first look/review at DFI RD580

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03-17-2006, 07:01 AM
Tony

first look/review at DFI RD580

Guys some friends of mine at CEBIT were able to beg DFI to lend them the board for a few hours, http://it-review.net/index.php?optio...439&Itemid=111

Check out the review, please keep in mind it was an RnD sample with an alpha bios so any weakness maybe ironed out on the shipping boards.
03-17-2006, 07:27 AM
Jupiler

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thanks for the preview Tony.

BTW
Is this you behind the case?
03-17-2006, 07:42 AM
Rodzilla

More importantly... is that your wife in the pic?!?!?!?!
03-17-2006, 08:09 AM
Vassili

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodzilla

More importantly... is that your wife in the pic?!?!?!?!

Lol, no I thought AndyOCZ said @ the bleedingedge that it was family of him, if I remember correctly.
03-17-2006, 08:11 AM
RyderOCZ

That is Tony, yes :)

Not his wife though, that is Jessica who works in the Marketing Dept. ;)
03-17-2006, 08:16 AM
kLLa142

Sweet. Hopefully it wont be plaugued with teh bugs of the last two DFI boards.
03-17-2006, 08:22 AM
Rodzilla

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

That is Tony, yes :)

Not his wife though, that is Jessica who works in the Marketing Dept. ;)

:p: She makes that cooler master case look HOT! :p:

OCZ needs a pinup calendar! (Don't put Tony on it though :sick: :lol: )
03-17-2006, 08:23 AM
blind_ripper

woot thate is a nice board:D , the wommen behind the case is not to bad also :banana:
03-17-2006, 08:30 AM
ken

Quote:

Originally Posted by blind_ripper

woot thate is a nice board:D , the wommen behind the case is not to bad also :banana:

for a sec I was thinkin "eh, its Tony behind the case, wth :banana: " cus the girl is not actually behind, shes beside the case :p

sorry for OT :D
03-17-2006, 09:03 AM
Tony

Man do i look that bad ...LOL,

Oskar is still tweaking the board, im sure it will be a monster.

Also there will be an Infinity board using ULI chipsets that is apparantly another monster overclocker...i will get more info ASAP
03-17-2006, 09:08 AM
Chr0n1c

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodzilla

OCZ needs a pinup calendar! (Don't put Tony on it though :sick: :lol: )

Amen to that. :D

Board looks great.
03-17-2006, 09:08 AM
blind_ripper

tell oskar to tweak the rdx200 board somme more if he can , it is the moste crappy bord of the dfi serie !!! .
no u dont look bad at all :slobber:
03-17-2006, 09:47 AM
Haltech

Thanks for the link. I hope this board turns out better than the last 3 have. DFI needs a winner this time around.
03-17-2006, 12:04 PM
EnJoY

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

That is Tony, yes :)

Not his wife though, that is Jessica who works in the Marketing Dept. ;)

Any job openings in the marketing department? ;)
03-17-2006, 12:39 PM
muzz

Quote:

Originally Posted by EnJoY

Any job openings in the marketing department? ;)

heheheh
03-17-2006, 01:45 PM
NicoOCZ

Thanks Tony ... for everything you, err, showed us in this thread ;)
03-17-2006, 02:40 PM
Rodzilla

oops... I totally missed the link to the DFI review... :p:
03-17-2006, 02:53 PM
Zanr Zij

Here more preview :

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7315/mb4gb.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3659/chips5wz.jpg

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/8545/m15754lm.jpg

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/1653/sata1fb.jpg

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/310...rbutton1in.jpg

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2351/debug1lr.jpg

Test platform :

AMD Athlon 64 FX 60 2.6GHz 1MB L2 x2
DFI LanParty CFX 3200 (RD580)
DFI LanParty CFX200-RD (RD480)
MSI K8N-Diamond Plus (C51D + CK804)
Geil DDR400 512MB x 2 CL 2-2-2-5
Gigabyte Geforce 7800GTX 256MB
Delta Server Power 520W
Maxtor DiamondPlus 9 7200rpm 8MB Cache 120GB
nVidia Forceware 81.98 WHQL
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

7800GTX :

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/6719/systest3rw.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/1...200test1hz.jpg

X1900XT CROSSFIRE

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/5877/cftest3ym.jpg

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/8...cfscore3as.jpg

Improve much more when play in CF mode with X1600XT and X1300 PRO :

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/4...x1600xt9cf.jpg

http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/7...1300pro5bn.jpg

Source : _www.hkepc.com
03-17-2006, 04:05 PM
cupra

thanks Tony, but i dont get it, the new amd socket will released in 3 months
and the new ati chipset will released in a month, maybe even more.
so dont know, its looks like not a lot of peoples will bay it.
03-17-2006, 04:11 PM
UnreaL

Looking good!
03-17-2006, 04:16 PM
muzz

Quote:

Originally Posted by cupra

thanks Tony, but i dont get it, the new amd socket will released in 3 months
and the new ati chipset will released in a month, maybe even more.
so dont know, its looks like not a lot of peoples will bay it.

Ya wanna buy an unproven system, or a proven system?
AM2 is, and will be, unproven for awhile IMO
03-17-2006, 04:31 PM
pcdoc1

That may be, but at this point the 580 is a unproven system...... :) I haven't seen a review of any 580 boards that are trick......
03-17-2006, 07:10 PM
JuanFlaiter

Isn't that the girl that was giving away the T-Shirts at the Revolution Party?
03-17-2006, 07:15 PM
xgman

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

That is Tony, yes :)

Not his wife though, that is Jessica who works in the Marketing Dept. ;)

Oh yes, I forgot i had to contact the marketing department immediately for some important jesica, I mean marketing business. :D
03-17-2006, 08:00 PM
chew*

Quote:

Originally Posted by pcdoc1

That may be, but at this point the 580 is a unproven system...... :) I haven't seen a review of any 580 boards that are trick......

I can accomadate you on that if need be..........And mine will not be biased it will be results of what it can do bottom line.
03-18-2006, 01:37 AM
VulgarHandle

won't these new chipsets work for socket M2?

other than our local hardcore hardcore ppl here, most daily users will prolly get dual opties with rd580 chipset mobo's that will be cheaper due to M2 being release, at least this is my plan unless M2 really is that much faster for same or less money
03-18-2006, 07:47 AM
i found nemo

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

That is Tony, yes :)

Not his wife though, that is Jessica who works in the Marketing Dept. ;)

oh man ..... ..... n/m i have a g/f i'm not going to encriminate myself :slap: :nono:
03-18-2006, 12:26 PM
s7e9h3n

Quote:

Originally Posted by RyderOCZ

That is Tony, yes :)

Not his wife though, that is Jessica who works in the Marketing Dept. ;)

Marketing in Sunnyvale? I'm not to far away and need some info on your new products :D
03-23-2006, 06:56 AM
bito

When are the 'Expert' and subsequent 'Venus' versions to be released ;)
03-23-2006, 07:24 AM
uwackme

hmmm

Heh, if Jennifer was a bios tweaker, she's be the first bios tweaker I wanted to tweak :D

AM2 socket is a joke, the entire movew is held back by DDR2 not being fast enough. Nothing like spending money to go backwards.

When you have DDR2-1000 10,4,4,4.0 as the norm, then you might be starting out equal to the 939's now.

I'm looking forward to the RD580, but DFI must NOT.... NOT... repeat the Vtt problem of the NF4 boards. Im sitting here with 4x512M OCZ Gold BH5 being held back to 240Mhz because of the Vtt glitch. Any 2 sticks does 260Mhz but all 4 are limited to 240 due to the Vtt getting much worse with 4 sticks.

The 4x512M of VX I have does 260Mhz but one stick is doing the acting up, if I go past 3.1V with it.

So as soon as someone (TONY) who has a board can, please look with a scope on the Vdd Vtt lines and tell us the signals are clear?

I have my X1900 now, so later if RD580 is a go and works correctly, Ill consider a second X1900 for CF. Using 6xAA 16xAF is nice, but even at 650/750 on a 2.65Ghz opty 165, also using AdaptiveAA in Farcry is not quite fast enough. lost Coast is amazing to see, as is ToyStore in realtime rather than a video.
03-23-2006, 07:59 AM
LivingL@rGe81

I'm waiting for this board:D but are there any dates for release yet?:stick:
03-23-2006, 11:15 AM
palehorse

have they given any thought to giving us the world's first accurate CPU temperature sensor?! probably not...lol...
03-23-2006, 11:46 AM
ozzimark

Quote:

Originally Posted by muzz

Ya wanna buy an unproven system, or a proven system?
AM2 is, and will be, unproven for awhile IMO

true, but isn't it our job, and duty, here at XS to be the ones to "prove" it? :toast:
03-23-2006, 12:14 PM
EnJoY

Quote:

Originally Posted by s7e9h3n

Marketing in Sunnyvale? I'm not to far away and need some info on your new products :D

Yea, maybe you can discuss your stick.... ;)

..............of memory
03-23-2006, 06:29 PM
chew*

LOL i just realized thats OCZ's display table and that is a MANTA in crossfire in the case.
03-23-2006, 07:35 PM
Roger_D25

Looks great, basically same layout as Expert (of course with different NB). Theres alot of guys over at Guru3D who can't wait for the release of this board! Thanks for the all the great info guys!
03-23-2006, 08:10 PM
RyderOCZ

Quote:

Originally Posted by chew*

LOL i just realized thats OCZ's display table and that is a MANTA in crossfire in the case.

About time :p: ;)
03-23-2006, 08:26 PM
ahmad

Wow those certainly are insane numbers for the x1600CF. Huge huge improvement there.
03-23-2006, 08:33 PM
fhpchris

Quote:

Originally Posted by LivingL@rGe81

I'm waiting for this board:D but are there any dates for release yet?:stick:

No solid release date, No care.
03-24-2006, 12:24 AM
K.I.T.T.

Quote:

Originally Posted by uwackme

Heh, if Jennifer was a bios tweaker, she's be the first bios tweaker I wanted to tweak :D .

Jessica :stick:

:D
03-28-2006, 01:18 AM
Jimi...

Anyone know when this will be released?

AnandTech said it would be ten days to two weeks after the March 1st launch.
03-28-2006, 02:04 AM
Warship

You can have the R580, I'll take the marketing chick.
03-28-2006, 09:23 AM
AndreYang

I got from Oskar today. I will test later.
03-28-2006, 09:24 AM
xs64

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndreYang

I got from Oskar today. I will test later.

:woot:

waiting for ya :toast:
03-28-2006, 12:46 PM
EnJoY

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndreYang

I got from Oskar today. I will test later.

Really Andre? Gee, musta gotten delivered to the wrong address...better send it my way so we can get this whole thing sorted out... *cough* ...yea. :rolleyes:
03-28-2006, 12:53 PM
bender222

I could not think of a better time for this to become available to me