Today we have in our hands what is easily the most lethal SLI platform yet, as we bring you the ASUS Striker II Extreme motherboard, based on the new Nvidia nForce 790i Ultra SLI chipset.
Unlike the previous generation 780i, this new chipset has been completely redesigned to properly accommodate technologies such as PCI Express 2.0 and Triple-SLI. The nForce 790i adopts Nvidia's C73 north bridge and MCP55 south bridge, giving it proper 1600MHz FSB support for the latest Intel 45nm processors.
There is however one chink in the Striker II Extreme's armor, and that is its exclusive support for DDR3 memory. While this could be seen as both a positive or negative feature, at least for now we feel most consumers will look at this as a drawback. Currently DDR3-1333 costs roughly four times more than DDR2-800 memory, while offering next to none performance advantages. It is not until frequencies of 1600+ MHz are reached that DDR3 begins to come into its own.
View: ASUS Striker II Extreme (nForce 790i Ultra SLI) motherboard review @ TechSpot
Unlike the previous generation 780i, this new chipset has been completely redesigned to properly accommodate technologies such as PCI Express 2.0 and Triple-SLI. The nForce 790i adopts Nvidia's C73 north bridge and MCP55 south bridge, giving it proper 1600MHz FSB support for the latest Intel 45nm processors.
There is however one chink in the Striker II Extreme's armor, and that is its exclusive support for DDR3 memory. While this could be seen as both a positive or negative feature, at least for now we feel most consumers will look at this as a drawback. Currently DDR3-1333 costs roughly four times more than DDR2-800 memory, while offering next to none performance advantages. It is not until frequencies of 1600+ MHz are reached that DDR3 begins to come into its own.
View: ASUS Striker II Extreme (nForce 790i Ultra SLI) motherboard review @ TechSpot
Thats exactly why....
is there any information on why they suck, and whats wrong with them?
is there any information on why they suck, and whats wrong with them?
Anyway dont be scarred to get the boards anyway. I hear they have a bit of stability issues and dont clock as well but if your going to go SLI youll be getting benefits from that which will likely outweight and overclocking restrictions by a large margin. I also doubt they are THAT unstable or noone would buy them at all. Considering the sort of sites I go to which are pretty enthusiast driven, it's likely the issues there arent the same most ppl would experience given that 85% of ppl have no intention to overclock ect.
so with that in mind, thats why my preference is Intel, namely I want to overclock but dont want SLI. If I thought SLI was for me believe me I'd be happy enough to get an NVIdia chipset.
You definitely do NOT get what you pay for. Your much better off going with a cheaper less expensive board. They can overclock just as easily as any overpriced board can.
The Asus boards are also killing many peoples memory. Read the forums if you don't believe me.
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