*****Official***** DFI NF4 ultra-D first look

DFI and OCZ VX, there is no substitute:D

OPP

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...id=23234&stc=1

WOW :slobber: Great score you got there OPP :toast:

DFI holland he WT :banana: thats where i life :banana4:
Sow i should get this board soon the said friday but i have hardfeelings about that. :D

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Originally Posted by OPPAINTER

DFI and OCZ VX, there is no substitute:D

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OPP and 3d mark 2001se ORB, there is no contest.:D

1st post :banana4:

I'm about 2/3 of the way through this thread and hope this hasn't been asked yet, but I'm anxious to find out if this board has a feature to automatically rollback to safe settings (or last known good settings) if you overclock too far so you can boot into the BIOS and make changes without clearing the CMOS every time.

I just got done messing with multiple MSI Neo2 Plat boards (had a few replacements) that I ordered a while ago because I got impatient waiting for this board and finally gave up on them. There's FAR too many problems with them. Each one seemed to have it's own quirks. I've never been so frustrated working with a MB before.

That MB required a CMOS clear when choosing incorrect/incompatible settings and it was a HUGE pain. Asus boards I've had in the past have a nice feature that automatically rolls back the settings on reboot if the prior boot locked up.

Please tell me this board has a similar feature, especially with all the settings present in the BIOS. I've never worked with a DFI board before so I'm not familiar with how their boards normally work.

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Originally Posted by Tempest25

1st post :banana4:

I'm about 2/3 of the way through this thread and hope this hasn't been asked yet, but I'm anxious to find out if this board has a feature to automatically rollback to safe settings (or last known good settings) if you overclock too far so you can boot into the BIOS and make changes without clearing the CMOS every time.

I just got done messing with multiple MSI Neo2 Plat boards (had a few replacements) that I ordered a while ago because I got impatient waiting for this board and finally gave up on them. There's FAR too many problems with them. Each one seemed to have it's own quirks. I've never been so frustrated working with a MB before.

That MB required a CMOS clear when choosing incorrect/incompatible settings and it was a HUGE pain. Asus boards I've had in the past have a nice feature that automatically rolls back the settings on reboot if the prior boot locked up.

Please tell me this board has a similar feature, especially with all the settings present in the BIOS. I've never worked with a DFI board before so I'm not familiar with how their boards normally work.

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There is a jumper on the board that is supose to do that, it won't clear Cmos, it will leave your settings.
Also, you can store your Bios settings in the bios. If you happen to clear cmos you can always load your saved bios settings.

Welcome to Xtreme :toast:

OPP

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Originally Posted by HARDCORECLOCKER

:D Oh yes - english language is a profession............ :p:

:toast:

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yes it´s often hard to understand what some people mean

i´ll hope to receive this board at the end of the week :toast:
but i only believe it when my hands touch the board :cool:

Thanks! While that's not exactly what I was hoping for, it's still much better than the hell MSI puts you through.

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Grats on the great scores BTW. I'm tempted to return the Patriot 3200 XBL stuff I just received and go OCZ VX instead. I'm not sure if the minor performance difference I may gain is worth the $45 difference though (including shipping to return and on the new order - I know someone would have corrected me to $30 if I hadn't explained ;) )

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Originally Posted by OPPAINTER

There is a jumper on the board that is supose to do that, it won't clear Cmos, it will leave your settings.
Also, you can store your Bios settings in the bios. If you happen to clear cmos you can always load your saved bios settings.

Welcome to Xtreme :toast:

OPP

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:D Ordered a LEADTEK 6600 GT EXTREME which is not such a large card so I hope there won't be any problem with the SATA HDD's.

But want to get the chipset under water like I did with my NEO2, what about the SLI slot and the card - will it fit or not?

I mean there are the tubes from and to the cooler and I'm not sure where exactly the card is placed.

Is there anybody with a watercooled chipset on that board ???

THX !!! :toast:

sorry to bring this out, here, but opp are you getting a bullhead mobo, couse you are the only one that really take mobos to their limit, i really need to know the real diferences in performance between both mobos.

great score by the way.

just received the email from HPM-Computer , they said :

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Dear customer,

DFI has just announced the official release date for the brandnew
nF4-boards. We expect the boards to arrive on the following days:

DFI nF4 Ultra-D: 01/27/05, 01/28/05
DFI nF4 SLI-D: 02/03/05
DFI nF4 SLI-DR: 02/03/05

HPM-Computer is one of only 3 companies in europe who is able to deliver
these boards that early.

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So , everyone in Europa , ready for start your enginee :toast: :banana4: :banana:

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Originally Posted by metro_oc.cl

sorry to bring this out, here, but opp are you getting a bullhead mobo, couse you are the only one that really take mobos to their limit, i really need to know the real diferences in performance between both mobos.

great score by the way.

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Please remember Bullhead is a tweaked OEM board and doesn't have the overclocking features built in, the bios has been tweaked to overclock but it does have its limits.

you will see more ATI performance soon with a new rev of the board.

Feels great to have one already, it's gonna be a real hunt for these little babies :D

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Originally Posted by OPPAINTER

DFI and OCZ VX, there is no substitute:D

OPP

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w00t, I'm getting the same combo :banana: (well, except for dual cascade and an FX55 :p: )

It's really great to hear that OCZ VX takes full advantage of the enormous DFI Vdimm options, and the board just keeps screaming by with it!

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Originally Posted by bigtoe

Please remember Bullhead is a tweaked OEM board and doesn't have the overclocking features built in, the bios has been tweaked to overclock but it does have its limits.

you will see more ATI performance soon with a new rev of the board.

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thanks m8 hope so

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Originally Posted by xs64

just received the email from HPM-Computer , they said :


So , everyone in Europa , ready for start your enginee :toast: :banana4: :banana:

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Any idea what the other companies are??

Probably not OCuK, but hey, we may be lucky :)

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Originally Posted by del_fuego

Probably not OCuK, but hey, we may be lucky :)

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Lets hope so! Strange when ppl recognise you from around different forums :)

Hello :)

Can you help me ? :)
I must have dimension and weight of box of :

DFI nF4 Ultra-D :
DFI nF4 SLI-D :
DFI nF4 SLI-DR :

It's urgent, thanks you very mush !

tomorrow i´ll get my sli-d
the sli-dr will be available on 3rd february 2005
and the ultra will also be available on 3rd february 2005

the difference between the sli-d and sli-dr are the 8 s-ata connectors instead of 4 s-ata connectors.
the sli-dr can do raid5 and has more accessories (pc transpo, sleeving-kit and the diagnostic led)
i dont´t need this stuff, so i changed my order from sli-dr to sli-d 20 minutes ago

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Originally Posted by Patrickclouds

tomorrow i´ll get my sli-d
the sli-dr will be available on 3th february 2005
and the ultra will also be available on 3th february 2005

the difference between the sli-d and sli-dr are the 8 s-ata connectors instead of 4 s-ata connectors.
the sli-dr can do raid5 and has more accessories (pc transpo, sleeving-kit and the diagnostic led)
i dont´t need this stuff, so i changed my order from sli-dr to sli-d 20 minutes ago

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But, erm, the official release date for both of the SLI boards isn't till the 3rd of feb, only the Ultra board is released tomorrow. So, I assume you are ordering your board from a retail outlet as you mention changing your order, your won't get you board until the 3rd of feb at earliest?

Look back at the post with the offical release date on it.

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Originally Posted by Brum Man

But, erm, the official release date for both of the SLI boards isn't till the 3rd of feb, only the Ultra board is released tomorrow. So, I assume you are ordering your board from a retail outlet as you mention changing your order, your won't get you board until the 3rd of feb at earliest?

Look back at the post with the offical release date on it.

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i got an email this evening:

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Dear customer,

DFI has just changed the release dates.

DFI nF4 Ultra-D: 02/03/2005
DFI nF4 SLI-D: 01/27/2005
DFI nF4 SLI-DR: 02/03/2005

The SLI-D boards will arrive tomorrow (01/27/2005)

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:banana: :banana: :banana:

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Originally Posted by Patrickclouds

tomorrow i´ll get my sli-d
the sli-dr will be available on 3th february 2005
and the ultra will also be available on 3th february 2005

the difference between the sli-d and sli-dr are the 8 s-ata connectors instead of 4 s-ata connectors.
the sli-dr can do raid5 and has more accessories (pc transpo, sleeving-kit and the diagnostic led)
i dont´t need this stuff, so i changed my order from sli-dr to sli-d 20 minutes ago

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Where did you pre-ordered it?
overclockers.co.uk have an issue with orders above 2Kg for the EU...

Can we expect the same overclocking capacity between SLI-D and SLI-DR?
Well.... when someone has them to try :)

thanks

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Originally Posted by HARDCORECLOCKER

:D Ordered a LEADTEK 6600 GT EXTREME which is not such a large card so I hope there won't be any problem with the SATA HDD's.

But want to get the chipset under water like I did with my NEO2, what about the SLI slot and the card - will it fit or not?

I mean there are the tubes from and to the cooler and I'm not sure where exactly the card is placed.

Is there anybody with a watercooled chipset on that board ???

THX !!! :toast:

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http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/show...&threadid=4688
http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/show...7231#post47231

trying to find out exactly the same thing

aint lookin to good on 1st sight... :(

i pre-ordered from hpm-computer in germany