RD600 first look and general questions

**Tony** · 12-07-2006, 07:04 AM

After waiting 6 months DFI bring us the first official RD600 based motherboard for Intels C2D CPU's.

Contributions from myself, bingo13, and Rgone during first beta testing of the board.

I posted some initial bios shots in the link below.

Preview review over at Anandtech by Gary Key here

500fsb first shots

Check here for the latest pics

**charlie** · 12-07-2006, 07:09 AM

mmmmm... yup looks like a DFI LP board.

**Johnny Bravo** · 12-07-2006, 07:11 AM

Have you had a chance to even power it up yet Tony? Oooo so many questions

**BenchZowner** · 12-07-2006, 07:16 AM

Mmmm, nice.
Any chances of letting us know which RAM Timings are present in the current BIOS ?

**Tony** · 12-07-2006, 07:18 AM

I saw one at the OCZ Overclocking summit fully working at 450fsb with a 6800 running 2GB of our ram at 1066 with no issues what so ever. i was unable to play with it due it being still ES sample though.

The guys tell me 500fsb is good to go though and the memory overclocking is stunning.

I will test as soon as i can, but I am under NDA, i can show pics but will have to ask DFI what and what can not be posted.

I wanted to show the board is real, reviewers will have them soon also as well as boards for retail...If there was any chance of a test tomorrow i would but I have a full day of meetings then a 20hr trip home

I will do my best to get more ASAP

**Tony** · 12-07-2006, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by BenchZowner

Mmmm, nice.
Any chances of letting us know which RAM Timings are present in the current BIOS ?

The board has everything you need and more...Oskar could unlock drive strength also but there is no need he feels.

Just imagine an ultra D for Intel...thats what you have in bios

**argonmtt** · 12-07-2006, 07:21 AM

thanks tony .. eagerly looking forward to the result...

ultra-D for intel .. such a good term to describe this MB ..

**Johnny Bravo** · 12-07-2006, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by Tony

I saw one at the OCZ Overclcoking summit fully working at 450fsb with a 6800 running 2GB of our ram at 1066 with no issues what so ever. i was unable to play with it due it being still ES sample though.

The guys tell me 500fsb is good to go though and the memory overclocking is stunning.

I will test as soon as i can, but I am under NDA, i can show pics but will have to ask DFI what and what can not be posted.

I wanted to show the board is real, reviewers will have them soon also as well as boards for retail...If there was any chance of a test tomorrow i would but I have a full day of meetings then a 20hr trip home

I will do my best to get more ASAP

No worries man, just good to hear thats it's finally seeing the light of day. Once more we will have a good board to test RAM on

Incidentally when you do get to play can you comment on the heat of the NB, I've noticed that improved cooling on the intel chipsets had gained alot, will be interesting to see what happens to the ATi chip...

**berk** · 12-07-2006, 07:21 AM

When your in the UK drop one off at my place...

Hope the results are at least on par with 975 in perf. and 'clocking ability.
I need a good board that i can settle down with.It's either this one or the Badaxe 2 so far.
Good luck

**GrimReaper** · 12-07-2006, 07:26 AM

your tha man Tony

post some bios pics and benchies and overclocking

Edit

saw the NDA part

**TEDY** · 12-07-2006, 07:33 AM

price?

**mesyn191** · 12-07-2006, 07:51 AM

Probably around $200USD or more.

**bingo13** · 12-07-2006, 07:57 AM

Retail Kit box and other pics are located here - RD600 Retail Kit

**Babsy** · 12-07-2006, 07:58 AM

with the asus striker around $400 i dont think this mobo is gonna be any cheaper.i seriously doubt it but you never know

**shimmishim** · 12-07-2006, 08:09 AM

zzf has it listed for $299 and has it listed at that price for months now.

i'm guessing it'll retail around the $300 mark until supply catches up to demand.

**icon57** · 12-07-2006, 08:13 AM

cant wait to get my hands on the dfi 680i

**phi|os** · 12-07-2006, 08:50 AM

Why is the RD600 board still under the "CFX3200" name? It's a different chipset...RD580 is 3200 chipset I thought.

**Poodle** · 12-07-2006, 08:54 AM

Good stuff Tony!

Don't forget to comment on how the raid ctrl:er is connected, Pci or Pci-E? When you can.

**zert** · 12-07-2006, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by phi|os

Why is the RD600 board still under the "CFX3200" name? It's a different chipset...RD580 is 3200 chipset I thought.

look closer, it says ICFX3200

**NWEng** · 12-07-2006, 09:38 AM

I don't see how this board works, the caps are missing from around the socket.

Phase changers are going to love that.

**Devious** · 12-07-2006, 09:39 AM

Cant wait!

**TaPaKaH** · 12-07-2006, 10:49 AM

can`t wait till the 1st xtreme benches of it

**TEDY** · 12-07-2006, 10:58 AM

so that means 300€ in EUROPE which is sky high.

**skiman** · 12-07-2006, 11:03 AM

Thanks for the pics...I'm eagerly awaiting it too and so are both my x1950xtx. Do you have two boards as most pics show a full copper dfi cooler and one pic shows a black cooler?

Cheers

**higgins** · 12-07-2006, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by TEDY

so that means 300€ in EUROPE which is sky high.

Well the Striker and other 680i are around 300€, so this isn't a very big surprise.

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