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Since the XFX nForce 790i Ultra is supplied as a complete unit by Nvidia, it makes sense that the company also provides Nvidia’s reference overclocking software. This is more than the basic nTune package, however, as Nvidia Control Panel 6.00 Beta seeks to integrate additional functions.
CPU overclocking controls are fairly useless at this point, locking up the system with anything more than the slightest change. Adjusting the core voltage might have helped, except that this function is not yet, well, functional.
More extensive adjustments could be made under the Motherboard menu, if the settings were all functional. None of the voltage menus work with Nvidia’s own motherboard, though, so we hold out little hope for other 790i series models until major improvements have been made to the program.
Memory controls again look adequate, at a glance, but don’t work.
Nvidia Control Panel also supports automatic driver updates.
| Documentation & Software | User’s Manual |
| Quick Installation Guide | |
| Promo Door Tag | |
| Motherboard Driver DVD (Windows XP, Vista) | |
| Hardware | 1x Auxiliary Chipset Fan |
| 1x SLI 3-Way Bridge | |
| 1x SLI 2-Way Bridge | |
| 6x SATA Data Cable | |
| 4x 4-pin to SATA Power Adapter (2-device) | |
| 1x 80-conductor Ultra ATA cable, Round | |
| 1x Floppy cable, Round | |
| 1x USB Break-Out Plate (4-ports) | |
| 1x IEEE-1394 Break-Out Plate (1-port) | |
| 1x I/O Panel Shield |
All Nvidia-supplied 790i Ultra SLI motherboards include the same chipset cooling fan plus 3-way and 2-way SLI bridges. XFX adds a good cable kit and even a “Do Not Disturb” sign for your game room door.
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I must say the mystery motherboard sounds alot like the foxconn blackops which has already been reviewed by custom pc which is in the shops so i would say if it is that then you should be safe to give the name, but I may be completely wrong
ALERT: The battleship is sinking. Foxconn take off their d*e*u*h*n*u*h* ... oops... site off for more than a week so something was to be awaited. Really bad thing at all 'cause evgas FTW will end in WTF again with nice corruption issues. But at least nehalem is in sight, so far we've to submerge and play submarine, sorry shamino can't refrain. ^^
#1. The Foxconn BlackOPs is an X48 board.. not a 790i... the Dreadnaught is the 790i Quantum Force board.
#2. Foxconn have announced they're dropping their 790i boards due to quality control issues in the Nvidia chipset...
[quote]Asus adds power and reset buttons to the lower edge of its Striker II Extreme, along with a switch that enables or disables a rear panel CLR_CMOS button. The firm continues to ignore the fact that front-panel switch connectors have been standardized for several years, and instead uses its own layout./[quote]
uhm lets see maybe they've put those switches on the motherboard because there are people that want to run their system on a testbench before putting it in a case...
so then those switches are pretty convenient aren't they? no more shorting pins with a screwdriver...