Quote:
Originally Posted by PrometheusCon
hardforum is the place for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by xlink
Printable View
Quote:
Originally Posted by PrometheusCon
hardforum is the place for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by xlink
I'm disappointed. What's so great about is comapred to say a P5W64?Quote:
Originally Posted by camouflage
-P5W64 clocks well past 420/440fsb
-There's plenty of mem dividers to use, and if you can't find the right one on the 975, you can lower timings to comprimise.
I had high hopes, but it looks like I'll be going for the P5W64. I've got an ES E6300 that does 3.5 on stock volts, so I'll need all of the FSB and speed I can get.
hope it will be.
If the board can't do 450Mhz+ frequently, it'll be a waste of time.
I hope it's great. I got a X6800 ES and I'm going to wait and see how good it is.
My last two DFI Intel boards were rubbish (975X/G, 855GME). I'm not expecting anything better here.
Not to mention that it's using a third-party chipset...
Is Asus going to make a '600 board??? :confused:
Apparently, DFI are the only Mobo Manufacturers that are releasing an ATI RD600 Intel Board.Quote:
Originally Posted by qdemn7
You're not on your own! The third party chipset scares me as well, but the 855 board from DFI was a budget-pro board (is there really such a thing?) as is the entire Infinity Series which they applied to their 975X board. All DFI Infinity based boards are apparently classed as a budget board whereas the Lan Party Series are classed as Premium Boards with feature rich capabilities. The Lan Party Series of boards are quite stunning from my experience & rumour has it that DFI are to release a Lan Party version based on the 975XE chipset.Quote:
Originally Posted by wwwww
With regard to the DFI RD600 board, I reckon it's going to ROCK over anything currently available. I don't think Intel have been as up-front about the 975 Chipset as they should have been. It's a scary thing when a Chipset manufacturer releases the Best Over-Clocking board at the time the reference chipset was released. It's a first for Intel & as a sceptical old-er git than most on these forums, I feel Intel Fux0rd the whole industry some-what. It's almost as bad as nVidia using the nForce4 memory controller on the nForce5 Chipset, thereby retarding the Memory bandwidth by a huge margin. I suppose it's not right to blame nvidia for this as Intel may have only released what info they wanted to release to be on top with thier Bad Axe based 975 board. Apparently, Intel have also been chivvying motherboard manufacturers NOT to take up manufacture of the RD600 based boards for Conroe because of the Strap Copywrites. Intels next fsb on from 1066 wont be seen until Next Years release of new CPU & this is why you will see reports on these forums of users getting LESS bandwidth when using the 1333 Strap. It's about 1GB/Sec slower than a 1066 Strap based on the Abit AW9D board results here:
Abit AW9D 975 board
Summat got fudged/fux0rd/borked somewhere!! :slapass:
so your saying these "copyrighted straps" shouldn't be an issue on a third party chipset?
if that's the case... than this opens up a whole can of worms with how intel is going about their current chipsets.
I'm thinking the mch can't handle such high bandwith so the strap is a way to slow down the latencies and that's why the boards are showing less bandwith after a clock past a new strap and only showing comparable performance after a good chunk past the new latencie change.
heh, will this is interesting, maybe the rumours of ati's seperate memory clock has something to do with this.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kin Hell
Amd surely went :ROTF: about this at their Moskow meeting showing of specs of the k8l. Something like: "Is this what you call progress Intel?
I don't like the Kenty anyway, too freaking hot on load. What Cooler you gonna stick on that M¤tha? My hr-01 just about handels my overclocked E6600. And it's a good cooler.
My E6600 gonna end up on a Dfi. Don't wanna support Intel more than needed.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kin Hell
Amd surely went :ROTF: :rofl: about this at their Moskow meeting showing of specs of the k8l compared with the Kenty. Something like: "Is this what you call progress Intel?
I don't like the Kenty anyway, too freaking hot on load. What Cooler are you gonna stick on that little M¤th4? My hr-01 just about handles my overclocked E6600. And it's a good cooler. Kenty and 1333 is a no go. Quad just hasn't matured yet. Kenty is merely a ":stick: We got there first!!!!" kind of thing.
My E6600 gonna end up on a Dfi. Don't care if Intel never let it have fsb 1333 support. Don't need or want it. But hey Intel.. Thanks anyway! :clap: For beeing as sneaky as ever :worm: and getting Asus & Co. on their knees. :worship:
Sry. but nothing new. Concerning the: 1333Mhz. Also the DFI-Site was known before.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZeroCool1616
Lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by Poodle
According to vr-zone
[ATi RD600 hits 520MHz FSB, NVIDIA C55 hits 510MHz]
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4096
We have received some hints from a motherboard engineer who has been testing out overclocking capabilities of the soon-to-be in market ATi RD600 chipset motherboard and NVIDIA C55 chipset motherboard for the Intel platform. RD600 seems capable of hitting 520MHz FSB with the right voltage adjustments, while the new generation NVIDIA MCP C55 lags slightly behind at 510MHz FSB. Both seem to be doing good, and I'm excited just waiting for these boards!
Swiftech Storm Water Cooler with 6600 ESQuote:
Originally Posted by Poodle
infinity 975x's a total letdown, hope this one's a winner!
Quote:
Originally Posted by PrometheusCon
Actually, I upgraded my 4800+ to an Opteron 165 (which I owned for less than 12 hours!), and then upgraded to an FX60. After a few weeks, I upgraded to an E6600, then got bored with it, and got a second E6600. After a few more weeks I got bored with the second week 28 E6600, so I picked up a E6700 B2 ES.
Some of us here @ XS upgrade frequently :) That said, I am sure you will love your new hardware, as anything new will put a 2500+ to shame :)
I thought the IC7 Max 3 and the Epox 4PCa3+ were the origional boards for us serious overclockers...Quote:
DFI NF3
LOL.... 12 hours on an Opty 165...That has to be the FASTEST upgrade I'ver ever heard about, & the dear lady in my life moans at me doing it approx every 6 months! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by fhpchris
I picked up a 6600 ES about 2 months ago & still havn't used it yet! Most would consider that shamefull but I've never done this kind of thing before. Having siad that, I have pre-upgraded the whole rig with water cooling & am still waiting for the Pumps to arrive from the USA. Eventually, everything will be transplanted from a Lian Li PC75 to one of those MountainMods cases which will have Phase Change as well as Water. And after that...........
Upgrading is a perpetual thing for most OC'ers & PrometheusCon isn't far wrong asking if it is "Bank Robbing", but the real question is, "Who is robbing who?" I was always told to stay clear of car salesmen as a kid...Thesedays, it's stay clear of Computer Hardware! - Cars depreciate slower than PC's...that ladies & gentlemen, ....is a fact!
Will I be buying this board!? .....Hmm, from what I feel about Intel atm, I most certainly will & I might even sell the Danger Den Water cooled XFX XXX 7950 GX2. .......QUAD SLI my Fat Arse!! ......& that is Unadulterated Daylight Robbery of the worst kind! :clap:
The RD600 Board & 2GB OCZ VX is gunno blow another £500.00. Thank fcuk I have a Birthday in November & Xmas is soon after. I guess I'm lucky my Hobby doesn't force me to do crap aftershaves & socks over the festive season. :D
....12 hours on an Opty 165....I am so glad I got an Opty 175 & didn't do the FX60. Respect fhpchris!
Kin :)
My prediction is the DFI RD600 will be a finicky often unstable board riddled with odd annoying little bugs that will drive some to eventually take a claw hammer and pulverize it to dust.
After the glitches with the RD580, I don't blame you for being Sceptical. I'm hoping to be as amazed as I was .....& still am, with my Opteron 175 & DFI LP nF4 SLi DR Expert. It's the most amazing AMD rig I've ever owned to date and Smoked an 18 Month constant, CPU upgraded Canterwood Spell.Quote:
Originally Posted by malficar
Here's hoping to be amazed some more! :cool:
P5W64 is what I want if I ever have a 4MB L2 Cache CPU and get the urge to run dual video cards. To me this mobo seems like it might be worth the $50 over the P5W-deluxe.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr_mordred2095
Speaking of dual video cards when will intel release official SLI drivers for their chipsets? Yeah I know about the hacked drivers.
Just as long as I can stop frying an egg on my DS3 northbridge... I'll be happy
I don't think it'll cook eggs and pancakes and make your bed in the morning... but it'll be good.
I can think of other things in bed after eggs with pancakes & before she's made the bed .......that really is more than good.Quote:
Originally Posted by charlie
I'm not so sure any board could win over that. :D