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

[Guacamole]

Okay I just wanted to chime in and say that I am at 1800 FSB memory linked/synced and I am rolling along on 702 and most importantly no corruption.. ALthough I don't know if I am stable but I don't care I can get stable.. Very COOL!! Mem performance took a hit (seemingly) but I know that is fixable.. I am so @$#%ing happy I can't even tell you..

[DR3]

golfjam - How the heck have you already gone through 4 of these things (its only been out for a bit)! Especially given Asus's wonderful customer service, lol! Anyway I hope it gets sorted out for you!

Just got my 3rd mobo and it lasted a whole 10 minutes and DEAD.
NewEgg is defiantly the best. Got a Refund for the purchase on the 30th day, no questions asked.

Just got my 9800GX2 and would love to get this hooked up with a 790i ultra.
Besides ASUS what is the best board?

[Roger_D25]

goldjam/DR3 - I had a feeling it must have been through newegg because there is no way Asus would have even finished a single RMA, even if you RMA'ed the day this board came out (easily 3-5 week turn around, at least in my case)! I shouldn't crap on them as I'm sure many people have had great customer service, fast turn around, and great technical help (that may have been a bit sarcastic), lol!

Broly - I take you think Guacomole didn't get this modules running stable at 1800Mhz, lol! I say give the guy the benefit of the doubt until he has some time to post a few screenies along with the settings he has used (hell if he did then it might be helpful to others who haven't even been able to get them running at stock speeds let alone at 1800Mhz!

[Serpentarius]

asus dun do RMA ... u'll start to reliase this after a 1/2 dozen times running in an out

[BenchZowner]

Um I dont think you can hit 1800 with those sticks, actually, I'm POSITIVE you can't.
Plus you saying you're taking a hit on memory performance tells me you're not lynced and synced.

Pictures please, because I'm calling bull. You sir will pay for your lies.

Wow... can someome tell me they believe this guy? 1800 on 4gb sticks that aren't capable of running 1600 (barely)? I know those chips are CRAP from OCZ (The EB kit).

Please stop thinking 8 BSODs and one post into windows is considered "not stable yet or don't know if its stable" because I get pissed off when people like you come here and jump the gun.

People like slim here are busting their ing ass to get us stable results and many others, with screenshots and stress testing, yet here you are creating urban legends with ram that is very very shady, I know because my own kit is shady too.
There is a reason why the only reasonably priced kits were patriot and ocz for 1600 7-7-7-20 or 7-6-6-24 in OCZs case, because Corsair's 7-7-7-20 kit used 1333 JEDEC, and the OCZ and Patriot use *drummroll* 1066.

Post with proof, not with "so ing happy my data corruption went away with a bios flash and even higher speeds" which I call bull becuase even though this bios is better, you're treating it like holy water getting you to see Jesus.

SUBJECTIVITY IN THIS THREAD

Whether you're right or wrong, this is DEFINITELY NOT the way to deal with another user.
They say "by the time you've used your hands ( fighting ) you've lost the argument".

Also the fact that you have/had one of those kits and couldn't reach a certain frequency/timings rating ( even stock ) doesn't mean that those kits can't do that, or there are no kits that can make it.
Especially on "complex" boards like the nFORCE 790i based motherboards even a single setting ( be it sub-timings, GTL Reference Voltages, etc ) can make a stable overclock/setting unstable.
So it could easily be you, Joe and Jane using wrong settings, while Jenny used a different setting which appeared to ( or is ) be correct and "reached" the desired frequency/timings.

If you doubt his "results" express your thoughts/opinion in a good manner and of course give the other person the benefit of the doubt.
You think he's lying ? Ask him to post some proof.

Just my 2 cents

[Roger_D25]

asus dun do RMA ... u'll start to reliase this after a 1/2 dozen times running in an out

I'm not exactly sure what you mean but it sounds like you have had a good experience with Asus, thanks for sharing that! Everytime I hear a positive story I feel better my next RMA might be better!

[Tyke]

Um I dont think you can hit 1800 with those sticks, actually, I'm POSITIVE you can't.
Plus you saying you're taking a hit on memory performance tells me you're not lynced and synced.

Pictures please, because I'm calling bull. You sir will pay for your lies.

Wow... can someome tell me they believe this guy? 1800 on 4gb sticks that aren't capable of running 1600 (barely)? I know those chips are CRAP from OCZ (The EB kit).

Please stop thinking 8 BSODs and one post into windows is considered "not stable yet or don't know if its stable" because I get pissed off when people like you come here and jump the gun.

People like slim here are busting their ing ass to get us stable results and many others, with screenshots and stress testing, yet here you are creating urban legends with ram that is very very shady, I know because my own kit is shady too.
There is a reason why the only reasonably priced kits were patriot and ocz for 1600 7-7-7-20 or 7-6-6-24 in OCZs case, because Corsair's 7-7-7-20 kit used 1333 JEDEC, and the OCZ and Patriot use *drummroll* 1066.

Post with proof, not with "so ing happy my data corruption went away with a bios flash and even higher speeds" which I call bull becuase even though this bios is better, you're treating it like holy water getting you to see Jesus.

SUBJECTIVITY IN THIS THREAD

Well my memory is definitely working OK at 1800MHz. Memory linked and synced. No corruption, 100% Memtest pass and Prime95 stable for 12 hours. Since this image taken actually managed to tighten the timings to 9-8-8-20 2T, still stable.

[OBR]

my rig was stable in OCCT MEM test 10+ hours and whole day in Prime95 FFT, but in 3D games computer crashes in few minutes ... also had problems with freezing in videos ... ROCK STABLE is not only OCCT/Memtest/Prime ...

[Jupiler]

@ Broly :

no need getting rude and offensive. Calm down, please.

[Guacamole]

Yeah I have to agree I am 1800 Linked/synced with the OCZ 1600 2X2GB kit timings at (8-8-8-28-2T) and I just ran prime for like 2 hours at 3 minute intervals no hickups.. Although I took a big hit on my read and latency but here is proof:




Here is my memory bandwith and it really took a nose dive I don't know why???



That's terrible like being on the 780i all over again but I don't care because here is my favorite part:



Proof is in the pudding

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY

[Roger_D25]

If your running XP do I initiate this integrity scan the same way Guacomole?

Run/Command/name/sfs/scannow

I'd like to check like you did! Also do you remember about how long it took for the scan to finish? Last but not least when you ran that scan were you running the HDD's in your signiture (2x RaptorX in Raid 0 = 300MB)? Thanks for all the help man!

Jupiler - That is one heck of an E8200 you have there, amazing clocks for sure and on an amazingly low voltage! Good work man!

[Guacamole]

If your running XP do I initiate this integrity scan the same way Guacomole?

Run/Command/name/sfs/scannow

I'd like to check like you did! Also do you remember about how long it took for the scan to finish? Last but not least when you ran that scan were you running the HDD's in your signiture (2x RaptorX in Raid 0 = 300MB)? Thanks for all the help man!

Jupiler - That is one heck of an E8200 you have there, amazing clocks for sure and on an amazingly low voltage! Good work man!

I think it's the same on XP just choose run: type cmd, c:\users\(your name)>sfc/scannow

It took about 8-10 minutes and yes this is on my Raptor raid array

I guess I have done the impossible but really this is all the bios (702) I couldn't do squat on 603 my memory wouldn't touch 1800 without reboots and BSOD constantly.. But I also got mid 11k on read and latency in the low 50's high 40's with 603 at 1600 so I guess its a trade off.. Anyway I think Broly most likely was just frustrated with this board it can drive you crazy.. The corruption and instability is enough to make you CRY

[Roger_D25]

First of all thank you very much for the help and time! With that said I think your right about some of the comments earlier in the thread, as we all know getting this board stable has been a very frustrating process! Well thanks for sharing your results with us!

[Broly]

Look at his latencies.
Running it at 8 is no point.
Thats like running the ram at 2000 mhz at 11 CAs

[BenchZowner]

Look at his latencies.
Running it at 8 is no point.
Thats like running the ram at 2000 mhz at 11 CAs

1800C8 for a 4GB kit is fine.
Also...what happened here ? With your previous post you claimed that those sticks are trash, can't reach even stock, and blah blah.
Now you're trashing his timings... oh well.

P.S. You owe Guacomole an apology.
P.S.2. Do you know that DDR3-1800 6-5-5-16 and DDR3-1800 8-8-8-24 give you the same performance in most applications ( apart from synthetic benchmarks ) in real-life ?

[Guacamole]

Look at his latencies.
Running it at 8 is no point.
Thats like running the ram at 2000 mhz at 11 CAs

Really man you need to check yourself dude.. You are one big contradiction first you were swearing and saying how those speeds are impossible and now you want to downplay the settings.. And really its more like running 2000 at 9 CAs but that is not the point.. Let me quote you from earlier:

"Um I dont think you can hit 1800 with those sticks, actually, I'm POSITIVE you can't.
Plus you saying you're taking a hit on memory performance tells me you're not lynced and synced.

Pictures please, because I'm calling bull. You sir will pay for your lies.

Wow... can someome tell me they believe this guy? 1800 on 4gb sticks that aren't capable of running 1600 (barely)? I know those chips are CRAP from OCZ (The EB kit)."

P.S. I just defended you and you insulted me I don't appreciate that dude please be considerate or don't post..

In addition I provided pictures and gave you your proof and you just can't leave it alone you are insatiable.. We are all on the same team bro we are just trying to communicate our experience and share our findings no one is out for blood.. Be cool...

[Roger_D25]

Your absolutly right BenchZowner, apart from a handful of synthetic benchmarks the latencies make little difference (maybe a few FPS in games and a few extra 3Dmark points). I understand what your saying however, but give the guy a break! You should be happy for him because he's having some good results on his system after struggling like everyone else! I feel like a King everytime I make any progress with this motherboard, no matter what the progress is, lol! On a different note guys has anyone tested if one set of slots is better than the other? I've been using the "White" slots over the "Blue" slots but only because those are the slots I used on my old Blitz Extreme (yeah I know, there is no connection between the two boards but I still decided on the white slots), lol.

OBR - Have you made any headway with 3D applications yet? Also do you have any idea what might be causing this instability with 3D applications and even video? Do you think its more hardware or software related or are you just not sure?

Broly - How is your own progress going lately and what BIOS are you running?

[Guacamole]

1800C8 for a 4GB kit is fine.
Also...what happened here ? With your previous post you claimed that those sticks are trash, can't reach even stock, and blah blah.
Now you're trashing his timings... oh well.

P.S. You owe Guacomole an apology.
P.S.2. Do you know that DDR3-1800 6-5-5-16 and DDR3-1800 8-8-8-24 give you the same performance in most applications ( apart from synthetic benchmarks ) in real-life ?

Thank you Bench

[TheGoat Eater]

I love my OCZ 1600 Platinum (7-7-7)cause I can run benches at and above 1000MHz @8-7-7-24 at only 2v and it goes very well with the Evga 790i Ultra

also is it odd that I reached 5.6GHz without touching the GTL settings ? see sig for my proof...

[slim142]

Why not 0702 slim?

Im testing every single BIOS just to test and see which one gives me a nice OC and no problems like corruptions.

BTW, My SIIE is giving my cpu 1.30vcore when I select 1.25000 w/ LLC disabled lol! first vdroop and now overvoltage? :S

[trt740]

Guys need help here have a EVGA 790I board in the shipping box unopened. I currently have a Maximus DRR2 board flashed to a Ramage formula and was stoked to buy a 790i ultra and have a buyer for my Maximus. I wanted to go DDR3 and since my video card is a 9800gtx wanted future SLI. With all the 790I trouble if you were me would you even open this box, because once I do newegg says non refundable only replacement and I would have to pay to shipp it back. If it remains unopened it's a auto RMA with free shipping. Would you open 790I board or keep the Maximus formula and forget the sli for now. Thx for any impute and are my chance good that I will get a corruption.

[Broly]

1800C8 for a 4GB kit is fine.
Also...what happened here ? With your previous post you claimed that those sticks are trash, can't reach even stock, and blah blah.
Now you're trashing his timings... oh well.

P.S. You owe Guacomole an apology.
P.S.2. Do you know that DDR3-1800 6-5-5-16 and DDR3-1800 8-8-8-24 give you the same performance in most applications ( apart from synthetic benchmarks ) in real-life ?

If it's fine how come I get a a way higher everest synthetic, higher to the point where it's not just comparing synthetic to real-world. 3 gigs more for lower speeds but also lower timings? I don't see how the compensation of 4 higher CAS isn't going to show in real world when he's getting that much less than me. Something is wrong, I think Latencies don't matter when we're comparing 5 and 6 CAS, but 11 to 10 I think is a little more of a difference. Keep in mind I'm running 1620 SYNCED like him, and I"m somehow getting a higher everest.... Anyone care to share? if he's running 1800 and CAS 11 or 10 isn't affecting his performance compared to my 7 then what gives?

Proof:

[BenchZowner]

Do you understand that Everest Bandwidth & Latency results =! real-life performance ( like in Gaming, Audio/Video Editing/Encoding, Office Apps, etc ) ?

The bandwidth figures in Everest depend on various factors.

Broly you should calm down, and stop "offending" people, and maybe read some threads here.
With all the time you're wasting accusing people, and such, you would've learned several new things.

[Broly]

I learn alot of things, I'm a student of life. I"m just upset that you say it's just synthetic benchmarks.
I highly doubt that the ability of reading and writing speeds in memory don't affect games. How come DDR3 benchmarks of real world gaming beat DDR2?
By that token you're saying that he wouldn't suffer, I highly believe if we both benched our systems with equivalent stats he would lose alot, and that's not synthetic.

I believe that synthetic benchmarks are crock just like you, but a certain line has to be drawn. To say that those kinds of max read and writes won't affect the performance of a memory intensive game, say world of warcraft, isn't a fair statement. If DDR3's prowess can be displayed in some games, by that token it's speed can be shown to be a seperation point between the two (DDR2 and 3) and thus it would translate to real world performance, if it is THAT big of a discrepancy.
If it's hundreds of megabytes I'd agree with you, a few gigabytes, not so much man.

[slim142]

Hey Benchz
when you set a certain vcore, do you get THAT particular vcore? or do you get lower or higher? In my BIOS I have 1.25000 and according to NB Probe II 1.40.45 Im getting 1.29 which goes up to 1.30 and with LLC enabled this changes to 1.31 with no change on load or idle.

Is this normal? lol