If ATI pushed it to 375, I would bet that this chipset is easily capable of 500+ in the hands of DFI and the XS members :)
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If ATI pushed it to 375, I would bet that this chipset is easily capable of 500+ in the hands of DFI and the XS members :)
I see your point but doesn't this make a differance .Quote:
Originally Posted by freecableguy
the memory clock is independent to the FSB. It sounds good to the fans of over clocking.
Or doesn't this mean anything?
ATI released the SB600 according to this preview
http://anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2767
ATI RD600 Details, Automatic Overclocking
Ready to do battle with the nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition and Intel 975X Express
DailyTech previously reported that Intel has no immediate plans to replace the Intel 975X chipset which was launched late last year. This leaves plenty of room for ATI and NVIDIA to move in and steal some of Intel’s high-end chipset market share. NVIDIA already has the nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition planned for Conroe and other LGA775 processors and ATI should be following suit with the RD600.
Our previous DFI roadmap article showed an ATI RD600 board in the works and now we have confirmed details on the new chipset. RD600 based boards will carry the Radeon Xpress 3200 CrossFire moniker and the Intel equivalent of the previously released RD580. It seems ATI is launching a full fledged attack on the nForce 590 SLI Intel Edition by offering similar features and then some. While NVIDIA has LinkBoost which overclocks the HyperTransport links between the MCP and SPP, ATI will have a similar feature that will overclock the PCI Express bus 25% which they claim improves dongle-less CrossFire performance.
According to documentation from ATI, RD600 looks like a monster. The board material claims the chipset can already support 1333MHz FSB with an expectation that it should reach 1500MHz FSB. Like NVIDIA's Tritium design, the RD600 platform is designed to appeal to the overclocker, although certain parameters will allow for the motherboard to automatically overclock.
The most notable feature of the RD600 is the memory controller. ATI has developed an elaborate memory controller that operates asynchronously from the front-side bus. No more memory dividers means the front-side bus can be overclocked drastically without being limited to memory. There will also be support for DDR2-1066 too. ATI claims the RD600 has been overclocked to 375 MHz (1500 MHz Quad pumped) using the current reference board.
Taking on the NVIDIA nTune software will be the ATI System Management (ASM) software application. ASM is a Windows XP utility that supports FSB, Memory Clock, PCI-E clock, memory timings and voltage adjustments.
While ATI has been quite hush on the physics processing side of things the RD600 will support motherboards with three PCI-Express x16 slots for three graphics cards. The kicker of this is two graphics cards will be used for CrossFire while a third X1000 series graphics can be used to process physics. There are no details on which graphics cards will be supported for Physics processing or if all three cards have to be matched or not but with NVIDIA claiming Physics support for most of the GeForce 7 family we expect ATI to follow suit.
The RD600 will be made on a 90nm process which allows it to run cool and consume less power. ATI has several other chipsets on the way as well. ATI RD600 motherboards are expected to retail for approximately $150 according to internal documents.
http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/1...i_rd600_oc.png
http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/1..._rd600_pin.png
:)
DFI and SB600 seems to be my chipset for Conroe.
Damn!! If this is true and really works out I'll surely be wanting one of the boards that will allow for the memory/fsb to be tweaked to the max without each one effecting the other.
Just when will they be available and hopefully not for $300 lol
FUGGER: this is aimed for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by FUGGER
HOW COULD YOU? sHAME ON YOU!!
You had this gem for such a long time and said nothing about it :)
If it performs it will definitly be an alternative to Intel chipset motherboards.
That and the fact is has to be out before Conroe CPUs are retailing.
One question I know you can ans. Is it rock solid Stable?:fact:Quote:
Originally Posted by MnM
well just have to wait for nda to be lifted to find out.
I can't wait, then it'll be :party: time!Quote:
Originally Posted by z00mX
Its reported that this chipset will support DDR3 memory if thats true than the
memory clock is independent to the FSB. Is a rather big deal don't you think.
Its to bad DDR2 and DDr3 aren't pin compatiable. It sure would have Made these ati chipset M/B future proof.
I saw this around this morning. I am very interested and of course how it stacks up in real performance is what will matter. I hope it rocks.
So am i correct in thinking that the Intel chipsets cant do 1T command rate?
well... this Mobo doesn't look very interesting to me. didn't Ati claim a very high HTT for their AMD Mobos and did it become true?
I suppose that it won't beat the 975X in FSBs...
Seems like a nice board, but i've seen even intel bad axes running higher FSB then the reported 1500MHz...
Most of those Conroe previews we have seens are running on a FSB between 300 and 400Mhz. That's 1600Mhz.. Coolaler even did 425Mhz on his 975X Platinum, making it 1700Mhz...
3 PCI E? Where would you put the Sound Card if you had physix
Quote:
Originally Posted by Unrealcpu
please read again ;)
Actually it did come true.Quote:
Originally Posted by FischOderAal
FUGGER, can you share some more info on the "independent memory overclocking" thing?
Will RD600 support R600 with DDR4 ?
The 1500MHz was done on a 4layer M/B . It seems that on the 6 layer M/B 1600MHz=400 was achieved :clap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyline GT-R
If Fugger likes this M/B it must be a good one
I think "independent memory overclocking" is just like nForce 4 SLi Intel Edition;YOu can adjust FSB and Memory Clock independently,that is,FSB has nothing to do with Memory Clock any more.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrw
FSB tuning from 100MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
Memory tuning from 533MHz up to 1066MHz
Thats it.
For exsample, you cant get A 533FSB CPU work with DDR2-800 at 733MHz(any frequent You want) on i975x.
But nForce 4 SLi Intel Edition can do it.
And I guess that intel P965 have the same technology,too from ASUS P965 info.
I've had my bad axe up to 445FSB and run well over DDR-1100 with it. We are going to need at least 500FSB, with up to 600FSB being even better.
And when they do, we can START talking about that :stick: BTW, did you notice the Ageia card is only availabe in PCI as well?Quote:
AFAIK the only limiting factor when it comes to removing the PCI-slots completely is audio cards (which should come in PCIe flavors soon hopefully).
ageia won't last long...Quote:
And when they do, we can START talking about that BTW, did you notice the Ageia card is only availabe in PCI as well?
OK how about a little more info on the 1t thing, that would be a nice increase in performance, did someone just make that up and throw it in there for good measure?