Will the DFI RD600 be the Golden MB?

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08-16-2006, 11:54 AM
Raja@ASUS

I sure hope the board is great. But I don't see the point of the vote in this thread. Products get rushed to market, hung and quatered by consumers, then the hype starts again, the whole market is caught in a circle at the moment. The Foxconn and MSI threads were a classic example.
08-16-2006, 12:08 PM
GNU

I think, this mobo http://us.dfi.com.tw/Press/press_hea...23.jsp&SITE=US
will defeat ASUS ;)

MFG
08-16-2006, 12:43 PM
DaWaN

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Originally Posted by SMa

I'm expecting the most from Asus + RD600

That says everything :) Asus have the best Intel enigineers I think.

Still the i975 and i965 are VERY strong, don't underestimate them you AMD guys :D

Only time will tell, period.

I think moderators could better close this thread it leads to nothing except expectation en speculaton :)
08-16-2006, 12:43 PM
fhpchris

I would say that the top 975 boards are:

P5WDH
P5W WS PRO
DFI Infinity w/ new bios

Once Fugger gets the AW9D-Max, we will know if we can add another to that list.

I dobut that the RD600 will be better than these 975 boards, but it might.
08-16-2006, 01:55 PM
CBONE

I voted hype. DFI gets a pass on a lot of issues with their boards. When did instability become a desirable trait?

I'd go with ASUS or Gigabyte first.
08-16-2006, 02:03 PM
Revv23

when dfi supports thier boards they usually end up pretty great.

but inbetween models like the infinity and the ati rd480 chipset (rdx200) were really hurt because the team is busy on other stuff.
08-16-2006, 02:09 PM
irev210

I dont think there will ever be one board to rule all.

There are many things that are involved.

To rule 3D WORLD:

ATI VS NVIDIA... R600 VS G80

Better GPU = better solution to be 3D king

To rule FSB world:

Those that are running one card, and just want max FSB to take their E6600 to the limit. Right now the 90nm 965 is going to be tough to beat.

To rule the cost/benfit ratio world:

965. period. Nothing adds as much value as a 120-160 dollar 965 board.

The list goes on....
08-16-2006, 02:52 PM
Haltech

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Originally Posted by fhpchris

The WS Pro is up there, OPB Booted his x6800 @ over 5ghz on an unmodded board.

When i see regualr users doing the same, than ill bow down to it.. however.. i fell victim to the Asus hype alrready on the intel side.. never again.
08-16-2006, 04:03 PM
Frank M

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Originally Posted by irev210

To rule the cost/benfit ratio world:

965. period. Nothing adds as much value as a 120-160 dollar 965 board.

An article on Anandtech some time ago said the 3200 would retail around $150 - and for dual x16 pcie, that would be strong competition to 965-based boards.
08-16-2006, 04:23 PM
Dubz

i dont see myself voting on this one. because time will only tell. and i can only remember one good dfi intgel board and that was the 925.
08-16-2006, 04:26 PM
fhpchris

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Originally Posted by Haltech

When i see regualr users doing the same, than ill bow down to it.. however.. i fell victim to the Asus hype alrready on the intel side.. never again.

Could you point out to me which "regular users" are unbiosed, get pre-released asus boards, and currently use LN2?
08-16-2006, 05:02 PM
Nasgul

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Originally Posted by dogsx2

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Originally Posted by i found nemo

qft dfi pwns!

Your an old AMD guy, this is Intel. The board in your sig didn't own anything.:p:

And that is the reason why the poll is spoiled rotten. This is the Intel side, don't forget that fellas.

For Intel, ONLY ASUS are the best boards, MSI and DFI are crap, GIGABYTE 2nd now, it used to be ABIT, except as usual, ABIT is late in the game.
08-16-2006, 05:05 PM
G H Z

DFI isn't crap, you'll be running one in no time trust me ;)
08-16-2006, 05:09 PM
Luck.exe

The way I see it, it all depends on what you want out of your motherboard. If you want a little bit of everything with bells and whistles then the ASUS P5B deluxe and P5W DH boards are for you. They have just about everything you could imagine on a motherboard, but it isn't the best of everything. It isn't a very specialized board.

DFI, on the other hand, doesn't come with all kinds of bells and whistles. It's a more specialized board and when the time comes for the RD600 it may or may not show that. But from the past NForce dfi boards, they're all most made just for the overclocker or extreme gamer in mind, but because of that lack in other areas (like on board sound, etc).
08-16-2006, 05:10 PM
dogsx2

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Originally Posted by Nasgul

And that is the reason why the poll is spoiled rotten. This is the Intel side, don't forget that fellas.

For Intel, ONLY ASUS are the best boards, MSI and DFI are crap, GIGABYTE 2nd now, it used to be ABIT, except as usual, ABIT is late in the game.

Would you have said Gigabyte before Conroe? Abit is out of the game right now.

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Originally Posted by G H Z
DFI isn't crap, you'll be running one in no time trust me

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I don't know about that, they may be a $500 mb.
08-16-2006, 05:14 PM
Fixxxer

Better wait and see, but I got a good feeling about this mobo.

Just expect DFI releases fast bios updates when needed.
08-16-2006, 05:16 PM
dinos22

gee dogs didn't expect to see a thread like this from you
08-16-2006, 06:42 PM
Revv23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luck.exe

DFI, on the other hand, doesn't come with all kinds of bells and whistles. It's a more specialized board and when the time comes for the RD600 it may or may not show that. But from the past NForce dfi boards, they're all most made just for the overclocker or extreme gamer in mind, but because of that lack in other areas (like on board sound, etc).

I disagree, DFI comes with lots of bells and whistles, the first lanparty nf4 was very quirky to say the least, and the sound sucked... but not all of thier solutions are like that, you cant get one board from a company and generalize thier entire product line from that.

FAct is, each board is different, maybe one picks up ground in one area, maybe it doesnt. Maybe one board is the only choice for enthusiasts. Who knows. I didnt vote in this poll, because i think it's a pretty dumb question to ask..

I have faith in DFI like i already said. But one thing i know is that they have alot more competition on the intel side then they do on the AMD side.
08-16-2006, 09:25 PM
Turtle 1

I voted for ATI to be the best. But its just because I use to be an ATI fan-boy. I guess I am just hoping that the RD600 will be great . As it will be the last true ATI chipset for intel without AMD being involved. I also want the R600 to be a great gpu for the exact same reasons. After (If ) I purchase the RD600 and the R600 I will no longer support ATI products. But thats me .

On the Abit boards. I bought the IC7-Max 3 and it was Almost a perfect M/B
Had abit fixed the memory V problems this M/B could have been legendary for the 478 northies. I really don't understand why Abit didn't fix that problem . It was bad enough to were abit discontinued it. ( Chipset cost) Mine never gave me abit of trouble other than its memory V only worked to 3.0v and my corsair BH5 memory was begging for 3.4v . When the N/B fan went to hell . I decided to try the Asus board and it never came close to the IC7-Max3. But after installing Memory booster it was a pretty good M/B . I could have done the mod on the ic7-max . But at$200 I just couldn't. After a bought the asus I did mod the Abit memory V . I can tell you that it really does kick ass for its age my cousin is thrilled about its performance. I wonder how long the N/B fan will last this time.
08-17-2006, 08:25 AM
Revv23

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Originally Posted by Turtle 1

I voted for ATI to be the best. But its just because I use to be an ATI fan-boy. I guess I am just hoping that the RD600 will be great . As it will be the last true ATI chipset for intel without AMD being involved. I also want the R600 to be a great gpu for the exact same reasons. After (If ) I purchase the RD600 and the R600 I will no longer support ATI products. But thats me .

On the Abit boards. I bought the IC7-Max 3 and it was Almost a perfect M/B
Had abit fixed the memory V problems this M/B could have been legendary for the 478 northies. I really don't understand why Abit didn't fix that problem . It was bad enough to were abit discontinued it. ( Chipset cost) Mine never gave me abit of trouble other than its memory V only worked to 3.0v and my corsair BH5 memory was begging for 3.4v . When the N/B fan went to hell . I decided to try the Asus board and it never came close to the IC7-Max3. But after installing Memory booster it was a pretty good M/B . I could have done the mod on the ic7-max . But at$200 I just couldn't. After a bought the asus I did mod the Abit memory V . I can tell you that it really does kick ass for its age my cousin is thrilled about its performance. I wonder how long the N/B fan will last this time.

IIRC DFI's Oskar Wu designed the IC7-g... and the NF7-S for that matter. Then all those great amd boards for dfi, now the RD600, high hopes indeed.
08-17-2006, 09:21 AM
Sumanji

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Originally Posted by burningrave101

A shoe box with a few electrical traces could beat the Abit boards...

:ROTF:

Thanks man, that's my hearty laugh for the day!

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Originally Posted by uOpt

I loved the LanParty NF4 series but I am more sceptical here. First of all I have a very strong desire to stay with Intel chipsets when I can have them, because the drivers and general reliability are so much better.

Yeah, with you 100% on the Intel chipsets thing, they totally rock. In my (admittedly rather limited) experience of ATi chipset drivers, they have been totally horrible and it's really put me off using their chipsets in the future. Intel on the other hand are THE undisputed Gods of chipset design.

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Originally Posted by GOATSLAYER

I wish i could just shove a conroe in my Ultra-d.

QFT
08-17-2006, 11:31 AM
kempez815

If Oskar has anything to do with it - the R600 will be awesome. I simply love DFI's BIOS :)
08-17-2006, 11:13 PM
Tekdemon

from what I can tell it's probably going to be a decent board but don't expect it to let you get higher FSBs than what you can already get on Intel based boards...found an article about how DFI's engineers are getting 430-450FSBs on the RD600, which doesn't exactly sound like it's going to blow the current boards away.

The other features might be pretty kickass, but I wouldn't get your hopes up too high.
08-18-2006, 07:01 AM
Frank M

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Originally Posted by Tekdemon

from what I can tell it's probably going to be a decent board but don't expect it to let you get higher FSBs than what you can already get on Intel based boards...found an article about how DFI's engineers are getting 430-450FSBs on the RD600, which doesn't exactly sound like it's going to blow the current boards away.

Yeah, but it's still in development phase ;)

But I agree, FSB is incredibly high with these 965 and 975 boards (that is, when they work like they should), and I don't think they will surpass them in this aspect.
08-18-2006, 07:09 AM
Direwolf

What are the ETA on these boards? End of sept if what I've heard.

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