DFI Infinity 975X/G tested by Tarosa

Tarosa in Japan has begun testing the DFI Infinity 975X/G. I'm not sure the reason for the strange PCIe/PCI readings in Clockgen. Decent results, but Tarosa indicates the board may be picky about memory. As he puts it, "DFI, what's going on?"

450+ FSB, LN2 cooling
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With Patriot PC2-8000XBLK
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max stable fsb?

Maximum FSB so far is 455. But he's using an E6700 which has a 10 multiplier. His CPU may have just reached its limit.

Nice find Sierra. Are you going to pick this board up when available? I read your post on the other thread where you cautioned another user about picking it up right away.

Given your extensive experience in this arena I was hoping to see you throw caution to the wind and pick one up. Your feedback and track record is as good as gold with me. :)

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Originally Posted by sierra_bound

Maximum FSB so far is 455. But he's using an E6700 which has a 10 multiplier. His CPU may have just reached its limit.

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what about locking the multi with eist?

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Originally Posted by ShoNuff

Nice find Sierra. Are you going to pick this board up when available? I read your post on the other thread where you cautioned another user about picking it up right away.

Given your extensive experience in this arena I was hoping to see you throw caution to the wind and pick one up. Your feedback and track record is as good as gold with me. :)

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I probably won't pick up the board right away. I'll let someone else be the guinea pig. :) I'm too busy testing the Asus P5W DH Deluxe right now.

My feeling about Conroe boards is that they're just a vehicle to unleash the power of Conroe itself which is the really important thing. Some boards may do that better than others. But until all the Conroe boards come out and are tested, that's all speculation. Some of the arguments I've read here for choosing one board over another seem to defy logic.

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Originally Posted by cirthix

what about locking the multi with eist?

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He just got the board. Give him time. :) If anyone can get the most out of a board, it's Tarosa. I'm sure he will have more updates.

Sierra, when do you plan on posting your results on the P5W DH board?

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Originally Posted by sierra_bound

He just got the board. Give him time. :) If anyone can get the most out of a board, it's Tarosa. I'm sure he will have more updates.

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i'm sure there will be many more :D :toast: :woot:

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Originally Posted by ScottFern

Sierra, when do you plan on posting your results on the P5W DH board?

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I have posted a few air-cooled results in this thread.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=104369

The Asus board is interesting. I like it better than the Bad Axe. But the BIOS needs work. The 4:5 ratio is not as good as I would like. I have no idea whether this will be the Conroe board I settle on. Most of the boards still have not come out.

Infinity´s for AMD were excellent budget Motherboards.
Lets wait the Lanparty 975x !!

Anyway, I have seen Intel is pretty much simple (when timings talking in this mobo) compared to the timings in Infinity 939.

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Originally Posted by Kain XS

Infinity´s for AMD were excellent budget Motherboards.
Lets wait the Lanparty 975x !!

Anyway, I have seen Intel is pretty much simple (when timings talking in this mobo) compared to the timings in Infinity 939.

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There is no Lanparty 975x,even plan.

But DFI have RD600 Lanparty and nforce 5 intel edition lanparty MB,indeed.

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Originally Posted by ost_2005

There is no Lanparty 975x,even plan.

But DFI have RD600 Lanparty and nforce 5 intel edition lanparty MB,indeed.

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the RD600 looks tasty too, Digital PWM, copper sinks, lots of room for insulation:slobber: I was disappointed to see that the Nforce590 SLI looks to be a tiny notch down in features and has good ol mosfets and such.

personally I have a huge boner for DFI and I'm not making a move to Conroe until a DFI has an LP available...and stable...

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Originally Posted by hawkeyefan

personally I have a huge boner for DFI and I'm not making a move to Conroe until a DFI has an LP available...and stable...

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/me goes to find you a :toast: and a deckchair .. its gonna be a while :D

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Originally Posted by taemun

/me goes to find you a :toast: and a deckchair .. its gonna be a while :D

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lolz, works out beautifully b/c I can't justify buying one yet anyway;)

methinks if that were to change, I could suffer through for awhile on an Asus:D

I am pretty sure 455 is not fsb limit of the mb :)

One of the issues I was discussing with a Team Japan member was FSB and multipliers. Some of these Conroe boards do not respond well when you lower the multi on an ES chip. On the Asus P5W DH, for example, I can change the multiplier using Crystal CPUID. But when you start raising the FSB above 425, Windows will freeze up. I'm not sure how the DFI board will respond. I guess we'll find out soon. :)

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Originally Posted by sierra_bound

One of the issues I was discussing with a Team Japan member was FSB and multipliers. Some of these Conroe boards do not respond well when you lower the multi on an ES chip. On the Asus P5W DH, for example, I can change the multiplier using Crystal CPUID. But when you start raising the FSB above 425, Windows will freeze up. I'm not sure how the DFI board will respond. I guess we'll find out soon. :)

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if anybody can build a board to hit high HTT...:fact:

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Originally Posted by hawkeyefan

if anybody can build a board to hit high HTT...:fact:

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Won't happend on a board for Intel for sure ;)

Where any of the previous Infinity boards touchy with memory or just the Lan partys ?

Subscibed for interest :)

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Originally Posted by hawkeyefan

the RD600 looks tasty too, Digital PWM, copper sinks, lots of room for insulation:slobber: I was disappointed to see that the Nforce590 SLI looks to be a tiny notch down in features and has good ol mosfets and such.

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Intel N590 from DFI is suposed to have Digital PWM as well, I believe you saw the Nvidia reference board, I don't believe it had even been touched by dfi yet.

So what is the initial impression like ? Asus or DFI ?

Can u ask what pll tarosa is using. im getting the board tomarrow!

@ Darklord, whatevers does Higher FSB!

Right now, thats DFI :P.

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Originally Posted by Waus-mod

Can u ask what pll tarosa is using. im getting the board tomarrow!

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ICS 954519

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4:3 ratio
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Guys

A few things you need to know, the board is locked at the strap the CPU is set to at this time..>IE if you have a 1066fsb CPU you are locked to the 1066 strap. To clock over 370fsb easy you need to be in the 1333 strap so running 400+ is already very good.
I have already proven here the DFI in the 1066 strap is faster than badaxe in the 1333 with a lower CPU speed, so please don't be put off by early showings of results, bios files are being tweaked and we should see some more performance from the board soon.

lastly, this is an Infinity, it is NOT a lanlarty board...take that into consideration. I am personally waiting for the ATI chipset board from DFI as if its close to the ATI reference it is going to be a monster.


Some tips for early users.

set the Sata frequency to equal the PCIE freqency, set the PCIE frequency to OC mode and push it to 101fsb...this will allow higher fsb overclocks on the cpu.The NB needs more juice also but be prepared for it getting hot....good cooling is needed.

Which M/B would you recommend Tony? P5W DH Deluxe or DFI Infinity?
Thanks.

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Originally Posted by NiCKE^

Which M/B would you recommend Tony? P5W DH Deluxe or DFI Infinity?
Thanks.

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I can't recomend any yet as I have not tested them, i have the infinity and the ATI reference along with a badaxe. i can't comment on the ATI but the infinity and badaxe are strong boards with the infinity being better for ram overclocking.

Its all about bios files now and little tweaks, more info will show up soon im sure

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Guys



Some tips for early users.

set the Sata frequency to equal the PCIE freqency, set the PCIE frequency to OC mode and push it to 101fsb...this will allow higher fsb overclocks on the cpu.The NB needs more juice also but be prepared for it getting hot....good cooling is needed.

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hmm didnt know that. will keep that in mind.

I'm thinking about P5W DH Deluxe, would that be a bad move?

"Tarosa in Japan has begun testing the DFI Infinity 975X/G. I'm not sure the reason for the strange PCIe/PCI readings in Clockgen. Decent results, but Tarosa indicates the board may be picky about memory. As he puts it, "DFI, what's going on?""

of course...its a DFI.

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Originally Posted by vapb400

Intel N590 from DFI is suposed to have Digital PWM as well, I believe you saw the Nvidia reference board, I don't believe it had even been touched by dfi yet.

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awesome news, VapB, and thanks for the info:banana: :banana:

@ Tony, thanks to you as well for the excellent information

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awesome news, VapB, and thanks for the info:banana: :banana:

@ Tony, thanks to you as well for the excellent information

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http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=5939 hell why not post that, i guess you havnt seen it :)

what is it with the one IDE port on the boards? Most DVD burners still use IDE, and many users have IDE storage drives as well. If they get rid of anything, they should get rid of the floppy port.

If you can afford a Conroe system, you can afford SATA storage. ;)

The infinity 975X will be available in romania 6 days from now ! w00t :)

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Originally Posted by M1nDH4cK

The infinity 975X will be available in romania 6 days from now ! w00t :)

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Just 3 Days.. :D

even better :p:

Maybe the first tiny batch. Well that's at least how it's going to be like in germany. I emailed the DFI Europe Supporter and he told me that only a few get shipped to certain distributors and the next bigger batch will come in a FEW WEEKS!

I dont agree with the comment on sata storage. Sure the motherboards are expensive at the moment but the cpus wont be too bad (relatively speaking).

Changing say 2 large hard drives and an optical drive or 2 to sata is the type of thing that would make it expensive.

Luckily they tend to have one ide channel so i can use one hdd and my dvd-r/w.

It's your own fault if you still buy "large drives" with IDE Connector. You can't await to get compatibility forever.

Kyosen has also posted some results with the DFI board.

http://222.151.148.34/c-board/file/I...G_NB-NP_ST.jpg

http://222.151.148.34/c-board/file/Inf975XG_BIOS.jpg

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:) Nice LGA suport for Nexxxos XP :P

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Originally Posted by sierra_bound

Kyosen has also posted some results with the DFI board.

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Is it known how well he did with that same chip in other boards?

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Originally Posted by ost_2005

There is no Lanparty 975x,even plan.

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There is going to be a Lanparty 975x.;)

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There is going to be a Lanparty 975x.;)

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Any official link ? From what i've heard lanparty will only be based on RD600 and NV590.

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Originally Posted by M1nDH4cK

From what i've heard lanparty will only be based on RD600 and NV590.

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Exactly

That hosing is just plain pathetic ;)

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Originally Posted by sierra_bound

until all the Conroe boards come out and are tested, that's all speculation. Some of the arguments I've read here for choosing one board over another seem to defy logic.

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Well said! There simply is no clear "best board" for Conroe right now. And, I don't beleive there will be for a while. I'm thinking a "round 2" of boards may be far more interesting this fall. Until then, we need to see the rest of the first round of boards which haven't even surfaced yet.

It's far more pathetic to still be hooking floppy drives up to new rigs then it is to hook up large capacity IDE hard drives. It's the year 2006. We should not still be seeing the need for floppys, just like we shouldn't be seeing new PC games released on CD. Make USB drives bootable and allow them to "emulate" floppy drives if they are needed that badly to load RAID drivers.

I'll buy a board that has 2 IDE cables... no need to waste another 75-100 bucks on a backup drive when I can just use the hundred bucks to get a better motherboard.

Peace. :)

thanks to OP for finding and sharing :)

Nice info Tony :toast:

I really don't believe there will be a lanparty 975 board any time soon. Why would DFI omit this from their roadmap. That wouldn't make sense ;)

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Nice info Tony :toast:

I really don't believe there will be a lanparty 975 board any time soon. Why would DFI omit this from their roadmap. That wouldn't make sense ;)

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The ATI board should be a monster, I have the reference board here and the option to clock the memory totally independantly is just awesome. Seeing the CPU with 1fsb steps and then tuning the ram the same way is what we all wanted...im sure Oskar will make a board which just destroys the competition.

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Originally Posted by Tony

The ATI board should be a monster, I have the reference board here and the option to clock the memory totally independantly is just awesome. Seeing the CPU with 1fsb steps and then tuning the ram the same way is what we all wanted...im sure Oskar will make a board which just destroys the competition.

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I believe the ATI will be awesome indeed. When will they be publically available ? August ? I'll have to find something to fill the gap meanwhile :)

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The ATI board should be a monster, I have the reference board here and the option to clock the memory totally independantly is just awesome. Seeing the CPU with 1fsb steps and then tuning the ram the same way is what we all wanted...im sure Oskar will make a board which just destroys the competition.

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woah that would be dam sweet indeed!

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Originally Posted by Tony

The ATI board should be a monster, I have the reference board here and the option to clock the memory totally independantly is just awesome. Seeing the CPU with 1fsb steps and then tuning the ram the same way is what we all wanted...im sure Oskar will make a board which just destroys the competition.

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do you know if they are still on track for mass production in August?

and could you put this to rest:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=104556
is it 16x/16x or 8x/8x


thanks

Angry/Happy games still claims it should be ready....

More results from kyosen.

http://222.151.148.34/c-board/file/1...0_3860_4-5.png

Dual SuperPi

http://222.151.148.34/c-board/file/3....5G_finish.png

What is the max FSB?

More testing by Tarosa. Three sets of DDR2, three exact same results with different timings @ DDR2-1002. :)

M/B: DFI INFINITY 975X/G Rev.C0, BIOS:6.00PG 06/21/2006
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6700 Q*** ES
CPU Cooling:HYPER48 Cooler Master (市販品　室温28℃前後）
Chipset Cooling: ノース:8cmFAN追加 サウス:3.8cmアルミシンクFAN追加
VGA: matrox Millennium G450（PCI）
HDD: Western Digital WD740 74.3GB (Serial ATA)
Power Zippy-500W the Gaming Edition 3.3V Rail mod →3.45V
OS: Windows 2003
Memory: TeamXtreem PC2-5300 1GB×2, Crucial PC2-8000 Ballistix　512MBx2 and Patriot PC2-8000 XBLKCL4 1GB×2

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