DFI looks to have a winner here.

[Tony]

Well its a beta board and both my cpu's are C0 and not that good clockers so i got messing with HTT dividers and bus speed.
Thought you way like to see what I achieved straight out the box no mods etc. I was memtesting at ddr633 3-2-2-0 with 3500EB but windows was an utter no go...this is pretty stable though and should be easy for you guys to hit.

So here it is 3-2-2-0...yes TRAS at 0..LOL.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14798

[//Kung]

Nice, nice.

How much voltage in the ram,

LMFAO At TRAS 0 what a mad fellah ;)

[Tony]

The bios has 3.1Vdimm max and thats what is set.The board features full and half multi's also and fsb adj well over 400.

I have a feeling the DFI will be the board to have if you want 754.

[Soulburner]

Are they making a 939?

[Tony]

Yes

[JeffPH]

awesome bigtoe :)

[Tony]

Well played a bit more...333HTT with the 10/9 divider which CPU-Z does not recognise. This put the ram at ddr600, still 3-2-2-0.


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14800

[Der_KHAN]

s754? so this is the new infinity right?

[Tony]

No I have the Lan Party although it is stripped down like the Infinity.

[Spec3]

Nvidia 250 chipset? Any idea when they will hit retail? If it's anytime soon I'm going to hold off on getting another A64 board now

[LikwidKool]

Holy crap! Nice EB there Tony! My PC3200 EB needs 3.3v to get 280 3-2-2-10!

Also liking that DFI. Looks like that will be my next toy!

[LilGator]

250GB ?

Spec3, third week of Aug. I hear...

[Tony]

Its the 250GB NF3 Lanparty. As far as i know there are 4 or so beta boards out with a few well known overclockers for evaluation and testing, i do Know OPP has one but m unsure who else.

My board does have a few bugs which im hoping bios will sort out..none of these bugs are to do with overclocking though ;) :D

[JeffPH]

bigtoe can we see some pics of the mobo :) thanks~!

[Tony]

Originally posted by JeffPH
bigtoe can we see some pics of the mobo :) thanks~!

I will have to ask DFI if its ok to pic the board..they log on in 2 hrs so not long to wait.

[mrlobber]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Its the 250GB NF3 Lanparty. As far as i know there are 4 or so beta boards out with a few well known overclockers for evaluation and testing, i do Know OPP has one but m unsure who else.

My board does have a few bugs which im hoping bios will sort out..none of these bugs are to do with overclocking though ;) :D


I heard on dfi-street.com, Oskar_Wu, the DFI bios engineer, pushed Samsung TCCD memory to 350fsb on an undisclosed DFI Socket754 board.

[drunkenmaster]

guess something obvious to ask, is it playing nicely with the ocz mem booster?

[mrlobber]

Originally posted by drunkenmaster
guess something obvious to ask, is it playing nicely with the ocz mem booster?

Smelling 280-290fsb 2-2-2 with BH-5 nearby? ;)

[Tony]

Man this board has an awesome array of tweaks for the ram...Im pushing for 4400, getting close :)Seems the pic got corrupted though.Timings are 3-2-2-0 at 333HTT 10/9.


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14803

[LilGator]

Is vcore stable ? up to 2.0v+ ?

[Tony]

Originally posted by drunkenmaster
guess something obvious to ask, is it playing nicely with the ocz mem booster?

Im testing the board as is as this is what DFI wanted from me. I have a feeling the booster has already been used on this board though and I will clarify for you and post later.

[Mariachi]

I-CAN'T-WAIT :slobber:

[Tony]

Originally posted by LilGator
Is vcore stable ? up to 2.0v+ ?

Max vcore is +136% which is 2.04V or 2.108V if you set 1.55VID first.
Max vdimm is 3.1V although it overvolts a little.
Max Vchipset is 1.9V

There is NO VAGP in this bios.

[LikwidKool]

man that is a cool job. testing MB's for DFI! It pay's to be one of the best!

[Evil_Spork]

mmk i know what board i want. GG dfi.

[HKPolice]

Hmm, it needs vHTT and vAGP adjustments. The HTT speeds when OCing are below 1Ghz. I know it doesn't matter, but even the Abit AV8 can do 1.3Ghz HTT at least.

[Tony]

Originally posted by HKPolice
Hmm, it needs vHTT and vAGP adjustments. The HTT speeds when OCing are below 1Ghz. I know it doesn't matter, but even the Abit AV8 can do 1.3Ghz HTT at least.

I have hit 1100HTT without issue but I agree vHTT would be nice.

[Tony]

Bios pics

Dram Config.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/DFI%20NF3LP/dfinf3%20002.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/DFI%20NF3LP/dfinf3.jpg

Special VID and Vdimm
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/DFI%20NF3LP/dfinf3%20004.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/DFI%20NF3LP/dfinf3%20006.jpg

Vchipset and LDT
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/DFI%20NF3LP/dfinf3%20005.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/DFI%20NF3LP/dfinf3%20007.jpg

Multi control
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/DFI%20NF3LP/dfinf3%20008.jpg

Genie bios
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/DFI%20NF3LP/dfinf3%20009.jpg
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.leach80/DFI%20NF3LP/dfinf3%20010.jpg

So now you know what to expect, there may be more tweaks in the next bios which i haven't recieved yet..i will update.

[mrlobber]

Originally posted by bigtoe
So now you know what to expect, there may be more tweaks in the next bios which i haven't recieved yet..i will update.

Looks like a wide field of work for various bios modders out there.

[HKPolice]

Argh, I want it NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW :(

[YoupY]

I love this board allready.

Nice Vcore options

and the mem dividers are totally sweeeeeeet

/me wants :slobber:

[morbidj]

Right on for sharing the details Bigtoe. I was dying for more information as soon as I heard Opp had one. Indeed with those kind of results it deffinately seem to be the board to have! :toast:

[Der_KHAN]

Originally posted by HKPolice
Argh, I want it NOW NOW NOW NOW ... :(

ditto :slobber:


so they changed the plan from makin only a s754 infinity and a s939 lanparty!?

http://www.dfi.com.tw/press/press_header_content_us.jsp?PAGE_TYPE=US&TITLE_ID=4304&LINK_URL=arch310.jsp&SITE=null

[boshi]

:slobber: just doesnt quite say it well enough. Just add 185 pins to that socket, and you've got the best motherboard ever.

[eva2000]

dam nice DFI board :)

[Richdog]

OMFG that is absolutely bloody gobsmacking, looks like I got rid of my MSI Neo Platinum just in time! :D

Those are awesome memory scores, I can feel my OCZ EB and Adata VItesta PC4000 gettin twitchy. :D

[Geforce4ti4200]

Originally posted by mrlobber
Smelling 280-290fsb 2-2-2 with BH-5 nearby? ;)


I am smelling tons of fried a64s with destroyed memory controllers, but of course this risk wont stop ya ;)


"but even the Abit AV8 can do 1.3Ghz HTT at least."


I gained nothing from 750MHz and 1GHz HTT, not a single point in 3dmark so I dont see the deal here :confused:


"I can feel my OCZ EB and Adata VItesta PC4000 gettin twitchy"


:D 3.14v or however much it overvolts gonna be enough? That ras latency of zero is killer, does it make a difference if its set to 5, 7, 10, 15 or whatever? and how is it possible to set it to zero? wow is there options to set the timing to like 0-0-0-0! latency free ram! :D :banana: even a ras-cas delay of 1 would really own!


Those are some nice options! how high does the agp volts go to? is it true half multis dont work right and degrade performance? How much of a danger is 3.1x volts vdimm to the ondie controller? I was told keep it below 3 volts. Is this mobo faster than other nf3 250s MHz per MHz? like you get 250x10=2.5GHz on both with equal ram timings? Whats the expected price for such a fine mobo? $120? $150?

[Tony]

you could set 1-1-1-0 if you wanted, of course this is a beta bios so these optioms may vanish from shipping versions.

I set TRAS to 8 at ddr600 and it was unstable so went back to 0 for the screenies ;)

Memory ratio's
auto
9/10
5/6
3/4
4/5
2/3
1/1

from what I remember...im still waiting for the latest bios :(

[PowerK]

I can't wait for this board.

[Filter]

i'll be ordering 2 of these boards the day they ship.

[Tedinde]

Must have this board. My OCZ 4200's are good to 305 1:1 with 3.0 to 3.1 volts. No Vmem mods to be found for my board yet!!!

I havent tried the OCZ ddr booster on my Sig MSI board. yet. It works fine in my IC7, NF7, and im testing it on a IS7-e that i've had for a long time,

It's working fine in the IS7 even though it's not on OCZ's list. I get better mem numbers with it than my IC7, this was my original IS7 and Pat/gat works great on it. The newer IS7 they seem to have disabled it somehow!!!

[Mariachi]

My jaws was dropped all the way reading this thread. :slobber:

[GOTH_THING]

What sort of bugs does that board (keeping in mind its just a beta board)

with all the bugs on me DFI lanparty nf 2 ultra rev a i have gone off DFI and took a vowl never to buy again.
1 bug which wealy annoyed my was the cold boot issue.

does this board have anything like that or did i take that vowl on vien

[Tony]

I can't comment on bugs as that wouldn't be fair...there are some minor issues that bios should sort out.

Regarding the boards overclocking its awesome, for me this is the NF3 250 to have at the mo, even the chaintech I have has to take a back seat to this board and the chaintech is a fine board.

[OPPAINTER]

This DFI is the best mobo I've ever used.

OPP

[-=TriX=-]

wow, jaw-dropping! That is some nice RAM :up:

[OPPAINTER]

Bigtoe,

You gotta work on those benchmarks;)

OPP


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14832

[OPPAINTER]

Some DFI 754 ES action paired up with the OCZ DDR Booster.

OPP


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14833

[morbidj]

:eek: :worship: :worship: :toast:

[AcEmAsTr]

This current infinity is not stable at all, i think im getting a compatibility issue, if i buy a s939 one, will the same happen? i also vowed never to buy dfi again, but this is getting quite a few plus points...

[Tony]

we should have posted Unbuffered OPP...My buffered is a little low but i seem to remember the unbuffered being pretty sweet ;)

I swapped out to a 3400 and im still able to run huge fsb's...its looking a fine board :)

[Filter]

ugly pcb board. but who cares i want it.

[urbanfox]

Is there a large risk to running 3.1vdimm+ with the mem controller onboard the cpu?

[stasiu]

I personally ran mine @ 3.2 volts 24/7 and just over 3.4 for benches. I wouldn't bat an eyelash at running bh-5 @ 3.1 volts 24/7

[WeaponX]

I think he's concerned about the mem controller in the CPU itself and not that the ram will crap out. I would like to know as well :D

[tictac]

Wow.... :slobber:

Do u have Dual Channel Benchmark?:toast:

[craig588]

Do I only see 2 ram slots?


There is no dual channel support on 754 boards.

[Tony]

3 ram slots and single channel

[althes]

Looks like a good board

[craig588]

Originally posted by bigtoe
3 ram slots and single channel
ah, good I like having over 1GB of ram.

[tictac]

but single channel ? :(

[JeffPH]

thanks for the pics guys :) this board looks sweet.

TicTac : 754 runs in single channel only. the 939 are the dual ones

[tictac]

Originally posted by JeffPH
thanks for the pics guys :) this board looks sweet.

TicTac : 754 runs in single channel only. the 939 are the dual ones

oh.. thanx.... ;)

i dont know that:D

[Tony]

Well OPP I had to break the booster out..LOL.

You have me on Buffered as the cpu is running a lot faster, check my unbuffered though:slobber: , this is i875 speeds from single channel ram :slobber:

See how you compare ;) for the ones who want the details, 333fsb x7 10/9 ratio so ddr600 with 3500EB 3-2-2-0. 2.5LDT although 3LDT gives the same numbers.

You have to love the power of EB...LOL


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14836

[Tony]

BTW guys im booting in at these speeds...no clockgen involved here ;)

[eshbach]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Well OPP I had to break the booster out..LOL.

You have me on Buffered as the cpu is running a lot faster, check my unbuffered though:slobber: , this is i875 speeds from single channel ram :slobber:

See how you compare ;) for the ones who want the details, 333fsb x7 10/9 ratio so ddr600 with 3500EB 3-2-2-0. 2.5LDT although 3LDT gives the same numbers.

You have to love the power of EB...LOL

what volts are these benches?

[Tony]

3.4Vdimm 1.8V chipset and 1.6Vcpu

[blinky]

why do u run tRas of 0, i thought a tras of 10 consistently scored the best on A64?

good board tho, i hope its out soon

[Tony]

well if 10 was better than 0 i would run it ;)

[stasiu]

anyone know if the 939 DFI boards are coming out the same time as the 754?

[Tony]

Originally posted by stasiu
anyone know if the 939 DFI boards are coming out the same time as the 754?

754 first

[OPPAINTER]

The cpu I used for the 4600 was a 2800+ at 8x300= 2400MHz
Not all that fast:D

OPP

[Tony]

Run off an Unbuffered OPP...been a while since we had a race...LOL

[OPPAINTER]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Run off an Unbuffered OPP...been a while since we had a race...LOL

I'll run some tomorrow, right now I hooked up a 939 mobo.
Just got a new FX-53 I'm testing.

OPP:D


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14838

[shafty]

what ram is that opp?:slobber:

[tylerhskate]

Great, now i have a good reason to upgrade to amd64, now that the prices dropped on the 3200+ im gonna get this mobo and the 3200+ newcastle- weee

[zyx]

:slobber: :slobber: :slobber:

[HKPolice]

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
I'll run some tomorrow, right now I hooked up a 939 mobo.
Just got a new FX-53 I'm testing.

OPP:D

WHAT BOARD?
WHAT RAM?
WHAT VOLTAGE??
:slobber: :slobber: :slobber:

[chrisbmw150]

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
I'll run some tomorrow, right now I hooked up a 939 mobo.
Just got a new FX-53 I'm testing.

OPP:D

oh my god ... show us more :slobber: :slobber: :slobber: :D :D

[CodeRed]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Bios pics

<snip pics>
So now you know what to expect, there may be more tweaks in the next bios which i haven't recieved yet..i will update.

That BIOS is gonna put me out of a job :D

Tras of 0 is really 5 clocks ;)

[Tony]

Well I thought that but 5 showed some instability, so maybe there are other tweaks along the way. I fully expect most of the options this bios has will disapear on the shipping bios though.

Its nice to show for giggles though..LOL

[CodeRed]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Well I thought that but 5 showed some instability, so maybe there are other tweaks along the way. I fully expect most of the options this bios has will disapear on the shipping bios though.

Its nice to show for giggles though..LOL

I think its great that the BIOS writers started making ALL the options available to the users. They'll probably have to limit the ranges to those officially supported (and documented) by AMD though.

Does the BIOS has all the CAS Latency values avaiable? If so could you do me a small favour and dump the DRAM controller registers using WPCREDIT (bus 0, device 24, function 2) with CAS Lat set to 1.5 clocks. I have two possible decoding schemes for the reserved CAS values ... just need to double check.

I am also curious about the drive strength setting. AMD docs show only two possible values:
0 - Normal (default)
1 - weak (beware) <--- exact words out the AMD doco :)

Ive tried "weak" and it was very very bad, so I left it out of A64 Tweaker. Maybe there are some more controls in the reserved fields ;)

[Tony]

Cas 1.5
2
2.5
3
all work it seems

all others crash the system.

I will try and have a look at the registers for you.

[mad mikee]

What Happens when you stick a mobile A64 chip in? :confused:
This question is for all of us who want a DFI and a 35w A64 3200 mobile WITHOUT having to buy a desktop chip to boot with first!?!?!? :mad: :upset:
Good results in answer to this question will open the floodgates even further :toast: :banana: :banana: :rocker:

[reject]

wow i want this without even trying my kv8 pro yet

[LilGator]

Originally posted by reject
wow i want this without even trying my kv8 pro yet

ABiT is crying right now :p:

[enduracell]

Originally posted by mad mikee
What Happens when you stick a mobile A64 chip in? :confused:
This question is for all of us who want a DFI and a 35w A64 3200 mobile WITHOUT having to buy a desktop chip to boot with first!?!?!? :mad: :upset:
Good results in answer to this question will open the floodgates even further :toast: :banana: :banana: :rocker:
I bet it would work flawlessly (thats why Oskar gives Vid control as an option ;) definitely outstanding job. :D

[Kriller]

That board is crazy, DFI will win again...

[p4z1f1st]

what about VCore-drops and fluctuations.....the DFI nF2 Infinity is ja very good board as well, but in that thing its the last crap on earth.....i love my board and i hate it at the same time....

[LilGator]

Due to the fact that they have upped the max vcore to 2.1v, where the most seen before on other boards is 1.7-1.85v, I think they paid special attention to the NF2s vcore problem, and fixed it on this board accordingly ;)

But that's only a guess :)

[OPPAINTER]

Originally posted by p4z1f1st
what about VCore-drops and fluctuations.....the DFI nF2 Infinity is ja very good board as well, but in that thing its the last crap on earth.....i love my board and i hate it at the same time....

I don't get a v-core drop. The voltage actually goes up around .05 under load.

OPP

[Violineb]

Any idea how much longer we have to wait for the retail version release? :drool: Also, will it support Mobiles right off the bat?

[p4z1f1st]

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
I don't get a v-core drop. The voltage actually goes up around .05 under load.

OPP

aahh, very good :)

[Tony]

Well...400HTT anyone ;)...I have a feeling it will do a lot higher also.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14857

[tylerhskate]

wowoww, what are you runnin your ram at?

[Tony]

Well the max i could get was 425HTT at the 4 multi which doesn't seem all wacko on this board.The ram is running 140 mode so ddr600 or so but this is not a good divider for memory bandwidth.
Just a HTT screenie for jollies.


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=14869

[Kunaak]

jesus....

thats insane.
I can't wait for DFI to finally release this board.

[Tony]

whats the world record for HTT speed? is it higher than that?

[OPPAINTER]

Originally posted by bigtoe
whats the world record for HTT speed? is it higher than that?

Man, I think yours is the record:toast:

All I could find was this 400 shot.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?postid=332010#post332010

OPP

[charlie]

this is one SICK, NASTY motherboard! DFI is :owned: ALL!!

C

[eva2000]

400+ HTT :eek:

dam Tony hurry up with the feedback to DFI so they can roll this board out ASAP!

[althes]

very nice.

[ekOms]

/me wants

im sure the for sale section will be full of other boards for sale soon. :D

[LilGator]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Well the max i could get was 425HTT at the 4 multi which doesn't seem all wacko on this board.The ram is running 140 mode so ddr600 or so but this is not a good divider for memory bandwidth.
Just a HTT screenie for jollies.

:slobber: What LDT, 2.5x ?

[kleptophobiac]

I'm glad I saw this thread... I was just about to order an Epox. :p:

[morbidj]

Might as wel, the epox should hold you over for a few until the DFI is availble.

[Walrusbonzo]

Having loved my Infinity NF2 board I'm looking forward to this board as my MSI K8N Neo is a sack of :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:.

[Fewture]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Well the max i could get was 425HTT at the 4 multi which doesn't seem all wacko on this board.The ram is running 140 mode so ddr600 or so but this is not a good divider for memory bandwidth.
Just a HTT screenie for jollies.
Good god.. I want one :)

[STEvil]

Holy.

Crap.

:slobber:

[JWB]

damn, congrats Big toe :toast:

[Tony]

Guys...If it the record then its my first one :)

It was at 2.5LDT so HT speed was 1063 or so which is right on the limit for the board with no mods...with VHT this board would probably max out VERY easy at the 450+ limit is has now.

DFI are full aware of this thread so no real need for me to mail em the shots as they already have em ;).

Also remember this is on a stock board with no mods, air-cooled with the OCZ DDR Booster supplying the vdimm above 3.1V.

I had word yesterday they are changing the pcb color and changing the layout slightly, as long as they leave the top half of the board untouched as to not effect the overclocking I will be very happy.

[Bennah]

What can I say :eek: What a board! I hope they make the pcb red to join its NFII brother :D

DFI, Im lost for words...Thank you :toast:

[Filter]

so cant wait for that board. nice 400ht big toe. make me have hope for my cg clawhammer 3400+

[toenexx]

2 questions:

1. How much is the DFI board going to run for?
2. What features does it have?

[enduracell]

it has the overclocking feature, the one we need :D

[OPPAINTER]

Originally posted by toenexx
2 questions:

1. How much is the DFI board going to run for?
2. What features does it have?

Not to sure about price and features, it didn't come with a manual.

I can tell you it has 4 SATA ports, 2x IDE ports (I think can be used as Raid, not sure), Firewire, six of those Sound plug thingys:D and the basics, LAN, USB 2 all that.

Welome to Xtreme by the way.

OPP

[mrlobber]

God lord.

Has there been a thread with so much :slobber: 's as in this one around?

[JeffPH]

OMG :) this board rocks

[toenexx]

Ya thanks. I'm still deciding whether I should wait for this board or just go ahead and get a MSi Neo Plat. I don't plan to do extreme overclocking, but if the DFI is stable enuff and has wut i need, I might just wait and get it.

[tylerhskate]

Wait for the DFI, cause its THE board to oc on obviously

[shimmishim]

wow... i thought i wouldn't buy dfi again...

but seroiusly... can we trust that they'll do a good job of giving bios updates unlike the nf2 infinity/lanparty?

[althes]

guess I will have to wait on the board.

[Tony]

Guys i will ask for the full specs for you and post here.

[stasiu]

I wonder if this is the board that's gonna give the A64's the fighting chance they need in 3DMark03. I can see a 3700 getting pretty high when the 754 boards come out. I'm interested how well the 939 FX's will do on this puppy.

[Mariachi]

400HTT :slobber: DFI ROCKS!

[tictac]

Originally posted by LilGator
ABiT is crying right now :p:

abit lost their best bios engineer to DFI.. ;)

nothing they can do to fight DFI anymore :D

[spaceman]

As long as the PCB is blue, or maybe black, I'll take one. ;) :D Anyone want a KV8 Pro? CHEEP? :rolleyes: :D

[STEvil]

Blue belongs to Shuttle, and I think Soyo likes black.. I say stick with red ;)

[spaceman]

Heh, if it runs like Opp's and bigtoe's, I don't care if it's pink, lol. :D I thought red was a MSI thing? Never had much luck with them. :stick: ;)

[kleptophobiac]

Red has been MSI, Abit, and DFI now I think.

I honestly don't give a $ h!t what color it is. No window for me!

[shimmishim]

bigtoe...

will they do a good job of releasing bioses for this board though?

they did crap for the infinity/lanparty but it survived due to all the beta's that were released by people...

[Tony]

Who do you think wwas releasing the beta bios files in the first place?...DFI

I see a lot of bios files with swapped romsip tables from one beta to the next, the romsips were all written by DFI in the first place though.

Im sure we will see good bios support on this board as it is clearly designed for overclocking.

[tictac]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Who do you think wwas releasing the beta bios files in the first place?...DFI

I see a lot of bios files with swapped romsip tables from one beta to the next, the romsips were all written by DFI in the first place though.

Im sure we will see good bios support on this board as it is clearly designed for overclocking.

Yeah... O.Wu is the head engineer for this board ;)

[Rabbi_NZ]

Bigtoe,
so when is OCZ going to release some "PC6400 EL" to go with this board?! :D

[swarzy85]

great :)
i need a hint....
i've got a lucky cpu (A64 3200+ @ 2450Mhz with only 1.375v RS, liquid cooled...).
I'm waiting for the A64 kit for my prometeia mach 2 and in this way i would buy the best motherboard on the market (for A64 socket 754).
Today my mb is Epox 8HDA3+ (i also had Aopen AK86-L and Aopen AK89 Max) but i can't rich good results with it.
So i need a new motherboard. I read all the posts and i'm very interested in DFI's product.
I found Chaintec NF3 250 (255Mhz with 4X and 325Mhz with 3X) but i don't know what to do...
any hint? :)

P.S. sorry for my English.....

[bldegle2]

your english is fine, in fact, better than some where English is the mother tongue.

just be patient, DFI is rolling out their new motheboard sometime in the next two to three weeks. With an OCZ ram clocker module and the features already on the board, it is ready to go out of the box voltage wise.

of course, the crazies will tweak it even more.

lets hope the reference boards features and clockabilites remain the same for the retail product.

i will be setting one up on my prommie soon too, just waiting for that motherboard to be issued.

baldy

[swarzy85]

Originally posted by bldegle2
your english is fine, in fact, better than some where English is the mother tongue.

just be patient, DFI is rolling out their new motheboard sometime in the next two to three weeks. With an OCZ ram clocker module and the features already on the board, it is ready to go out of the box voltage wise.

of course, the crazies will tweak it even more.

lets hope the reference boards features and clockabilites remain the same for the retail product.

i will be setting one up on my prommie soon too, just waiting for that motherboard to be issued.

baldy
Thank you :)
it's very kind of you :)
i'll wait for this motherboard...i want to spend my money for the best compromise on the market (quality/price).
I'm very astonished :eek: ...excellent results :)

P.S. here, in Italy, we can buy hardware weeks and weeks after the Americans. Imagine that X800XT and 6800 Ultra aren't available here :(

[Goldlocke]

@ OPP and bigtoe: Is there an ETA for hitting the shelves for this S754 DFI? thx. :)

[nutcase]

what I want to see is the Socket 939 Version. Then I can really see what the 3500+ can do :toast:

[p4z1f1st]

Originally posted by Rabbi_NZ
Bigtoe,
so when is OCZ going to release some "PC6400 EL" to go with this board?! :D



erm, for which price ?

500$ per 512MB-stick ? :rolleyes:

[Fewture]

Originally posted by bldegle2


of course, the crazies will tweak it even more.

[/B]
I hope you mean the normal people will tweak it more and the crazy won't? :D You would have to be crazy not to crank this one up! :toast:

[LikwidKool]

man I can't wait to get this board. Will be lot's of fun. Also happy the booster works.

[p4z1f1st]

does someone know (maybe bigtoe :D) at which price-region the boards will be :)

[Tony]

I would think price wise you will be looking at about the same as the NF2 lanparty, maybe a touch more.

I heard mid to late Aug for release although it could come sooner.

Regards ram that can do ddr600+ with low latency...we are pushing to make DDR500 and DDR533 a reality and with JEDEC now passing(or just about to) ddr500 at 3-4-4-8 we are part the way there.As more manufacturers move to DDR500 IC's we will find ways to tweak the latency down and increase the speed.

Remember OCZ were the first to offer mainstream modules that were all tested to ddr500 speeds with the 3700Gold rev1 which was released over a year ago now, our new 4000gold rev2 is capable of hitting ddr533 with 2.5-3-3 latency at 2.7Vdimm or lower so I can't see it being long till we see mainstream modules doing 2.5-2-2 or close to this at those speeds.

Wouldn't you think Intel would see this and tweak the 915 chipset to take advantage of these super fast dimms instead of intentionally crippling it.

[mrlobber]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Remember OCZ were the first to offer mainstream modules that were all tested to ddr500 speeds with the 3700Gold rev1 which was released over a year ago now, our new 4000gold rev2 is capable of hitting ddr533 with 2.5-3-3 latency at 2.7Vdimm or lower so I can't see it being long till we see mainstream modules doing 2.5-2-2 or close to this at those speeds.


DDR500+ 2.5-2-2 with 2.7v... :slobber:

[swarzy85]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Remember OCZ were the first to offer mainstream modules that were all tested to ddr500 speeds with the 3700Gold rev1 which was released over a year ago now, our new 4000gold rev2 is capable of hitting ddr533 with 2.5-3-3 latency at 2.7Vdimm or lower so I can't see it being long till we see mainstream modules doing 2.5-2-2 or close to this at those speeds.

All the modules (OCZ PC4000 Gold rev 2.0) could reach these results? (533Mhz with 2.5-3-3 ad 2.7v)
or this is limited to lucky modules?
thank you :)

[Tony]

Originally posted by swarzy85
All the modules (OCZ PC4000 Gold rev 2.0) could reach these results? (533Mhz with 2.5-3-3 ad 2.7v)
or this is limited to lucky modules?
thank you :)

As far as I know the bulk of them should do this speed. Also please remember the modules clock better on Intel 875 boards etc but I have been told these do VERY well on A64 and NF2 aparantly even in 512 configs.

[p4z1f1st]

did i get that right ?

JEDEC is going to standazise (lol, what a word :banana: ) DDR500 ?

is this official ?

[mrlobber]

Originally posted by bigtoe
As far as I know the bulk of them should do this speed. Also please remember the modules clock better on Intel 875 boards etc but I have been told these do VERY well on A64 and NF2 aparantly even in 512 configs.

Hm, it looks like this thread moves away from its original topic... however, 2 questions, bigtoe:

1) do you have any information, is the PC4000DDR rev2.0 already available in retail channels in Europe?

2) are these modules also using some Hynix IC's... and what about them responding to higher voltage? ;)

[Tony]

I will create a new thread for the new 4000gold rev2..lets keep this one for the dfi board ;)

[Dagalidis]

Simply :slobber: :slobber: :slobber:

[Millyons]

Can you guys test how do the boards work with double sides 512mb sticks, I got a gig of BH-5 sitting around cause my AN7 cant work with them over 210 fsb

[n00by]

Hopefully this board accepts DTRs and mobiles.

[Tony]

Originally posted by Millyons
Can you guys test how do the boards work with double sides 512mb sticks, I got a gig of BH-5 sitting around cause my AN7 cant work with them over 210 fsb

I tested 2x512 of newish BH5, it maxed out at 218fsb in dimm slots 1 and 2.

I will be testing EB next and will post what results I get.

[morbidj]

Man, deffinately not the result I was expecting. Care to add a little more info BigToe, like voltage and other settings? Right on!

[spinboy]

WoW, I'm very impressed with the results.

The only problem right seems to find RAM that can keep with the FSB speed that this board can reach.

How is OCZ EL PC4400, can it go over DDR600 and reach somewhere around DDR650?

[Tony]

I tested the BH5 upto 3.5vdimm...no joy, it just may be crap ram :confused:

With 1 module it did 270fsb 2-2-2.

I tested Hynix D43 and CTD-5 and it did ok...not as good as the EB though.

[Violineb]

Originally posted by spinboy
WoW, I'm very impressed with the results.

The only problem right seems to find RAM that can keep with the FSB speed that this board can reach.

How is OCZ EL PC4400, can it go over DDR600 and reach somewhere around DDR650?

In response to that, if anandtech can get these results with only 2.85 v
http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2098&p=5

Then I'm sure DDR600 isn't out of the question :)

[spinboy]

Originally posted by Violineb
In response to that, if anandtech can get these results with only 2.85 v
http://anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2098&p=5

Then I'm sure DDR600 isn't out of the question :)

Yeah you're right, with new DFI board that can give 3.2 Vdimm or with the OCZ booster, DDR600 is going to be reached im sure ;).

[morbidj]

Originally posted by bigtoe
I tested the BH5 upto 3.5vdimm...no joy, it just may be crap ram :confused:

With 1 module it did 270fsb 2-2-2.

I tested Hynix D43 and CTD-5 and it did ok...not as good as the EB though.

Thanx bro, ouch looks like my epox isnt the only board to take a hit with 2 x double sided 512's. Dam I love my 3700EB btw

[spinboy]

So, is it positive to use a AMD64 Mobile CPU on this DFI Socket 754 Nforce3 250GB mobo?

[OPPAINTER]

Some DFI 3D results:D

OPP

[althes]

damn

[Kunaak]

jesus dude, 754 there?

:D

[Bennah]

:eek: :slobber:

OPP steals the show ;)

[Mariachi]

OPP, that was on S754? if so, which CPU, GPU and RAM? :slobber:

[Bennah]

Well, it has to be the SKT754 if he used the DFI ;) X800XT ? Could be any host of cpu's but I go for a 3400+ with some Mushkin LII :D Probably wrong!

[blinky]

nice, BTW the top 5 scores in 3d03 are bugged

[STEvil]

Opps holding out on us.... ;)

[OPPAINTER]

It was on this DFI 754 mobo:D

3700+ at 12x266= 3190MHz

800XT doing 768/666

OPP

[blinky]

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
It was on this DFI 754 mobo:D

3700+ at 12x266= 3190MHz

800XT doing 768/666

OPP sweeeeeeet

does the 3700 have any more left in it?

[OPPAINTER]

Originally posted by blinky
sweeeeeeet

does the 3700 have any more left in it?

I can't seem to clock it any higher.

OPP

[blinky]

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
I can't seem to clock it any higher.

OPP tell PC Ice to finish up that triple cascade :D

[StormPC]

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
Some DFI 3D results:D

OPP

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=511554


Yep...only the FX-53 is faster. Hate to say I told you so, but...:lol:

Good job as always OPP! :toast:

[CodeRed]

Originally posted by StormPC

Yep...only the FX-53 is faster. Hate to say I told you so, but...:lol:

Good job as always OPP! :toast:


Drop the multi to 11x on that S754 and it will probably beat OPPs S939 score

[spaceman]

DAYum Opp, that's just SWEET! :D :toast: :D Hurry up, DFI, we want these boards. :cool:

[berserk]

This is how the DFI socket 939 should look

http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL490/1921416/3710846/62355239.jpg

http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL490/1921416/3710846/62355336.jpg

The sound components have been put on a daughter board to improve quality.

http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL490/1921416/3710846/62355341.jpg

Information and Picture courtesy of HardwareZone from Computex 2004

Link (http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=18&id=1140)

[StormPC]

That's what I'm talkin about!!! Yeah!!:up:

[berserk]

These were the Lan Party the Infinty look like this

http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL490/1921416/3710846/62356438.jpg

Information and Picture courtesy of HardwareZone from Computex 2004

[LilGator]

So there is an Infinity S939 as well as LanParty ? Or just S754 Infinity, and 939 LanParty ...

[StormPC]

That Infinity is a S754.

[Master_G]

So are the board definately going to be available from mid august, or will we have to wait longer?
Am i gonna have to try and order from the US again because they wont come out in Europe for ages afterwards :(
Damn sweet board though, i want one now.

G

[berserk]

Originally posted by Master_G
So are the board definately going to be available from mid august, or will we have to wait longer?
Am i gonna have to try and order from the US again because they wont come out in Europe for ages afterwards :(
Damn sweet board though, i want one now.

G

From where do you order from the US, I live in Malta and I order most of my parts from the UK. But since the DFI will probably take some ime to be available in europe, I might try to get it from the US.

[mrlobber]

Originally posted by berserk
This is how the DFI socket 939 should look

http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL490/1921416/3710846/62355336.jpg

The sound components have been put on a daughter board to improve quality.

http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL490/1921416/3710846/62355341.jpg

Information and Picture courtesy of HardwareZone from Computex 2004

Link (http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=18&id=1140)

Man, does it look sweet :slobber:

[berserk]

Don't know if all the yellow and orange conenction are UV reactive hope they are would looks really sweet. :slobber::slobber:

[Bennah]

Im not a great lover of that UV reactive stuff on mobo's, I would prefer it to go got a red pcb design ;)

[hallowen]

SWEET!:banana:

Now If They'll Just Get Them Out Soon.......

My FX-53 is DYIN' for a New Home!:D

[dippyskoodlez]

Originally posted by spaceman
Heh, if it runs like Opp's and bigtoe's, I don't care if it's pink, lol. :D I thought red was a MSI thing? Never had much luck with them. :stick: ;)

A pink one would be fun :p:

Can't wait for one of these :slobber:

It will be taking my infinity's place rather quickly.

[blinky]

well the infinity is black

[aldamon]

Where can I pre-order one of these things? :)

Will they make a slightly stripped down version, like Epox did with the 8KDA3+/J?

[althes]

very nice

[geneh_00]

OMG :eek:

I have been waiting to dump my EPoX 8KDA3+ anytime. This is a perfect reason!!!

Any words on the releasing date?
How much would it cost? I hope it won't go higher than $150.

[eva2000]

Tony will this board fit a Mach2 AMD64 cpu kit properly ?

[shimmishim]

from looking at the picture eva, it looks like there's enough space for the mounting kit :)

[uwackme]

Not crazy about how close the CPU socket is to the AGP slot. Makes it hard for big coolers to get along.

Will the 4 DIMM slots be able to handle 4x 512M BH5 running in dual channel?

On PCBoard colors... WTF... all PCboards are light light green, they are layers of FIBERGLASS with copper on it. The COLOR is simply the die used in the solderpaste mask that keeps the raw solder paste from shorting between pins before being melted.

The COLOR means absolutely NOTHING. Thats like RED cars being faster than BLUE cars. Get a grip.

[chunkylover77]

Whoa now. Some peeps like to have a good looking computer is all. No one is saying they wont buy it if it was ugly.

I'm also interested in the 4x512 config

[KaoTiKrys]

Does it (the S754 one) have Coaxial or Optical out? I have a JVC home theatre system and Coaxial/Optical out is a must have for any board that I get. :)

[longshot]

Has it been found out yet if this board will run mobile chips?

[Syzzer]

Originally posted by longshot
Has it been found out yet if this board will run mobile chips? That would depend on the BIOS. Since the board is still not officially, the BIOS probably isn't official/done too ATM. But seen DFI's efforts on de NFII boards, I'm pretty sure this board (maybe with another BIOS) will run mobile's.

[Tony]

If needed I will talk with Oskar to make sure this board supports mobiles.

I know they are working on the 939LP now so they may be a short wait to make sure mobiles are supported.

[KaoTiKrys]

Originally posted by bigtoe
If needed I will talk with Oskar to make sure this board supports mobiles.

I know they are working on the 939LP now so they may be a short wait to make sure mobiles are supported.

I guess you missed my question, but does this DFI 754 board have coaxial or optical out and the onboard ALC850?

[longshot]

please ask him bigtoe as this will be a major selling issue for some.

Ant new info when this baby is gonna land forsale?

[Mariachi]

Need info about the price... Is it pricey? :(

[Jack]

Originally posted by Mariachi
Need info about the price... Is it pricey? :(


Originally posted by bigtoe
I would think price wise you will be looking at about the same as the NF2 lanparty, maybe a touch more.

:toast:

[LilGator]

The 939 lanparty will be the same price range as the NF2 Lanparty ? What about the Infinity S754 ?

[Lifeless]

hi everybody, i've been reading on these forums for a while now, and decided to join :D

I wanna get an s754 rig, ist about time to change my 1800+
And i think i'm gonna wait for the DFI bord.

I had a few questions, and mailed DFI, here's what they replied, maybe its usefull to some people:

Dear Sir,

Answers to your questions accordingly.

Yes our Socket 754 with NF3 chipset will be available in Belgium around end Sept. The retail price is currently unknow.
The Socket 754 will be available first. and Socket 939 will be later on in Oct/Nov.
It will be in "Lanparty UT" version, which it will Not include FrontX, but will have UV sensitive slots and UV Round cables.
Vdimm range will be defined by BIOS later on.

Best Regards,

DFI Technical Support Dept.

KaoTiKrys, forgot to ask about the the optical out, sorry, mailed it before i read your posts, but if you mail them, they'll probably tell you.

[chunkylover77]

Hey Lifeless.

Welcome to the forums.

[Master_G]

October/November? What happened to people talking about mid august?

G

[GreyBeard]

I emailed sales@dfi.com.tw asking about availability in Canada and got no response. What email address did you use?

[geneh_00]

Thank you, Lifeless for sharing the information.

What is the "FrontX" in DFI's reply?


Originally posted by GreyBeard
I emailed sales@dfi.com.tw asking about availability in Canada and got no response. What email address did you use?

I guess we can also expect it to come around the end of Sept in Canada?

[Oc4ever]

Thanks for sharing this info, Lifeless. I live in Belgium too and I was wondering when it would be available here.

[GreyBeard]

Originally posted by geneh_00
I guess we can also expect it to come around the end of Sept in Canada?

I sure hope it is sooner. I have been researching my new computer since the winter and I am ready to buy!

First, I was waiting for 939, but that turned out to be a expensive disappointment. Then NF3 was going to do good things. I was all set to get a Neo Plat till I started hanging out at the MSI forums. Then the K8N-E was a bust as well. All I have to say is that if I wait till September, the DFI had better deliver. :D

BTW, the FrontX is a drive bay insert to give you access to USB, Firewire, MIC, Speakers - anything that has an on-board header. Probably unnecessary with most cases today.

[Lithan]

If it works with mobiles, 2x512bh5 and the Infinity (I have zero interest in the Lanparty versions) comes in under $125. As well as being released by the beginning of sept, I'll be very interested. (I'm so sick of fighting with the Gigabyte board and a gig of bh5.)

Onboard sound with support for EAX2 would be nice too.

Vdimm is 3.1?

[STEvil]

i'll take sensura over EAX/2.

[Tony]

Im hoping to talk with DFI this week, when I get answers I will post them.

Regarding the optical out I will have to recheck.

[mrlobber]

Isn't nForce4 planned towards the end of 2004 in December/January 2005? If yes, it seems that just like with nForce2, DFI has waited for the nForce3 technology to mature to the fullest extent and come close to the start of another generation of the chipset before unleashing another potential fsb monster.

[Lifeless]

I used this e-mail adress :
sales@dfi-europe.nl

So its only for Europe, but i guess it'll be in canada and the US, about 2 to 3 weeks earlier. since Amerika always comes first, with everything :(
But on the other hand, i think less people here are in to oc'ing, so according to my local pc shop, I can have the OCZ 3700EB in less then a week, without any problems, wich is good i think.

greetz,
Frederick

[p4z1f1st]

oh man, i want the S754-Infinity.....NOW :D :slobber:

[Tony]

Tested the new 3700Gold rev3 on the DFI...

I was running 2.75V with 300fsb 9/10 for
270fsb mem or ddr540. 2.5-3-3- timings.

Seems pretty nice ;)

[Tony]

Ran an unbuffered also. Not too shabby for ram rated at 3700 speed;)

[racoontje]

Heh. I've found my new motherboard...

Is there a definite spec page? If it's nForce3 I'm lucky -- nVidia has been very kind to Linux users.

[GreyBeard]

Originally posted by racoontje
Heh. I've found my new motherboard...

Is there a definite spec page? If it's nForce3 I'm lucky -- nVidia has been very kind to Linux users.

Yup, it's NF3. Looks excellent!

[Tony]

The board clocks ram VERY well...I will have more news soon for US customers as Im meeting DFI to discuss boards etc.

[jonspd]

So are you going to grab a few of these to sell in our classified's here I want one tommorrow before my epox get's here so I can return it :D

[eva2000]

Originally posted by bigtoe
The board clocks ram VERY well...I will have more news soon for US customers as Im meeting DFI to discuss boards etc. ooooooooooh give them ear full of neat ideas... :D

[jonyutah]

have you tried this board with ocz 4000 gold bigtoe? that ram worked really well with the lanparty nf2 b. Have you used any ram this board doesn't like?

[Tony]

The 4000+ modules I have all did well but didn't shine as well as the EB.I would say for an easy overclock the 3700rev3 will be an awsome buy, for those looking for wonderclocks you need EB and a few volts ;)

[racoontje]

I hope you're not being restricted by the NDA (if any) and are allowed to answer this ;-)

Four SATA? Huh? I've only seen manufacturers get two ports from the nVidia nForce3. What chip does the SATA? Is it the southbridge of the nForce, a Promise chip, or is it a SiliconImage 3112/3114? Or maybe a mix of both?

The sound. Is that stock nForce sound, using the Realtek "bridge" chip (in fact, AFAIK, the chip itself does very little)? If so, we're in luck. nVidia's onboard sound chip (in combination with the Realtek) just happens to be 100% compatible with intel-8x0 sound ;-)

What's the deal with living in Manchester and California? Heh, if you ever make a stop in Antwerp, I'll put Gentoo Linux (www.gentoo.org) on it and show you what that baby can really do :D

Also, would you be a really, really, really nice person and ask DFI if you can make more pictures of this thing? I'll even host the webspace. Any ideas if the great BIOS is being kept? I hope so. I don't want to be stuck with an old buggy BIOS but want to keep it anyway because of the great OC'ing options.

EDIT: And it runs with the OCZ booster? Great!

Just one more question though. I assume it can set the mutliplier, but does this override the multiplier on multi-locked processors such as the Athlon64?

[Tony]

Well I was in Belgium a few weeks ago at the OCC Lanparty so you could have seen me there.

I can't take pics of the board as its Beta and they requested I didn't.

If they remove options from bios I will leak this beta to the net...DFI know this but obviously will not support boards flashed with this bios.I really do feel though I won't have to do this..I told them what they need to do and I have a feeling they really listened..;)

Regards Manchester and Cali, im here for 10weeks in Cali then I go back to manchester UK..I just wanted to let people know where I was as I get heaps of PM's and there will be a delay as im in different time zones to normal.

The other questions I will check on the board later for you...

[racoontje]

Aww :(

Well, if you're ever in Belgium again and need a place to stay (I'm talking to the DFI board here ;-)) I'm right here!

[Flox]

Originally posted by bigtoe
Well played a bit more...333HTT with the 10/9 divider which CPU-Z does not recognise. This put the ram at ddr600, still 3-2-2-0.

No DDR600 at all. At 333MHz*6=2000MHz, possible RAM clocks are 333MHz (CPU/6) or 286MHz (CPU/7). So-called "5/6-divider" would give you 250MHz (CPU/8).

But a very nice board, indeed!


Greetz, Flox

[VAcca]

Originally posted by Flox
No DDR600 at all. At 333MHz*6=2000MHz, possible RAM clocks are 333MHz (CPU/6) or 286MHz (CPU/7). So-called "5/6-divider" would give you 250MHz (CPU/8).

But a very nice board, indeed!


Greetz, Flox

Hmm didnt he say the 10/9 divider that would make it
(333/10)*9=299.7mhz htt aka ddr600

Just my 5 cents

[Flox]

Originally posted by VAcca
Hmm didnt he say the 10/9 divider that would make it
(333/10)*9=299.7mhz htt aka ddr600

Just my 5 cents

Yes he did, but that´s not the way to calculate memory-clocks for an A64.

Memory-clocks are the result of the core-clock and an integer divider.

Running 333x6 means CPU/6 for 1:1...and guess what the next divider will be, when there are only integer ones?

Greetz, Flox

[Tony]

Going by the next usefull divider that theory is correct.Only issue is going by bandwidth results i was doing a lot better than 1:1 at 285 or so...

Unbuffered at 285 1:1 was 2450 or so...Unbuffered at 333 9/10 was 2600+ Unbuffered which is more like ddr600 than ddr570.

draw your own conclusions.

[Flox]

My conclusion is, that this is a very good board paired with very good memory. ;)

But when I have a look at AMDs datasheets (table for available memoryclocks), my next conclusion is, that it´s technically impossible to have other dividers than the integer ones, because AMD didn´t want to have asynchronous memory-clocks, accepting the drawback of slightly lower memory-clocks sometimes.

So as well as the so called "5/6"-divider is not always a real 5/6-divider (e.g. FX-53 is running at 160MHz memory-speed when set to DDR333 or "5/6"), the "9/10"-divider on the DFI-board is just the name for an integer divider between the one for DDR400 and the one for DDR333. Could be a real 9/10 (e.g. CH3400+), but not always.

Why your "9/10" results @333 are better than the 1:1-results at 285MHz is a good question...did you run it at 285x7 to get same core clocks?


Greetz, Flox

[mata2974]

sweet :banana:

[jonyutah]

still no official date yet?

[Dagalidis]

I cant wait any more !!!!!!!

[berserk]

I'm going for the MSI and then when the DFI is out maybe I'll switch.

I've already been waiting nearly a month.

Bye DFI for now.

[Kinsy]

Mmm delicious :D

Think ill be selling my BH-5 and picking up some 3700EB...if this board delivers, i think ill have to stop waiting for Nforce4 and upgrade v soon ;)

[b|gf|sh]

bigtoe, do the new dfi boards feature any kinda of dual-bios feature (I remember reading somewhere ages ago you were gonna recommend them to), and if not do you think they'd be interested in implementing it if you were to recommend it now?

[erik9287nl]

OMG, that S754 Infinity looks awesome.... just great :slobber:

And it has also nice BIOS features
:D

[p4z1f1st]

Originally posted by berserk
These were the Lan Party the Infinty look like this

http://pic13.picturetrail.com/VOL490/1921416/3710846/62356438.jpg

Information and Picture courtesy of HardwareZone from Computex 2004

hm, do i see right ? no cooler on the mosfets like on the lanparty ?

[CodeRed]

For those who havent seen OPPs latest 3DMark01 effort with this board, check this out

37561 @ 3228 MHz - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8046566

damn thats fast

[WannaOC]

OMG I must have this board. This thread saved me from picking up the Epox. I just can't wait any longer... Incredible screenies there OPP and BigToe, thanks.

[erik9287nl]

Originally posted by p4z1f1st
hm, do i see right ? no cooler on the mosfets like on the lanparty ?
An P1 cooler, a saw and some adhesive will do the trick:D

[OPPAINTER]

DFI goes to the top:D

OPP

[Kriller]

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
DFI goes to the top:D

OPP

That CPU clock you have is awsome, congratz to that crazy score! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

[gouda96]

Originally posted by OPPAINTER
DFI goes to the top:D

OPP

Is that a new PcIce cascade at work?

[OPPAINTER]

Originally posted by gouda96
Is that a new PcIce cascade at work?

Yea, 2 PCIce cascades, GPU and CPU.

OPP