlinked ...

[OBR]

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!

[Leeghoofd]

Hard launch tomorrow ? I read on the 11th of March for 790i... did quad performance also improve OBR with 0504 bios ?

[Brother Esau]

The nF790i is looking really good at the moment.
I'm not getting that excited before I test one out myself... but it's looking definitely better than their previous attempts at it.

Dude whats up with that Picture?? thats either one hell of a Pimple or somebody remodeled you're Face with their fist

[Leeghoofd]

Bill had some words with his Phase change rig... thought it was a basketball accident...

[JohnMike]

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!

But that bandwith is very poor... compared to X38 boards.

Did you tried the best bandwith spot with that board?!

[Leeghoofd]

But that bandwith is very poor... compared to X38 boards.

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...

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...

[bellinghamwa]

OBR,

If you were going to run just one card (e.g. 9800GTX Ultra) would you prefer the 790i or the Asus P5E3 Premium?

[johnp1983]

I'm hoping this mobo will not had any CPU-INIT bug like Striker Extreme or Striker 2 Formula...

[TheGoat Eater]

thought it was a basketball accident...

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 far

[OBR]

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 ...

[Leeghoofd]

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...

[slim142]

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)

[BenchZowner]

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.

[slim142]

Pinot Noir is X48 AFAIR.

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.

But seriously that Pinot Noir board is the nicest board I have seen in a long time.

[BenchZowner]

Watch out, because... nice on the outside, doesn't necessarily mean nice on the inside

[OBR]

official launch is the same day like GF 9800 GX2 ... 18/3/2008