Andrew_K

Can anyone explain to me why one would choose this board over the Asus Rampage IV Extreme which has already been out for almost 1.5 years? Does this merely compete, or does it go above and beyond?

The RIVE is the shiznit, would be pretty hard to top that board and the X79 Dark doesn't look to do, IMO.

chump7431

zerocool101

Vince Lucido just showed off the x79 Dark on his Facebook page, "Quad SLI Ready"!!

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcd...49548_2097301563_n.jpg

Looks like EVGA changed there cable design on there PSU.  I like the cables on the left better. 

 
I asked Jacob about it and he said Vince sleeved the cables on the left not evga.

chump7431

MSim

chump7431

zerocool101

Vince Lucido just showed off the x79 Dark on his Facebook page, "Quad SLI Ready"!!

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcd...49548_2097301563_n.jpg

Looks like EVGA changed there cable design on there PSU.  I like the cables on the left better. 

I asked Jacob about it and he said Vince sleeved the cables on the left not evga.

That makes sense.  Having all of the single wires running all over the place on a quad sli system would be frustrating. 

 
I can concur...I am using the NEX 1500 with my 7970 x 4 and it's a mess:)  Those sleeves are SWEET.

For overclocking master Vince Lucido 3000 watts is never enough......
 

malice653

Johnny_Utah

chump7431

MSim

chump7431

zerocool101

Vince Lucido just showed off the x79 Dark on his Facebook page, "Quad SLI Ready"!!

Looks like EVGA changed there cable design on there PSU.  I like the cables on the left better. 

I asked Jacob about it and he said Vince sleeved the cables on the left not evga.

That makes sense.  Having all of the single wires running all over the place on a quad sli system would be frustrating. 

I can concur...I am using the NEX 1500 with my 7970 x 4 and it's a mess:)  Those sleeves are SWEET.

I hate to sound ignorant but is 3,000watts of power supply really needed?

malice653 I hate to sound ignorant but is 3,000watts of power supply really needed? 

Nope. The system shouldn't need anywhere close to 3000W.

 
Would love to know release date. I'm still on my X58 & i7-980, but looking at moving to perhaps an i7-3930K.. I won't be buying the EVGA X79 FTW though - way too many issues according to these forums. A couple of days ago I had the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme in my Newegg shopping cart.. was that close to buying it. If the EVGA X79 Dark proves to be a winner, then I'll very likely jump on it.. but heck, if it's going to take months more before it comes out, maybe I should just wait for the next series of Intel CPU, rather than buy a CPU that may soon become EOL?
 
Some 'leaked' info on the Haswell line, predicted in Q2 2013..
http://www.neowin.net/news/intel-next-gen-haswell-cpu-line-up-leaked-core-i7-4770k-the-flagship  
May be worth the wait, as it's a new socket LGA1150.. no 6 cores though, and integrated GPU.
 

rjohnson11

Last rumor I heard was that EVGA hopes the X79 Dark will be ready by the end of the 1st quarter if not sooner. If not by that time then hopefully sometime in the early part of the 2nd quarter. If Jacob has more info than that I'm sure he'll pass it along.

Thanks :)  Hope we hear soon.
Added a link on previous post re Haswell CPU.
 
 

Nereus

 
Would love to know release date. I'm still on my X58 & i7-980, but looking at moving to perhaps an i7-3930K.. I won't be buying the EVGA X79 FTW though - way too many issues according to these forums. A couple of days ago I had the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme in my Newegg shopping cart.. was that close to buying it. If the EVGA X79 Dark proves to be a winner, then I'll very likely jump on it.. but heck, if it's going to take months more before it comes out, maybe I should just wait for the next series of Intel CPU, rather than buy a CPU that may soon become EOL?

Some 'leaked' info on the Haswell line, predicted in Q2 2013..
http://www.neowin.net/news/intel-next-gen-haswell-cpu-line-up-leaked-core-i7-4770k-the-flagship  
May be worth the wait, as it's a new socket LGA1150.. no 6 cores though, and integrated GPU.

I with you Nereus,
I 'm still on my Classy x58 on the 980 too. I'll be updating once the board comes out.

just remember......the 3930k isn't fully gen3 compliant...so watch out. I'm only able to run gen3 because Im running a gtx 690, the pcie controller is built on the card it self. where as with my 680 i'm only able to run gen2.
 
 
I'm give my mb and processor to my brother once the IBE comes out. 

Yah, some people have success with it and some don't. I would get constant crashes trying to run gen3 with my 680.
 
I'll be glad not to worry about that stuff once IBE comes out.

kram36

dustingg

just remember......the 3930k isn't fully gen3 compliant...so watch out. I'm only able to run gen3 because Im running a gtx 690, the pcie controller is built on the card it self. where as with my 680 i'm only able to run gen2.


I'm give my mb and processor to my brother once the IBE comes out. 

I had no issues getting my GTX 680 to run in Gen 3 on my ASUS RIVE with a 3930k.

 
Yeah, no issues on the RIVE and Intel states 8 GT/s is supported on 3930K in the November 2012 updated to their documentation.  Posted this a few threads... probably up above too.  Bottom line is the Intel chips work fine for PCIE 3.0, they just didn't get them certified.
 
Someone will be along soon to tell me I'm wrong.  But it's all good.  It works without issue if you have a decent motherboard.

Mine refuses to boot in PCIe 3.0 I am NOT one of the lucky ones... 

Folks - PCIE 3.0 is USELESS at this point.

rjohnson11
Please explain your logic. Even as far back as December of 2011 enabling PCI-E 3.0 resulted in a 9 percent increase in performance.

http://www.anandtech.com/...e-x79-pcie-30-it-works

ATGSteakHouse

Folks - PCIE 3.0 is USELESS at this point.

 
Here is another good link from a forum member here that shows some very nice gains with quad-sli and surround gaming:
 
http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=1537816

Ah, My Mistake - If you are running Quad GTX 680's then yes this is an issue.