RD600 first look and general questions

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Originally Posted by ooztuncer

just FYI,

as mentioned before, coolaler is able to run the highest fsb (553fsb) and ram speed (1300mhz) and posted his results in the club 2 days ago (couldnt find the info here) > http://csd.dficlub.org/pgpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=69

please read tony's comments though > http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1015

so, prolly best bet to see its daily performance is waiting it to hit the retail market...

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coolaler is the MAN, just wish hipro or k|ngp|n get this board :D

it's in stock at zipzoomfly:

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=246517

Score!!:woot: :bday2: :party:
guess I shouold get that e6400 now

wow :woot:

Hello Gents:

Just to throw some more clarity on a few issues. The RD600 has landed in Europe a few days ago and should be available in the UK shortly. I can't speak for North America, but I can state that there are no delays on this board here in the EU. This is just the first shipment and more have been ordered. The board will be available throughout Europe shortly.

I have received my own FAE sample from this first batch and can't find any trace of the chipset temp issue that plagued a few early samples. The chipset temp reads a nominal 45~50 degrees C in the BIOS.

With regards to DFI-Street I would first of all like to thank Fugger for killing any nonsense threads regarding events at the Street. AG is a guy that you either hate or love. It's as simple as that. If threads regarding the "demise" of the Street had been allowed to continue it would have quickly devolved into speculation and people lining up along the "hate" camp and the "love" camp. The resulting unneeded flamefest being the obvious outcome.

So to put this matter to a rest, AG was let go due to a difference of opinion between himself and DFI Management. He was not let go due to his somewhat "direct" treatment of people. It's no secret that DFI boards can be difficult to setup. As DFI support techs it is sometimes necessary for us to be brutally honest with people in order to get them back on track. You'd be surprised at the crazy ideas that people can come up with as to the source of problems. AG is a person who is very "direct" in his approach. Perhaps by some measures a bit much so, but this approach has helped untold numbers of people get a troublesome system back in order. I for one will miss the Street.

What is done is done and DFI has moved on. Someone has recently posted the link to our new forum. Rgone will be running it. I think we all know and respect Rgone and I hope to see you guys there.

To Fugger and any Mods please feel free to quote my comments regarding the Street as you see fit. It should help to quell any rumours and speculation that pops up on the subject.

DFI Support Europe.

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Originally Posted by Bulldog14

Hello Gents:


With regards to DFI-Street I would first of all like to thank Fugger for killing any nonsense threads regarding events at the Street. AG is a guy that you either hate or love. It's as simple as that. If threads regarding the "demise" of the Street had been allowed to continue it would have quickly devolved into speculation and people lining up along the "hate" camp and the "love" camp. The resulting unneeded flamefest being the obvious outcome.


DFI Support Europe.

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I started that thread and take offense to charactericizing it as nonsense

I think everyone deserve to know there will issues occuring, maybe the slant was wrong because AG comments were a bit extreme

But too often the consumer, us..does not see issues until after we spend hard earned money on something and get left holding the bag

I did not expect the thread to become inflammatory..it was just simply to provide people information

I am not looking for anymore trouble/flaming but it was not nonsense and the issue is done

I am glad the board is out and I look forward to buying one knowing Rgone and dfi club is around

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Originally Posted by SaFrOuT

which was ?

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Forget it, you know what's mean and i don't want any problems with DFI about another opinions.

I can't pass 340Mhz of FSB stable with a QX6700, even using 1333 strap and high voltages like 1.8V NB Core, 1.5V FSB, etc...

Is this usually on QuadCore CPUs ?

The RAM clocking is INSANE, I wasn't able to pass over 536Mhz Cas 4-4-4 on my Asus Commando while on this DFI I have achived 631Mhz ! (passed 3dmark 2006 at 620).

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7...emoriesyj1.png

That's with a Gskill PC8000HX.

However, more clocks doesn't make this mobo faster than the Commando. Overall performance I have obtained is worse than the Asus.

I'll try luck with the P5N32-E SLI and the BadAxe2 now.

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Originally Posted by krampak

I can't pass 340Mhz of FSB stable with a QX6700, even using 1333 strap and high voltages like 1.8V NB Core, 1.5V FSB, etc...

Is this usually on QuadCore CPUs ?

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The highest stable overclock I have reached with the QX6700 is 347FSB on the latest public BIOS release. I can take a screenshot at 401 but thats about it. ;)

@ krampak: You can't pass this fsb on Qs.....They all have too low fsb....
I've seen only one or two of them going even over 400MHz fsb....
Gorillakos' Q6700 can do 365MHz on air (and we will see under subzero cooling) on an ASUS Striker mobo.:)

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Originally Posted by ooztuncer

just FYI,

as mentioned before, coolaler is able to run the highest fsb (553fsb) and ram speed (1300mhz) and posted his results in the club 2 days ago (couldnt find the info here) > http://csd.dficlub.org/pgpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=69

please read tony's comments though > http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1015

so, prolly best bet to see its daily performance is waiting it to hit the retail market...

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He maxed out the NB core and PLL voltages in order to get those FSB rates. If you run those too long, you will fry the chipset. Ask me how I know.... :D

I will go back to my earlier statement, it is easy to take SuperPI screenshots with those settings but running games or Orthos will get you a lot of blue screens, not always, but more times than none. ;)

would you guys, with the bios you are using right now, recommend the rd600. how close is the bios from being "finalized" by techs?

So max FSB with QX6700 is around 340?

Thats rubbish.

Better than the 680i though I'm stuck at 312FSB


Whats with the lack of FSB clocking and the quads?

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Originally Posted by easyrider

So max FSB with QX6700 is around 340?

Thats rubbish.

Better than the 680i though I'm stuck at 312FSB


Whats with the lack of FSB clocking and the quads?

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Probably the same reason the 6400's & 6300's allow you to reach higher FSB's than 6600's & up. 2 X 4mb Cache vs 4mb Cache vs 2mb cache I suppose.:rolleyes:

I always thought the quads would clock lower just because of the greater power and heat to cope with. Maybe you will see better results from 2nd generation processes

http://www.iamxtreme.net/coolaler/DFIICFX3200/9_1.JPG

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121033


huh :confused:

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Originally Posted by jopapa1267

http://www.iamxtreme.net/coolaler/DFIICFX3200/9_1.JPG

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121033


huh :confused:

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:ROTF:, imagine that, somebody usin Nvidia based cards in a "dual" config, i've yet to see any reviews of a CROSSFIRE setup in this CROSSFIRE board...:rolleyes:

Like i have asked before, show me some "uber" FSB with this board with 2 ATI high end cards, and bench's to back em up, THEN i'll be a true "believer"...:ROTF:

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@ krampak: You can't pass this fsb on Qs.....They all have too low fsb....
I've seen only one or two of them going even over 400MHz fsb....
Gorillakos' Q6700 can do 365MHz on air (and we will see under subzero cooling) on an ASUS Striker mobo

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Oh... wait... you say it's a QX67000 LIMIT ? I tought It was only a DFI RD600 limitation.

Wel... I've reached 450Mhz FSB on my QX6700 ! Using the Asus Commando :D

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2...7nbcorelg9.png

It was 3d stable at 430.

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Originally Posted by 775911

I always thought the quads would clock lower just because of the greater power and heat to cope with. Maybe you will see better results from 2nd generation processes

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Its not the chips,

I'm currently at 3.6ghz with my QX6700 @ 1.485v.

ITs the mobos.

They only allow multi clocking over FSB.On certain mobos,

has anyone been able to confirm working 8800 series SLI drivers to use on this mobo till R600 comes out?

Dear Mr xxxx xxxxx, Your Order has been packed and is in the process of being shipped.
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Goods Shipped:
1 - DFI Lanparty UT ICFX3200T2R/G RD600 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard


:banana:

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Originally Posted by Devious

Dear Mr xxxx xxxxx, Your Order has been packed and is in the process of being shipped.
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Goods Shipped:
1 - DFI Lanparty UT ICFX3200T2R/G RD600 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard


:banana:

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sweet overclock

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Originally Posted by nealh

sweet overclock

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wth? :confused:

From Devious sig..sorry

Intel Conroe E6600 @ 3.942Ghz Duel Prime stable @ 1.55v, Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Enermax Liberty 620W,
2GB Team group DDR2 C3's, Swiftech Apex Ultra Water, XFX 8800GTX 05 & 06

Just got my RD600. Did 429FSB right out of the box on my E6300. Ran ORTHOS Blend for about 20mins, no errors so far.
Like their NF590 SLI-M2R/G, the ICFX3200-T2R/G appears to be over-reporting CPU temperature by 8C. CoreTemp seems to be more accurate to me.
I suspect the NB temp could be over-reporting too, it reads over 60C but the NB heatsink doesn't feel that hot. Maybe the bad contact, will check on this later.
PWM temp is quite cool... about 30C-ish. Vdrop is about 0.03 when set to 1.4vcore (based on Smartguardian).

@bingo: When will the RD600 arrives in Austria/Germany?

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Originally Posted by GNU

@bingo: When will the RD600 arrives in Austria/Germany?

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@Bulldog14

Do you have any contact with the Austria/Germany distributors? Perhaps you could help with tis question:)

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Originally Posted by The Nemesis

@Bulldog14

Do you have any contact with the Austria/Germany distributors? Perhaps you could help with tis question:)

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Huh? Have i overseen the user who works for DFI?

It's bulldog14? :confused:

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Originally Posted by GNU

Huh? Have i overseen the user who works for DFI?

It's bulldog14? :confused:

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Yes, Bingo13 works for Anandtech, Bulldog14 works for DFI :)

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Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

Yes, Bingo13 works for Anandtech, Bulldog14 works for DFI :)

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Okay, thanks for the information and Ryder you will get some Money from me, because i will buy an OCZ Flex very soon :) (And i need your help later (maybe) :D )

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Originally Posted by Bulldog14

Hello Gents:

Just to throw some more clarity on a few issues. The RD600 has landed in Europe a few days ago and should be available in the UK shortly. I can't speak for North America, but I can state that there are no delays on this board here in the EU. This is just the first shipment and more have been ordered. The board will be available throughout Europe shortly.

I have received my own FAE sample from this first batch and can't find any trace of the chipset temp issue that plagued a few early samples. The chipset temp reads a nominal 45~50 degrees C in the BIOS.

With regards to DFI-Street I would first of all like to thank Fugger for killing any nonsense threads regarding events at the Street. AG is a guy that you either hate or love. It's as simple as that. If threads regarding the "demise" of the Street had been allowed to continue it would have quickly devolved into speculation and people lining up along the "hate" camp and the "love" camp. The resulting unneeded flamefest being the obvious outcome.

So to put this matter to a rest, AG was let go due to a difference of opinion between himself and DFI Management. He was not let go due to his somewhat "direct" treatment of people. It's no secret that DFI boards can be difficult to setup. As DFI support techs it is sometimes necessary for us to be brutally honest with people in order to get them back on track. You'd be surprised at the crazy ideas that people can come up with as to the source of problems. AG is a person who is very "direct" in his approach. Perhaps by some measures a bit much so, but this approach has helped untold numbers of people get a troublesome system back in order. I for one will miss the Street.

What is done is done and DFI has moved on. Someone has recently posted the link to our new forum. Rgone will be running it. I think we all know and respect Rgone and I hope to see you guys there.

To Fugger and any Mods please feel free to quote my comments regarding the Street as you see fit. It should help to quell any rumours and speculation that pops up on the subject.

DFI Support Europe.

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here you go GNU. That post is a page back.

came into stock @ OcUK today so I guess that it won't be long before other Euro suppliers have it.

Hi @ all!

In Italy this mobo arrive tomorrow....this is what they tell me....

Is anyone that know if exist hacked / mod driver that make working 8800 series in SLI configuration???

Tell me please!!!

Thank you so much and sorry for my bad English!

Bye!

Few folks been wanting to see CF and since I have just a couple of air-cooled x1900's here goes...

http://csd.dficlub.org/pgpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=2156#2156

RGone...

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Originally Posted by RGone

Few folks been wanting to see CF and since I have just a couple of air-cooled x1900's here goes...

http://csd.dficlub.org/pgpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=2156#2156

RGone...

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Thanks for sharing RGone.. :woot:

Didn't see anyone post this review, came out yesterday - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/103...ves/index.html

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Originally Posted by Capt_Caveman

Didn't see anyone post this review, came out yesterday - http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/103...ves/index.html

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i saw it and to be honest. i wasn't overly impressed with the board.

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Thanks for sharing RGone.. :woot:

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I concur, thank you RGone....:up:

From what I understand GNU the few boards RD600 boards that have been sent to our German distributors are already sold out. Don't worry thou more are on the way. You local DFI supplier should have them near the end of the month. Demand is high so you might want to reserve one.

agreed, reservation is the way to go it seems. Should have mine today, can't wait...

damn, i figured they would pop up on newegg today so i can pull the trigger on conroe. hope they get em before the promo code for the $265 ballistix tracer pc2 8000 runs out on the 15th:(

I hope my distributor gets some before the end of the month, don't know what else to do without it (with my new rig)

If you don't mind, what Ballistix promo code is that?

I had my eye on the 2GB PC8000 kit, but it went up $30 before I could pull the trigger ($309 -> $339). Interestingly, the Tracer kit of the same specs is $14 cheaper ($325).

Ballistix - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146563
Ballisix Tracer - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148047

I got my ICFX today, haven't had much time to play with it yet tho. Things that I found:

Check the NB cooler. Mine had loads of thermal compound. Temp in BIOS was 52°C (~125°F). Now with a watercooler, I'm priming 1.9V on the NB at 54°C (~129°F)

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3803/soepq6.jpg

Like RD480 and RD580, the RD600 comes with ATI's - now AMD's - System Manager. It contains loads of voltage, timing and clocking features, even independent RAM clocking. It also comes with the typical ITE Smart Guardian, which seems to be pretty accurate with the CPU temp. 12V and 5V show 0.1-0.2V less than my DMM tho.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/861/rd600nw3.th.jpg

The shipping BIOS on my board is dated 12/22, which is the latest one.

Man you're not kidding about the thermal grease!!!

thats always the first thing i do...remove all hs, and re-apply tim....thats a perfect example of why.
with all the thought that goes into designing a mobo, and bios..etc....
why cant they apply the tim properly? or at least show the factory workers the proper procedure....
...guess, good help is hard to find...lol

looking foward to seeing some results from you guys...

How do you get the northbridge sink off?

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Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

If you don't mind, what Ballistix promo code is that?

I had my eye on the 2GB PC8000 kit, but it went up $30 before I could pull the trigger ($309 -> $339). Interestingly, the Tracer kit of the same specs is $14 cheaper ($325).

Ballistix - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820146563
Ballisix Tracer - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148047

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http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=129867

Well i didnt have to wait long. ICFX3200-t2r/g instock at newegg for $269.99

Just went up 10m ago or less. Mines on its way along with 2gigs of ballistix tracer pc2 8000 a E6600 TT BTvx and Samsung spinpoint T 320gig. merry christmas to me:D

Wheres the Nvidia version of this board???

Thank you Mongoose420, great find, my frantic ctrl+f5 didn't bring up anything.

For other forum members looking for the DFI rd600 on Newegg: Searching for "icfx" showed nothing, and checking the "new products" showed nothing as well.

Thanks for the link too!
I am now the proud owner of the DFI RD600!
Best of luck to everyone else trying to get their hands on this board.

~3lfk1ng

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Originally Posted by Mongoose420

Well i didnt have to wait long. ICFX3200-t2r/g instock at newegg for $269.99

Just went up 10m ago or less. Mines on its way along with 2gigs of ballistix tracer pc2 8000 a E6600 TT BTvx and Samsung spinpoint T 320gig. merry christmas to me:D

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Yes....bless you my son :D Been checking every friggin hour for who knows how long. Oh why oh why on a Friday :p: Oh well. I guess I'll just have to suffer through some late night adventures during the week...

didnt take the egg long to get these in...great find, better jump on them before they get sold out...lol

Not to be off topic, but are the soon to be released ATI cards gonna be compatible with this board??? If the Nvidia 8800 series needs x16 to run SLI, who's sayin that the new ATI cards are not gonna need x16 for crossfire???

I'm thinkin im gonna wait quite a while before i make any hastey purchases....:cool:

65 in stock as for now

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Originally Posted by screwtech02

Not to be off topic, but are the soon to be released ATI cards gonna be compatible with this board??? If the Nvidia 8800 series needs x16 to run SLI, who's sayin that the new ATI cards are not gonna need x16 for crossfire???

I'm thinkin im gonna wait quite a while before i make any hastey purchases....:cool:

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I wonder if the 8800 cards really need x16 data throughput on the bus to function?

Doesn't SLI use a bridge across the top for most of the data transfer anyway? x16 = 4GBps of bandwidth... what on earth would it be doing with all that bandwidth with the SLI bridge in place?

I suspect the x16 requirement is purely a marketing ploy... hopefully ATI doesn't play these kinds of games... especially since their boards only support x8 bandwidth to the cards.

Im not buying another brand new just came out board again, best is to wait, and i saw the reviews not impress at all 680I was faster in some test

I wouldnt jump on the rd600 now unless your not planning on crossfire or you've allready got a conroe set up. Myself i was waiting for this board for my first intel overclock in quite some time. Plus if im able to justify 2x R600's i can get another mobo to run em if i have to.

Last intel i had was a p3 600EB so its been a while for me. So if you dont count the 75mhz overclock i did to that chip, conroe/rd600 gets my cherry lol.

i'll wait for user experiences. it didnt sell out immediately probably means demand isnt all that high.

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http://xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=129867

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THANK YOU! Wow, what a deal. Just bought a set. Now to wait and see if this motherboard or another upcoming board is going to be its new home.

The board is $40 over m.s.r.p. & was $70 over on Zipzoomfly the other day. It will sell out. Once everyone who's at work right now get home or checks while @ work. I'm glad I waited and saved the $30. I'm sure by the end of the month they'll be much cheaper. Next weekend is gonna be fun:)

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Originally Posted by The Nemesis

The board is $40 over m.s.r.p. & was $70 over on Zipzoomfly the other day. It will sell out. Once everyone who's at work right now get home or checks while @ work. I'm glad I waited and saved the $30. I'm sure by the end of the month they'll be much cheaper. Next weekend is gonna be fun:)

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are u maybe >:) thinking on selling those 7900gt since u going rd600?

We need some new user reviews on this board quick. Tempting, but I'm not sure it will perform any better than a p5B dlx. Also how does it handle 4 gigs of ram?

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Originally Posted by Ajfina

are u maybe >:) thinking on selling those 7900gt since u going rd600?

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Not sure yet. My 7900GT's are the ones that have 1.4v on the core and have been fitted with Zalman vf-900's. I run them 650/825 24/7 & 700/850 benching. They are essentially 7900GTX specs. A single 8800GTX gets the same score as my setup & dual scores on average of 2000-3000 pts more with conroe. Not really worth it to spend $600 to get the performance, or $1200 to get 3000 more points. Thinking on waiting fo whatever the summer brings.

And I just got home to a new ASUS P5NE-SLi waiting in a box by the door that I will now have to sell (or perhaps not :toast: )

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Originally Posted by screwtech02

Not to be off topic, but are the soon to be released ATI cards gonna be compatible with this board??? If the Nvidia 8800 series needs x16 to run SLI, who's sayin that the new ATI cards are not gonna need x16 for crossfire???

I'm thinkin im gonna wait quite a while before i make any hastey purchases....:cool:

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The 8800's run fine on the 650i boards in SLI, no real performance difference until you get above 1920x1200. The R600s are a go on this board unless something changes in the final A14 spin.

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Originally Posted by xgman

We need some new user reviews on this board quick. Tempting, but I'm not sure it will perform any better than a p5B dlx. Also how does it handle 4 gigs of ram?

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For sure, I almost bought the Newegg one five minutes ago but then remembered all the "great" mb's I bought and gave away. :(

What scares me is we really see no great numbers by the testers.

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Originally Posted by bingo13

The 8800's run fine on the 650i boards in SLI, no real performance difference until you get above 1920x1200. The R600s are a go on this board unless something changes in the final A14 spin.

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Thank's Gary, thats the answer i was looking for....:cool:

Just curious on anyone thoughts about this vs EVGA 680i... Was looking to order tonight if the DFI looks better than the EVGA board... Any thoughts? Do you think that nvidia cards would work with this board still?... Wonder what the loss would be... I want to build ther system for games but it looks like ATI is slacking on releasing a card that will compare to the 8800 series...

Eh? nVidia cards work fine on ATI chipsets, but you can't run SLI on an ATI chipset obviously. The performance hit you'd see between single card G80, for example, on RD600 v. 680i would be minimal at best and only noticeable in synthetic benchmarks like 3dmark06. RD600 hits higher FSBs at slacker chipset latencies, 680i does slightly better in 3d so far, but ATI's R600 series GPUs should be out by March and they should give G80 a serious run for its money.

ok..I swore I would not pay more than $250 for a mobo..was going to go Badaxe2..but I really wanted this mobo...

so I ordered of newegg...thank god for Discover cashback bonus....yeah..should get to my afte rmy B-day..damn it..not till next thurs....oh well

so 4 months later and still the same performance?
:p hrmmmm
Why does it say under specs that it only supports 8x and 8x pcix

in crossfire mode, each card is run at 8x, max.

single card - 16x max

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65 in stock as for now

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I tried to tinker with order number to see how many are in stock..and I could not figure this out..if I try to order 101..it say over 100 order limit

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I tried to tinker with order number to see how many are in stock..and I could not figure this out..if I try to order 101..it say over 100 order limit

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I think they probably got a second shipment & have over 100. Zipzoomfly sold a few the other day, was out of stock, & are back in stock today as well.

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Originally Posted by nealh

ok..I swore I would not pay more than $250 for a mobo..was going to go Badaxe2..but I really wanted this mobo...

so I ordered of newegg...thank god for Discover cashback bonus....yeah..should get to my afte rmy B-day..damn it..not till next thurs....oh well

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is it the badaxe2 crossfire also?

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Originally Posted by Ajfina

is it the badaxe2 crossfire also?

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Yes it is.....

All Intel 975X and 965 are Crossfire, so Badaxe2 is crossfire.

great caus im getting a badaxe2 tomorrow, ill try to get 2 ati's xt1900's

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Yes it is.....

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screw whats the max fsb u have done with ur badaxe2?

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Originally Posted by Bulldog14

From what I understand GNU the few boards RD600 boards that have been sent to our German distributors are already sold out. Don't worry thou more are on the way. You local DFI supplier should have them near the end of the month. Demand is high so you might want to reserve one.

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Thx but i will wait until i can buy a RD600 without to reserve it :)

I have forgotten it. Runs the RD600 with an ATI card without any problem? (1950 Pro).

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screw whats the max fsb u have done with ur badaxe2?

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Currently at 400x9, with a 6600.......

Tony, please PM me the BIOS settings to get the FlexXLC 9200 to run over 600MHz on the RD600. Anything above 580MHz is giving me C1 error.

I'm so tempted to buy one of these, but I figure the price will go down, so I should wait, then I think maybe they're not gonna make a whole lot of them, and I may miss out... I guess I'll stick with my P5W for now.

(But I really want an RD600. D:)

Just bought an eVGA 680i at newegg

Should I send it back and pick up an RD600 at newegg?

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so 4 months later and still the same performance?
:p hrmmmm
Why does it say under specs that it only supports 8x and 8x pcix

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It must run like this, I'm assuming that R600 CF doesn't need twin x16 slots like 8800 SLI does?

I'm waiting for some more results from users as well. It's really too early to jump with the commando and abit 680i around the corner

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It must run like this, I'm assuming that R600 CF doesn't need twin x16 slots like 8800 SLI does?

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I don't know if the R600 in XF will requirer 2x x16 lanes to work or not.
But since AMD/ ATI next chipset will have 2x x16 lanes . It is possiable AMD could choose to make XF work with 2x x16lanes . AS NV has already done this with the G80's in sli. This would effectively freeeze Intel chipsets out of both the sli and XF markets G80's and the R600's. When is the next chipset do to be released for AMD processors? If they arrive at about the same time. Its a possiability. As I said Idon't know nor does anyone else.

But if I was AMD its what I would do. Since NV already done it. Not many would have much to grip about.

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I don't know if the R600 in XF will requirer 2x x16 lanes to work or not.
But since AMD/ ATI next chipset will have 2x x16 lanes . It is possiable AMD could choose to make XF work with 2x x16lanes . AS NV has already done this with the G80's in sli. This would effectively freeeze Intel chipsets out of both the sli and XF markets G80's and the R600's. When is the next chipset do to be released for AMD processors? If they arrive at about the same time. Its a possiability. As I said Idon't know nor does anyone else.

But if I was AMD its what I would do. Since NV already done it. Not many would have much to grip about.

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why would they want to kill the preowned market...better off to allow to work on X8 sli lanes at slight perofrmance than loose business..seems moronic not too IMHO

Gary has already stated that this board will work with the r600's in Crossfire unless something has changed in the most recent A14 spin that he doesn't know about.

With motherboard prices where they are & and latest graphic flagships costing over $600, that would make for a very expensive upgrade. Even more so if you want to run crossfire. This is why I have yet to upgrade my graphics.

I'm thinking, I"m gonna order one of these and see if I can make it work as NB HS replacement
http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/produc...4/cl-c0034.asp

Hi all,
I've received my DFI today :D

I'm very surprised, i cannot change CPU Clock ratio

http://resources.vr-zone.com/Shamino/dfird600er/69.jpg

this option unexist on my bios (last on dfi website) :confused:

I think option is "Conroe P-STATE Multipler" to change ratio.

Just a little thing I found;

if using 2gb in dual channel mode remember to change to channel a and b in the northbridge selection screen. AT times the board can default to single channel mode automatically if you don't do this...


regards
raja

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Just a little thing I found;

if using 2gb in dual channel mode remember to change to channel a and b in the northbridge selection screen. AT times the board can default to single channel mode automatically if you don't do this...


regards
raja

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excuse my noobie question..change it to what?

change from AUTO to channel A and B IIRC

Although i have auto set and no probs with dual channel mode sticking as it should on beta bioses but only started to retest with 12/22 official bios

anyone test this thing at 1t 1:1 with tight timings against 975 yet?

Thats all i care about.

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excuse my noobie question..change it to what?

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Hi,

there are 4 options in the northbridge setup page, channel a, channel b, and channel a and b, final option is auto...

regards
raja

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change from AUTO to channel A and B IIRC

Although i have auto set and no probs with dual channel mode sticking as it should on beta bioses but only started to retest with 12/22 official bios

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thank you EVA2000 and Raju

Gotta love Newegg..my RD600 was set to step 3....then just checked it is at step 5= it has shipped...on a SUNDAY???!!!! which is why I could not cancel anymore

Well..I get 400fsb if my cpu will do it and I maybe slightly slower than 975 but the board is a DFI and generally rock stable(at least I hope like my SLI-DR) and looks great.. :woot: