DFI 925XE-T2 XS exclusive first look

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02-09-2005, 04:52 PM
Charles Wirth

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DFI 925XE-T2 **XS exclusive first look**

The beast arrived today and getting setup now for attempts at world records.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=24337

Here is a pic of the 925X-T2. This board is capable of 299FSB 1:1 3-2-2-x and currently best choice of 925X boards on the market today.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=24338

DFI has done research into voltage regulation and sourced the best parts to build the finest boards for overclocking and high speed stability.

The 925XE has the same bios options as its little brother. Exact in just about every detail.

My first benches will be from my 3.4XE processor and then I will switch over to the 570J.

I am bolting up to my three stager now and will have benches shortly. My first target (im thinking big) is pulling a 40K in 2K1

Getting up to speed, need more vcore for the EE.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=24347
02-09-2005, 05:04 PM
Charles Wirth

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Up and running, I am planning on a fresh reload of the hard drive to get back to a DX8.1 config. should be done shortly.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=24339
02-09-2005, 05:11 PM
skate2snow

Oh FUGGER, you are going for the WR you told me? GOOD LUCK!!!

I love DFI, I'm at their 4th product, and they are always the BEST!;)
02-09-2005, 05:16 PM
althes

Good luck fugger
02-09-2005, 05:27 PM
Waxman

As I told you on MSN:

Good luck m8! :toast:
02-09-2005, 06:26 PM
vapb400

wow this is gonna be awesome!
02-09-2005, 06:35 PM
Alex08

man o man, i've never been an intel fan, but i hope this changes my mind on things.

i'm rooting for you Fugger! :banana4:
02-09-2005, 06:59 PM
death metal

fugger, you got me as your primary cheerleader (without the sexy suit of course) =)......

good to see that one up for review...keep us posted and on our heels....
02-09-2005, 07:04 PM
GomerPyle

Looking forward to that Fugger. Got myself a Intel for once, but just a little one without potential for great records.

Hope you break the P4/40k.
02-09-2005, 07:33 PM
eva2000

:cool:

get benching :D
02-09-2005, 10:41 PM
Charles Wirth

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Pifast screen shot added, running 3Dmark 2K1 now.

Here is a screen shot from bios. -103c is correct and confirmed by Chilly1 as he watched come down to temp in bios, giggling all the way.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=24348
02-09-2005, 11:40 PM
STEvil

sweet :D
02-09-2005, 11:54 PM
Xassius

nice.
02-10-2005, 12:06 AM
eva2000

wow working temp sensor :eek: :) :D
02-10-2005, 01:22 AM
Charles Wirth

Stock x800xt 500/500

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8420382

I have x850xt pe ready for duty. I am still getting the system up to speed.
02-10-2005, 01:56 AM
GomerPyle

FUGGER you may be able to use this compare link for tweaking some more out of the system:

Lars Krag with EE in 3DMark2001

Thats P4 3.4 EE @ 4443 Mhz, gfx @ 600/590: 34028
02-10-2005, 02:58 AM
DanIdentity

When is this board being released?
02-10-2005, 03:01 AM
skate2snow

From what I know, DFI should start shipping them in about a week...
02-10-2005, 03:10 AM
olfen

good luck fugger ;)
02-10-2005, 03:29 AM
nCrusader

Will be interesting to what a P4 @ lets say 5.5GHz and a highly o/c:ed X850 can do..
02-10-2005, 03:31 AM
skate2snow

Who said 5.5GHz? You know FUGGER is aiming more then that;)
02-10-2005, 03:35 AM
Kunaak

Quote:

Originally Posted by nCrusader

Will be interesting to what a P4 @ lets say 5.5GHz and a highly o/c:ed X850 can do..

Indeed.

Been waiting for someone with a LGA P4EE and a good videocard to hit up 3dmark2001se finally :D
02-10-2005, 04:26 AM
Charles Wirth

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I have a x850xt pe now, I fired up last night with a x800xt with the slower memory onboard.

It could barely do 650/600 for a rather un impressive 35k.

With 1.9vcore I can reach 4.7Ghz.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=24356

X850 is modded, gonna thaw out x800 and try again.
02-10-2005, 05:07 AM
nCrusader

Does the cache on the EE processor make up for the almost 1GHz lower clock against the 570J in benchmarks?
02-10-2005, 11:56 AM
OrcHuman

Man put the 570J ON :slobber: I wanna see that!!!
Goodluck mate. :toast:
02-10-2005, 04:17 PM
Charles Wirth

This board is exceptional for restarting and firing up when I doubted it would.

It goes to 380FSB, 1.95vcore and 2.5vdimm

Setting back up with X850XT PE now that I am thawed out.

EE is the better at 2K1 than the 570J
02-11-2005, 12:47 AM
Firefoxx

Just a extremely nice combo, congrats Fugger and go up for the WR...
02-11-2005, 01:59 AM
olfen

i'm waiting for the results fugger :) so far it's looking real good.
02-11-2005, 03:52 AM
Charles Wirth

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Heh, booting into windows 5.8Ghz 1.6v

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=24414

Ive been memtesting over 6Ghz. 550FSB 1:1
02-11-2005, 03:55 AM
CTKP

Very nice Fugger, how high do you think you can bench?
02-11-2005, 04:21 AM
FallenAngel

as usual, you're the men
02-11-2005, 04:34 AM
Charles Wirth

I can bench at 5.8, posted a few Pi's. I dont have clockgen to adjust fsb. I am at 1.6v now and I can go up to 1.9v (bios says 1.95v but anyway)
02-11-2005, 04:55 AM
LarsK

Wow, that's looking pretty good. Looking forward to some results whenever you're done playing around with it... :p: ... Knowing how I get whenever I test out new stuff, that could be a while though.... :D

Whatever other comments you have on the mainboard will be greatly appreciated as well. My 3.4EE is going in a Shuttle, and I'm still contemplating just what to put under the MII GT next. So I'll definetely follow your results closely :toast:
02-11-2005, 06:59 AM
Wicked Klown

Quote:

Originally Posted by nCrusader

Does the cache on the EE processor make up for the almost 1GHz lower clock against the 570J in benchmarks?

How do you get almost a 1gig diff between a 3.4GHz CPU and a 3.8GHz CPU?
02-11-2005, 07:06 AM
\/icious

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wicked Klown

How do you get almost a 1gig diff between a 3.4GHz CPU and a 3.8GHz CPU?

he is refering to the fact that the js clock about a gig higher than the ee on average
02-11-2005, 08:35 AM
nCrusader

How does the 3.73EE stack up against the older northwood EE's?
02-11-2005, 09:09 AM
enzoR

its still the same gallatin core isnt it?
02-11-2005, 09:47 AM
Firefoxx

Quote:

Originally Posted by enzoR

its still the same gallatin core isnt it?

I'd say yes...
02-11-2005, 01:37 PM
stummerwinter

Good Luck!

We still alive (but waiting :rolleyes: )...
02-11-2005, 05:54 PM
althes

any scores fugger
02-11-2005, 06:41 PM
Dissolved

How does this mobo Compare to the dfi amd and a 64 cpu?

Does this mobo Support NCQ for the sata harddrives?

id liek to go Pci-e but i dont need Sli.. :\
02-11-2005, 08:57 PM
freecableguy

Quote:

Originally Posted by enzoR

its still the same gallatin core isnt it?

Nope, don't think so. New 3.73EE is based on the Prescott unlike the 3.4EE (478 and 775) which is Gallatin/Northwood...
02-11-2005, 09:01 PM
Charles Wirth

My core is the galatin core, different from the 3.73

My advantage is having 8x and 12x thru 17x multiples available. The new 3.46EE is the same core as mine with max multiple of 13
02-12-2005, 04:49 AM
death metal

way to go fugger...wohoo...lookin' good...
02-13-2005, 01:07 AM
freecableguy

The DFI 925XE-T2V will DEFINATELY be my next board...ahh, the wait is going to kill me!
02-13-2005, 04:18 AM
kristos

http://www.x86-secret.com/pics/cpu/p46xx/ee-bye.jpg hehe :D

If DFI keeps going this route, Hell-Fire and Hipro and the rest will soon be out of a job here :lol:

now you brake 40k on intel fugger!! :stick: :D

I wish I had some more cash, all this cool hardware is making my fingers ake :) Would be fun, even though I probably won't score big :D
02-13-2005, 08:47 AM
Charles Wirth

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More benches

I will kick up to 350FSB, testing at 333

9K everest
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...chmentid=24551
02-13-2005, 11:27 AM
Rabbi_NZ

Great work FUGGER, thanks a lot for preview :toast:
That DDR2 is really start to go places too
02-13-2005, 04:47 PM
Cornelious0_0

Holy :banana::banana::banana::banana: that's some nice bandwidth so far on that DDR2.....it's nice to see it taking off finally....and I can't wait for some more numbers out of this beast. :slobber: :slobber: :slobber:
02-13-2005, 06:01 PM
matt9669

Looks like OPB finally has some serious competition :D

Nice work as always Fugger.

Had a question - what's the PCIe x1 slot off to the side for? Something proprietary?
02-13-2005, 09:11 PM
death metal

Oh my fugger, neat stuff you got there...
02-13-2005, 09:13 PM
death metal

fugger, can you do Sandra RAM bandwidth test? tnx...
02-14-2005, 03:38 AM
nCrusader

I might be blind, but what memories are you using? OCZ what?
02-14-2005, 04:19 AM
mcnbns

I think it might be something like this:
OCZ PC2-5400 Platinum Enhanced Bandwidth ?
02-14-2005, 04:41 AM
nCrusader

Okay, thanks. To bad there isn't any 256MB modules :/
02-14-2005, 07:51 AM
Charles Wirth

Death, Bottom of page two in this thread has some sick sandra shots.
02-14-2005, 10:56 AM
don_vercetti

so what speeds are you at at the moment? Have you run any benches like 3dmark01 or aquamark yet? How bout doing us another SPi run, at whatever your current highest clock speed is. I gotta admit, this is bloody impressive.
02-14-2005, 03:55 PM
death metal

thnx fugger, i missed it ;)....those are some nice sandra buff/unbuff shots......ram timing is really wicked too...
02-14-2005, 04:06 PM
calcal

how does your abit aa8xe compare to this board?
02-14-2005, 07:13 PM
boshi

about how much will they cost when they come out?

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02-14-2005, 08:01 PM
Charles Wirth

Calcal

chevette < corvette, you do the math. max top speed on aa8xe was 5.6Ghz benchable. Max benchable FSB 321

Ran some 2K1 and it makes my EE look bad. AM3 doesnt like the X850XT PE.
02-14-2005, 08:13 PM
calcal

none of the less thats still a great overclock, but it doesnt meet your needs : (

You got a thread on that attemp to oc with aa8xe?

Have you tried the asus 925x boards?
02-16-2005, 06:08 PM
Charles Wirth

Datasheet for Realtek RTM862-431 clock generator sent :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I also sent datasheet for Realtek RTM862-410 for future reference.
02-17-2005, 01:27 AM
masterofpuppets

Looks like a f'in great board there.
02-17-2005, 04:15 AM
death metal

Quote:

Originally Posted by FUGGER

Datasheet for Realtek RTM862-431 clock generator sent :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I also sent datasheet for Realtek RTM862-410 for future reference.

you meant, sent to CPU-Z/ClockGen team right? good job......can't wait to see the CPU-Z shot of that 7+ Gigger =)...
02-23-2005, 10:15 PM
freecableguy

Anything new? When the hell is DFI going to announce this board!?
02-24-2005, 02:40 AM
oublie

Fugger,

Are DFI definately shipping soon, if so ill cancel my order for the 925x and get one of these instead. I've checked their site and cant see any mention of it.
02-24-2005, 06:14 PM
saaya

i like the red pci slots :D lol
03-04-2005, 04:12 PM
MONSOON

Fugger
What are the differences between the 925x and the 925XE? I mean I see some physical differences. But what are the meat and potatoe diferences?
03-04-2005, 05:02 PM
DanIdentity

Quote:

Originally Posted by MONSOON

Fugger
What are the differences between the 925x and the 925XE? I mean I see some physical differences. But what are the meat and potatoe diferences?

Nothing. The 925XE is simply qualified to run 1066 MHz FSB by Intel.
03-04-2005, 05:10 PM
MONSOON

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanIdentity

Nothing. The 925XE is simply qualified to run 1066 MHz FSB by Intel.

Ahh! So its not that the 925x cant run 1066 FSB, its just not made to natively? Am I understanding you correctly?
03-04-2005, 05:39 PM
Salkcin

Quote:

Originally Posted by MONSOON

Ahh! So its not that the 925x cant run 1066 FSB, its just not made to natively? Am I understanding you correctly?

Since Intel have implemented a 10% overclock limitation in all their 900 chipsets the 925XE have an advantage because it's native 266MHz = 292MHz FSB is max on a regular board and 915/925X are limited at 220MHz on a regular. Most motherboard makers have made a workaround with the limitation so that 350MHz FSB (and lately 400MHz FSB reached on Abit 925XE by Shamino) are reachable, but only with 925XE. The 925X can't go beyond 250-270MHz FSB (except for the DFI 925X - seems to go 300MHz I remember Fugger mentioned he reached).... the 925X motherboard does not have a working PCI-E lock as well like MOST 925XE.

I don't think it's the 925X's fault it don't overclock that well compared to the 925XE. I think that it took the motherboardmakers to long to learn how to manage the PCI-E and the 10% limitation workaround to reach those speeds... now they've learned and there are some good 925XE out there. Maybe later revisions of the 925X will just as good if they wanna re-engineer them.
03-04-2005, 05:46 PM
MONSOON

So for someone like me who likes to OC, but not to the extremes that some of you guys do. The 925x would be a good solid board or is it better to get the 925xe because of the improvements that have been made? Extreme OCer or not.
03-04-2005, 06:04 PM
Charles Wirth

I have tested a few DFI 925X boards and they reach 299FSB without any problems. These are the only 925x boards that I can confirm that dont have an oc limitation other than topping out at 299FSB exactly.
03-04-2005, 06:44 PM
Salkcin

Quote:

Originally Posted by FUGGER

I have tested a few DFI 925X boards and they reach 299FSB without any problems. These are the only 925x boards that I can confirm that dont have an oc limitation other than topping out at 299FSB exactly.

Did you have to disable any onboard components to reach the 299? I know that on some 915P motherboards you have to disable onboard NIC (if it's attached to the PCI-E) to reach a FSB of just 250MHz and then the PCI-Express bus won't be useable for peripherals... 915P and 925X should be in the same boat when thinking of the limitation.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MONSOON

So for someone like me who likes to OC, but not to the extremes that some of you guys do. The 925x would be a good solid board or is it better to get the 925xe because of the improvements that have been made? Extreme OCer or not.

..maybe. My impression is that you have to disable a lot of peripherals to overclock because of a PCI-Express bus wich is'nt locked at 100MHz. Maybe Fugger can confirm this is'nt the case on all 925X's
03-05-2005, 07:44 AM
MONSOON

It almost sounds like it would be best to wait for the 925XEs then. Unlike alot of you guys I don't typically upgrade often.When I build a new system which I am WAY overdue to do now. I build more for long term use as I don't do alot of extremely stressful things at once. In all honesty this POS Im using now is just really starting to show its limits for stuff I do. But after reading these 3 threads about this insane OC Fugger acheived with this board. Makes me think that it may be what Im looking for with the mild by comparisson OCing Id do with it and the long term usage that I typically am after.

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