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

**slim142** · 03-19-2008, 06:27 PM

Wow, and I thought I was dealing with bad Retailers hahaha, sorry for you buddies in AUS.

Well I think we will all have to either go eVGA! or wait. Hopefully dinos is right and they are just waiting for the full-money-pocket guys to purchase it then probably lower the prices.

But hey! if they take a long time to lower the prices, forget it! Nehalem coming up (new socket) so that makes every single 775 motherboard USELESS!! make sure you dont spend an eternity waiting for a price decrease!

**tet5uo** · 03-19-2008, 06:29 PM

I ordered the EVGA...

Not having to wait longer and pay lots more.. on top of how well evga treats their customers it was an easy choice.

**funkflix** · 03-19-2008, 07:03 PM

I payed 256€ for my XFX, think that is okay. Still very expensive for a motherboard..

**dinos22** · 03-19-2008, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by slim142

Wow, and I thought I was dealing with bad Retailers hahaha, sorry for you buddies in AUS.

Well I think we will all have to either go eVGA! or wait. Hopefully dinos is right and they are just waiting for the full-money-pocket guys to purchase it then probably lower the prices.

But hey! if they take a long time to lower the prices, forget it! Nehalem coming up (new socket) so that makes every single 775 motherboard USELESS!! make sure you dont spend an eternity waiting for a price decrease!

one of the shops here told me their buy price

i am right
they are just cashing in

if stock gets sold too quickly next batch will almost certainly jump in price and knowing how tight our distributors normally are it's not looking great

there are websites in australia which facilitate purchases in US >> these retailers have to understand that if they

around too much the business will go to Mr.Newegg and others

**golfjam** · 03-19-2008, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by tet5uo

I ordered the EVGA...

Not having to wait longer and pay lots more.. on top of how well evga treats their customers it was an easy choice.

My previous EVGA 780i died 2 times but I got my RMA in less than 2 days after I've sent the mobo. Awesome customer service and they cross ship if you pay a few extra bucks. Try that with Asus and what a world of difference!

**joe.denice** · 03-19-2008, 07:26 PM

everyone who has this, have you noticed the vdrop issues again??

**webwilli** · 03-19-2008, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by funkflix

I payed 256€ for my XFX, think that is okay. Still very expensive for a motherboard..

256 € is nothing

You must buy the Striker II Extreme my friend. 330 €

Originally Posted by joe.denice

everyone who has this, have you noticed the vdrop issues again??

my Striker II Extreme have no VCore Drop issue.
loadline calibration in bios on and i can´t see any Drop.

**Lu(ky** · 03-20-2008, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by webwilli

256 € is nothing

You must buy the Striker II Extreme my friend. 330 €

my Striker II Extreme have no VCore Drop issue.
loadline calibration in bios on and i can´t see any Drop.

well that is good to know... And I am sure the price will come down in a month or so to around $350-$399.

How does the chipset fusion block work? Does it really help keep the temps down on the N/S blocks?

**seamumc** · 03-20-2008, 04:27 AM

Can anyone provide some information on the performance of RAID and hard disks in general for this mobo? This is an area NVidia's chipset have been fairly weak in.

TIA

**~~OBR~~** · 03-20-2008, 08:23 AM

i have two raptprs in raid and runs like a hell ...

**webwilli** · 03-20-2008, 08:40 AM

hi OBR,

which you use for the board?

9.64?

**Lu(ky** · 03-20-2008, 08:59 AM

How does the chipset fusion block work? Does it really help keep the temps down on the N/S blocks? And are you guys and gals even using it on water??

**slim142** · 03-20-2008, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by dinos22

one of the shops here told me their buy price

i am right
they are just cashing in

if stock gets sold too quickly next batch will almost certainly jump in price and knowing how tight our distributors normally are it's not looking great

there are websites in australia which facilitate purchases in US >> these retailers have to understand that if they

around too much the business will go to Mr.Newegg and others

Thats totally true, last year with the Striker Extreme I remember they sold out in like 15 minutes and they took almost 2 weeks to get more. ZZF took 1 week but they always ran out faster.

And yes thanks to those people, probably the mobo wont lower its price. Poor S2E.

**skinnee** · 03-20-2008, 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by OBR

i have two raptprs in raid and runs like a hell ...

hell as in good or hell as in bad?

**seamumc** · 03-20-2008, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by skinnee

hell as in good or hell as in bad?

Err, yeah, in America we use that kind of phrase to indicate something bad. Context seems to indicate that OBR was happy with the perf though.

Sigh, I may just have to pick this thing up

. What's funny is that newegg has been selling out of DDR3 ram over the last couple days, prompted by sales of the 790i boards I'm sure.

**skinnee** · 03-20-2008, 02:36 PM

Yeah, I was being a smart-ass. I figured he meant good...but just felt like tossing in some sarcasm.

**peterpiper** · 03-20-2008, 02:57 PM

man, these look the dogs...

**skinnee** · 03-20-2008, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by peterpiper

man, these look the dogs...

my dumb american ass has no idea what that means.

**Lu(ky** · 03-20-2008, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Nasgul

Don't figure anything till the flood gates are fully open and everyone gets, yet another huge disappointment.

I mean, if they didn't get it right the first time, nor the 2nd, 3rd one never came out which was a joke and then.......well, so far I haven't seen anything promising and most likely I'll hit the megamillion or powerball before nFarce gets to be good, like Intel's that is.

Come on Nasgul did NForce steal your girlfriend or something? Because I see you bashing Nforce on BPC, OCN, and now here. Come on already it is just a motherboard not the end of the world. I have had problems with my eVGA 680i many times but it was from bad RMA's and not getting a good fixed replacement board.

**Kopi** · 03-20-2008, 04:39 PM

I couldn't agree more.

Stop being a fanboy and actually appreciate the product for what it is. Sorry its not just another 965 copy.

I for one like the looks of this board, but want more results :p

**DMH** · 03-20-2008, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by webwilli

256 € is nothing You must buy the Striker II Extreme my friend. 330 €

my Striker II Extreme have no VCore Drop issue.
loadline calibration in bios on and i can´t see any Drop.

You should buy the EVGA 343€

**sonofander** · 03-20-2008, 05:44 PM

Got my EVGA board today... been a while since I've been on an nVidia chipset. Taking a while to get her going

cant wait to start benching

**n3wbi3** · 03-20-2008, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by dinos22

that's NOTHING

in australia retailers are selling them for AUD$699 which is around US$650

OMFG ur right ........ WTF am pissed off dino looks like my money will be going os .....

http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=790i

After 3 of my asus stikers 680i blew up in a week asus can suck my **** before i pay $600+ for a mb from them agian..... EVGA all the way

**IanY** · 03-20-2008, 07:09 PM

Let's get back on topic.

What's your favorite brand of memory for this mobo? GSkill? Corsair? OCZ?

Anyone tried with two 9800GX2s yet (although there are no drivers available lol) ?

**slim142** · 03-20-2008, 07:45 PM

I love G.Skill, nice kits and support.

Hate corsair cause they use Elpida on most memories and their RAMs are very VERY expensive.

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