DFI RDX200 CF-DR First look

[Tony]

Guys

Just got the board, took some pics to show packaging and the bare board. First thing i noticed was SI3114 SATA which is SATA1 only but for me thats no big deal.

So i will post these first pics then set the board up and play with memtest86 for a while to get a feel for ram overclocking. While im testing i will show pics of the bios.

I can not run any benches as Wesley over at Anandtech has an exclusive on the review so look to AT in a day or so for bench results.I will talk about the feel of the board and answer as many questions as i can over the next few hrs.

Pics

[LowRun]

He, we'll wait till you can give us every bit of info.

Thanks!!!

[Tony]

[mongoled]

Guys
First thing i noticed was SI3114 SATA which is SATA1 only but for me thats no big deal.

Oh no tht controller was very poor on the NF2 brds, very low performance, I sure hope its not the same on tht board!

[Tony]

all i want to know is the coldbug option

Cold bug is dram drive strength..i have documented this many times. Weaken the drive as you chill the cpu and the ram will clock higher

[bachus_anonym]

...Standing by for BIOS shots...

Good luck, Tony

[Tony]

Thats it for now, I have to set the board up and go for bios pics next.

Stay tuned

[seldomsean]

...Standing by for BIOS shots...

Good luck, Tony

YEP!!! (10chars)

[Brock911]

When's Wesley over at Anandtech supposed to post a review? Like today or next week?

[dnavarro]

Can't wait to see the results Tony! Thanks for giving us a sneak peek

I hope this board loves TCCD...

D

[Tony]

Mickeymouse is going to owe me a mousepot here...we have 4 TCCD dimms running 1T at 200fsb.

Aquamark3 runs fine, we have screenies of cpu-z, A64 tweaker and AQ3 in 1T 4dimms and 2T 4 dimms.

more soon

[mrlobber]

How does 3.4+ Vdimm work???

[dnavarro]

woot!!!!
Sounds great so far. Now lets see if this thing can clock TCCD like its brother the Ultra D

[Kasparz]

Yep, i what to know this board increase CPU/RAM OC for some Mhz or clocks the same?
And what MAX HTT on ATI chipsets?

[MaxxxRacer]

Very nice tony..

[xforce]

Good preview, Tony.

Will await bios screenies.

Btw, running 4 dimms of 512 mb sticks or 2 dimms of 1GB sticks in 1T will be more worth it on this board ?

[Tony]

Bios shots

[Tony]

NO OEM'S/ MANUF'S /BETA TESTERS/ REVIEWERS OR /REPS

Any normal person that buys from a reg online store that we know isn't connected to anything beta/special gets one.

This gives the little guys or poor guys a chance

Thats BS man...don't move the goal posts now its been done.

I will mail my shipping details to you once you forward your email addy to me.

stand up like a man when i prove you wrong and do the right thing

[xforce]

Looking good...............

[EnJoY]

What about VTT control? Is there a specific control for it in bios or is it just tracked properly this time (unlike in the dfi nf4's)?

[EnJoY]

Thats BS man...don't move the goal posts now its been done.

I will mail my shipping details to you once you forward your email addy to me.

stand up like a man when i prove you wrong and do the right thing

I remember distinctly him stating previously what he just posted above. No special people, just average joes. This was stated originally.

Not taking sides, just stating fact.

[mongoled]

I remember distinctly him stating previously what he just posted above. No special people, just average joes. This was stated originally.

Not taking sides, just stating fact.

Yup I saw the same thing stated in the othe thread

[HousERaT]

Looking good so far...... can't wait to see some testing. I'm hoping this board oveclocks like many of the other DFI products. 4x512 1T would be nice also. Keep us posted.

[cadaveca]

1t? With 4 doublesided dimms?

No single-sided dimms to try Tony? Just the TCCD? how many MB/sec in memtest? That should be some killer bandwidth.

[Tony]

4X OCZ3200Plat rev2 at ddr400 1T

CPU-Z and Tweaker showing the dimms timings ETC



Aquamark3 4 dimms at 1T notice the score


AQ3 4 dimms 2T...score drops


Finally AQ3 with 2 dimms 1T, 4dimms is slightly faster due to improved interleaving.



And if you wondering how the board does it.



Oskar has opened up all levels of drive from the memory controller, 0 to 15 is selectable. This board must have next to zero crosstalk to be able to do this as the amount of dram drive needed is huge.