Sapphire Shows Radeon Xpress 200 Enthusiast Board @ CeBit

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03-10-2005, 06:54 PM
Grayskull

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Sapphire Shows Radeon Xpress 200 Enthusiast Board @ CeBit

Here is a list of features and specs of this board. It's aimed squarely at the enthusiast and holds back no punches.

CPU Power Delivery:
-4 phase CPU power supply with the ability to deliver 170+ Amps
-provision for passive, water block or active air cooled mosfets (heatsink form factor is the same as the northbridge)
-voltage range to 2.7V but artificially clamped to 2.0V
-voltage increments as fine as 20 mV

Memory Power Delivery:
-upto 30 Amps delivery potential
-voltage range to 4.0V
-voltage increments as fine as 20 mV
-adjustable VTT (memory termination voltage) to +/- 10% of memory VDD

NB Power Delivery:
-NB core has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

HT Power Delivery:
- HT I/O has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

PCI-E 1.2V Power Delivery:
- PCI-E 1.2V I/O has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

PCI-E 1.8V Power Delivery:
- PCI-E 1.8V I/O has it's own power rail with 2 discrete steps

Board Features:

Onboard Devices:
-twin Silicon Image SI3132 SATA II w/ NCQ chips connected via PCI-E, each chip providing 2 SATA ports. (8 SATA ports total; 4 are SATAI and 4 are SATAII w/NCQ)
-Marvel Gigabit LAN connected via PCI-E
-one general purpose single lane PCI-E slot (provisioned for 1 more single lane general purpose slot if one SI3132 is not populated as a build option)
-Azalia audio support via SB450 using Realtek codec
-POST code LED display
-Firewire support with ViaVT6306
-VGA and DVI outputs via Radeon Xpress 200G (enabling upto 4 monitor outputs using an ATI add in card and ATI Surroundview)
-onboard power and reset switches
-onboard VID code LED display

Overclocking Options:
-HTT frequency upto 500 MHz
-All relevant memory timings and adjustments including support for new Rev E CPUs
-HT link ratios X1, X2, X3, X4,X5
-Independent PCI-E overclocking for the graphics bus

Thermal Monitoring:
-thermal monitoring of CPU power delivery circuitry, CPU, NB and ambient

That's all I can remember for now.

Here are some pictures of the motherboard and the custom Danger Den waterblocks that will be made available for sale specifically for this application.
03-10-2005, 06:59 PM
bachus_anonym

WOW! seems that not only DFI wants to tickle OC community :thumbsup:

2v and 4v... where should I sign ? :lol:

any dates on retail sightings of that baby ?
03-10-2005, 07:05 PM
cadaveca

Add me to the list...fits my next build quite nicely, i think. About $400US with the blocks?
03-10-2005, 07:07 PM
jjcom

yeah, I think I've found my next motherboard. :D Just have to wait until this summer when I can work again. But lets see how things turn out first. Very nice board :up:

jjcom
03-10-2005, 07:07 PM
dippyskoodlez

Welp.. found my next mobo. :D

I'd still love to see a clear PCB mobo....

Waterblocks too? Wow.. that ROCKS. :slobber:

OMG OMG OMG I WANT! :toast:

lol! :slobber: You'll be gettin a lot of drool's in this thread.
03-10-2005, 07:10 PM
Dissolved

this is the best looking mobo ive ever seen!

Awesome work ATI!
03-10-2005, 07:13 PM
Ackbar

Why are there two waterblocks (+1 on the CPU) on the board and just a heatsink on what appears to be the chipset?

Looks awesome btw! Does it have onboard video??? And what's the onboard audio it has?

Any ETA?
03-10-2005, 07:14 PM
Frost_Bite

Any news or dates for when we will be able to buy it in the states? I've got money in hand, just tell me where to send a check or payment :D
03-10-2005, 07:14 PM
zoom314

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grayskull

Here is a list of features and specs of this board. It's aimed squarely at the enthusiast and holds back no punches.

CPU Power Delivery:
-4 phase CPU power supply with the ability to deliver 170+ Amps
-provision for passive, water block or active air cooled mosfets (heatsink form factor is the same as the northbridge)
-voltage range to 2.7V but artificially clamped to 2.0V
-voltage increments as fine as 20 mV

Memory Power Delivery:
-upto 30 Amps delivery potential
-voltage range to 4.0V
-voltage increments as fine as 20 mV
-adjustable VTT (memory termination voltage) to +/- 10% of memory VDD

NB Power Delivery:
-NB core has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

HT Power Delivery:
- HT I/O has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

PCI-E 1.2V Power Delivery:
- PCI-E 1.2V I/O has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

PCI-E 1.8V Power Delivery:
- PCI-E 1.8V I/O has it's own power rail with 2 discrete steps

Board Features:

Onboard Devices:
-twin Silicon Image SI3132 SATA II w/ NCQ chips connected via PCI-E, each chip providing 2 SATA ports. (8 SATA ports total; 4 are SATAI and 4 are SATAII w/NCQ)
-Marvel Gigabit LAN connected via PCI-E
-one general purpose single lane PCI-E slot (provisioned for 1 more single lane general purpose slot if one SI3132 is not populated as a build option)
-Azalia audio support via SB450 using Realtek codec
-POST code LED display
-Firewire support with ViaVT6306
-VGA and DVI outputs via Radeon Xpress 200G (enabling upto 4 monitor outputs using an ATI add in card and ATI Surroundview)
-onboard power and reset switches
-onboard VID code LED display

Overclocking Options:
-HTT frequency upto 500 MHz
-All relevant memory timings and adjustments including support for new Rev E CPUs
-HT link ratios X1, X2, X3, X4,X5
-Independent PCI-E overclocking for the graphics bus

Thermal Monitoring:
-thermal monitoring of CPU power delivery circuitry, CPU, NB and ambient

That's all I can remember for now.

Here are some pictures of the motherboard and the custom Danger Den waterblocks that will be made available for sale specifically for this application.

Even though I like Its features, The White coloring with Red slots looks ugly to Me, I like the Red as I'm partial to red, But a red/black motherboard would have looked better to Me. So If Sapphire is going to try and sell the motherboard in that color combo then I'll just have to decline, As even purple and black looks better... :shakes: :shakes:
03-10-2005, 07:14 PM
cadaveca

1 northbridge(above 16x pci-e) block, 1 mosfet block, 1 CPU block, southbridge passively cooled. The red and white are ATI's colours, and also the colours of the Canadian flag. Maybe trying to put Canada on the computing map much larger than it is is what was intended with the colour scheme.
03-10-2005, 07:17 PM
mdzcpa

Wow, that's a gorgeous mobo :slobber:

Hmmm...maybe time to part out some Ultras and come home to ATI:)
03-10-2005, 07:18 PM
bachus_anonym

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ackbar

Why are there two waterblocks (+1 on the CPU) on the board and just a heatsink on what appears to be the chipset?

Looks awesome btw! Does it have onboard video??? And what's the onboard audio it has?

Any ETA?

that waterblock to the right from CPU is covering actual NB...
03-10-2005, 07:22 PM
dippyskoodlez

Do I see two bios slots?

http://img144.exs.cx/img144/9787/biosslots9ma.jpg

Edit: whoa.. theres a THIRD.. what.. ARE those? :stick:
03-10-2005, 07:23 PM
sandman

Where can I get one? and what's it gonna retail at?
03-10-2005, 07:23 PM
Sentential

Holy crap... I hope they make an LGA board like that
03-10-2005, 07:23 PM
Ackbar

Quote:

Originally Posted by bachus_anonym

that waterblock to the right from CPU is covering actual NB...

So the right one is the NB and the bottom one (next to the back panel) is for... onboard graphics? The chip with the heatsink is what?
03-10-2005, 07:25 PM
bachus_anonym

Quote:

Originally Posted by dippyskoodlez

Do I see two bios slots?

how about 3 sockets ??? there's one more near the edge, on the right :)

makes me wonder what are those needed for ...
03-10-2005, 07:25 PM
dippyskoodlez

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ackbar

So the right one is the NB and the bottom one (next to the back panel) is for... onboard graphics? The chip with the heatsink is what?

one waterblock is mosfets. one is northbridge (video included) and the reg heatsink is southbridge.
03-10-2005, 07:25 PM
mcnbns

:banana:! If they keep all those features for the production board I might have to skip the Ultra-D and go with this sucker.

Any word on when it is to be released, Grayskull?
03-10-2005, 07:26 PM
Poki

*Tripping over my jaw* Able to deliever 170+ amps to the CPU @2.0v? That's 240 watts draw... That's pretty freakin' extreme IMO! Looks pretty good overall, just need to iron out your AMR solution and i'm sold.
03-10-2005, 07:27 PM
P_1

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also water cooling for the mosfets(circled in yellow) :slobber: :banana: :banana:
03-10-2005, 07:34 PM
bachus_anonym

One more thing...

Is it just me or it XP-120 might not fit on it ??? MOunting hole is pretty close to the upper edge... XP-120 MIGHT be hard to fit in there...
03-10-2005, 07:35 PM
dippyskoodlez

Quote:

Originally Posted by bachus_anonym

One more thing...

Is it just me or it XP-120 might not fit on it ??? MOunting hole is pretty close to the upper edge... XP-120 MIGHT be hard to fit in there...

Oh just get the waterblocks :p:
03-10-2005, 07:38 PM
isp

That's some pretty classy stuff...custom DD blocks and all...
ETA? :slobber:
03-10-2005, 07:41 PM
Ackbar

Quote:

Originally Posted by isp

That's some pretty classy stuff...custom DD blocks and all...
ETA? :slobber:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...799#post749799

Not in two weeks apparently... :D

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