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Simply awesome ! :slobber:
Why do I suddenly feel the urge to sing the Canadian national anthem ? :D
I'm a little worried tho overclocking and onboard graphics chipsets usually don't mix well.
Grayskull do you know if the optional DD waterblock's fittings are 3/8" or 1/2" ?
Add me to the list of passengers hopping on the Sapphire Radeon Xpress 200 bandwagon. :D I hope it's a smooth ride.
I hope it's 3/" blocks... 1/2" is too big and ugly.
I'll take the board, but they can keep all the blocks. :p: ;)
DF who?
anyways, give one of these to opp and let him show us what its capable of like he did with the NF4 when the DFI first came out. ;)
Don't compare it to the silly Fatality mobo's.. can't you tell the difference? ;)
lol yeah, i'm not comparing it in the literal sense because we have yet to see what this board does in terms of performance. I'm just merely pointing out the fact that lately there seems to be a trend of making things LOOK cool without proving any more beneficial :DQuote:
Don't compare it to the silly Fatality mobo's.. can't you tell the difference?
Nubius
I don't know about you, but I get the impression that this board has the feature set for xtreem o/c'ing like the DFI and more.
I.e. look @ the RAM power supply system. That is the most impressive one I've ever seen by far. The 4-phase CPU power system also looks quite good on the PCB ;)
The only thing lacking is Dual PCI-E 8x or 16x ports for SLI :stick:
Ok, I've waited long enough. Where is mine? On sale tomorrow?
No SLi, but enough room that the x850 can fit and you can still use all the slots...they listened. A OEM listened. Can you believe that? Fatality boards suck...cheap components. All the "goodies" should be ripped off and replaced with better parts. They even use cheap fans. But ATI has gone full circle, said "screw aircooling...It's not good enough for this board!"
Wonder if there is a pack of nozzles included?
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=26368
omg that pcb looks good
Dude. No :banana::banana::banana::banana:os allowed. :p:
Grayskull, I just want to say thank you. It is evident that a lot of the critical things that we listed in the ATI support section "what do you want in a mobo" thread were realized in this board. Many of these things could be dreamed up based on existing boards, however the one thing that found support in that thread specifically was SPQQKY's idea of a pure white mobo. I highly doubt that Sapphire just happened to dream this up on their own at the same time it was though of here, especially considering it has never been done before. This shows me that ATI is taking the opinions of its Xtreme users very seriously, which rocks. The mobo color is only a very minor detail, and even so, we got what we wanted, and it looks incredible. The execution and overall look of that board is gorgeous.
You can DEFINITELY add me to the ATI mobo bandwagon(assuming the performance is there ;) ).
Rock on ATI and Sapphire!
this mobo looks great but am I the only one who prefers the DFI's layout?
Man, really tough time ahead to figure out how to keep my DFI's and get this one too :D
i just hope this thing is cheap enough and well performing anough to sell, id hate to see all of ati's evident hard work and user feedback end up for nothing.
Cheap components on the Fatal1ty? The AN8 is the only socket 939 board *available* with a 4-phase power circuit (that I know of anyway :D).Quote:
Originally Posted by cadaveca
On-topic:
"Sapphire was prominently at TXGF as a manufacturer and distributor of ATI video cards, and as the manufacturer of the first AMD Radeon Xpress 200 motherboard, distributed under the Sapphire TUL brand. You will have a hard time finding TUL motherboards in the US, but we are told that they will be widely available in Asia and Europe. "
I thought TUL was Powercolor, didn't think Sapphire was involved too.
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=2373&p=5
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-voltage range
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-voltage range to 4.0V
wow, really like this board... :slobber:
to bad i dont have a normal atx-tower... only barebones :D
wow that is an amazing board.. ati has sold me... when i get a pcie board it will be powered by ati
maybe the 3rd "bios" slot (right - below -) for SI3132 SATA II ?
:drool:
i agree in earlier post, that said it shoud be inverse color of this one... (board red - everything else is white)
cool... :toast:
so far........so REALLY good.
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Originally Posted by Revv23
definitely :slobber:
Sapphire=US, POWERCOLOR=UK, TUL=EAST ASIA?
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Originally Posted by thebluesgnr
I was refering to the OTES "Solutions". Seems they concenrtrated on looks instead of options on that one. The Fatality offers some things better than others, but this ATI board takes the cake. Best of them all, all rolled into one, or so it would appear.
Yeah I understand that dude...the fact still remains that just because it's made for something doesn't mean it'll live up to it's reputation. I'll wait until I see reviews and how well it can perform before I make an actual judgement call on it.Quote:
Nubius
I don't know about you, but I get the impression that this board has the feature set for xtreem o/c'ing like the DFI and more.
That's what I'm worried of with most of this 'OCers boards' these days...all looks no glory. I'm not saying the board sucks, I'm just saying I don't know if I'd say "YEAH GIVE ME ONE!" quite yet.Quote:
Seems they concenrtrated on looks instead of options on that one.
DF WHO! I usually try to limit my use of acronyms, but this? OMFG!This is very nice!
If the price tag is unde $500 and custom waterblocks are included, ATI has a new customer rolling. I like Europe don't you? :D