[kikicoco1334]

omg! you guys are awesome! i turned off the vdrop (with out vdrop) and all the spread spectrums and it's stable now! very stable!
just got done with super pi 32m and 0.15.08.513 with no prob

just real quick what is vdrop? i thought it's that so your computer will not over voltage when it's turned on and help you overclock < that's what evga's offical said (can't remember where in evga)
and also what is that hmmm... can't remember what was i gonna say anymore i'll add it when i do
thx
gonna post my new thing on hwbot now =)

[kikicoco1334]

oh yeah! i was posting on hwbot an remembered that why is there not very many people using 780i FTW overclocking and hit the cups vs. using the normal 780i and get more cups?
http://hwbot.org/hardware/chipset/nforce_780i_sli
shouldn't 780i FTW supose be the awesome awesome overclocking board in the 780i's go to list?

[Kal-EL]

vdrop is the sag in voltages from what you set in the bios to what you get in windows. Without vdrop removes the sag.

780i , 780i ftw, all of them 780i's were sketchy unless you were lucky and had a good board.

[ReverendMaynard]

isn't there a pencil mod out there that helps even more than the bios compensation?



take the resistance from 100k to 10k, just like the 680i's.

[FACE]

On the FTW version you can do that digitally..... Pencil's for version like mine (A1)

[ReverendMaynard]

roger that.

[kikicoco1334]

i see, but why is there so little people overclock with the 780i ftw or get a good result with it?

[FACE]

Imo, the FTW version came right around the time most people got sick of the 780i in general. Many rma's came for that board for many reasons. Another reason was the price.... If I was going to pay that much for it when it came out, I might as well go ahead and grab a 790i.

[kikicoco1334]

Originally Posted by FACE411

Imo, the FTW version came right around the time most people got sick of the 780i in general. Many rma's came for that board for many reasons. Another reason was the price.... If I was going to pay that much for it when it came out, I might as well go ahead and grab a 790i.

i see makes perfect sense..
when i got my 780i ftw it was on ebay for one and two it has a broken sata port so the dude was like free shipping and $68 something like that =)

but what's so bad about the 780i or even the 680i?
some of my friends are using the 680i it looks fine to me...

[FACE]

The main problem I see with most 780's is a weak-ass mem controller. Also, the chips can be real volt-pigs. Tbh I liked mine, and have had issues, but nothing major during its punishment. I was one of the lucky ones though.

The nb on mine has a bad heat issue now and gets unstable above stock... Hopefully going extreme on it will give me one last run before she dies completely and is off to rma land.

The 680's have stronger mem controllers. The 780's have tri-sli support. Other than that the boards are basically the same.