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Originally Posted by MonkSP
pcb color hasnt been confirmed... tony is supposedly getting a board this week, i sure hope so.
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Originally Posted by MonkSP
pcb color hasnt been confirmed... tony is supposedly getting a board this week, i sure hope so.
http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.ph...k=view&id=1779Quote:
Not long ago, DFI went from being a mediocre board maker to a company that caters to enthusiasts with rock solid boards and extreme overclocking options. DFI’s success in the overclocking market appears to be almost instant, but we’ve been told that DFI was working on the enthusiast line of boards ever since 2000-2001 time frame. Not only that, but Abit’s (and industry’s) most renowned engineer Oskar Wu left the company and joined DFI, which resulted in excellent board layout and BIOS options. Now that ATI has finally introduced its Crossfire platform, it’s only matter of time before board manufacturers start releasing their Crossfire products in mass quantities.
An insider near DFI reported that the company is working on an ATI Crossfire board, which will be based on the reference design. The board name, although unofficial, is DFI CF-BT where CF stands for Crossfire and BT is supposedly the abbreviation of an industry consultant Tony Leech who’s been working with DFI for the past four years and is on DFI’s "advisory board" for research and development. According to an insider, he’s been assisting DFI with research and development aspects of the board, and DFI is supposedly honoring Leech by naming a board after him. With that said, DFI USA and DFI Taiwan are still discussing the board name.
Naming aside, the insider reported that unlike Sapphire, DFI would continue to use high quality components to ensure stability and support for extreme overclocking that the enthusiast community expects. In order to release the board at a comparatively lower price, DFI may remove the postcode reader and replace it with four LED lights. Continuing with its tradition of selecting rather vibrant colors for its motherboards, DFI is expected to color the PCB sky blue to give it the usual DFI appeal. Whether DFI will add this product to its LANParty product lineup is unknown as well. The PCB color hasn’t been finalized either.
As you can probably tell, DFI still has ways to go before it’s ready to market the board with fruitful colors, a name after a consultant and possibly with a new product line, but one thing is for sure: DFI is on the final stages of tweaking the board. With that said, we have received information that DFI is expecting to launch the board sometime in October 2005. The pricing of the board is currently unavailable as well.
Info on the DFI CF-BT question.
Can anyone tell me whats the deal with the EPS12V thingy? Looking at this new board, it only need like 24 pin plug. Can i use it with my enermax noisetaker 600w without the need of getting a new PSU?
I just hope, unlike RDX200, this CF-BT will have SATA-II RAID. Guess they will do aim for sky blue pcb color. I will finally have an acrilic pannel!
Aiming the release 3 weeks after the 1st model is beeing test isn't placing that in much a hurry? I know the target should be x-mas but people wqon't buy if its not well tested and developed
Unless DFI adds an external SATAII controller, it's not possible because both boards would use SB450 southbridge which AFAIK doesn't have SATAII implementedQuote:
Originally Posted by MonkSP
Btw, this is the nF4 SLI-DR Expert thread, and for the DFI Crossfire boards, there is another thread, which is even named "official"... ;)
http://www.icomputers.nl/product_det...=1091&S_ID=411
I talkt today with this shopowner and he says he get this board an 18-10.
He also says he is real close with DFI.
Could this be trough???
4pin will work afaik.. but of course 8 will be betterQuote:
Originally Posted by knob
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Originally Posted by apesoccer
Source???
http://www.linuxelectrons.com/articl...50301100654152
I wish DFI would use that chip, still using the pci bus for things such as hard disk controllers is just retarded.
Holy %#%$%#I just looked up that port multiplier. It's a 1 to 5 multiplier.. that means it supports 10 disks!!Quote:
The SiI 3132 offers advanced RAID capability through Silicon Image's SATARaid™ software RAID management utility, which comes bundled with the chip. The SiI 3132 supports RAID 0 and 1 when two drives are connected directly to the chip's two SATA ports. When multiple drives are connected to the SiI 3132 via a port multiplier such as Silicon Image's SiI 3726™, RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5 are supported.
http://www.siliconimage.com/products...x?id=26&ptid=1
Sad thing though, is that it connects through only pci-e 1x, meaning a 2.5Gb/s bottleneck. While a single SATA II port is already 3Gb/s (and it has two)
I guess that's still decent :) It'll take about 5 disks to max it out.
Here's an implementation of their port multipliers: http://www.cooldrives.com/cosapomubrso.html (i imagine they can be placed onboard)
If they use the Sil 3132 and one port multiplier that would make 6 SATA II ports plus 4 of the NF4 = 10 :D now that would be sweet. And if you want more you could hook up another port multiplier to make 14 SATA II ports. :slobber: (they should make the second port on the sil 3132 that isn't using a port multiplier a different color so you know where to connect the multiplier to :) )
I suppose manufacturers don't like to drive up the costs, so i'd be happy with just the two ports from the sil 3132 (some intel boards have it like this), then give people the ability to buy the port multipliers as add-ons. (maybe a 3.5inch bay device with two multipliers turning 2 sata ports into 10, powered by a floppy power cable.).
Can anyone fill me in on the difference between the UT SLI-DR and the SLI-DR? I think it used a different LAN chip or something, but I could hardly see the significance.
the UT has all the accessories like the breakoutbox, carrying case, and some other random crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by jermaink
Seriously the PCI bus HAS TO GOQuote:
Originally Posted by Gogar
I don't really see PCI-E x1 as a limitation... What applicaiton uses constant burst speed on all 5 drives simultaneously? Christ man I have 10 hard drives in my system and usually only 0 to 2 are active at any given time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gogar
Well I guess if you were using a RAID5 or something...
Good idea. I say the more SATA ports the better. I mean with SATA you can actually have a 10 disks hooked up. God it was a nightmare just trying to get 6 IDE drives connected due to their cable design (at least in my case).Quote:
Originally Posted by Gogar
So what, in your guys' opinion, would be the optimal chip and setup for an onboard RAID solution? I am still under the impression that, if one were to go RAID 5, a hardware (i.e. Promise or 3Ware card) solution is always better than a software solution, such as the NForce.
Admittedly, I don't know much about RAID, other than the RAID-0 I have going through my onboard Intel controller. I mean, I know what the various RAID levels are and soforth, just not completely versed in what the best implementations are.
BTW, I can't wait for the 24th (Expert hopefully shows up)
It's just the other way around, the UT is the *lite* version without the accessoires. the SLI-DR is the one with the extra's.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-Mag
oh my bad... :hitself: whatever it is dont buy the big box versionQuote:
Originally Posted by Vassili
Hardware controllers are always a better option than the onboard software raid controllers. By installing a 3rd party raid card, you'd take a load off your processor allowing it to focus on other tasks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scroatdog
Raid 5 is ideally what you'd run as it combines both speed and safety but requires 3+ hard drives to implement.....
That new XFX SATA RAID card looks baddo! It's driver-less and supports all the common raid modes, 0, 1, 5, 0+1... but I really want to avoid using my pci slots due to the BTX orientation and my rad.
Isn't that just what happens when you use RAID 0 or 5?Quote:
Originally Posted by J-Mag
How about this PSU, should it be good for OC :confused: :slobber:
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products-65zf.htm
Yes it is a very stable psu with a excellent price vs performance niche.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dani
I saw this for as little as 169$ US .(egg) :fact:
IMO very good buy for any enthusuiast. Would probably power a decent water pump and overclock your board with ease. :coffee:
From what I've read online in reviews, It has to have enough of a load on the +5.0v rail so that the +12.0v rail will have enough Amps as they are cross linked and I'd say stay clear of It, OCZ is supposed to be bringing out a 750w or so psu for the enthusiast. Besides I had a 650w st65zf and even though It ran by itself I could never run a motherboard with one and so I sold It to a guy on ebay and the buyer couldn't do any better and yeah It would still run by itself too, weird, although the one I had was very possibly used as It arrived damaged in the mail and yeah It had no insurance and I thought since It worked maybe It was ok, But just not for My motherboard, I found someone else recently who has a St65ZF 650w psu and an H8DCE and that person likes It very much, So I would have to look at getting a new one again from a regular retailer as I spent $178.00 and wasted It. :( Oh well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dani
For what it's worth, Shamino and LardeArse used that PSU in one of their #1 #3dmark Runs ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dani
personally i dont like silverstone.... YMMV though.
Anyone been able to get ahold of the SLI DR Expert yet? ;)
i reckon we'll see some people with these next weekQuote:
Originally Posted by IvanAndreevich