NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI Ultra and GeForce 9800 GX2

Name: NVIDIA nForce 790i SLI Ultra and GeForce 9800 GX2 - Page 10
Brand: NVIDIA

by Marco Chiappetta — Tuesday, March 18, 2008, 08:00 AM EDT

We ran a handful of NVIDIA and Intel-based platforms, including the new nForce 790i SLI Ultra, through Futuremark’s latest system performance metric built especially for Windows Vista, PCMark Vantage. PCMark Vantage runs through a host of different usage scenarios to simulate different types of workload including High Definition TV and movie playback and manipulation, gaming, image editing and manipulation, music compression, communications, and productivity. Most of the tests are multi-threaded as well, so the tests can exploit the additional resources offered by a quad-core CPU.

Futuremark PCMark Vantage

Simulated Application Performance

Looking at the individual PCMark Vantage benchmark results, its clear that the nForce 790i SLI Ultra is a high-performing chipset. In all but one test (Communications), the new nForce- 790i SLI Ultra based motherboard from EVGA and ASUS performed at, or near, the head of the pack. The gaming, memories, an productivity tests in particular paint the nForce 790i SLI Ultra in a very positive light. So far, those bandwidth and latency advantages seem to be paying dividends.

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com