Having only reviewed the Asus Striker II Formula board a couple of months ago, the prospect of reviewing the same board yet again - just with DDR3 slots initially didn't spark much enthusiasm amongst the team here at Overclock3D. After all, the 780i chipset used on the "Formula" was really nothing more than a re-hash of the ageing 680i chipset with a PCI Express 2.0 support stapled to it. Issues such as poor overclocking with Quad-core chips and an insanely hot northbridge still hadn't been resolved and overall we left the review feeling a little short changed. However, in much the same way as the recently reviewed Asus P5E3 Premium got a spangly new X48 chipset (much to the envy of it's elder P5E3 Deluxe brother), the Striker II Extreme has also undergone a chipset upgrade, and is now kitted out with the greatly anticipated 790i SLI Ultra.
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Review: OC3D
Mar 18, 2008, 05:30 PM
