DFI Infinity P965-S (solid capacitors) coming soon

[Praz]

Another board to add to my collection. Hopefully the price won't be held artificially high at launch.

[ziddey]

The review was alright, but ehh. I'm surprised they didn't touch on "FSB Select". I'm guessing that's the strap? I wonder if 333 is an option in there, and if that would have helped any.

Eitherway, somethings still up with that at 530fsb. I feel like if it is indeed on 1066 strap, certain internal latencies are still fiddled with to loosen up extremely so. I haven't tried everest's latency check myself so I'm not able to conclude a thing at all, but when I'm at 400fsb on my p5b in 1066 strap, I can beat up that latency with mbench any day, assuming decent timings and possibly 4:5 or better.

At 500fsb, I'm seeing latencies at around 60 or so, which shows that if I were to be able to get up to 530fsb, I'd probably be at the same place as that latency in the review.

Oh well, gotta wait for more of us to own the board to see for sure what this beast is about.

I will say though that I love how it actually measures all those voltages' real values.

[s e t h]

sorry to say i have just been informed of a one week delay on these boards...

[kiwi]

Does p965 have 1333 strap or only 1066?

[s e t h]

i think it has both...it has been seen running an x6850 333fsb cpu no problem...plus i pestered the engineers till they showed me a bios shot with native booting on 333fsb with a 333cpu

i think however that the strap remains user selectable from the bios unlike many others

[s e t h]

DFI Launches the INFINITY P965, Providing the Ultimate C/P Solution

As always DFI has always been known to push technology to its outer limits and the Infinity P965 is no exception. This Intel based motherboard provides users with a perfect solution that not only offers tremendously high performance and “over-clockablity” but also boosts an extremely attractive price. DFI has chosen to use the Intel P965 + ICH8R chipsets to allow the board to support the most advance processors (including Core 2 Quad), DDRII-800 and Crossfire functions. Although the motherboard is a bit late arriving to the market the motherboard and BIOS are brilliantly designed to offer users unsurpassed over-clocking that will not disappoint even the most advanced overclocker. In addition DFI has redesigned the packaging to further accent the fact that DFI’s Infinity series have entered the next generation of gaming performance.


A chipset solution that adopts Intel P965 + ICH8R

DFI’s INFINITY P965 motherboard adopted Intel’s P965 chipset and did not miss a beat. The P965 is commonly regarded as “Conroe’s sole platform” amongst the enthusiasts’ community. The chipset embraces Intel’s “Fast Memory Access Technology” to provide enhanced processing speed and supports Microsoft’s newest operating system, Windows Vista. ICH8R is essentially an advanced and upgraded edition of ICH7R. It provides support for more USB and SATA slots, both in quantity and performance. Further it supports the newest technologies such as iAMT and QST. In addition the ICH8R is the most advance chipset in its family and provides enhanced RAID functionality and therefore it supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, and 5 categories.


4 Phases Digital PWM

Obviously since DFI is never content to use inferior components they have chosen to use the advanced 4-phase digital PWM instead of the ordinary 3-phase PWM that is commonly seen in the market these days. A digital PWM supplies components with stabilized current which is a necessity for all enthusiasts and is extremely important when the time comes to select the right type of motherboard for gaming. In addition do to its design the digital PWM works without the worry of capacitor explosion and electrolyte leakage, it gives every enthusiast unlimited freedom from fear while he is overclocking or gaming.


Supports ATI Crossfire multi-rendering

It can not be denied that Crossfire technology has brought revolutionary changes to the way 3D technologies work. Nowadays, hardcore gamers largely choose to use Crossfire technologies to provide them with the ultimate in 3D rendering while gaming. Crossfire technology certainly differentiates advanced hardcore gamers from the beginners. And since the Infinity P965 supports 2 Crossfire VGA cards (one of the PCI slots runs with x16, while the other runs with x4) it allows users to utilize the best 3D rendering technology in the market.


Uses entirely solid aluminum capacitors (INFINITY P965-S Edition)

For an added level of performance DFI has implement the use of all solid aluminum capacitors on the INFINITY P965-S. Solid aluminum capacitors provide high reliability and durability even under the most demanding of circumstances. Enthusiasts prefer solid aluminum capacitors because they know that this will allow the motherboard to work impressively even during over-clocking and without the worry of problems such as capacitor explosion or electrolyte leakage.


8 Channels high-definition audio

Besides the realistic visual effect and fabulous 3D graphics, the sound performance is another factor that attracts gamers’ attention. Just imagine yourself submerged in the dynamics of gaming with full 3D graphics and lifelike sound effects; if you’re not careful you might not be able to tell reality from fantasy which only leads to the thrilling experience provide by this board. That’s why the INFINITY P965 adopted the 8–channel Azalea audio CODEC which provides you with the most unforgettable gaming experience of your life.


Other Features

Four years ago, DFI was the first-in-industry to offer EZ switches for users. Now INFINITY P965 still provides the same traditional EZ on & off to let an enthusiast enjoy over-clocking with or without a computer casing. Genie BIOS of DFI motherboard is versatile at various voltage levels and settings. It is an “all time favorite” feature for enthusiasts. Other special features include high speed DDRII-800 memory support. The capacity can go up to a gigantic 8GB.
To suit the needs of enthusiasts, DFI has prepared two editions of P965 at the press time. INFINITY P965-S fully adopts aluminum solid capacitors on it board while the INFINITY P965 is the cost/performance edition without solid capacitors.

[DoomSayer]

i might get rid of my asus commando when this baby comes out.

[Okda]

finally the best C2D mobo is out

now i can think about selling my rig and getting C2D

[s e t h]

retail DFI INFINITY P965-S sings: http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=471

[Hacksaw]

looks nice

[Omastar]

Looks good, but only 4 SATA ports kinda sucks, although not enough to make or break my buying decision if I were in the market.

[georgesod]

Looks good, but only 4 SATA ports kinda sucks, although not enough to make or break my buying decision if I were in the market.

I'm quite sure that it has 6. I wonder though if the ich8r can handle with raid0 of 4 disks plus 1 for backup and 1 sata dvdr

[s e t h]

looks like 6 sata to me.
2 blue, 2 black and 2 white.

maybe i'm missing something though

[Vassili]

I think he meant 4 from the southbridge and the other 2 are from the JMicron controller, which I haven't heard much good about...

[AlphaHeX]

The board has 6 SATA ports and 1 IDE channel (2 devices) based on Jmicron chipset

[erwinz]

very nice board..

[Jodiuh]

ICH8R supports 6, I doubt it'd be 2 from Jmicron...if even that chips on the board...more info needed!

[StealthyFish]

How do you guys think this board would do compared to the MSI 975X Platinum motherboard in overclocking and general performance with the system I have in my signature? I'm in the market for a new board, and this fits in my sweet spot for budget. :-D

[RealTelstar]

Better, definitely better

[nikolas61]

nice board