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09-12-2005, 12:00 PM
J-Mag

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Originally Posted by Tim

Just a gimmick ofcourse, but I'm liking this board :)

You know I would be willing to sell all my DFI-SLI waterblocks and my PSU for new ones if this board can clock my CPU better, but I doubt we will see any gains over 50-100mhz.
09-12-2005, 12:04 PM
Xguy

I like this board , and I will dump my current SLI-DR as soon as it comes out , just because of the PCI-E spacing, as I'm suffereing extensive heat, with 2 7800GTX sitting right on top of the Chipset.
09-12-2005, 12:28 PM
Tim

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as I'm suffereing extensive heat, with 2 7800GTX sitting right on top of the Chipset.

That is also my main concern and reason why I waited to get one (apart from shortage of cash :D )
09-12-2005, 03:24 PM
Zebbo

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Originally Posted by J-Mag

Well increasing PCI-E bandwidthfrom the 8x/8x config by running it at a higher freq results in no noticable gain, so I don't expect performance of the 16x/16x config to be noticably superior with current and next gen games.

As I dont either, only reason why I said it was just because I am interested to see the results between these two chipset.
09-14-2005, 02:11 PM
Eldonko

Any new info on the release of these boards?
09-15-2005, 01:35 PM
cantankerous

would be nice if the gigabit ethernet went on the pcie bus and not the PCI bus. Need to get stuff off of there.
09-15-2005, 03:30 PM
Scroatdog

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Originally Posted by cantankerous

would be nice if the gigabit ethernet went on the pcie bus and not the PCI bus. Need to get stuff off of there.

How much of a performance hit you supposed that is??

I, too, am looking forward to seeing some new boards released.
09-15-2005, 03:51 PM
arctic-k20

the nvidia ethernet is on the pcie bus - the marvell gigabit is still on the pci bus though
09-15-2005, 05:00 PM
Haltech

The Nvidia ethernet is a pile. My NF3 ethernet works fine. Ive had nothing but probs with theirs on the NF4 DFI however. Using the Marvel now :stick:

Im waiting for this updated board.
09-15-2005, 05:43 PM
arctic-k20

haha well its a pile that runs on pcie ;)
09-16-2005, 05:06 AM
cantankerous

i wasnt aware of it running on the pcie bus. Thanks for the info.
09-16-2005, 10:16 AM
Enz0

http://home.highway.ne.jp/nob-ueda/file/dfilput.gif
09-16-2005, 10:20 AM
[XC] leviathan18

i think the 16x 16x slots should be use to add the sli bridge in that so no use of the sli bridge.... i think that is going to be sli 2.0
09-16-2005, 12:35 PM
TransNone13

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Originally Posted by Enz0

http://home.highway.ne.jp/nob-ueda/file/dfilput.gif

Where'd you fiind that picture?
09-16-2005, 01:35 PM
Blindbat

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Originally Posted by arctic-k20

the nvidia ethernet is on the pcie bus - the marvell gigabit is still on the pci bus though

Sorry this statement is incorrect, nvidia gigabit ethernet solution is NATIVE, a dedicated connection between the chipset and the phy, this has been that way for nf3 and nf4. No use of the pci bus or any pci-e lanes.

Refer to this document for synospsis, pay attention to page 7 and 8.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_8451.html

Quote:

The native chip-level NVIDIA MAC solution takes advantage of a dedicated port for Gigabit Ethernet. This approach eliminates any bus contention problems...

ATI will be utilizing a x1 pci-e lane.
09-16-2005, 01:54 PM
Enz0

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Originally Posted by TransNone13

Where'd you fiind that picture?

From this page.
http://nueda.main.jp/blog/archives/001761.html
(Translated by Google http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools)
09-16-2005, 01:59 PM
tomati

@ enzo

is that mean that only the sli-dr version will be upgraded , the other ones won't be redisigned ???
09-16-2005, 04:33 PM
[XC] leviathan18

is dedicated bus with the same propierties as pci e have..... just is not shared with any other device....
09-16-2005, 05:06 PM
Blindbat

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Originally Posted by leviathan18

is dedicated bus with the same propierties as pci e have.....Wrong pay attention, nothing to do with pci e lane transport architecture just is not shared with any other device....pci-e lanes are never shared among devices, lanes are dedicated to a single device, be it 1 lane or 16 lanes

...
09-16-2005, 06:26 PM
jetjaguar

i hope this is avaible soon .. i really could use the better sli spacing .. it would really help :woot:
09-16-2005, 07:14 PM
Scroatdog

I'm guessing they probably improved on alot of things other than the spacing. Im' looking forward to seeing it in action SOONER than later.
09-16-2005, 09:26 PM
Enz0

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Originally Posted by tomati

@ enzo

is that mean that only the sli-dr version will be upgraded , the other ones won't be redisigned ???

I think so.
There were too many varieties, before.
SLI-DR fits everyone's need, doesn't it?

Anyway, this is not an official statement from DFI, but just my personal guess.
09-17-2005, 05:38 AM
TransNone13

Yay, come out soon. I'm pulsing with anticipation ;).
09-17-2005, 01:34 PM
tomati

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Originally Posted by Enz0

I think so.
There were too many varieties, before.
SLI-DR fits everyone's need, doesn't it?

Anyway, this is not an official statement from DFI, but just my personal guess.

If you are right , I will be a little bit disappointed , as I was looking for the low cost series .

Anyway thank you for having sharing your info.
09-17-2005, 09:15 PM
JuanFlaiter

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Originally Posted by linczs2000

ASUS has already began to sell their new revision nf4 sli mainboards.

Asus is a first tier manufacturer, DFI will always get the stuff later (because of chipset manufacturer priorities).

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