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08-19-2004, 03:01 AM
p4z1f1st

S754 = SingleChannel-interface

S939 = DualChannel-interface

BUT, i think, DC doesn't bring ANY worth mentioning boost against SC.....and with SC u can OC your RAM more then in DC

just my 2cents.....
08-19-2004, 03:38 AM
aldamon

Quote:

Originally posted by racoontje
OK, not a mobile then.

First of all, doesn't the 939 have a wider memory bus?

Why would you want the 754 over the 939?

I already told you in my second paragraph. You can keep playing the waiting game for the DFI Socket 939 or you can pre-order the 754 on Friday. I'm telling you, by the time you want to upgrade your chip, more likely than not, you're going to want a new mobo anyway (like the nForce4). So who cares about the upgrade paths on 939 boards? Of course, I may be wrong about that. I'm just going on personal experience. If you go with 754 and max it out with the 3700+, it will be plenty fast for quite a while. It has 2.4 GHz of speed and a meg of cache.
08-19-2004, 06:36 AM
trans am

This is for Bigtoe, I have a chaintech vnf3-250 too. You said the dfi was able to overclock higher than the vnf3-250. What was your max oc on the chaintech compared to the dfi? I'm asking because I currently have the chaintech board with a mobile able to hit 257x10 stable. I hate to be the 4th one to ask this, but were you able to confirm native mobile support on the DFI?
08-19-2004, 06:49 AM
SunTzu69

Quote:

Originally posted by aldamon
I already told you in my second paragraph. You can keep playing the waiting game for the DFI Socket 939 or you can pre-order the 754 on Friday. I'm telling you, by the time you want to upgrade your chip, more likely than not, you're going to want a new mobo anyway (like the nForce4). So who cares about the upgrade paths on 939 boards? Of course, I may be wrong about that. I'm just going on personal experience. If you go with 754 and max it out with the 3700+, it will be plenty fast for quite a while. It has 2.4 GHz of speed and a meg of cache.

I couldn't agree more. Nice explanation. It's what I'm doing. :toast:
08-19-2004, 06:56 AM
p4z1f1st

Quote:

Originally posted by trans am
This is for Bigtoe, I have a chaintech vnf3-250 too. You said the dfi was able to overclock higher than the vnf3-250. What was your max oc on the chaintech compared to the dfi? I'm asking because I currently have the chaintech board with a mobile able to hit 257x10 stable. I hate to be the 4th one to ask this, but were you able to confirm native mobile support on the DFI?

afaik he hit 300MHz with 425MHz HTT :)
08-19-2004, 07:04 AM
ugp

After I get this Motherboard my next upgrade is to go to some new Memory and I got a recommendation from bigtoe and what to get and I think I will take his word on it:D
08-19-2004, 08:10 AM
korvskall

Let,s hope DFI don,t make :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:ty mobos like the DFI Lanparty NF2 Cards that will stop working after 2 weeks :(.

I hope the 939 board will be my next mobo.

CREDS TO DFI ;)
08-19-2004, 08:13 AM
trans am

Quote:

Originally posted by p4z1f1st
afaik he hit 300MHz with 425MHz HTT :)

Yeah, but what was the high on the chaintech? And I mean highest total cpu clock regardless of htt and multi.
08-19-2004, 08:27 AM
Flox

Quote:

Originally posted by p4z1f1st
afaik he hit 300MHz with 425MHz HTT :)

What kind of RAM?

Makes no sense for a gaming machine, if you reach 300MHz memory-clocks (BTW: who cares about the 425MHz of the reference clock? :rolleyes: ) and have only one 256MB stick.

High mem-clocks with 512MB (better: 1GB) are much more interesting...

Greetz, Flox
08-19-2004, 09:19 AM
p4z1f1st

1x512MB OCZ 3500EB

for me only 1GB-results are important ;)

don't wanna miss RAM higher 1GB :)
08-19-2004, 09:20 AM
Joe T

Can anyone confirm where the chipset will be located on these boards? On my MSI Neo Plat its located right near the AGP socket, which means the Arctic Cooler on my graphics card prevents a bigger heatsink being placed on it.

TIA. :)
08-19-2004, 09:54 AM
Adelon

im wondering if the lanpartyUT is the new infinty then will this new lanpartyUT have the power and reset button on it? (because i thougt it to be a lanparty only option)
08-19-2004, 10:05 AM
gouda96

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe T
Can anyone confirm where the chipset will be located on these boards? On my MSI Neo Plat its located right near the AGP socket, which means the Arctic Cooler on my graphics card prevents a bigger heatsink being placed on it.

TIA. :)

You could always swap that out for a socket A cooler. Would probably also perform better, especially if you got a Cu one.

I am realy torn as to wheter or not I should upgrade to an a64 and this mobo right now. With how well doom3 runs on my current barton and p4 machines it seems I don't realy need to. I guess I will see how hl2 and rome total war run before I decide.

It isn't every day that Opp says a board is the best he has ever used, and all the tweaking options just seem like this board would be so much fun. Maybe I should just wait and hope that the DFI nf4 motherboard is just as great as this one.
08-19-2004, 04:12 PM
Tony

I don't have a mobile A64 to test with, knowing Oskar the board will support them...;)

I hit 300HTT+ on the chaintech also but its not as fast as this DFI.

For the price though the VNF3 250 is a great board though.
08-19-2004, 07:24 PM
__TRONIK__

with my vnf-250, I can change FID in bios ONLY if I run a single DIMM - is this going to be the case on the DFI - if not, then it is the best reason I have for picking one up.....
08-20-2004, 12:22 AM
SunTzu69

Quote:

Originally posted by bigtoe
I don't have a mobile A64 to test with, knowing Oskar the board will support them...;)

I hit 300HTT+ on the chaintech also but its not as fast as this DFI.

For the price though the VNF3 250 is a great board though.

Re the mobile - ;) :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
08-20-2004, 01:01 AM
Jack

Quote:

Originally posted by Adelon
im wondering if the lanpartyUT is the new infinty then will this new lanpartyUT have the power and reset button on it? (because i thougt it to be a lanparty only option)

finally the spec page is online :D

LANPARTY UT nF3 250Gb

and the s754 mobo has the buttons on it :toast:

click for pic of mobo
08-20-2004, 04:26 AM
aldamon

OK, now I'm getting impatient. Where's the link at ZZF? My credit card is bored.

:p: :D ;)
08-20-2004, 04:43 AM
egarrard

Maybe some newbie questions...

A) You've been saying this has been accomplished with one stick of 3500EB, but the screenshots show 2 sticks. Which is it?
B) If it's only one, does anyone know of an online supplier that sells only one stick? Everyone I've seen that carries it only sells the dual-channel kits. No point in paying for 2 sticks if I only need one.
C) Big toe said his results are on air. What HS/Fan combination are you using for this?

Sorry, but just looking for some clarification... :)
08-20-2004, 04:56 AM
samualcc

Only supports DDR333/400 )o:

Damn I just read the spec. It sounds like a really sweet board, but I was hoping to use my old DDR266 Ram for a few months till I can offord some EB.

Was gonna pair this with a Mobile 2800+. Hopefully it has many options for RAM "dividing". Any info on Ram adjustments Bigtoe?

Thanks!
08-20-2004, 05:14 AM
aldamon

Quote:

Originally posted by egarrard

B) If it's only one, does anyone know of an online supplier that sells only one stick? Everyone I've seen that carries it only sells the dual-channel kits. No point in paying for 2 sticks if I only need one.

Atacom offers single sticks of EB, but I don't know how reliable they are as a vendor:

http://www.atacom.com
08-20-2004, 08:36 AM
Joe T

Quote:

Originally posted by Joe T
Can anyone confirm where the chipset will be located on these boards? On my MSI Neo Plat its located right near the AGP socket, which means the Arctic Cooler on my graphics card prevents a bigger heatsink being placed on it.

TIA. :)

From the image on the DFI page it looks like its in the same place as on my MSI. Oh well.......:(
08-20-2004, 11:41 AM
ugp

It is going to be fine for me...I can't wait for them to post the preorder think for it!!!
08-20-2004, 11:44 AM
ugp

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postid=525218

There is a picture of the board if anyone hasn't seen it by now...
08-20-2004, 12:07 PM
Tony

Quote:

Originally posted by egarrard
Maybe some newbie questions...

A) You've been saying this has been accomplished with one stick of 3500EB, but the screenshots show 2 sticks. Which is it?
B) If it's only one, does anyone know of an online supplier that sells only one stick? Everyone I've seen that carries it only sells the dual-channel kits. No point in paying for 2 sticks if I only need one.
C) Big toe said his results are on air. What HS/Fan combination are you using for this?

Sorry, but just looking for some clarification... :)

The screenies show 2 ranks of 256 which is 1x512 module.

I posted all ram tweaks in the bios shots.

Nice to see the final board hasn't changed much from what i have here ;)

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