ATi RD600 (Intel CrossFire Mainboard)

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Originally Posted by hookid

Wait I'm Really Lost Why this board is so amazing
-It only has 8x/8x pci-e slots?
-Max FSB of 375?

Will someone explain why its so great?

I understand the whole DDR1066 memory, not memory dependant overclocking, automatic graphics card overclock

Sry for such a n00b question

Also whats a good motherboard that is going to be like $150ish to use until this sucker comes out!

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No where has it said max fsb of 375.

the board supposedly has 48 pci-e lanes, so I highly doubt it will be 8x/8x, I think DFI printed wrong.
48 lanes
-16 for gfx 1
-16 for gfx 2
-4 for physics
still leaves 12 lanes left for usb, sata, audio and all the stuff, so I highly doubt it is just 8x/8x

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Originally Posted by hookid

Will someone explain why its so great?

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This is just some data of a reference board.

Imagine this chipset in Oskar Wu's hands. DFI's LP version of this RD600+SB650 will be a huge badass board.

I am very weary of ATI chipsets. I have never regarded them as high performance and OCing type boards.

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Originally Posted by ScottFern

I am very weary of ATI chipsets. I have never regarded them as high performance and OCing type boards.

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Take another look on CFX3200. Best 939 board EVER.

ATIs first chipset (RD480) was a classic first-timer with bugs and lacked OCability. The Express 3200 changed it all and proved to be an awsome chipset.

I feel confident the RD600 will be even better :)

And for DFI - well, doesn't their nF4 boards speak for themselves?

What about the 375FSB, thats not very good.....

or does that depend upon what DFI decides to make it?

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Originally Posted by jrw

Take another look on CFX3200. Best 939 board EVER.

ATIs first chipset (RD480) was a classic first-timer with bugs and lacked OCability. The Express 3200 changed it all and proved to be an awsome chipset.

I feel confident the RD600 will be even better :)

And for DFI - well, doesn't their nF4 boards speak for themselves?

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Well honestly I hope I am wrong. I am not trying to bash ATI but I was just unaware of how much their mobos have come along.

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Originally Posted by hookid

What about the 375FSB, thats not very good.....

or does that depend upon what DFI decides to make it?

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read. it does not state that 375 is the max FSB.

looks good but price?

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Originally Posted by vapb400

read. it does not state that 375 is the max FSB.

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Exactly. That 375 mark is just what ATI did on an Engineering Sample.

[IMHO] Since it seems to be a semi-official statement, you better believe that a corporation is going to lean toward the conservative. I wouldn't think ATI would want to be spouting any claims about attainable ANYTHING (FSB, clocks, etc...) unless it was reproduceable under almost all circumstances. Otherwise you get the backlash of the thousands of idots out there that have no business even looking at a bios screen, that try to OC and flood forums with posts about how a company said product "X" could do this, and I can't get anywhere near that good of results. [/IMHO]

Any word on price?

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Originally Posted by Rustafur

Exactly. That 375 mark is just what ATI did on an Engineering Sample.

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ok, sorry didn't understand that

Whats a good board to last me until RD600? It doesn't have to have Crossfire/SLI

Asus P5B?

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Any word on price?

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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

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I quoted that on third page too....

Eta?

Rd600 > 975?

I hope the layout is better. After the minial slots on the a8n32, I am very picky about layout. The ref has a similar layout. Hopefully they will get more slots in there. I still don;t unterstand the desire to put pci-e x4 slots on the board when the interface is not even ubiquitous.

Edit: Holy cow! this is my first post? I swear that I have posted here before. Oh well, lame first post.

I wonder if these boards are slated for a release next week like the other 975/965 boards. If they want them to get bought up quick they would be smart to release them with the intel chipset boards.

Well, engineering samples should be finished by the end of this month according to DFI's roadmap.

Retail should be soon.

Yeah DFI is quick about that. I thought it was going to be a while for the cfx3200 to come out a few months ago, but it just popped out of nowhere. Maybe because the a8r32 was garnering all the attention.

I am REALLY interested in seeing the DFI rd600.

is the price (150) us dollars and is that rrp or wholesalers price

Should be RRP. I don't think wholesalers are going to get anything out of it if it's that low...

If the DFI Infinity 975X/G is listed here in Europe at 189.90€, don't expect the DFI LP RD600+SB650 to be cheaper.

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Originally Posted by Fixxxer

If the DFI Infinity 975X/G is listed here in Europe at 189.90€, don't expect the DFI LP RD600+SB650 to be cheaper.

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Also dont expect it anytime soon either (if the inquirer is right):

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32576

is the rebate for the mastercard, normal card, or both. Cuz i just bought a X1900XT from newegg on friday if it they lower the price...... that would suck for me :(

The way I read it that you have to buy the Master card (x1900XT Crossfire edition) and a 975 chipset motherboard in order to qalify for the rebate.

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We also expect ATI to reduce the prices of X1900 Crossfire cards and it may make perfect sense to buy Conroe with two ATI cards and an Intel board.

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nice, after i get a RD600 board, heres a chance for me to finally get CF! :D

Yeah depends on how much the reductions and WHY this price reduction! Maybe Nvidia is releasing something in that timeframe?