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Thats what this thread has been about. More than one eye brow has been raised. He was referring to the old chipset. Not to many on this thread are looking at that chipset. Were discussing the Rd600. . He simply pointed out the many faults that chipset had. I am glag they finely got it fixed as you say. But its a little late.Quote:
Originally Posted by Praxis1452
No, that is why they have all that on board RAM to work out of, the PCIe bus is mostly for communicating with the CPU and to "page" data out when its not immediately needed but still has to be available quickly. Its only on the low end cards like the 6200/7300 with Turbo cache that try to use main system RAM as a frame buffer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1[/quote
No, we're already CPU limited by most things these days, not PCIe bus limited.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
Did NV ever say why?Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
That'd make no sense, why release a chipset that won't even run their flagship video card in peak benchmarketing mode? Intel wouldn't be locked out of the dual GPU mobo market either BTW (small loss IMO), don't those eVGA i680 mobos have dual x16 PEG's?Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
This is neither here nor there and speculative to boot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
Also, quote tags FTW!
The odds of R600 using the full bandwith of PCIe 8x are very very low.
No, that is why they have all that on board RAM to work out of, the PCIe bus is mostly for communicating with the CPU and to "page" data out when its not immediately needed but still has to be available quickly. Its only on the low end cards like the 6200/7300 with Turbo cache that try to use main system RAM as a frame buffer.Quote:
Originally Posted by mesyn191
No, we're already CPU limited by most things these days, not PCIe bus limited.
Were not talking about a released GPU are we? So until their tested at 16x vs. 8x we don't know. Thats what the gentleman was asking . About future proof. Thats why I am waiting for Bearlake x38 with DDR3 support.
Did NV ever say why?
Not that I know of ut we can't test on an NV sli 8x PCI-e M/B can we
That'd make no sense, why release a chipset that won't even run their flagship video card in peak benchmarketing mode? Intel wouldn't be locked out of the dual GPU mobo market either BTW (small loss IMO), don't those eVGA i680 mobos have dual x16 PEG's?
I don't know why they would do such a thing. But we have to wait and see what AMD next Chipset is for AMD before we know don't we?
After looking at the NV chipset results don't want one. I will wait for RD600 on retail but not looking like I want them either.
I was referring to Intel chipsets running XF . If they don't run r600's in XF were locked out of the intel chipset with XF.
This is neither here nor there and speculative to boot.
Also, quote tags FTW![/QUOTE]
Yep it is . But who knows I don't niether do you
nay....same problems as before....it is ULI's fault though....not DFI's...just the fact that DFI ignores it bothers me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Praxis1452
Would ATI come out with a video card that requires 2 true 16x slots? Nvidia did that with the 8800 right? I am just asking... not getting smart.Quote:
Originally Posted by mesyn191
And google also would have shown me 1000's of reviews from people that I don't think know what they are talking about....I do view XS.org opinions higher than the rest. Especially from established members.Quote:
Originally Posted by mesyn191
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Originally Posted by mesyn191
I got worked up because I was asking a serious question and in the amount of time it would take to berate someone I could have recieved an answer. I should probably get out of the Army too! :-)
If we're already CPU limited with what is out right now how will having a more powerful GPU make us less CPU limited and cause us to become PCIe bus limited? Future proof is an impossibility in the PC world BTW, or for that matter for anything, hell you can't even reduce to the point where it becomes unlikely....Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
Who cares if you can or can't? Without knowing the precise reason why NV chose to do that with the G80 all you can make is half assed assumptions, perhaps there really is something going on to require x16 lanes per PEG or perhaps there is some G80 specific bug that they felt they didn't have time to bother with to fix and so just released as is stating it as a requirement. Just because NV does something does not mean that AMD has to do it too or that it is likely AMD will do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
Who cares what AMD's next chipset is for AMD, we're talking about Intel, and even if we weren't talking about Intel how would that do anything at all to support your conspiracy theory that they're trying to lock Intel out of the dual GPU market?Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
But see, no one cares what you do or don't want, the point is its available and it does have dual x16 lane PEG's so Intel would certainly not be locked out of the dual GPU market.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
You sure about that? Don't those R600 have the dual dongle bridge that internalizes the whole Crossfire standard a la the new X1950 Pros?Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
Sound pointless to bring it up then, and pretty far off topic which we've already done enough of so far, so enough of that mmkay? Go start another topic if you want to discuss possible DoJ investigation outcomes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turtle 1
Well to my knowledge you got 20GB/S on a 8X. I don't know if that is enough though for a R600.
Could they? Sure. Would they? Possibly, but only for Crossfire would this be a requirement.... You going to use Crossfire?Quote:
Originally Posted by 2000army
If you don't know enough about the tech. that you have to ask here to find out about it then how can you evaluate the merit of those reviews that you can find with google? Site layout, grammar? This site is more for showcasing peoples' crazy OC's, bench testing, hardware reviews, and the occassional teaser leaked pics of unreleased hardware a la Conroe and 65nm K8's.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2000army
Alright fair enough. You want me to delete my pertinent comments?Quote:
Originally Posted by 2000army
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device..._graphics.mspxQuote:
Originally Posted by Poodle
x8 PCIe is 2Gbps send/receive, on par with AGP 8X apparently.
If crossfire shows a significant increase by using it....then I would like to have the option without having to worry if my mobo meets the requirements....chances are that this is the last ATI/Intel motherboard so I would want it to last.Quote:
Originally Posted by mesyn191
If you want...that is up to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by mesyn191
Thanks,
Eric
....& has the Penny dropped yet??Quote:
Originally Posted by mesyn191
Cos 16X PCIe speed is exactly the same cr4p as 8X AGP over 4x AGP....IT MADE ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENCE WHAT-SO-EVER!
Even Tony has said about this if you actually read this thread back a while!
We should stay on topic & wait for more news. Better than getting Modded!
Too many threads RE: this Chipset have been closed for Lame O.T. posting/Spamming/Phreaking/Outrages & personally, I don't want to see this one get terminated either. :stick:
Lets all be like little "Fonzies" & give Tony & Co. chance to get over their sickness in peace. :cool:
can i say this is another delay ? :(
Has anybody heard anything about the physics solution for this board?
I haven't seen too much besides a few press releases from ATI and Havok relating to the concept. I would like to see a test or even better a comparison with Aegia PhysX in the upcoming reviews. I just hope that support doesn't completely evaporate and this ends up becoming one of those features that never comes to fruition.
I'd be very happy shifting my X1900XT to physics if and/or when it becomes available, if it proves worthwhile. :)
Some basic numbers as we finish up the short preview for release later today. In-depth review on Tuesday.
E6600
ATI X1950
2GB OCZ Flex XLC - DDR2-800 3-3-3-9 (1T for RD600/680i)
Raptor 150
SuperPI 32M-
DFI RD600 - 20.42
Intel 975X - 20.01
ASUS 680i - 20.18
3D06 -
DFI RD600 - 6442
Intel 975X - 6416
ASUS 680i - 6423
Quake 4 - 1280x1024 HQ
DFI RD600 - 110.8
Intel 975X - 109.7
ASUS 680i - 110.5
Nice work, but do you also have results for encoding and other apps like that?
nice work Bingo........ it is possible that you make super tests of the devout ones with command rate 3t ? sorry for my english :D
2T - 20.53 3T - 21.13Quote:
Originally Posted by danysm73
We will have a Nero Recode test in our preview today and full audio/video tests in the final article.Quote:
Originally Posted by danysm73
bingo13
Will it be published on anandtech ?
Looking at these figures, you'll have to be impressed with Intel. A two year old 975X chipset is still hanging in there with the "latest and greatest" from the competition. Makes me wanna hug my AW9D-Max (which is only going to get better with the 1333 strap bios).Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo13
Isn't PCIe serial, so duplex bidrectional bandwith.Quote:
Originally Posted by mesyn191
That makes x8 PCIe 4GB/s (duplex) and x8 AGP 2GB/s....Making x16 PCIe 8GB/s (duplex). Although a graphics card mostly reads data, simplex, so a moot point.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
http://www.pcisig.com/specifications/pciexpress/
And I read somewhere the 8800GTX needed x24 AGP total bandwidth, can find it now so I might be wrong about that. What I do know is one guy I was talking to, had his in the x8 lower slot of an Ultra-D and his 06 score went from 8000 to 11500 moving it to the x16 upper slot.
you have to remember there is data transfer over the bridge or dongle...which basically puts 8 to each card and 8 over the dongle if you wish.
I remember talking about dongle less Xfire a while back and how efficient it was on RD480 and the answer was quite a bit less than RD580 which is 16x16 but identical to RD580 if both chipsets were using a dongle.
I think it boils down to this, you run a dongle and a bridge you will see no loss.
Also, for those who may doubt this i have a question for you. A friend of mine tests many boards and ram for me, he did some tests with DFI 590SLI and the Ultra II M2 which is NF4 but tweaked for Am2 and DDR2, the 8x8 NF4 board was faster in SLI with the same 7900's used on both boards at the same exact clocks...in fact in some instances 10% faster ;) so why is it?
I don't worry about 8 x 8 or 16 x 16 just yet, as long as their is some kind of bridge there is no issue.
I dont think so.. it can be a bug also, because how do you explain that in 3D & max fsb is faster the RD600 and only the Pi not, (yes we dont see brandwith tests, its an other question) but there is the 3T and the asynch memory option too that has got more tweaks that we know this time I think and nothing to say about the other extras what the DFI LP series has only..Quote:
Originally Posted by Zucker2k
When will you release?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
http://anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2891
Preview is up.
Remember its 2/3rd complete and is based on the now internal only 12/07 bios. I am told the new bios will have the same options for memory so it should be still accurate.Quote:
Originally Posted by GNU
I will release tomorrow and work further on it this next week.
You're right to some extent about the tweaks. But what is the point if they don't translate into performance? Tony has already shed light on the strength of this board in 3D. However, I am surprised how close the results are (quite insignificant considering the fact that the scores are in the 6000 range.Quote:
Originally Posted by Achill3uS
Another thing, BadAxe 2 is only a mid-range overclocker. There are better 975X boards out there; including the one in my sig :D I am sure with time and maturity (maybe not, since this is supposedly the last ATi chipset for Intel) things might look different, but considering how much time has been devoted to tweaking the current bios (a fact that has led to the delay) you'd think that there may not be much more juice to be squeezed out of it.
Any update on when the DFI rd600 is going to hit the shelves? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
This year or next year :p:
Tony has said there should be some on sale before Xmas. Keep it mind it will be less than 100. More will come in January.Quote:
Originally Posted by rick_fx
Start of the guide is here, more to come soon
Thank you Tony. :toast:
Time to study before I get the board (I hope to get a board). :woot:
Thanks for all the work Tony.
thanks Tony........this might actually be a nice upgrade! hmmmmmmmmmm
Bookmarked for future reference.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tony
Thanks tony! :worship:
QFTQuote:
Originally Posted by AMDfreak
I'm liking the power consumption chart! Looks like a pretty solid board, let's just hope the price is right.
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/d...1222/13738.png
But Good Golly what a power hog the 680i chipset/board is:eek:
is it possible to use Areca 1210 RAID card in one of the PCI Express x16 slots on RD600? Are they configurable to run at 4x or 8x?
this RD600<680i by 75 watts? wtf even if it gets to 975x with the northbridge voltage maxed that's still 40W less...Quote:
Originally Posted by Frodin
I don't think so could be wrong But i thought that 3rd slot was for another ati card to run pyhsics. not sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by mnemonik23
We have to keep in mind though, that the 680 when it "feels" that we have put on it NVIDIA VGAs, it pushes automaticaly it's PCI-E to 125MHz from 100MHz.....You could leave this to manual though and work with 100MHz PCI-E.....No?....;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
from that review looks like 975 is still the way to go for record breakers.
Maybe maxed out OC it beats the 975. i mean 975 beats it clock for clock but RD600 hits 510fsb with 600 mem, something the 975 cant touch ever. so maybe that will give it the edge.
Yeah Revv23, but tbqh, the amount of time :rolleyes: that has lapsed around this board has made the edge very thin. So much so, I might just go buy Bad Axe2 & be done with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
Wow, much much thnx for this guide Tony, it will really help, it actually explains every option, thank you for your effort :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
Yes it`s possible. You won`t have to configure anything - just plug`n`play :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mnemonik23
Thank you Tony, you are the best :worship:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony
I think you have a lot of work making a guide for that BIOS Tony :D
Anyway, cant wait for the full review but most of all ...
... when the hell can I get my hands on that board! *shrug*
I don't think so. It looks like this chip has a lot in common with the 965, they overclock well but at the expense of relaxed "internal" timings. No?Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
Been waitin a long time for this board. thanks TONY!
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Originally Posted by Zucker2k
every board loosens up timings but the 975. most notably the 680i. The key is finding a balance between the clocks and the timings. Which the RD600 may or may not have done.
We won't really know until it gets into the hands of extreme overclockers.
anandtech sure didn't wet its pants for this board.
Anandtech couldn't wet their Pants if they were on the Pi$$ for a week! :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by palese
anandtech said they couldn't remove the northbridge heatsink.
My first impression is that they're idiots, it looks the same as the ASUS P5W DH one, just with extra clips. The extra clips would allow me to use the waterblock I have. It's 20F outside, my radiator is mounted in my window, so the added heat in the water is really no worry to me. I can already run orthos at 3.6 GHz, 1.55v, at 45c with the pump and rad fans turned down. Especially since I already paid for the block, so I would like to use it when I get this board.
Are they right, that it's actually not possible to remove it?
:D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kin Hell
Idiots is a little strong there mate, Gary who did the review on anandtech is also a member here and has been posting quite a bit in this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thasp
I think you should edit your post there before i do it for you, and think before you post in future as thats a blatant flame.
The heatsink does come off, its real tight though...this may have been Bingo13's problem thats all.
Thasp, please watch the insults, comments like that do not go un-noticed here. As minor as it may seem, you are addressing a highly respected member here.
There is cement like TIM compounds available today, I have other boards with the same stuff under the sinks.
I thought Gary did a great job on that preview. He also proved to me that he is very conscientious in his remarks here.
Although the RD600 numbering scheme gives the impression of being developed after the other chipsets, it was actually developed alongside the RD480 chipset and shares much of its heritage with that design instead of the newer RD580. It does share the Xpress II link design with the RD580 as well as sporting additional PCI Express lanes over the RD480 design but not enough for dual x16 graphics. In fact, this chipset has been heavily revised over the course of the last year and is on its fourth core revision but it only offers dual x8 PCI Express capability instead of dual x16. The performance difference at this time between dual x8 and x16 CrossFire capable boards is minimal at best, but this could potentially change with the upcoming R600 video card release. While the x8/x16 difference might be important to some, for the majority of users we still recommend buying the fastest single card available based on cost to performance ratios.
Some will say it doesn't matter. But to this forum it does matter. Many who buy this M/B here will use in XF. If R600 pushes 2x pci-8 slots to limit and 2x16x pci-e slots is superior in performance . And you bought this board for that reason . The disappointment here would be great.
The board is looking sweet for all you extreme overclocking dudes, but I think what will/won't make it a great board for the long run is how well the drivers and BIOS are supported.
Dudes like me just want a moderate-high OC but super stable for 24/7 usage, and I really don't want any silly problems with RAID, audio, RAM issues, soft rebooting etc...
I guess only time will tell!
Same here, and I want to raise vcore with EIST and C1E activated too, the electric bill as low as I can decrease it. Maybe this board can do it...:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sumanji
We never said we could not remove the heatsink. We said it used the four hook retention mechanism. This did not allow us to use a standard CoolerMaster chipset heatsink/fan alternative that we had in stock. I have a Antazone AS-N2000 and a Swiftteck MCX159-CU arriving on Wednesday that will work perfectly with the four hook clip design.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thasp
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The RD600 is cooled by a large passive heatsink that was well suited for the job until we started overclocking the FSB past 450. Due to the Northbridge voltage required to reach the maximum 511 FSB, the stock heatsink will require airflow over it. We would have preferred to replace the heatsink during this type of overclocking but DFI utilized the four hook attachment system that left us very little choice other than to direct airflow over the stock unit with an extra fan at this time.
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However, to reach these settings we had to run several of the Northbridge voltages near their maximum that resulted in additional air cooling being required for the heatsink along with Northbridge temperatures increasing from 30C to 58C during testing. We will use an alternative Northbridge cooling unit in our follow-up overclocking tests.
I had gone about three days without water while testing this board, it would have been hard to wet (in the kinder sense ;) ) my pants. :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by palese
so if this board is not the best alternative for a solid and stable overclock what is???..I give up on these C2D mobos...I am so confused and lost
I am looking for a stable board to hit 400-450 range with a 8-9x multipler on E6600..trying to avoid vdroop if possible
I doubt I will ever SLI/XFire
I have 10th anniv crucial ram
2 Seagate HDD 320/200gb
2 dvdrw
XFi
x1900xt CF(got used for a nice price)
watercooling
Corasir 620w psu
I don't have thin skin, so I didn't expect two posts following in shock to my statement, but I can't edit my post on that alone. I don't literally think he's an idiot - he tested it to see if it could do high FSBs(interesting to me since I have an e6400, low multiplier), with a high RAM clock which is more concrete than any other speculation I have witnessed. Since 975 chipsets seem to have issues doing high RAM clocks with a high CPU clock at the same time, even if one can be stable at a higher speed while the other is at a slower speed, this is useful information. That review is one of the main reasons I am interested in this board, especially since my post asking about this in a DFI-street RD600 discussion thread was deleted.
Thanks for the response on the heatsink. I know some TIM is indeed near-impossible to get off(southbridge on Asus P5W DH was more adhesive than most glue), I was wary of whether it could have been a pressure issue too. If it were already too tight, pushing the clips down to remove the heatsink could crush the heatsink. A combo of both would certainly make it a challenge.
same here, but also without any RAID issues, sound problems with X-Fi, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by nealh
Most of the motherboard companies take it on the chin with X-FI or Creative compatibility these days and some rightfully so. However, if you sit down with a BIOS engineer and see all of the crap they have to go through to make sure the board works with most Creative cards then you will have a new outlook on why there are issues with every new chipset release or why Creative's driver updates cause major problems. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mnemonik23
Ditching Creative was the best thing I ever did, and quite a while ago. No more helper services that peg your CPU @ 100% continuous usage. No more hard systems freezes with sound loops while gaming. No more snap crackle pop and hiss audio.
I used a Chaintech sound card based on the Envy24 HT-S for a time then found Auzentech and haven't looked back since.
I've got the Chaintech and really like it. So how much better are the Auzentech cards?Quote:
Originally Posted by malficar
Unless they edited the article, from what I read it wasn't that they couldn't remove the heatsink but it was because it was a four-clip job so they coudn't replace the heatsink with another. It was never said that they couldn't remove it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thasp
The guide now has the performance options with strap settings explained. It is now mostly complete apart from i will show some screenies of some ubber tweaked out ATI6400 im running at ddr800.
Thanks for your help Tony n Bingo, appreciate all the work that you are doing...
I mean it's great to see the capabilities of this board within (+- 5% margin) before the release!
please keep doing what you are best at it and share your findings with the community.
Next step in my mind is 680i, commando, ab9 reviews and a nice complete comparison :)
PS: bingo you better drink some water, hehe
EOCF represent :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sumanji
*about the board being on ZZF, is it always sold out as of now since they havent gotten it in yet? If this comes out before the 65nm x2s im going intel! I have a great amount of brand loyalty to DFI.
Yeah, I know creative produces crap, but I still have hope that your BIOS engineers will make some wonders!Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo13
Can hardly wait for Anandtech's review for this board. :D
There is one thing in particular I would like to see in tests and that is 4x1Gb ram oc. I know I have said it before and I'll wait until Tony or Bingo has the time to do it if Anandtech don't do it. :)
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Originally Posted by mnemonik23
Bingo13 works for anandtech.
OscarWu is DFI's main man when it comes to motherbaord engineering.
I'm sure he didn't forget to test with creative cards. :)
I agree with bingo though, i got best performance with my ultra-d on older bios files, but when i got my X-fi i had to update because the machine would crash due to the x-fi... Creative sucks.
That's right, when I was responding I was thinking about DFI's engineers :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
is there any idea of an eta on this mobo
Tuesday !?! (an inside joke)
LOL..Happy Games(formerly Angry Games)...its coming TuesdayQuote:
Originally Posted by wangerin
Hang on a minute. Is 511FSB all this board is ever going to be able to produce from the BIOS settings?
So even with later BIOS rev's the board is still stuck at 511?
As far as i know from reading the AT article, you can only go up from 511 via the windows software tool. Is this correct??
I'm very interested in seeing some HD Controller tests on RAID0 i wanna know which should i use for a 2x Raptor150 RAID0, the SB600 or the Promise PDC40719...
Keep up the good work.
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by RichUK
http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71592
Little more info and some bios shots.
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Originally Posted by RyderOCZ
This board has gone down in my estimations. I doubt whether I’ll even bother getting this board now.
Well, unless I deem the memory overclocking worth while.
?? Because you would be limited to 3.577GHz with an E6300?Quote:
Originally Posted by RichUK
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Originally Posted by RichUK
awsome, one less person to worry about getting it before me! But, what would you get in its place, that does 500FSB w/ ascync memory overclocking ?
+OneQuote:
Originally Posted by ooztuncer
Good job guys :)
Well, so far only a few mobos were tested, supplied by DFI.Quote:
Originally Posted by wangerin
I hope this is not the case like with 680i... Remeber 680i reviews? Everybody, except xbit were able to reach 520+ FSB.
My point is we need to see more results but I guess we we need to wait untill it is released.
very excited. *dumps the idea about 680i*
umm you benching? If so then pass on it otherwise at what voltage and cooling do you think your going to reach 3.57ghz? I think it'd be pretty high...Quote:
Originally Posted by RichUK
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Originally Posted by mnemonik23
OCZ tony confirmed and I doubt he got a hand picked... If he says it does 511FSB, it will. Most or all of his reviews / speculation has been on target before.,
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Originally Posted by Praxis1452
my e6300 was stable at 530fsb on air.
my e6400 goes to 520 for benching.
511 is dissapointing, 550 would have been nice, even if the board doesnt make it easy it would be nice ot have the option to try. i think having a limit at 511 is a huge fallout.. even 975 will let you choose over 511 if you want to try.. and some have actually gotten it to work...
hmm well maybe I was wrong. bleh this mobo needs to get onto newegg soon!Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
Well personally for me 4ghz with my e6400 would be fine. Anyway isn't hipro working on something for this board? I think almost everybody should get to 511 and that's a good thing compared to the P5W's which were everywhere or so it seems from the results I've seen.
This is kinda anti-climactic. DFI would have done themselves a big favor if they kept this board quiet for the past 12 months and then just sprung it on us. If your planning R600 CF you should probably pick this board up asap so you can get the board setup down, it might take that long with the pandora's BIOS this thing has ;)
My board is retail number four according to the serial number, full retail kit pulled off the packaging line randomly during my last visit to Taiwan. I spoke with XBit about the 680i overclocking, think they can do it now. ;) However, the 680I situation has been "weird", our retail boards from NewEgg and ZipZoomFly clock better than the NV samples we have with the same CPU. However, we found the CPU made all the difference in the world as to the overclocking success. One week 28 E6600 does 9X442, the other one from the same lot does 9x414, yet the 9x414 capable CPU clocks better on the RD600 and 975X than the 9x442 CPU. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by mnemonik23
Tell us Bingo, how many boxes were on that shelf? :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo13
Is there any chance to get one before Christmas? What is the word about those first 100 boards available for US?
It took a detour to some other country?Quote:
Originally Posted by mnemonik23
Got my board yesterday.
High FSB seem to require more VMCH voltage than on the reference Marlin / Stinger boards. With early bioses even the Marlin could do up to 490FSB with 1.45V VMCH voltage.
With 1.66V VMCH my board does ~470FSB ram speed at 600MHz.
Bios is reporting 65c for NB temperature, so enhancing the chipset cooling will most likely help to reach higher fsb.
The most perfect board I have seen so far :D
do I need to ask how you got one....Quote:
Originally Posted by The Stilt