Nvidia 790i with single GX2 - 600FSB (round 1)

**SoF** · 03-21-2008, 01:44 PM

sounds and looks very promising - I am waiting for my 790i

**dinos22** · 03-21-2008, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by metro.cl

Charles how high could that CPU go in other mobos? like X38/P35? i really need a high FSB board so far my E8400 is limited at 540 on foxconn MARS.

one of my E8500 chips here goes to 530MHz FSB on all my intel boards
575MHz 32M Stable with this board = watercooling on all testing

so about 45MHz jump on that CPU

**metro.cl** · 03-21-2008, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by dinos22

one of my E8500 chips here goes to 530MHz FSB on all my intel boards
575MHz 32M Stable with this board = watercooling on all testing

so about 45MHz jump on that CPU

thanks Dinos that is all i wanted to hear now i know which mobo i will get

E8600+nf790i will bring a lot of WR

**hipro5** · 03-21-2008, 03:13 PM

IS 790 really good?.....

**Charles Wirth** · 03-21-2008, 03:17 PM

Its looking to be the top 3D board available. The bus speeds are reaching the cpu's limit easily, I doubt GTL will get much more for us. Bandwidth wise, the writes are above par (read/write/copy). They can push DDR3 to its limit.

The only drawback atm is vdroop and vmem and moth are fixable with mods.

**hipro5** · 03-21-2008, 03:22 PM

Hmmm......Thanks Charles.....I think that I'll try an ASUS Striker one.....

**dinos22** · 03-21-2008, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by FUGGER

Its looking to be the top 3D board available. The bus speeds are reaching the cpu's limit easily, I doubt GTL will get much more for us. Bandwidth wise, the writes are above par (read/write/copy). They can push DDR3 to its limit.

The only drawback atm is vdroop and vmem and moth are fixable with mods.

charles new bios has 2.275v instead of 2.0v but the board seems to be topping out at around 2100-2150 (8-7-5-20 1T) or just over that and no extra vdimm helps....vNB doesn't help either

**zakelwe** · 03-21-2008, 11:52 PM

The 790i seems to be a godsend for people running Wolfdales who want SLi, only fly in the ointment is people like their cheap DDR2 so what you save with wolfdale you lose going to DDR3 of course.

Nice benching and good results of course

Regards

Andy

**Pedro Rocha** · 03-22-2008, 06:30 AM

Hey Charles, great numbers for 5.4Ghz

These 9800GX2 is really of the most fun and motivating cards I ever test in my (our) Favorite Game ..

Cant wait to arrived home from Easter weekend to play again and to find the best tweaks for this doublle sandwich green card

**Pedro Rocha** · 03-22-2008, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by hipro5

Hmmm......Thanks Charles.....I think that I'll try an ASUS Striker one.....

Ohh

I tought you are an ATI guy

**hipro5** · 03-22-2008, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro Rocha

Ohh

I tought you are an ATI guy

I said: "give it a try"......Not "bench with it"....

**massman** · 03-22-2008, 01:54 PM

Has nVidia implented the same 'technology' of the 9600GT in the 9800GX2 as well?

(You know: overclocking the card via the pci-e bus)

**STEvil** · 03-22-2008, 02:12 PM

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Z...00_GX2/25.html

All 9 series do it seems.

**massman** · 03-22-2008, 03:28 PM

In that article they assume that the pci-e 'technology' is implented as well, but there's no graph or data to support that hypothesis.

**Oliver** · 03-22-2008, 03:35 PM

Looks really good Charles...

Lol consider them as two cards to give x2 a chance... what do you think George will say now hehe...

Which fpo is the cpu?...

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