DFI RDX200 CF-DR First look

**J-Mag** · 10-14-2005, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

all the boards are 6 layer...its more to do with the traces and which layers they are spread over.

Grouper=6 layer
halibut= 6 layer
RDX200= 6 layer
expert=6 layer

What was/is the DFI NF4 SLI/Ultra board's number of PCB layers?

**Tony** · 10-14-2005, 03:57 PM

6 m8, they are all high quality 6 layer boards

**dinos22** · 10-14-2005, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

ultimate workstation with a dual core opty

man from your mouth into Oscar's ear about some Opteron optimisation...........i know AMD is

slapping people around over this but no need to tell us just hook us all up with some good Opty bioses

**~~freecableguy~~** · 10-14-2005, 05:13 PM

I am taking a swing in the dark here but I am assuming that the DRAM drive pins from the CPU memory controller are just open source drains from the motherboard power supply DIMM regulator. Not really sure why the "15" setting is as high as it can go....care to elaborate?

**Tony** · 10-14-2005, 05:52 PM

Seems Oskar has split his drive options in bios, we have found 7 8 work best with TCCD upto now so maybe some options are just to weak or agressive to be useful.

**Tony** · 10-14-2005, 06:06 PM

So i had better get some more bios pics up, overclocking has to stop for the night more over the weekend.

**Hound** · 10-14-2005, 06:14 PM

erm...i hope im not sounding like a retard...but whats the diff between NB analog voltage and NB core voltage, and how does it affect overclocking ?

**pcdoc1** · 10-14-2005, 06:27 PM

Hey Tony, while you're taking shots can we have a pic or two of the board?

**x714n** · 10-14-2005, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by pcdoc1

Hey Tony, while you're taking shots can we have pic or two of the board?

its on the first page

**althes** · 10-14-2005, 06:36 PM

Thanks for the updates tony.
Will like to see how the OC goes tomorrow.

**pcdoc1** · 10-14-2005, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by x714n

its on the first page

Duhhhh.... Gotta wonder how I missed that. Thanks...........

**Vapor** · 10-14-2005, 06:59 PM

Tony....you've sold me, I've been wanting to run my 3GB of 5B -D + TCCD @ DDR 400 2.5-2-2 1T for awhile now

Keep up the good work reviewing it.....thorough + slow >> fast + crappy.

**nn_step** · 10-14-2005, 07:09 PM

So wheres the BT board?

**Tony** · 10-14-2005, 07:16 PM

Ok guys i don't do much overclocking over the weekend as i try to be a husband to my wife for 2 days a week, i don't see her due to work thru the week even though i work from home here.

I will try and post more info and i do know RGone has a board now also.

Upto now we have the following results...yes they are all OCZ based but they are a good pointer.

4000EB 280+fsb prime stable
4800Plat TCCD 305fsb prime stable
VX 260+fsb prime stable

Im going to test older Hynix modules as well as old school BH5 etc later as they are not as popular, i have been assured they all will work ok.

Oskar has split the boards drive into 2, 1 to 8 for higher fsb 2 dimm work, 9 to 15 for 4 dimm 1T etc etc.So setting drive of 1 is very weak and should help with cold bug etc for those on phase. The orange slots are for 2 dimms and the yellows are optimised for when you run 4 dimms.

Thats all I can really tell you for now, i have info on cas1.5 working along with cas4 also but I need to test first to confirm they work ok....im sure they will work just fine though.

i will try and get more posted over Sat and sunday, im sure Wesley will join in as well as Rgone and by next week you will have the boards also.

I will say this board is strong, but upto now does not clock TCCD as high as the NF4 does,it does do ddr600+ but it does not scale as high. It is fine with all dimms though and works well with 4DS modules.

**Tony** · 10-14-2005, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by nn_step

So wheres the BT board?

November im told....as soon as I get a firm date i will post it.

**babyelf** · 10-14-2005, 07:19 PM

thanks for the info Tony.. enjoy your weekend

**eva2000** · 10-14-2005, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

Ok guys i don't do much overclocking over the weekend as i try to be a husband to my wife for 2 days a week, i don't see her due to work thru the week even though i work from home here.

I will try and post more info and i do know RGone has a board now also.

Upto now we have the following results...yes they are all OCZ based but they are a good pointer.

4000EB 280+fsb prime stable
4800Plat TCCD 305fsb prime stable
VX 260+fsb prime stable

Im going to test older Hynix modules as well as old school BH5 etc later as they are not as popular, i have been assured they all will work ok.

Oskar has split the boards drive into 2, 1 to 8 for higher fsb 2 dimm work, 9 to 15 for 4 dimm 1T etc etc.So setting drive of 1 is very weak and should help with cold bug etc for those on phase. The orange slots are for 2 dimms and the yellows are optimised for when you run 4 dimms.

Thats all I can really tell you for now, i have info on cas1.5 working along with cas4 also but I need to test first to confirm they work ok....im sure they will work just fine though.

i will try and get more posted over Sat and sunday, im sure Wesley will join in as well as Rgone and by next week you will have the boards also.

I will say this board is strong, but upto now does not clock TCCD as high as the NF4 does,it does do ddr600+ but it does not scale as high. It is fine with all dimms though and works well with 4DS modules.

Sweet can't wait for my DFI Crossfire and Expert boards - certainly have enough cpus to test them with

**IvanAndreevich** · 10-14-2005, 07:42 PM

Playing with the board is good, but playing with the wife is just infinitely better. Update when you can

**5days** · 10-15-2005, 01:14 AM

I dont know if this has been asked already... but, is a non-crossfire sisterboard going to be released?

**Master_G** · 10-15-2005, 02:47 AM

Gotta say a big thankyou to Tony from everyone here for all this info, i know we all really appreciate it, enjoy your weekend.

G

**\Karting_freak** · 10-15-2005, 04:11 AM

nice board.
anywhere i can get it for a pre-order?

what is the difference between BT and DR?

**tomati** · 10-15-2005, 04:18 AM

if I'm right ,

the BT follow the reference ATI design when DR use the Oscar Wu design and the BT has also some special feature or tweak for memory but don't know what exactly.

**Tony** · 10-15-2005, 06:23 AM

CF-BT is based on the ATI reference design, this started with the single x16 Grouper board and they progressed to the crossfire board.CF-BT has awesome voltage regulation and is hugely over engineered for overclocking, it also overclocks ram very well much like this RDX200 im playing with now. The ATI reference was designed from the ground up for use with extreme cooling so this should give you an idea how strong the board actually is. I have 2 here and i will not be parting with them as they are so solid.

RDX200 copies some of the voltage regulation from the ATI reference, Oskar has also applied some of the tweaks he thinks will help the board under phase change etc. Its a solid board and does overclock well but its a different beast to the NF4 board we are all so used to, when you get this board you will have to learn again what works and what doesn't.

Now i am planning a BT version of the bios, this will improve setup defaults and should be a good pointer to getting you all overclocking from the get go. This will come over the next few days.

**Vapor** · 10-15-2005, 06:39 AM

So would you say your board will be better for us in the end?

If you don't want to say it because it has you're name on it....PM me and I'll say it

Or if you don't want to cannabilize the CF-DR sales...well, that's understandable too.

Jason....that's the impression I've had....

**metro.cl** · 10-15-2005, 06:47 AM

nice but i'll wait and see the nf4 xpert mobo, also i wont need to learn almost from 0 with the xpert mobo

thanks for all the info

p.d. i'm sure i read somewhere before that ati would made a 4 layer pcb mobo

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