If Asus could raise their vdimm @ 3.4-3.5v... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by xtrempinoy
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If Asus could raise their vdimm @ 3.4-3.5v... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by xtrempinoy
doesn't really matter any more....since everyone is slowly going to 2GB kitsQuote:
Originally Posted by Supertim0r
damn wwm we need some updates :banana:
yes. give us more pleasessssssssssssssssssssssss.
! MORE ! :toast:
Has anyone actually bought one of these boards (Asus A8N32) ??, when I saw the RRP I fainted :stick:Quote:
Originally Posted by Supertim0r
Just ordered mine at www.trend4pc.de
Can´t wait to arrive :D
I'll have mine in the morning. X2 here I come!Quote:
Originally Posted by alpha0ne
Great. Please give us an update of this board :DQuote:
Originally Posted by synergy
hehe...it is humor...best thing to do while waiting for results :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CrashOv3r1De
So..it's way too early to tell what this board is capable of but it appears the ATI boards, on only the first BIOS revision after the original are hitting higher numbers on much lower voltages then any of the prior NF4 boards out there. Seems the battle is joined.
hm...still no result :(
i like the booting screen,very cool :banana:
the reason might be that the new dfi boards have been killing cpu's. or there would of been reviews by now. sampsa got a fx-57 killed by the grouper board and another member got 3 cpu's killed by the new dfi crossfire board. maybe the new expert is killing cpu's as well, thats why there is no results...Quote:
Originally Posted by dimasdw
Hmmm. Wonderful.
**WHHYYY couldn't Asus make room for another PCI slot(A8N32SLI) UNDER the lower PCI-E slot???? I'll have to settle for another DFI** ;)
I think he is just trying to be thorough and it takes time.
just give him some time to update :)
Anything new on when this thing will finally ship in the States?
waiting results :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by synergy
All this time waiting for the Expert has messed with my head. I have a sealed fx-57 sitting on my desk but all of this time waiting for the Expert has made me think maybe I shouldditch the FX and grab an X2 4800+?
Looks like they put it up on DFIs website. It may have been there for awhile, but i haven't seen it before.
here
If it has been there for awhile, don't flame me, i didn't know. :stick:
Just spoke with DFI sales in USA. Not much info on where they are headed, but he said they expected a shipment this week. I'll keep fingers crossed.
Later today as mater of fact;)Quote:
Originally Posted by xgman
OPP
The Expert board is in stock at Monarch.
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...ry_Code=AMD939
You'll be receiving one today?Quote:
Originally Posted by OPPAINTER
beautiful - that means egg and Zzf should be picking them up very soon as well :)
YAY! :clap: :banana: :banana: :toast: :woot:Quote:
Originally Posted by sierra_bound
Just ordered. :banana:
I hope it's not as flaky as my current mobo. :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by sierra_bound
im tempted to order it now .. but i dunno .. i think im gonna hold off .. if these boards are killing cpus :stick:
EDIT
just called monarch .. they have about 150 in stock at their store warehoouse .. so if u order today .. they will ship it to their shipping warehouse and should ship out at the end of the week ..
never got why they can just ship it from the store warehouse
Me too .... I'll wait for some reviews to pop up and some XS "results" before I decide to get one.Quote:
Originally Posted by jetjaguar
dam, wish I am in the US !!!! that board gonna cost around 170 quid in the UK (that around 300USD :mad: ) :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
ordered one, will report ASAP.
I'd like to wait too, but i had no choice. I have an active RMA with newegg for this RDX200 and i only have a week or so before i have to mail it out.
I just hope it doesn't kill my CPU by then :banana:
ordered one .. hope i dont regret it
Nope:DQuote:
Originally Posted by rick_fx
But hopefully It will be shipped tomorrow :D
OPP
I'm feeling uneasy about my order. Why is that?? :confused:
I may cancel then. That's just deceptive. ughhh . .Quote:
Originally Posted by jetjaguar
Maybe something you ate? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Despotes
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Originally Posted by xgman
well they have them .. but it may take a few days for it to ship out .. so who knows .. i ordered one ..
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Originally Posted by OPPAINTER
lucky you :woot:
It's shipping now in Japan!
http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools
(Translation by Google)
Spoke to DFI again. They did get the boards today, but Monach does NOT have any yet. Monarch said the 11th on a call just now. I would predict that Zip and maybe one or two others may have stock listed as early as tomorrow. Just FYI.
looks like Monarch is pulling the same trick like they did with Opty again....they ought to change the 'In Stock' status to 'In stock soon' for real! :stick: I'll wait for newegg instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by xgman
They admited to me they do NOT have them and won't till around the 11th. they are in Georgia and it stands to reason that DFI will get the first boards they recieved today to california resellers first.Quote:
Originally Posted by jetjaguar
In the current state of thing I wonder how well this product is positioned in the market.
With the NF4 x16, ATI chip, etc and the M2 socket on the way...
Don't get me wrong, a nice toy to have but the timing seems less then ideal. Would like to have this in my hands 4 months ago, not necessarily today. Just my thoughts..
I cancelled. 2nd Day shipping shouldn't take more than 6 days. :nono:
yeah i called them back .. and it wont ship until this friday .. so the soonest i would have it would be tues :(
i guess ill just keep my order i guess
.........finally someone that won't stuff us around with a proper review...........looking forward to your thread :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by OPPAINTER
in terms of availability through Monarch.......either you guys are really lucky or these companies are pulling your leg again...........our main DFI distie has given us some crap news regarding these mobos......soooooooo it looks like I'll be getting an UltraD or Asus Premium board........Quote:
Originally Posted by mittoni
anyone knows what comes in the package???? the same as the previous sli dr ??? or more things?
Was just about to order but I want to see what OPP does with his first and if he kills his FX-57. The reviews are gonna make it or break it for me. The board will decide if i go with 2xX1800XT or 2x 7800 GTX Ultra. If this mobo is a overclocking super star without any major probs then this is what Im getting
I cant resist do I buy one now or no? I sitll need to wait for the 14th to pickup the R1800xt or 7800gtx but will these be in stock or soldout?
WWM, any comparation with the non-Expert, is there a real improvement in clocks/performance with this new revision ?
I think the RDX200 will be the winner for those who want the X1800 Xt. The X1800 Xl beats the 7800 gtx in some tests and are just about even. I have a feeling the X1800 xt will give the Gtx ultra a good run
Right now all the reviews of testing I have seen shown the 7800GTX 256 card faster by a lil bit then the X1800XT 512 card or pretty close to dead even. Image quallity was about equal as well. Now price point wise the X1800XL 256 card is more then the 7800GTX also.. Big thing is the 7800GTX does way more with less clock cycles thenthe X1800XL ever does. When the new 7800GTX Ultra/512 card hits the street.. Plan on it mopping up with the ATI card easily. As that the 7800GTX 512 card will be clocked around 580mhz and 1400 on the mem with 512. If the 512 X1800Xl cant beat down the 7800GTX 256 card then it will not come close I think to the Ultra.. Just my opinion anyhow. Really wanna see how this Expert board does.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrashOv3r1De
But I have a question Why are all of you talking about it killing your CPU's when No one even knows or has a clue. Its a rumor and blatent wrong comment to post I belive... How did it come about that anyone would even think this.. I truely dont think DFI and Oscar would release a board that without USER error would just kill CPU's. So I will just set back and wait till the become avalible. Just like everone else
dunno .. i ordered one .. monarch says ill have it on tuesday .. since they are shipping out on friday .. and they said they had 150 of them .. sooooo ..Quote:
Originally Posted by CrashOv3r1De
who knows ..
even if this board gives me the same performance that my current sli-dr is giving me .. ill be happy ... as the main reason i want this board is for the sli spacing and the layout .. and nto so many power connections
hi mate there is a thread here with 2xCF boards swallowing 3xreally expensive CPUs......here is a link http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=79187...........R.I.P. 2xFX57 CPUs and a 4800+ X2Quote:
Originally Posted by Captin Insano
That doesnt mean it was the boards fault it coul dbe it might not be , as was stated noone knows for sureQuote:
Originally Posted by dinos22
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Originally Posted by Mike6969
Alright,
With this amount of time elapsed with no updates, I am going to go with the pessimistic view: something MUST be wrong. I know if I was going to post a thread like that on the board 1) I'd be TIRED AS HELL because I'd be up hurs on end getting that thing running and reporting my results!
I've got s bad feeling about this, and I REALLY hope I am proved wrong!
Call me crazy, but I do believe some people actually have jobs. :p
nVidia :D
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Originally Posted by dinos22
It would be my belief that something OTHER then the board caused the Issue.. And the other thing is that the Expert is basically an improvement upon an existing piece of hardware LOTS of us use. Current DFI SLI Boards. Even if that guys had the board kill 3 cpu's, MAYBE it just was unlucky for him and it happens. That doesnt mean im gonna scream the sky is falling and say that ALL THESE boards are EVIL CPU EATERS and im scared.. No intent on flaming or being rude just kinda what i have wittnessed and feel.
Next is People have OTHER lives then doing what WWM is doing now with this board. Just because we havent heard from him doesnt mean anything bad happened. It just means NO news is still NO news, not No news is good or bad news. Be Patient everyone..Im sure he will post when he can and has info.. No worries!!!
As reported by Major in the A8N32-SLI Deluxe thread, the DFI SLI-DR is now available at Monarch, who's buying? :-)
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merch...ry_Code=AMD939
edit: Oops, should have read the posts from earlier today
i think there's more to it......you should read more of the threadQuote:
Originally Posted by Captin Insano
I've already ordered mine from Monarch 12 hours ago. I'm hoping it gets shipped tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Capt_Caveman
dont count on it .. according to monarch .. they will not be ready to be shipped until this fridayQuote:
Originally Posted by Avid6eek
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Originally Posted by Mike6969
maybe wwm killed a bunch of cpu with this board and reluctant to post the finding? :D
monarch still hasn't updated it's website (in stock, ship 1-2 days). i call that deceptive.
That's why I seldom buy anything from these guys..... Too many times I've been told "it was in stock when you ordered it but out when we gotta around to shipping." I don't understand why they continue this crap, when you place your order with other etailers you can follow the order from the moment it was placed.... Looks to me that they'll continue to be "wanta-bees" until change their ordering system. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by xgman
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Originally Posted by ben805
god i hope not .. i cant afford to kill cpus when i get this .. a guy just fried his cpu on his asus a8n32sli .. not looking good for these new motherboards :slapass:
I just got off the phone with a guy named Keith at Monarch and he said they were sent a batch of "defective motherboards" and DFI is sending them another shipment. He says they should be receiving them either Wednesday or Thursday and shipments should start being sent out on that day. I'll guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I doubt it, these guys have a screwed ordering system and they're masters at making excuses! Example:Quote:
Originally Posted by B5I8
This is crazy! Cpu's keep frying left and right and ppl get in the line to buy these boards.
No CPU has fried on an NF4 SLI-DR Expert board. You can't say this board is killing CPU's when only one person has it, god knows where he is anyway, but nonetheless, this baord hasn't killed any CPU's and its not right to say it has until we see evidence of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by SamHughe
This was the RDX200 CF-DR, not nF4 SLI-DR Expert board ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by SamHughe
This is the only progress I see,
"Reached! DDR400 2 2-2-5 1T 512MBX4 2.68V
PI 32M finished!!!"
Any more results? Tom Petty voice "The waaaiting is the hardest part!"
Yep, my bad. Sorry. I was referring to RDX200 CF-DR and Asus A8N32-SLI boards. I was talking in general. Still no word from wwm...it makes you think.
But I don't need 4*512 @ 1T.
And properly most of us don’t need it.
I need/want high HTT , high(er) cpu/mem speeds, and stability.
I think this board is going to be a disappointment over the old nf4 dr.
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Originally Posted by B5I8
This is simply not true. I just spoke with DFI directly, and the deal is that out of the first allocation of Experts to the USA, Monarch is getting most of them (shipped to them yesterday to arrive wed/thurs) and a Canada reseller is getting the rest. None yet for any other reseller. Monday DFI will get another shipment and then more to Monarch and maybe some to the California resellers then or sometime after that. I guess Monarch had an order into DFI first. In any case, NO boards have hit Monarch yet, defective or otherwise. This is straight from two different sales people at DFI USA a few minutes ago. bottom line, if you want one now, then you have to deal with Monarch and will likely receive your order sometime early next week.
Asside from a update on his progress, I would like to know what BIOS this board is running? Same as SLI-DR etc. updated, or a new Expert only bios?
I never said the X1800 XL will compete with the 7800 GTx ultra. The X1800 Xt will be the one competing with it.
That is not true. The original 704 bios was a cpu killer which is why it was pulled and no longer worked upon. Big toe modded the bios to disable cpu % over 113 to ensure the most you can put through the cpu was 1.7v or so to eleviate and cpu's dying.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlterBridge86
This bios does look very similar. I like the smaller increments of the vdimm among other things. I am sure the current nF4 boards could utilize some of these changes as well though but i doubt it cause they want to push these changes in the new boards only. Tony was mentioning before that Oskar has a new bios for the original nF4 boards with changes including REAL CAS 1.5 support however he hasn't given it out.
I am ordering from the Egg when they get it. I trust them over monarch anyday :) But maybe Ill have the RDX200 if the X1800 Xt does good.
Correct - but no EXPERTS have killed any CPU's yet... :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by cantankerous
I've a DFI nforce4 ultra-d and gonna buy SLI-DR Expert soon.with my current ultra-d board I'm using a raid0 array.Will I have any problem on this raid array moving to dfi sli-dr expert??I don't wanna lose my data.
u might wanna backup just in caseQuote:
Originally Posted by Mehmet_Ali
nah, same chipset and drivers should be seamless.
Back it up anyway..........
Always make a back-up.
You don't want to loose your data, don't you?
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Originally Posted by pcdoc1
easy, that way Monarch get in a bunch of orders way before anybody else actually have the product in stock, they do what they do in order to steal sales from other competition...it's a cheap business practice that has been around for quite some time, they're not the first to pull this trick, do you guys remember many many months ago everybody were waiting for the 3700 SD?? and quite a few companies did the same trick to get in a bunch of orders but they kept making up excuses for not having them actually in stock. hmm yea...Monarch might have some special relation with AMD or DFI or whatever and they might get the shipment a day or two earlier, but it's still very cheesy of them to keep up with this crap, whenever you order from Monach your credit card is being charged immediately!! Somebody ought to report them to BBB for selling product they don't even have yet!!
I dont think WWM killed the DFI Expert board.:smoke:
The DFI Expert board killed WWM :explode2: :caution:
Well this morning Monarch says their ETA of their first shipment from DFI is today, so w'ell see, maybe some orders will actually get shipped tonight. I'm number 25 in line.
Look at this.
http://happy.ap.teacup.com/maiko2/45.html#readmore
Cant read it :D
yeah, hard to read, but at least it is someone pushing it a bit. Looks good.
http://happy.ap.teacup.com/maiko2/img/1131446087.jpg
CPU：Opteron 146（CABYE 0540FPMW）
M/B：DFI Lanparty nF4 SLI-DR Expert （BIOS：11/02/2005）
RAM：CORSAIR CMX512-3200C2 Rev.1.1 512MB×2枚
CPU Cooler：Cool-Cases MASTERFREEZER-2
Pump：innovatek HPPS Pump 12V
Radiater：aquacomputer airplex evo 240（120mm 2000rpm×2）
Coolant：ただの水
VGA：ASUS Extreme N7800GTX
Power suplly：OCZ Power Stream 520W
OS：Windows XP Pro SP1
from above BIOS：11/02/2005
I wonder if that is the shipping bios or a beta from somewhere?
1 board oc's well--at least from the snapshot. Curious how stable it is in real world.
No more boot problems! :nono:
Good question. Also will this new BIOS work on other DFI NF4 boards or is it Expert only somehow?Quote:
Originally Posted by xgman
mmmm... modded/hacked BIOSes for current DFI boards.... i wish :)
Let me know if your board actually ships tonight then more of us might order :)
interesting...guess Monarch IS shipping... :woot:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...08#post1127708
yeap mine is shipping today they told me so ill have it on friday
I just called and they told me the same, that I will be getting my tracking number today :toast:.Quote:
Originally Posted by jetjaguar
It's a shipping BIOS.Quote:
Originally Posted by xgman
The first lots are shipped with this BIOS, at least.