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Old 10-17-09   #1 (permalink)
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Cool SLI comparison between 790i Ultra and Rampage Extreme

Since there´s a SLI hack that make it possible to run SLI on a non Nvidia chipset board (such as P35, P45, X38 and X48 for an example) I thought it might be interesting to see if there´s any different between a native SLI board and a SLI hacked board.

The choice fell on the 790i Ultra and the Rampage Extreme.


Test setup

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Motherboard:	XFX 790i Ultra / Asus Rampage Rampage
Chipset Driver:	15.51 / 9.1.1.1020
CPU:		E8600
Memory:		2x2 OCZ Platinum LV PC3-12800 1600C7
Videocards:	XFX 9800GTX Black Edition
Video Driver:	191.07
Hard Disk:	WD Caviar Black 500Gb
Monitor:  	Samsung Syncmaster 2243BW @ 1680x1050
OS:		Windows 7 RC 64-bit

The speed for the CPU and memory was set as followed

790i Ultra 400 x 10 4,0GHz / 1600 777 21 1T tRC 30
Rampage Extreme 400 x 10 4,0GHz / 1600 777 21 1N tRD 5 Strong (strap 200)


Let the test start

790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


790i Ultra


Rampage Extreme


Okey, that was it guys, not much of a different, I call it a draw, what´s your opinion.


Anyone interested in how to activating NVIDIA SLI on their board, here´s how to do it, Activating NVIDIA SLI on all motherboards, detailed HOW-TO
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Asus Rampage Extreme 0403/1104 / E8600 / 4x1 Corsair Dominator PC-14400 1800C7 (Micron D9GTR) / EVGA GTX 285 FTW / Windows 7 RC 64-Bit

System: Gaming Rig
CPU
Q9650 @ 4050 9 x 450
Motherboard
ASUS Rampage Formula BIOS 0902
Memory
2x2 OCZ Blade LV PC-9600 @ 1200 555 15 Strong tRD6
Graphics Card
Sapphire HD4890 Vapor-X in CrossFireX
Hard Drive
WD Raptor 150Gb
Sound Card
Supreme FX II
Power Supply
Thermaltake Toughpower 1200W
Case
Antec 1200
CPU cooling
Watercooling
GPU cooling
Stock
OS
XP SP2 32-bit / Win 7 RC 64-bit
Monitor
Samsung 2243BW @ 1680x1050

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Excellent write up. I wonder if there would be more of a difference in TRI-SLI. We need more excellent write ups like this to make sure this trend is consistent.

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