SLI comparison between 790i Ultra and Rampage Extreme

[Ghostleader]

Since there´s a SLI hack that make it possible to run SLI on a non Nvidia chipset board (such as P35, P45, X38 and X48 for an example) I thought it might be interesting to see if there´s any different between a native SLI board and a SLI hacked board.

The choice fell on the 790i Ultra and the Rampage Extreme.


Test setup

Motherboard:	XFX 790i Ultra / Asus Rampage Extreme
Chipset Driver:	15.51 / 9.1.1.1020
CPU:		E8600
Memory:		2x2 OCZ Platinum LV PC3-12800 1600C7
Videocards:	XFX 9800GTX Black Edition
Video Driver:	191.07
Hard Disk:	WD Caviar Black 500Gb
Monitor:  	Samsung Syncmaster 2243BW @ 1680x1050
OS:		Windows 7 RC 64-bit

The speed for the CPU and memory was set as followed

790i Ultra 400 x 10 4,0GHz / 1600 777 21 1T tRC 30
Rampage Extreme 400 x 10 4,0GHz / 1600 777 21 1N tRD 5 Strong (strap 200)


Let the test start

790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


Okey, that was it guys, not much of a different, I call it a draw, what´s your opinion.


Anyone interested in how to activating NVIDIA SLI on their board, here´s how to do it, Activating NVIDIA SLI on all motherboards, detailed HOW-TO