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Originally Posted by jiff
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TMI TMI!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by jiff
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I'll wait for Sapphire mobos, DFI won't get my €€ again :nono: , no need for a slowly/suddenly dying, bios blower, ram killer, cpu toaster board.Quote:
Originally Posted by jiff
My preference is the Sapphire too, but I wouldn't rule the DFI out yet. What we need is to see some reviews, I'm really suprised a review of the DFI hasn't surfaced yet. I mean it looks like its going to be available in a few weeks but we haven't seen anything (other than the preview on extreme), yet we have had two independant review of the Sapphire.
Bigtoe, you said at one point you were getting the DFI for review, any news on that?
My main problem I have is I can't make up my mind whether I should get Grouper or Halibut based mobo? I just don't know if CF with current X8** series is worth it? (Lack of SM3 and the probability that one R520 will be as fast/faster than two X8** series) I'm thinking it might make more sense to get a CF mobo and an R520, then later (when I can afford it) add another R520.
But then on the other hand, is there really gonna be any real world gain to be had from running 2 powerfull cards? Like the 7800's are now, unless your running a videowall for a monitor is it worth it?
With newer games like F.E.A.R. and UE3 even the 7800GTX will stutter at high res. with no FSAA or AF...
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...ance/page4.asp
F.E.A.R. is still in development. For all we know, framerates could double between now and release. They probably wont, but we can't say for sure.
If this board takes much longer, I really think I'll have to hold out for Socket M2. I'm still on my Northwood P4 2.4C. :(
If these companies wouldnt be writing such shody code, we wouldnt need 2 gigs.
I think the problems with the old DFI NF4 regarding ram eating and cpu gobbling will be over with the new ATI based chipset. They did infact change over the new NF4 16X board to the ATI's chip power design, so i wouldnt worry.
Wouldn't worry? what about us with the rev 1? :stick:Quote:
Originally Posted by Haltech
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Originally Posted by dippyskoodlez
wow this thread gone dead huh? no reviews whatsoever so close to its release date. so sad.
no kidding....i pretty much have a whole new system put together except a motherboard...and i am am seriously on the verge of ordering something else. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by situman
Aren't ati currently doing a chipset revision that might be why there Is no news.Quote:
Originally Posted by MaxT
At one point I was as excited as I could be for a motherboard. Eventually, I gave up and went Nvidia. I'm sure that's exactly what ATi wanted to hear.
if this board had come out, I definately would have gotten it. My Abit AV8 just died, so this would have been the perfect board to get. It's a dissappointment that this seems to be such a no-show. I had the highest intentions of getting this board, but that only possiblity of that is if the MSI plat 2 that I ordered today dies pretty quickly.
Same here. Went with nVidia after I heard of ATI's revisions pushing back these boards yet again. Who knows when they'll be available now... they say September... but I wouldn't hold my breath. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Tinker
~ 85 quid in the UK. That's ~ 150 USD.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25522
EDIT: That's for the Pure Crossfire. The Grouper will most likely be less.
Grouper listed on the same site is 140inc vat
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Sapphire.html
If you read the ocuk forum I believe the owner said that a grouper crossfire version was going to be released after these two :)
That's interesting. The Grouper isn't a Crossfire, but it cost a bunch more? :confused:
apparently it's a 'super overclocking board' therefore more expensive. A bit dumb imho.
Anyway i'll be the third to say i was waiting for the sapphire chipset (august 5th) and in the end, i gave up and went nf4. And 7800gt. Long may it last.
Good luck to ati ever getting this on the market as well...
the crossfire board doesnt have half of the grouper/grupers overclocking features so theres prob going to be a gruper crossfire board later. ocuk are just price gouging like they always do.
i dont feel thats worth an extra £35 over the DFI nf4 Ultra (which is comparable). I bet with some modded BIOS you could enable some of the stuff on the crossfire. The crossfire board looks rather good, at just £99. For brand new tech that's not bad.
I actually called Sapphire a couple weeks ago, they told me Grouper was to be released at the end of August with a MSRP of...get ready for it..... $179 USD. Can you believe that? I wanted to ask him if he was joking. Hopefully when it hits the major online retailer channels the prices will drop. Either way, I'm ashamed to say I'd probably pay the man if it's a reliable alternative to the DFI (which, I personally, never had a problem with, but am too apprehensive about buying another).
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Originally Posted by Jcollins82
My thoughts exactly, there are some things I hate about DFI but I still don't think other options are any btter.
Theres the Abit AN8 Ultra but that also has its own set of problems, its also a little slower than the DFI but on the other hand its sooo much better for nubs or just ppl who do not have the time to tweak the DFI bios :)
i dont call myself a noob or a guy who has no time .. maybe the overclocking is not so well (~10-20mhz lower) .. BUT the whole board seems more all-day usable than the dfi ;)
ati's crossfire chipset was revised, not the chipset used by grouper.
also, the crossfire version of grouper is called halibut.
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Originally Posted by $ilver
hard to tell when you cant get one anywhere. I'm tired of these BS paper launches, why not get a product ready before you tell a customer its going to be released, ive been planning this college rig all month, and i avent bought yet because i need a mobo, maybe ill just stick with what ive got now though.