NF780i SLI Overclocking

[Toxcity]

Hello peeps.

I am thinking of grabbing myself one of these boards with the new Nforce Chipset.

I know not many of us have played with one yet, but do you lot think they have improved the overclocking for quads?

I bloody hope they have!

 

[Ham]

I dout it tbh.

While it will be some improvement, its just 680i + an extra chip really.

 

[JN]

If you can hold out a little longer OC3D reviews are on their way.

 

[Toxcity]

If you can hold out a little longer OC3D reviews are on their way.

Yay, I cannot wait!

Hammy, I hope you are wrong.

 

[Mr. Smith]

The 790i is the true next gen nvidia chipset but is ddr3 only iirc - it will be much better than the botched 780i (which is somewhat better than the 680i)

 

[Ham]

Hammy, I hope you are wrong.

So do i tbh. The thought of SLI + 45nm quad + a nice strong single stage for benching keeps me up at nite

 

[Luigi]

lol, whens 790i due out then? ive not heard of that...

 

[Toxcity]

I have been googling and so far all i can find is people saying the 790i is based on 680i.

Hardly any info on these new boards.. sucks.

I am really ready to buy the Striker II Formula.... Mmmmm

 

[Luigi]

they are based on 680i with a little chip to make them pci-e 2.0, a poor show by nvidia IMO

 

[Hatman]

I would wait for benches before making such conclusions about 780i TBH. You would of thought nvidia would have made some improvement to it.

 

[Luigi]

is 780i ddr3 compatiable?

 

[!TIMMY!]

afaik the 780i is ddr2 and the 790i will be ddr3.

 

[Luigi]

when will 790i be out then?

 

[Mr. Smith]

790i has full integrated pci-e 2.0 support built into the nb, the 780i has a chip bolted on...

 

[Luigi]

so 790i is a proper new chipset, bot 680i with a new chip. When will it be out?

 

[Thunderer]

Have not heard about the 790i myself But from what you are saying, it sounds better.

As for Mr. Smith said,

790i has full integrated pci-e 2.0 support built into the nb, the 780i has a chip bolted on...

what do you mean exactly by that??

 

[FarFarAway]

He means the 780i has a PCI-e 2.0 chip...bolted on? Not sure how else to put it really.

790i should have integrated PCI-e 2.0 support on the NorthBridge itself.

 

[Thunderer]

OH ic, but will it lag quality or not? (I think not)

 

[FarFarAway]

I don't know but I have found 780i isn't the best at gaming, which doesn't make much sense to me as it's a gaming chipset

If you're not going multi-card setup (which I wouldn't do anyway) then get a motherboard with an Intel chipset, nuff said

 

[Luigi]

i agree, i sold my striker long ago now