MB upgraqde?

[Duke{CLR}]

I just got this Email from EVGA. It seem like a reasonable deal. Any thoughts guys?




EVGA is proud to announce the 680i Motherboard Upgrade Promotion.
EVGA is offering a special (1) one time upgrade promotional program
to all of its
(122-CK-NF68-XX)* registered customers. This program is for a limited
time and will run for 60 days. (122-CK-NF68-XX)* customers will be
able to upgrade to the 780i
(132-CK-NF78-XX) motherboard for a one time fee of $89.99 USD or ?79.
99.

What do you get for the $89.99 (?79.99)?
? New EVGA 780i Motherboard (132-CK-NF78-XX)
? 3 Way SLI Bridge ($20 USD ?14 Value)
? Free Ground Shipping** ($10 USD ?7 Value)
? PCI-E 2.0 Slots
? 3 x16 PCI-E Slots
? ESA Certified Platform
? New Upgrade Warranty (?A1 Limited Lifetime / -T1 2 Year Limited
Warranty)

All products must be registered (http://www.evga.com/myEVGA/)
You will need to send in your EVGA 680i Motherboard once you have
been approved for this promotion.

Please visit our website at: http://www.evga.com/680iupgrade/ and
then log in to see this upgrade offer.

Thank you,
EVGA Marketing

[Dead...Again]

Sounds like a deal to me, as it should be more future-proof. Does the 780i use DDR2 or DDR3?

[juneau]

Go for it! No offence but the 650/680 boards were never that great. But the 780 seems to be getting some very very good reviews. Plus it costs an absolute fortune.

[Duke{CLR}]

Go for it! No offence but the 650/680 boards were never that great. But the 780 seems to be getting some very very good reviews. Plus it costs an absolute fortune.

Now have the reviews been about the 790 or the 780?

[random_id]

Here's a review:
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/13790

[BenKenobi]

duke you know I have a 680i but I didnt get an email !!

[ChrisWW11]

tri sli sounds pretty sick. Alienware has already began the configuration with tri sli also.

[Duke{CLR}]

duke you know I have a 680i but I didnt get an email !!

It's open to everyone. Go the the EVGA page and there is a link for it. The big thing is that you must have registered your board.

[BenKenobi]

nevermind, I hadn't registered it. I dont wanna have to open it up and look take it all out just to look at the serial number yet lol what a pain

[BenKenobi]

By the way, I'm probably going to do this as I've always had problems with the board (ps2/keyboard problems) so yeah... brand spankin new board for 90 bucks im game

[darth_nevus]

go for it. i'd buy that!

[Duke{CLR}]

The review wasn't all that great it seems that it performs on par with the 680 on a lot of the tests. So it looks like I would get PCI 2.0, 45nm support and a 3rd PCI slot (which I wouldn't use.) For $90.00. I have been wanting to RMA my board for the changes that will allow me to go quad core so maybe I will just do this instead.

Here is an image of two spec sheets side by side for those who may be interested.

[darth_nevus]

The review wasn't all that great it seems that it performs on par with the 680 on a lot of the tests. So it looks like I would get PCI 2.0, 45nm support and a 3rd PCI slot (which I wouldn't use.) For $90.00. I have been wanting to RMA my board for the changes that will allow me to go quad core so maybe I will just do this instead.

Here is an image of two spec sheets side by side for those who may be interested.

actually, the native 1333MHZ fsb would be the key selling point for me. the new chips would run alot better, than having to hodge podge the bios to get them to work right. besides, its an upgrade path. but its a fair amount of work as well.

[BenKenobi]

Yeah looks to me like they just slapped on another slot and the new proccessor support methinks

[darth_nevus]

i'm pretty sure there more to it than that. firt off i believe its 65nm process, unlike tghe 680i that i swear is done on the 90nm process.