EVGA 790i Ultra SLI Results

[DMH]

good testing

ppl will believe me some more now that FSB Ocing is a piece of cake when they see all the testing done

good cooling and most chips will give ppl 600MHz+ too




there is no benefit from engineering's point of view

they are of the opinion that it will not add anything to performance and that it's all bling

we suggested those changes along with some others but there was no need for them so go figure

if someone can give us a compelling and factual argument it will be easier to present and maybe get those changes done

That would only make the prices go up and they are already costing 343€ in here so please do not put solid ones

[dinos22]

That would only make the prices go up and they are already costing 343€ in here so please do not put solid ones

my point exactly

also they asked us if hardware raid would be worth putting in

my sentiment was the same as above heheh

but once SSD drives become fast and affordable hardware raid will be very important

[joe.denice]

so far so good with mine, I have it at 3.6ghz for testing... Will report back later. Though I hope there will be a pencil mod for this board as well.

[Sneil]

my point exactly

also they asked us if hardware raid would be worth putting in

my sentiment was the same as above heheh

but once SSD drives become fast and affordable hardware raid will be very important

What do you mean by hardware raid? Can i not put a couple raptors in Raid 0 using this board without a raid card? I better be that i dont understand what you mean.

[BenchZowner]

What do you mean by hardware raid? Can i not put a couple raptors in Raid 0 using this board without a raid card? I better be that i dont understand what you mean.

He means "pure" hardware RAID utilizing a controller + parity processor ( like the decent raid cards ).

[dinos22]

ppl don't understand that no motherboard on the market actually comes with a proper hardware raid controller hehe

they are all software raid controllers no matter what brand/board/chipset

[SuporterPoli]

That would only make the prices go up and they are already costing 343€ in here so please do not put solid ones

They do not cost so much, i have a P35-DS3L from Gigabyte and it was about 120$ and it has solid capacitors.
And about the reason: yeah, sure,put all sort of stuff on the board but things that will help it last longer have no place on the mobo. And talking about engineering, how did they dimension the NB cooler on the 780i sli?
Like,hmm, i guess this will do manner?
About solid capacitors:LINK

[DMH]

They do not cost so much, i have a P35-DS3L from Gigabyte and it was about 120$ and it has solid capacitors.
And about the reason: yeah, sure,put all sort of stuff on the board but things that will help it last longer have no place on the mobo. And talking about engineering, how did they dimension the NB cooler on the 780i sli?
Like,hmm, i guess this will do manner?
About solid capacitors:LINK

Look at the price of a P35 and the price of a 790i Ultra,just the SPP and MCP are more expensive then that motherboard

[aaug1232001]

nice Motherboard and tester

[Hyperhorn]

Thx for so many pics!
I love the BIOS: There are many options in there, but it is very clean and well structured.

[SuporterPoli]

Look at the price of a P35 and the price of a 790i Ultra,just the SPP and MCP are more expensive then that motherboard

DMH the point was that considering the price of the 790i and considering the price of the DS3L the capacitors are a small percentage from the whole mobo cost.
If they would have put solid ones in the Evga that maybe would have set their price higher by a whopping 10$ more at maximum.

[DMH]

DMH the point was that considering the price of the 790i and considering the price of the DS3L the capacitors are a small percentage from the whole mobo cost.
If they would have put solid ones in the Evga that maybe would have set their price higher by a whopping 10$ more at maximum.

When the price is already 350€ 10€ more is alot

[SoF]

another very good 790i testing. hope I'll recieve that board in a few weeks as well

[SuporterPoli]

Yes indeed nice results from 790i.
@ DMH:those 350$ arent from hardware costs. We can agree that you certainly pay for the EVGA name.
All what i am saying is that they could have done easily a nicer board.
I'm a hardware engineer working in the car electronics(ECU,TCU) so i would like to think that i am knowing what i'm talking about.

[ShoNuff]

Thank you for sharing your settings! I hope to put my rig together using your settings as a template.

Under the settings listed above what do your temps look like?

I would imagine that your SB temps are pretty hot at 1.75v on air?

[pinto]

MCP is southbridge.

[BenchZowner]

MCP is SouthBridge[/b].

Now I agree

[tet5uo]

No, he's right.

SPP is northbridge and MCP is south...

[BenchZowner]

No, he's right.

SPP is northbridge and MCP is south...

True, I got it the other way round this time ( was sleepy )

[Lestat]

i see they are STILL putting the sata plugs in that retarded spot.
i see they are STILL only giving 4 sata ports with the 5th clear up by the northbridge

totally retarded

someone beat the hell out of nvidia and eVGA for putting those stupid plugs where they are and for not putting atleast 8 Sata ports.

with their stupid ports if i use 2 sata dvd drives i can only use 2-3 hard drives.
wrongggg we need a minimum of 6 sata ports for hard drives and 2 different ports, maybe clue color designed for Sata DVD.

i wish Intel would use the unlocked ram/cpu dividers. this makes ram overclocking MUCH MUCH higher and better!

[seamumc]

i see they are STILL putting the sata plugs in that retarded spot.
i see they are STILL only giving 4 sata ports with the 5th clear up by the northbridge

totally retarded

someone beat the hell out of nvidia and eVGA for putting those stupid plugs where they are and for not putting atleast 8 Sata ports.

with their stupid ports if i use 2 sata dvd drives i can only use 2-3 hard drives.
wrongggg we need a minimum of 6 sata ports for hard drives and 2 different ports, maybe clue color designed for Sata DVD.

i wish Intel would use the unlocked ram/cpu dividers. this makes ram overclocking MUCH MUCH higher and better!

You missed two, on the far left next to the Debug LED are two SATA ports at a right angle.

[Zannema]

Andre, i've mountig 1 kit of CS 1800 but the main can't boot, in the display i read C1 and the mobo beeeeep..... i cant' update the new bios.
It's possible that with new bios i resolve???

[funkflix]

Try booting with just one stick on the grey slot, which has the greater distance to teh socket. It worked for me! Then up the vdimm and boot with both sticks in black slots.

[Zannema]

Try booting with just one stick on the grey slot, which has the greater distance to teh socket. It worked for me! Then up the vdimm and boot with both sticks in black slots.

i just tray in all slot

[over@locker886]

i just tray in all slot

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