Nvidia 790i board pulled by makers

[PV5150]

Motherboard manufacturers ditching the 790i? ASUS isn't!

Details in the news article

[Luigi]

Im gutted, I was hoping to have the new foxconn board in my new pc...

Looks like i'll have to source it direct somehow

[-VK-]

You'll be very lucky to get your hands on one...any they have I'd assume will be engineering samples...

[Luigi]

Originally Posted by name='-VK-'

You'll be very lucky to get your hands on one...any they have I'd assume will be engineering samples...

Ill try get one of them then :P

[Dualist]

I wouldn't bother, there was a few out there killing chips, I dare say they'll be for sale.

[PP Mguire]

I doubt this is true. DFI dosent have a 790i on their site and ive only seen rumours of it on the nets. Some pics but nothing more.

[rrjwilson]

I doubt this is true as the original stupid link chip (a bodge 680i chip) has been replaced with a dedicated 790i chip to help so all the troubles of the primary release baords are gone.

As nVidia's only entry into DDR3 with no bugs i've found I've cannot see them pulling this at all.

Would nVidia really hand the market to Intel? NO

[PP Mguire]

Yea and i havent heard any MAJOR mass horror reports of this chipset either. Also heard its quite the overclocked.

[w3bbo]

NVidia's response:

1. The story on Digitimes is completely groundless. We have no intention of getting out of the chipset business.

2. In fact, our MCP business is as strong as it ever has been for both AMD and Intel platforms:

1. Mercury Research has reported that the NVIDIA market share of AMD platforms in Q2 08 was 60%. We have been steady in this range for over two years.

2. SLI is still the preferred multi-GPU platform thanks to its stellar scaling, game compatibility and driver stability.

3. nForce 790i SLI is the recommended choice by editors worldwide due to its compelling combination of memory performance, overclocking, and support for SLI. In fact, a recent article on Tom’s Hardware recently came to the same conclusion: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...I,1977-29.html

3. We're looking forward to bring new and very exciting MCP products to the market for both AMD and Intel platforms.

[Luigi]

Nice article on THG, Looks like the chipset is actually stronger than what people take it for. I for one would love a 790i board, and thats after having a 680i board and nearly killing myself a lot!