790i Ultra SLI Motherboards Compared

[sirrell]

Okay this is an SLI MOBO TEST
YET you use and 850Watt PSU and only one radeon card, why not test the SLI capabilities and use Nvidia! And only 1600 DDR3 Ram?
This is Stupid, retest with better Hardware!

 

[Crashman]

Hey, that power supply can run two GTX280's. People have been power-supply stupid for far too long...

 

[sirrell]

Yes, but this board can use 3 cards, that PSU is crap for 3way SLI.

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]sirrell[/nom]Yes, but this board can use 3 cards, that PSU is crap for 3way SLI.[/citation]

LOL, three-way SLI. I just tested a system for a friend that had three GTX280's, the top two cards were nearly cooked after 10 minutes of games.

3-way SLI and then what, liquid cooled cards?

 

[vaughn2k]

790i Ultra for nVidia, and

790GX for AMD/ATI...

what's with '790'??? =)

 

[sirrell]

whats the best CPU air cooler that would fit in this?
For OCing?

 

[Guest]

Well i will stick with my XFX 680i-LT cuz with some tweaking i am over all the "new" stuff out. I bought the M/b Mem and CPU for what just the XFX 790 Board costs.. Plus i am able to get a 42% CPU OC out of it as well.
I will wait for the next gen
Thanks for letting me post my opinion

 

[Crashman]

[citation][nom]sirrell[/nom]whats the best CPU air cooler that would fit in this?For OCing?[/citation]

Probably the Thermalright TRUE.

 

[jaragon13]

[citation][nom]sirrell[/nom]whats the best CPU air cooler that would fit in this?For OCing?[/citation]
Most likely Xigmatek,they make a nice air-cooler.

 

[Guest]

I notice that no one has mentioned the high failure rate of the Striker II Extreme with the CPU INIT being reported , no post, and no signal input on the monitor and the insane "fixes" being mentioned on the ASUS website including but not limited to flipping the battery.