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Title: Getback, I found your next motherboard
Post by: DREDIOCK on October 05, 2008, 12:25:19 PM: EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM
http://www.evga.com/articles/00431/

Check out the Video of it here
http://www.evga.com/videos/EVGA-790iFTW_digital.asp

And forget 2 way SLI
This sucker supports 3 way SLI

Innovative chipset fan design directs airflow away from the graphics card.
Reach extreme overclocking speeds supporting 1600MHz FSB and beyond.
8 phase power design for superb stability and performance.
Solid state capacitors and ferrite core chokes allow for better overclocking and stability.
Convenient layout with on-board Clear CMOS, Power, and Reset buttons.
Friendly system BIOS features with easy to use overclock and voltage settings.
Extreme DDR3 speeds of 2000MHz and beyond.

NVIDIA SLI certified
Intel socket 775
45nm CPU ready (Yorkfield & Wolfdale)
8 Phase power design
PCI Express 2.0 support
2-Way and 3-Way SLI support
9 SATA-2 ports with support for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD
On-board buttons for CMOS/Power/Reset
HD Audio - 7.1 Channel

Unfortunately. Newegg doesnt carry it yet LOL
Title: Re: Getback, I found your next motherboard
Post by: BaldEagl on October 05, 2008, 12:33:05 PM: I've got the 780i which also supports three way SLI. I've had my FSB clocked to 1600 without issue. It's a very nice board.

The only real difference between the 780 and the 790 boards is that the 790's support DDR3 where the 780's only support DDR2. Otherwise they're pretty much the same.
Title: Re: Getback, I found your next motherboard
Post by: Getback on October 05, 2008, 06:45:22 PM: LOL Dred. Sounds like a great board. Hopefully I won't be building any more computers for a good while. You know though that board does look awesome.
Title: Re: Getback, I found your next motherboard
Post by: drdeathx on October 06, 2008, 04:24:19 AM: wow 3- 16x graphic card slots. Most boards come with 2 - 16x and 1- 8x. The cmos reset is awesome too... no more resetting jumper!
Title: Re: Getback, I found your next motherboard
Post by: Denholm on October 06, 2008, 09:40:54 AM: Quote from: Getback on October 05, 2008, 06:45:22 PM
...You know though that board does look awesome.
You know what happened when Eve bit the apple? :D
Title: Re: Getback, I found your next motherboard
Post by: TilDeath on October 07, 2008, 11:31:21 AM: I would hold off on getting any new boards until mid to late November. Intel will be releasing the i7 processor Nehalem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7) Pricing will be in line with Core 2 Processors. Since I have a store and sell mostly high end gaming systems and its components, I would wait wait wait. If you are looking for a 790i board, Asus whips the eVGA boards in 3Dmark06, Vantage, Pi, etc etc. Just my thoughts
Title: Re: Getback, I found your next motherboard
Post by: Getback on October 07, 2008, 05:11:38 PM: Quote from: TilDeath on October 07, 2008, 11:31:21 AM
I would hold off on getting any new boards until mid to late November. Intel will be releasing the i7 processor Nehalem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7) Pricing will be in line with Core 2 Processors. Since I have a store and sell mostly high end gaming systems and its components, I would wait wait wait. If you are looking for a 790i board, Asus whips the eVGA boards in 3Dmark06, Vantage, Pi, etc etc. Just my thoughts

I heard those Core i7s will be somewhat expensive. Although I think they set some great marks.
Title: Re: Getback, I found your next motherboard
Post by: TilDeath on October 07, 2008, 07:05:50 PM: No they are gonna start at about 200 retail and up to 1200 for a extreme version