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In the first part of our article we'll be working with some really good high-frequency memory from Corsair. This is EPP memory (SLI-Ready).
The CM2X1024-8500C5 memory can handle a clock frequency of 1066 MHz with 5-5-5-15 timings, which obviously are slightly slower than common timings compared to low latency memory at 677 or 800 MHz. This memory impressed me extremely. You'll see the results later on in our benchmark suite as we'll thoroughly test this.
We'll also have a look at another set of Corsair memory, the 6400C4 memory low-latency 2GB kit (no photo's as that kit arrived hours ago).
The good people from Zalman supplied this new CNPS9500 AM2 cooler. It impressed the living daylights out of me. Really quiet, really funky design and hey .. it really cooled down the CPU fantastically. We are doing 400 MHz overclocks with this cooler on AMD processors with ~60 degree C temperatures. We'll show you all that in a bit.
In this article we'll cover all that you need to know about the nForce 790i Ultra SLI. This is the mainboard that applies to you guys. We'll do the review in Guru style. Meaning the real hands-on experience combined with all data you like to learn, gamers style. Obviously we'll test and compare a little as well. But first let me show you the technical specifications of the NVIDIA nForce 790i Ultra SLI before we attack it with red peppers and drive it to the extreme. NVIDIA made sure that the nForce 790 series is one of the if not the best overclocking platform available. But you will pay top dollar for it, yet by overclocking you will gain that invested revenue back, that's a guarantee.
NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI review - XFX
The industry has been moving forward and we now see slow adoption of PCIe 2.0, new Intel Penryn (45nm) Core 2 processors are close to it's release and then of course the launch of NVIDIA's 3-way SLI last week which for 780i meant adoption of (3x) 16x PCIe slots. Time for the good old nForce68-i to get an upgrade to the all new nForce 780i.
NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI Intel preview
Reason enough for NVIDIA to release the nForce 500 series for Intel's processors (Core 2 Duo as well). Today we'll be taking a brief look at the reference NVIDIA NFORCE 590 SLI mainboard. It by all means is test done with a reference board that is not 100% finished and unfortunately we did not receive a final product from a board partner like ASUS. Nonetheless .. even with this very Beta reference mainboard I was shocked by the combination of Conroe and NFORCE 590 SLI for Intel, in very positive way I must add.
NVIDIA nForce 590 + AMD FX-62
In this article will specifically test the NFORCE 590 SLI platform, yet obviously we'll also have a brief look at the entire NVIDIA NFORCE 500 series of chipsets. We also look at the New AMD64 Athlon FX 62 processor and this'll also be a meory review with Two Corsair DDR2 1066 MHz memory kist that have (Sli Ready) EPP functionality.