DFi LANParty NF4 released today

[HermS]

DFi announced the arrival of the Lanparty NF4's today:-

Press Release (http://www.dfi.com.tw/Press/press_header_content_us.jsp?PAGE_TYPE=US&TITLE_ID=4839&LINKED_URL=arch343.jsp&SITE=UK)

Lots of nice touches as usual, glad to see the return of CMOS reloaded, Heatsinks on mosfets also make an appearance and plenty of voltage options as we've come to expect from DFi.

Lets hope its as good as we've anticipated. :slobber:

[L0$t Pr0PhEt]

Looks like a very nice mobo but I would be more happy with a nF3 DFI board.

[Kanavit]

DFI has really been coming on lately. but whats with all the yellow dimms? it looks kinda weird.

[situman]

now if only Ati would turn their new vaporwares into real vidcards, I would have myself a new system.

[mcnbns]

For the overclocking minded enthusiasts, both motherboards now support memory voltage from 2.5V to 4.0V, CPU core voltage up to 2.1V, chipset voltage from 1.5V to 1.8V, HTT ranging from 1.2 to 1.5, adjustable multiplier control up to 20x and a large range of Async settings.
:slobber:

[$0m#0n#]

Now just know where 2 buy it :)

[buff]

freakish......I wish I had the funds to buy a PCI-E setup now..........

awell.......guess I'll just buy a 7.62 rifle :P

[ugp]

DFI is going to dominate all!

[jumanji969]

WOW 2.5-4v memory voltage.

[Ref]

This is Xtreme :slobber:

[cpulloverclock]

I hope there will be a vdimm mod for 4.2-4.5v :)

[$0m#0n#]

I hope there will be a vdimm mod for 4.2-4.5v :)
why just 4.2-4.5V :confused: , u use +5V line for ur mem man :D

[Klisp]

Now just know where 2 buy it :)
I'm wondering the same thing.

[kayl]

hehehe
now thats got to hurt 5VVVVVVVVV's

[n00by]

939+PCI... urgh.... What about a mobo with all those goodies but on a 754 for the lil guys? Cmon DFI!

[trans am]

939+PCI... urgh.... What about a mobo with all those goodies but on a 754 for the lil guys? Cmon DFI!


I think it's called the Lanparty-UT nf3 250GB or something like that. ;)

[thephenom]

lol

They used the same pic for the SLi board and the Ultra board.

Seems like I need to ditch my 754 soon.

[situman]

Please lets not talk about ditching setups when I got a piss poor IC7 and a 3.0c@3.9 that cant outperform a stock 64 3200+

[situman]

I wonder if there are less obvious structural differences between SLI and non-SLI? Will the Non-SLi be LESS robust than SLI boards? Wonder whats teh overclocking differences between the two. If both models are built to the same tolerances, then the Non-SLI board should theoretically overclock higher and be more stable since theres one less vidcard sucking the life out of its components. Someone get both models and test out the max overclocks please!!! :P

[_Eduard_]

Everyone is going "wow" at those voltages and stuff as if it is something new...

Lol it has been around already for a long time on the DFI UT NF3 250Gb, it's now just available for s939 and PCI-E. And yes DFI IS dominating both sockets now!!!!

[Klisp]

Seems like I need to ditch my 754 soon.
Same here bro. ;)

[xgman]

DFI USA says most likely start shipping to resellers next week.

[thephenom]

Everyone is going "wow" at those voltages and stuff as if it is something new...

Lol it has been around already for a long time on the DFI UT NF3 250Gb, it's now just available for s939 and PCI-E. And yes DFI IS dominating both sockets now!!!!
But having 4v vdimm is certainly new without any mods. The DFI UT can have 4v vdimm, but only if you run your 3.3v rail at 4.2v which I don't think a lot of people do.

[_Eduard_]

yes that's true, however I can do up to 3.7v vdimm without ANY mods. And I'm also a bit concerned about running the RAM of the 5v line, because that means there is hardly any load on the PSU's 3.3v line and a huge load (everything else except 12v) on the 5v line. I wonder if the average psu can take that... I'm even having my doubts about the high-end psu's.

average 3.3v rail = 28a
lets say that half of that goes to the RAM (I think more but ok)
that means 3.3x14 = 50 watt extra load on the 5v rail
50w / 5v = 10 amps extra needed on the 5v rail. I haven't seen psu's yet with 50 amps or so on the 5v rail, have you?

[Kobalt]

There is already a thread about this created 2 days ago.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49361

[D_o_S]

DFI Lanparty nF4 thread:

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=656618#post656618

[Supertim0r]

can't wait

[Michael]

Needs more nForce3 loving. :(

[drunkenmaster]

well, ram doesn't use that much ampage at all, afaik, either way, if it runs off 5v rail(which other boards have done many times anyway). more other stuff will be running off 3.3v rather than 5v. Also, pci-e boards have 24pin connector with extra 3.3v rail, which i think helps power the pci-e slots extra power.

the none sli board pic is diff, 4 less sata ports. but its still dual lan, still sli, seems silly that assuming its quite a bit diff only thing missing is the 4 sata ports. especially as the connectors probo cost $2 if that, and the phy chip to let them run is probo $5.

[komer]

whats the diferents of SLi-DR and ultra-D?

[Doumz]

Sli,u have the choice to run pci-e in 16 or 8-8


Ultra,u can only run it in 16-2

Sli still can be runned,but the second card may lack bandwidth

[komer]

whats better then?

[eclypse]

DR is the top board in the series.

[Doumz]

well Sli is better,since u decide how u run your pci-e line

With sli,u can run 1 card at 16x or 2 card at 8x each

With Ultra,u can run 1 card at 16x,or 2 card,1 16x,1 2x


It's better to have the same speed of pci-e when using 2 card,since both are suppose to work as much as the other.

[winston]

well Sli is better,since u decide how u run your pci-e line

With sli,u can run 1 card at 16x or 2 card at 8x each

With Ultra,u can run 1 card at 16x,or 2 card,1 16x,1 2x


It's better to have the same speed of pci-e when using 2 card,since both are suppose to work as much as the other.

Better providing you plan on using SLI i guess then?

Otherwise the Ultra will perform just as well using 1 pci-e card for less bucks?

[Doumz]

Well,it's obvious the Sli chipset will be better for Sli ^^

for 1 card only,ultra will be the same,16x for Sli vs 16x for Ultra

[Kunaak]

jesus...

with a board like that, I may finally get a board, I don't need to mod.
lets just hope the voltage range stays in the final product bios.

[situman]

word, lets hope the final product meets expectations.

[situman]

Im glad winbond chips are once again useful after MSI boards shunted them.

[Kunaak]

wouldn't that be the ultimate irony if this board didn't like BH5?

3 volts for TCCD stuff is nearly useless... 4 is just pointless.
if this board didn't like BH5, that would just be kinda funny.

[situman]

yup total waste of money unless we get some VX. But then again, there has been benchmarks with BH-5 so its cool i hope.

[STEvil]

-snip-I haven't seen psu's yet with 50 amps or so on the 5v rail, have you?

I own two.

[shadowing]

Wow. Extreme voltages. Now I only wonder if there'll be a lot of voltage mods for this...

[Skip]

why would there need to be voltage mods if everything that would need to be modded already supplies the volts.

[shadowing]

well... by voltage mods, i mean mods that can actually help the cpu be stable undergoing a harsh overclocking.

[gclg2000]

here's my $0.02....

DFI used to mean DONT :banana::banana::banana::banana:ING INSTALL....and i'll admit, there boards used to suck the big one.

But they have redeemed themselves with this lanparty series and better prodcut over last couple years. I'm sure they haven't just watched all these other buggy 939 boards with no notice...They know what "we" want in a board, and this is there biggest chance ever to shine.....they better not "F" it up, is what i would be thinking they are thinking. I'm buying one as soon as i can get my little hands on one.

[eva2000]

wouldn't that be the ultimate irony if this board didn't like BH5?

3 volts for TCCD stuff is nearly useless... 4 is just pointless.
if this board didn't like BH5, that would just be kinda funny.
noooooooo don't say that!

[empyrean]

I'm definitely going to be trying to save up for this board... or I'll pick up a 939/754 board+CPU when people start selling off so THEY can buy this board. :)

[jinu117]

After a little joyful venture with A8N Sli and few death of MSI K8N Neo2 (these boards have tendency to kill themselves over time... strange stuff... I think rookie can confirm that... I finally ran out of my backup K8N neo2 today and switched to giga K8NS Ultra and it is working better than I thought... better than Neo2 with F5 bios)...
I will wait for you guys to give harsh judgemental knock on the DFI board with all compatibility listings filed up :) Taking backseat driver posture this time :) BTW, if any of you guys know how much heat SLI puts in entire system... some of you might just cringe. (well at least in all air cooling situation... that is like over 300W heater inside your case with decent oc'ing instead of typical 200W or so)

[Skip]

damn, hopefully my 5300btu chiller will be able to chill an entire SLI system, except maybe no northbridge, i'll let that neat little levitating fan do that.

[MrQ3W]

_Eduard_: perhaps during 100% load on all components, but that is not possible. Though it will require a good psu, I don't think it will be much more demanding. Your estimates are waay out there so be calm, it will work DFI would not build something that doesn't work good. ;)

[jinu117]

My estiamtes are actually conservative in heat output. I know when I push my CPU, it probably is pumping well over 150W all alone itself. I would expect most air guys here to pump easy 100-110W on CPU alone. Add 80-100W each GPU (not just core but memory as well) and we will see nice heater. My case has decent airflow (above average but not something like delta guys) but when I opened case up after doing some gaming on air setup (pretty much all stock) I still noticed very warm air coming out... (which I've never saw when I had only 1 X800XT PE or 6800Ultra. Gut feeling tells me easy 5-10c higher case temp vs single card solution. Another reason that makes think the SLI will last about an year before something new comes out. (other than the power requirement, space requirement, noise factor...)
It should be fun while it last though just like good old voodoo time. (I searched my closet and found one... wonder where the other half is... :P)

[tombman]

OMG!!

a dream comes true!

2.1 vcore
4v vdimm

no modding !!

PLEASE DFI, DONT CHANGE THIS IN THE SHIPPING BIOS!

:D

[DazzXP]

Well mine has excellent airflow, can't go wrong with a Water cooled CPU 4x 120mm fans @ 1000rpms each and 4x 80mm fans also :D

[Hombre]

Well... I knew this day will come eventually, so I've already saved some bucks lol :toast:
Gonna buy this as soon as it arrives to my country w/ A3 chipset.

[Tony]

I should know more and have a board in the next few days..as info is available i will post.

[DazzXP]

I am still waiting on my A8N SLI Deluxe and 2x 256MB MSI 6800's PCI-E

[tombman]

I should know more and have a board in the next few days..as info is available i will post.

yeah, and if it´s good, sell it to me afterwards:D