nForce® 7 series

XFX NVIDIA nForce® 700i Series motherboards are the ultimate platform for your gaming experience. Created specifically for ESA-certified components for unparalleled system tuning and performance optimization, the 7 Series MOBOS support 2-way, 3-way and Quad SLI® technology. These MOBOs also deliver world-class DirectX® gaming experiences when paired with XFX GeForce® GPUs.


XFX NVIDIA nForce 7 Series motherboards offer:
• A variety of “fastests” based on platforms. For example, the 790i Ultra SLI is the fastest, most overclockable platform for 1600 MHz CPUs
• World record-setting DDR3 memory speeds (790i Ultra)
• Unmatched DirectX® 10 gaming for 2-way, 3-way and Quad SLI technology (790i SLI)
• The highest performance DDR2 gaming platform and unmatched DirectX® 10 gaming (780i SLI)
SPECIFICATIONS

PCI Express 2.0 Designed to support the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow's most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing 5 GT/s of bandwidth (twice that of first generation PCI Express). PCI Express 2.0 motherboards are fully backwards compatible with existing PCI Express products for broad support of PC peripherals.	√
Intel Designed for Intel based processors.	√
ESA-Certified Provides real-time and complete PC performance management. Tested by a comprehensive certification program for system compatibility and reliability, ESA-certified components and applications bring you unprecedented control to manage and tune thermal, electrical, acoustic and operating characteristics to maximize your PC’s performance.	√
Comprehensive Overclocking Tools Award-winning NVIDIA overclocking tools provide a complete kit of tools giving everyone from the most veteran enthusiast to the novice overclocker the ability to unleash the hardware in their PC.	√
SATA/PATA Drive Support Combine up to 12 SATA drives into 2-4 volumes for bigger, faster RAID. More drives mean more configuration options such as 2x RAID 0 for boot partition, 2x RAID 0 for enhanced gaming, 4x RAID 5 for multimedia applications, and 4x RAID5 for media data storage. Take advantage of the latest SATA 3Gb/s hard drives with full support for hot plugging and native and tagged command queuing which can provide higher disk performance in a multi-threaded environment by performing out-of-order disk accesses.	√
NVIDIA MediaShieldTM RAID Suite of features that safeguards your most important digital media assets; always reliable, scalable, and accessible. Includes support for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 configurations and up to six SATA 3Gb/s drives.	√
Vista Ready NVIDIA nForce-based motherboards are perfect for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ when coupled with an NVIDIA GeForce® GPU and 512MB of system memory.	√
High Definition Audio (HDA) High definition audio brings consumer electronics quality sound to the PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels. Using HDA, systems can deliver 192 kHz/32-bit quality for eight channels, supporting new audio formats.	√
Networking with NVIDIA nForce NVIDIA networking delivers the highest network throughput at the lowest CPU utilization. The manageable and stable NVIDIA networking solution results in better networking management and a lower total cost of ownership. Only NVIDIA integrates this level of networking allowing you to take your online experience to the next level.	√
USB 2.0 A standard plug-and-play interface that provides easy-to-use connectivity for USB devices. Supports up to 10 USB 1.1 / 2.0 ports.	√
Onboard GeForce Graphics N/A	7050, 7100, 7150, 8200, 9300, Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
Hybrid Power N/A	√
Hybrid SLI N/A	√
NVIDIA Control Panel NVIDIA Control Panel allows you to take full advantage of ESA. Easily adjust PC characteristics for maximum performance. Features NVIDIA System Monitor, so you can seamlessly monitor characteristics in an intuitive and customizable 3D environment.	√
NVIDIA System Monitor A new 3D application for seamless monitoring of PC component characteristics. Its unique and intuitive architecture is the ultimate foundation for delivering optimized system, thermal, and acoustic performance of your NVIDIA nForce based PC and ESA certified components.	√
NVIDIA nTune Now with access to more settings from this Windows-based utility, the NVIDIA nTune performance manager allows automatic tuning for optimal performance. Once configured and customized, nTune automatically chooses the right system settings for the application that is being run based on your saved profiles and personal rules.	√
NV BIOS NV BIOS delivers easy-to-use tuning to let you have full control over your hardware including processor voltage tables and memory drive strengths.	√
Multiple Disk Setup Through a simple wizard-based interface, you can effortlessly set up your drives for better data protection, faster disk access, or maximum storage capacity. MediaShield automatically selects RAID 0, 1, 0+1 or 5 configuration according to your needs. Advanced users can access RAID options directly.	√
DiskAlert System In the event of a disk failure, MediaShield users see a real-time image of the motherboard that highlights which hard drive has failed, making it easier to identify, replace, and recover.	√
RAID Morphing MediaShield allows users to change their current RAID set-up to another configuration in a one-step process called morphing. This eliminates the need to back up data and complex, multi-step processes.	√
Bootable Multidisk Array MediaShield storage fully supports the use of multi-disk array for loading the operating system at power-up.	√
NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet Connections The industry's fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency and performance.	√
NVIDIA FirstPacketTM Technology Be the 'King of Ping' with NVIDIA FirstPacket technology. Get the crystal-clear phone conversations and online gaming performance you expect. NVIDIA FirstPacket technology assures your game data, VoIP conversations, and large file transfers are delivered according to preferences set by you in an intuitive wizard.	√
TCP/IP Acceleration Delivers the highest system performance by offloading CPU-intensive packet filtering tasks in hardware, providing users with a PC networking environment that is faster.	√
EPP 1.0 nForce 680i SLI MCP and nForce 680i LT SLI MCP automatically increases bandwidth when select SLI Certified memory modules are detected.	√
EPP 2.0 nForce 780i SLI MCP and nForce 780i LT SLI MCP automatically increases bandwidth when select SLI Certified memory modules are detected.	√

REVIEWS

XFX nForce 750a SLI Product Review

Bjorn3D.com

We have already seen the NVIDIA 750a consumes less power than the AMD 790FX but the story gets even better when we enabled the Hybrid SLI. With Hybrid SLI set in the Power Saver mode, we are able to reduce power consumption of the system to 110W idle and 145W load. If we also turn on the Cool and Quiet, we can further reduce the system power usage to as low as 95W idle. This is 45W less than with the Hybrid SLI set in the performance mode (or 50W when we compare the system with Cool and Quiet enabled). The power saving is simply amazing.

I see this board can be a good choice for those who wish to use a PC for both HTPC and for gaming. The integrated GPU will serve the HTPC function and the discrete GPU can provide the needed power for gaming. With the ability to shut off the discrete graphic, users would be able to reduce the power loads and have near silent operation since they would have the ability to completely turn off the discrete GPU.

XFX nForce 790i Ultra: Fit Every Possible Expansion Option

TweakTown Must Have - Best Features

One thing is for sure, NVIDIA has done a fantastic job on its reference design. Not only have they managed to fit just about every possible expansion option into their boards, but 3-Way SLI is standard, it overclocks quite well and it supports the latest generation of CPUs.

XFX has gone for an extremely well rounded cable setup. For the mass storage controllers; out of the seven SATA ports the board is equipped with, six data cables are provided. A single IDE cable with two drive support and one FDD cable make up the data portion. For power adapters, there are three molex to 2-port SATA power cables, giving you a total of six drives supported out of the box. Great work XFX.

XFX nForce 790i Ultra: A Usual Top Product

Digit-Life

if we take into account only functionality of the motherboard, without its supposedly excellent overclocking potential, we should admit that it's a usual top product, nothing more. A number of solutions (POST controller with a display, chipset cooling system) detach this reference motherboard on nForce 790i Ultra SLI from the usual products. General performance: Very good.