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XFX nForce 780i SLI Motherboard Review
| Manufacturer: | XFX |
| Product: | XFX 780i SLI Motherboard |
| Date: | Wed, Dec 19, 2007 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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The Test System
The test system was running Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit with all available Microsoft updates including the hotfixes required for enthusiast video cards to run correctly. NVIDIA Forceware 169.25 drivers were used on the XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Alpha Dog XXX Edition graphics card. The XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB was run with default clock and memory settings of 678MHz/1972MHz. All of the motherboards ran the same OZC Reaper X PC2-6400 4GB memory kit at 4-4-4-12 2T timings with 2.1V.
An eVGA 680i SLI T1 motherboard was used with BIOS P31 to compare performance levels between the 680i and 780i chipsets with a dual-core processor. The Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 was used as it is a mainstream processor that is the middle of the road when it comes to price versus performance. To compare future processors we had to change motherboards and use the Gigabyte X38-DQ6 to compare to the 780i as the 680i SLI motherboard does not support 45nm quad-core Yorkfield processors. All three of the test systems were loaded with 4GB of memory and water cooled to ensure throttling of the processor or a memory limitation wouldn't cause any issues.
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Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel Core 2 QX9650 & E6750 |
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Motherboard |
see above
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Memory |
OCZ Reaper X PC2-6400 4GB
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Video Card |
XFX GeForce 8800 GTS 512 |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital SATA Raptor 150GB |
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Cooling |
Corsair Nautilus 500 |
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Power Supply |
Corsair HX620W |
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Monitor |
Soyo 24" Widescreen LCD |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate |
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Now that we know exactly what the test system is, we can move along to performance numbers.
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| Review Index |
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Page 1 - NVIDIA Updates The 680i SLI With a Bridge Chip!
Page 2 - The XFX 780i SLI Motherboard Page 3 - The XFX 780i SLI Bundle Page 4 - General Layout and BIOS Page 5 - The Test System Page 6 - Sandra XII SP1 Page 7 - WinRar v3.71 Page 8 - POV-Ray 3.7 Beta 23 Page 9 - Cinebench R10 Page 10 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Page 11 - Company of Heroes Page 12 - BioShock Page 13 - Call of Duty 4 Page 14 - 3DMark 2006 Page 15 - Overclocking Page 16 - Power Consumption and Conclusion |
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