NFORCE4 - MB Show

[STEvil]

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[OperativeSix]

Am I the only one to notice that the NF4 chip is directly behind the PCI-e x16 slots on the DFI board?

[idontknow]

... but u can see the rear exhaust fan........... the window looks like its on the wrong side

[Sheik]

will these still run on ddr1 or ddr2?

Current AMD Athlon64 CPU's only support DDR1 i.e. built in memory controllers.

I like the memory placement on the DFI as it makes mounting a fan to cool the mem a bit easier BUT with the CPU socket sitting so low it makes it practically impossible putting on the case side panel with a prommy mounted

[DudeMiester]

So? Just cut a hole in the side of the case for it. You could put a sheetmetal cover over it, and make a holder for the tube as it goes in the side of the case from where ever it started from.

[Sheik]

I want to keep my window and fan blowing on my GFX still. Ah it's just for benchmarking. Who cares if it's fugly.

[blinky]

wtfff did they hold a comp show at a bar????

mm im thirsty

[saaya]

hmm are they all pci express?

yes

there not only Dfi taht got the Molex connector

Foxconn,Biostar and Abit also have it.........some of them at the bottom of the cart,and 1 of them on the way of the pci slot,so i prefer the Dfi ^^

thats normal for engineering sample boards, the final boards will most likely not have a molex plug

[gkiing]

what's the molex plug for? testing voltages?

[Rys]

I'm pretty sure the molex near the PEG slot on the DFI is an output connector, for feeding case lighting and other low-power devices. There's a similar connector on my reference board. Might be wrong though!

Check the Tyan too. Dual CPU, bridge per CPU, for full 16X per GPU

Rys

[saaya]

those plugs are susually to supply the chipset with energy afaik.

[TheWeaseL]

With those SLI boards...do you have to run 2 cards in it...or can you buy one, run for a while, and then later drop in a second?

[Biffsta]

you can run one.... and then get a second later down the track

[thesaucier]

Ya know nobody here bought me a birthday present and I though if I buy one card maybe you all could chip in for the other as a late Bday gift!!

[shafty]

I wouldn't mind having the tyan board with two opteron 250s and two 6800 ultras.

the dfi might be a good choice also

[Executor]

I wouldn't mind having the tyan board with two opteron 250s and two 6800 ultras.

Somebody should get that system along with two monitors, then start HL2 and Doom3 at the same time. Might be difficult to play with one mouse, but it'd make a great photo.

the dfi might be a good choice also

I don't know. Anybody else noticed that there are only 2 PCI slots (excluding the SLI ones)? That doesn't leave a lot of room for expansion cards.

[jem10]

I don't know. Anybody else noticed that there are only 2 PCI slots (excluding the SLI ones)? That doesn't leave a lot of room for expansion cards.

how many do you want??, 1 for sound card + 1 for TV/FM card but if you use a pci raid card then you have problems

[Mariachi]

The DFI looks sweet...
Anybody knows what is the ETA?
What about price? I really hope that not in the range of 200$+
And what is the full name? XXX SLI-D? I can't see nothin' because of the flash...

[saaya]

en taro adun Executor! welcome to XtremeSystems!

Mariachi, i think 200$ more or less... thats what the suggested price from nvidia is and i dont think dfi will price it a lot higher... but they could... everybody wants their board seeing as all of their latest boards were by far the best choice.

[eva2000]

does that DFI NF4 look like it has 8x SATA connectors ?

[Kameleon]

does that DFI NF4 look like it has 8x SATA connectors ?

They all do, or at least have support for it.

[drunkenmaster]

dfi board will probably cost more due to having above the standard amount of sata ports and other bits and bobs. Might not be, $200 isn't a lot for a new board with that kinda spec, its 8 layer, and gigabyte get away with selling the 939 nf3 board for that kinda cash. We'll have to see.

Molex connectors are quite often seen on reference boards but show and tell boards are often mocked up to look as finished not neccessarily working boards.

THE abit thing is just funny, the bits missing are clearly(ok i assume) fatality twin otes fan missing bit. The box is clearly for a Via chipset also its so likely to just not be good :p

Personally can't wait for a dfi single slot board. NOt for anything at all related to nf4, most of its useless. I forgot what reviews said but same chip, is it really any faster clock for clock? mem being controller on cpu there was very little diff between nf3 150/250/via clock for clock. I just want a board that has had some thought put into its design, some brains used to think about what users might want voltage/clocking wise and some accountant working out the fine line rather than adding useless features to inflate the cost.

[saaya]

i really hope dfi follows their lanparty+infinity history and releases a lanparty nf4 without the extras with still sli, or without the extras and just one pciE slot.

[drunkenmaster]

also a 2nd thought, won't 2x16x pci-e slots run off separate chipsets increase the latency when communicating between teh cards? AS i understand it normal sli with one chipset sends all data down one pci 16x lane and the cards share it, does it work differently with the lanes working of diff chipsets?

I'm thinking if there is a penalty for dual chipsets and with software not using pci-e effectively any time soon and not needing even 8x really now, would a single chipset design be faster?

[mrnuke]

don't you need 2 cpu's to run full SLI both in 16x mode?