DFI final S939 Motherboard CFX3200 ATI RD580 results

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Originally Posted by Kaiser_Sose

Can you check if there is in fact a real world performance increase using a four or five LDT as oposed to a three LDT with an Ultra - d

I am a 3d artist so for me real world is cinabench

There is no point spend to $180 when I can spend $110 and have my renders done in the same time

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it won't, just like all other k8 boards....all that matters is clock speed.

which is why i laugh when i see reviews trying to get ppl pumped about overclocking the ldt to insane levels or raising HTT to 500....it's really pointless.

the perfect mobo:toast:

Great stuff AndreYang. Really enjoyed the Infineon Old CE5 chip 1GBX2. Of course the 4 Dimm 512MBX4 TCCD 2T DDR640 2.5-3-3-6 was the highlight. If Crossfire was in my immediate future, you may well have sold me on this board. For those with 4 sticks of "magical" TCCD you might have a board that would extend the shelf life on those sticks in a game rig.

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Originally Posted by eva2000

yeah i'd like to know too

it would be a world first if a motherboard's manual actually explained fully each setting in bios too hehe

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Exactly. I can hardly understand why enthusiast boards don't explain the settings, but mainstream? Well I think the average Joe don't even know how to enter the BIOS because of SplashScreens :D

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Originally Posted by AndreYang

I sold one pair BH5. so I cannot use 4 Dimm BH5 compare with Venus.

But TCCD 4 Dimm is better than Venus and I will post WR 4 Dimm.

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K then we got a small problem i have only 2 sticks left also so you cant send the board to me yet :stick:

Looks like to me, as a user you have a lot of control over everything on this motherboard.

Another great mobo from DFI . But they could change something about that NB cooler

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Originally Posted by neoman

Another great mobo from DFI . But they could change something about that NB cooler

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I agree...or atleast from factory put something other than that glue stuff on the heatsink...

Looks nice!

I'd like to see 300htt 1:1 @ 1T if possible, this is what people come to expect from DFI boards...................

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Originally Posted by Lastviking

K then we got a small problem i have only 2 sticks left also so you cant send the board to me yet :stick:

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Too far:D

Hi , have you tried this board with 2 times 1 gig sticks using the infineon chips , used on the redline ram.

whats wrong with the nb fan? it looks identical to my dfi nf4 ultra nb fan.

If the ati chipset runs cooler than nf4 chipset, the fan wont need to spin very fast (2000-3000rpm max) and at that speed it's extremely quiet.

3D Mark Test

MB: CFX3200
CPU: Opteron 170
Ram: Infineon CE-5
VGA: 7800GTX 512MB

3D06

http://pic.digital-info.net/Andre/CF...-295-RD580.JPG

3D05

http://pic.digital-info.net/Andre/CF...-295-RD580.JPG

3D03

http://pic.digital-info.net/Andre/CF...-295-RD580.JPG

3D01

http://pic.digital-info.net/Andre/CF...-295-RD580.JPG

Woah! Very nice!

What stepping is that 170?! You must have hit the gold mine!

Now i must decide . . . Do I keep my Expert which I just recieved (not even opened), or return it for this . . . desicions, desicions! Any opinions?

Those CE-5 sticks must be 1 in a million! What brand?

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Originally Posted by HKPolice

Those CE-5 sticks must be 1 in a million! What brand?

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2005/8 Old CE5 GSKILL ZX

This pair CE5 is hand pick. So you cannot get in any store. Don't try 2006 CE5. You will be disappointed.

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Originally Posted by jnick

Woah! Very nice!

What stepping is that 170?! You must have hit the gold mine!

Now i must decide . . . Do I keep my Expert which I just recieved (not even opened), or return it for this . . . desicions, desicions! Any opinions?

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0550 VPMW.

I think CFX3200 is more expensive than Expert.

when does it go retail

thx, dfi 975 mainboard and conroe sound like a very good combination...
cant wait :)

Looks like the board i will get for my final hurrah on 939 and DDR1 :)

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Originally Posted by krampak

They could have removed that anoying hsf from the northbridge if it only generates 8W...

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QFT.

Passive cooling should be enough.

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Originally Posted by cupra

thx, dfi 975 mainboard and conroe sound like a very good combination...
cant wait :)

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DFI 975X will become available in the market on August. It will support Conroe.

Nice looking board:cool:

Now when is this thing going to be released? What ever happened to "next week?" They are pushing this thing back ANOTHER MONTH? :confused: What is the deal now?

-Nice 3Dmark scores by the way, now pop in some x1900xt's-:banana:

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Originally Posted by AndreYang

0550 VPMW.

I think CFX3200 is more expensive than Expert.

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Thanks for the information! Price isn't really a concern of mine. Performance and reliability is what draws me onto products. With that said, and since you've touched both the Expert and CFX3200 - which do you think offers the greater stability and overclocking potential? Basically, which is better, without talking about prices :).

Cheers!

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Originally Posted by jnick

Thanks for the information! Price isn't really a concern of mine. Performance and reliability is what draws me onto products. With that said, and since you've touched both the Expert and CFX3200 - which do you think offers the greater stability and overclocking potential? Basically, which is better, without talking about prices :).

Cheers!

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I think its more like Venus vs CFX3200 but Venus is hard to get. Expert is only the chose if you realy need the extra room for the gfx cards,if you realy dont need that, the ultra-d is beter than the Expert board.