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   I know the big difference from the two MB's   780i "vs" 680i

that the nVidia 780i is able to support the new Cpu's coming out,... 

I did a side by side comparison and thats the big thing besides nVidia's ESA and a couple other small details..  

I also saw a forum  and a computor website where a review was done about the 780i board,  and overall it was given high praise's,, it was well noted that the reviewers where not as happy with the overclocking on the nvidia 780i  when compared to the nVidia 680i..

they seemed to point to the BIOS for the overclocking essentials and they noted that the 680i was better in that area,, 

So then my first question is this,,   is the 680i MB better than the new 780i  because of the lack of overclocking for the 780i,,, or has that issues been resolved,,, and if not,, is that a issue that could be resovled with new BIOS upgrades when and if aval ?  and on that note,, are both boards using same BIOS vendor ?

Im trying to decide if the new 780i is worth the money just so can upgrade the Cpu later, but kinda worthless in means of getting good results when trying to overclock..   thanks in advance for response!!

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Wendy Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Quote Reply Topic: MB question Posted: 24 Jan 2008 at 2:07am
	I know the big difference from the two MB's 780i "vs" 680i that the nVidia 780i is able to support the new Cpu's coming out,... I did a side by side comparison and thats the big thing besides nVidia's ESA and a couple other small details.. I also saw a forum and a computor website where a review was done about the 780i board, and overall it was given high praise's,, it was well noted that the reviewers where not as happy with the overclocking on the nvidia 780i when compared to the nVidia 680i.. they seemed to point to the BIOS for the overclocking essentials and they noted that the 680i was better in that area,, So then my first question is this,, is the 680i MB better than the new 780i because of the lack of overclocking for the 780i,,, or has that issues been resolved,,, and if not,, is that a issue that could be resovled with new BIOS upgrades when and if aval ? and on that note,, are both boards using same BIOS vendor ? Im trying to decide if the new 780i is worth the money just so can upgrade the Cpu later, but kinda worthless in means of getting good results when trying to overclock.. thanks in advance for response!!

skyR Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Digital Storm Apprentice Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2220	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Jan 2008 at 8:41am
	the 780i and 680i should have the same overclocking capabilities. and what is good results for you... reviewers tend to raise the FSB to 500+ ...
	The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star.

jimbo Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 30 Aug 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jan 2008 at 9:49pm
	Interesting about the 780i. One thing they (reviews etc) seem to say is its ability for PCI 2.0. This brings up a question about the video cards. the 8800 ULTRA does not support 2.0 but the 8800GT/GTS does. Have you seen any benchmarks concerning this?
	Life's too short

Tyler Lowe Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 14 May 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jan 2008 at 11:06pm
	You can check out Tom's Hardware. They did a story on this maybe a week ago. There really isn't much difference between 1.1 and 2.0 in terms of performance on today's cards. I'm beginning to think by the time it matters, PCI-e 3.0 will be out.

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