herd that u cant oc properly (infact cannot at all) if you put intel 45nm CPU in this mobo due to the lack of support from intel. something to do with intel revenge on nvidia.

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This post has been edited by En.Vader: Dec 4 2007, 10:47 PM

NVIDIA would not license their SLI technology to Intel cause it's the only way for them to maintain a healthy market for the NForce Motherboards...and Intel fights back by not giving them the full details on Penryn (and future processors) that NVIDIA needs to manufacture their motherboard. Sort of Corporate Espionage or Sabotage...whatever. Well...that's what we all heard. Not sure if it's true or not.

MSI 780i mainboard:

the pic

is that true? if it true that mean it was end of life of nvidia mobo for intel platform...

Wow.Thats why intel chipset mobo rarely seen them in SLi supported mode.Juz Crossfire.

Come on, just reach whatever agreement between them and get it going. Have business together earn( translate in cantonese) haha.

In the end we users get to suffer.eg Intel CPU stability issues on nforce / no SLi forever for intel board.

This post has been edited by Terence573: Dec 5 2007, 09:13 PM

nah dont worry, i bet nvidia will beg for mercy and repent from intel. amen, 780i, sweet jesus in heaven.

Well, considering nVidia's so lazy and incompetent on this model anyway, color me unsurprised.

They were going to just add another chip on a 680i and sell it as a new board.


Oh, and this:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...4/3sli-big-flaw


I'll be laughing at whoever buys this board, for sure. Especially when 790i is coming so soon (not that I think it'll be vastly better, just above mediocre catch-up to X38/48 by then)

nvidia 780i reference board (deign by nvidia)
http://en.expreview.com/?p=93

lets hope that it won' turn up like the unreliable 680's

we should always let sum ppl try out new stuff, cuz normally 1st batch of stuff got high chance to have problems.

That's why smart consumers wait for reviews and price drops.

but most detractor cant deny that
nVidia does make a simple thing exciting
like tri-SLi, the mobo design
even their generic model is better than the lame a$$ design by the bindus-bIntel.

the most exciting 9or rather, exiting) is their "kapak rosak" series
while nVidia churn out stuff, attention whore crave
bragging rights..

Still, NVIDIA fails to deliver ever since NFORCE 5xx series...and it's just coincidence that INTEL produce better products then. If only they would license their SLI to Intel...They would sell more of their graphic cards then...

by then
intel will wh0r3 out the thing that make SLi special
see cross fire..
intel boards can cross fire
but where's the connector

same goes with their chip design
AMD almost kick their tuckus in
and still bIntel refuse to admit slight defeat

then they come out with c2d
touting how much better their chip is
though that is true for now

but what are they doing now?
minimizing the die size, and increasing the fsb/muliplier
back to the speed war

the way i see it, they
always take something and try to milk it dry
start out with pentium 4
then degenerate to almost useless pentium d

start out with c2d
dunno what will that degenerate to.

Maybe you are the supporter of underdogs, or NVIDIA's fan, or AMD.ATI's fan, or Intel hater...whatever that you are, it is clear that Intel is the leader now.

xfx 780i mobo review... not much diff with sli...

http://www.guru3d.com/article/mainboard/482/

This post has been edited by arjuna_mfna: Dec 18 2007, 02:28 AM

from that review it seems like the oc ability is quite impressive for a nvidia chipset..

Impressive, but not worth the change for many. I guess 790i then, eh? (if it even exist)

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Added on December 18, 2007, 10:36 amOh, and that's one great looking motherboard. Love the grunge styling.

This post has been edited by clayclws: Dec 18 2007, 10:36 AM

no full solid caps...?

that was design by nvidia, asus and msi use solid cap...