DFI RDX200 CF-DR First look

**metro.cl** · 10-17-2005, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by Tony

Expert is going to be like the RDX200, if you think you won't need to relearn then im sorry to say you are wrong.

If all boards worked the same it would be pretty boring now wouldn't it?

i like to learn but not from 0 every time

**Pisu87** · 10-17-2005, 07:11 AM

As I feared they made it with the 8 pin CPU 12V connector, preventing many from using it unless they buy an adaptor... if it exists...

**Revv23** · 10-17-2005, 09:07 AM

the 8 pin really doesnt do much if your PSU can handle the load on each wire, all the 8 pin does is make it so the psu supplies less power through each wire... but if you have a quality psu with thick wires its not realy an issue using the 4 pin.

**Brock911** · 10-17-2005, 09:08 AM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136165

!!!!!

**Revv23** · 10-17-2005, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Brock911

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136165

!!!!!

musta sold out

what was price?

**Donbp** · 10-17-2005, 10:05 AM

Price was $239. It should still show as out of stick. I wonder if it was posted by mistake. You could order them though.

**Major** · 10-17-2005, 10:21 AM

Tony !!

Just for kicks, have you tried running 2x Nvidia cards in SLI ??

**Tony** · 10-17-2005, 11:03 AM

Originally Posted by Major

Tony !!

Just for kicks, have you tried running 2x Nvidia cards in SLI ??

Won't work dude, you need a bios flash on the cards and a hacked vid card driver

**situman** · 10-17-2005, 01:28 PM

Either ATI/DFI is smoking silicon or whoever buys this mobo for that price is smoking some stuff. No reason why the buyers should be penalized cause ATI blew the budget with this chipset cause it can't do it right. Nvidia's gonna have a party when they see these prices yet xfire underperforms.

**althes** · 10-17-2005, 01:55 PM

I think that was a mistake.

**Oden** · 10-17-2005, 01:58 PM

Agreed...

**TheMeatFrog** · 10-17-2005, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by situman

Either ATI/DFI is smoking silicon or whoever buys this mobo for that price is smoking some stuff. No reason why the buyers should be penalized cause ATI blew the budget with this chipset cause it can't do it right. Nvidia's gonna have a party when they see these prices yet xfire underperforms.

LOL well said

**wfarid** · 10-17-2005, 02:45 PM

i think that's probably the intial price and it will eventually go down. How come dfi didn't use the ULI southbridge? The Ati southbridge doesn't handle usb that well and it has some other kinks and issues with it as well.

**Lood007** · 10-17-2005, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by situman

Either ATI/DFI is smoking silicon or whoever buys this mobo for that price is smoking some stuff. No reason why the buyers should be penalized cause ATI blew the budget with this chipset cause it can't do it right. Nvidia's gonna have a party when they see these prices yet xfire underperforms.

Quite true, but the DFI nF4 expert board is going to be right around this price bracket as well...

**hipro5** · 10-17-2005, 02:57 PM

Why you "fight" about the 4 x dimms and 1T?........To do what?........200MHz?.......That's NOT for us!......That's for a "simple" user right?.....We want 250MHz+ to do something......For that, forget the 4 x dimms and 1T........Am I right?.......

P.S. I'll buy one of those beauties......

Now, Tony could you please tell me if the SMD chips with the 8 legs near the DDR Slots are Winbond chips?.......Coz IF they are Winbond chips for the VTT, they rock up to 2A load.......And please tell me if they are 2 of them?........Thanks.......

EDIT: Those in the red circles......

**Tony** · 10-17-2005, 03:20 PM

here you go hipro, best i can do upto now.

**situman** · 10-17-2005, 03:21 PM

Originally Posted by Lood007

Quite true, but the DFI nF4 expert board is going to be right around this price bracket as well...

Nvidia made their money already. Now they just want to sink ATI's boat further by offering something ATI doesnt such as 2*16x PCI-e even if its for show purposes. Nvidia wants to tell people "look we have something at the top end that's better than ATI's, yet our mid end products are untouchable by ATI..."

**Tony** · 10-17-2005, 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by situman

Nvidia made their money already. Now they just want to sink ATI's boat further by offering something ATI doesnt such as 2*16x PCI-e even if its for show purposes. Nvidia wants to tell people "look we have something at the top end that's better than ATI's, yet our mid end products are untouchable by ATI..."

Now im not an ATI fan boy here, im a motherboard fanboy....nvidia does not know what ATI is coming with next, if you think the dual 16X is good from NV then you will love the ATI offerings that should be coming soon.

I got that from an interview with John Bruno, he doesn't say much but he is very confident we will like what we see.

**Weee** · 10-17-2005, 04:09 PM

Subscribed. Waiting on expert news as well =)

**Tony** · 10-17-2005, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by MickeyMouse

Yeah but 'NVIDIA IS DOING' while 'ATI IS STILL JUST TALKING'

This is the point thats been the casue of everything bad/negitive about ATI in the past few years.
We don't hate ATI we just hate paper launches reviewers and beta overclockers getting cards/boards to show off that are never making it to retailand they are showing them off like they are the best things since milk when they are months late to release if they get released at all.

If ATI can do what they say when they say it like Nvidia is "which they are just getting so good at now" then i doubt you will see many false responses directed at ATI at all.

We the comsumer want the truth and the products on time and thats the bottom line.

Dual 16x is here and works ATI is just now talking about something new and there ATI chipset can barley if all be found

ATI PRESS CONFERANCE.
WHAT TO DO TO COUNTER NVIDIA'S DUAL 16X SLI:
"IF YOU WILL PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 258 OF THE PAPERLAUCH BOOK YOU WILL SEE WHAT WE THINK WE CAN MAKE HAPPEN"

The issue Jason is the NV option is not true 16x X2, if you read how they implememnted the technology you will see its actually a compromise. Then to move on they do not run the chipsets at actual LDT speeds so you have a performance drop there also.

Im not taking any sides but im waiting to see what ATI do with their 16x X2 before i go buy an NV board...as the ATI just may be a little better.

Now, to comment about NV are doing it and ATI are just talking the good talk you are partially correct, ATI are behind, but the fact is they also have been looking at whats there already and seeing if they can do it better.

Rememeber i get board here to test and to show you guys, they are retail boards, nothing special, nothing cherry picked and from now on they will have either ATI or NV chipsets, which can only be good for the consumer.

**Tony** · 10-17-2005, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Weee

Subscribed. Waiting on expert news as well =)

Expert is 8x8 not 16x16 as far as i know....

**dinos22** · 10-17-2005, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

Expert is 8x8 not 16x16 as far as i know....

bah who cares......most people run single cards anyways.....we are interested in that mobo and what it does

....are you under some sort of NDA (you are disclosing some info but you're not posting much OCing) heheh

AG mentioned something about Anandtech having exclusive rights to review this thing....they better be quick cause you've covered a lot of ground already heheh

**Tony** · 10-17-2005, 05:56 PM

I promised Anandtech he would have the benchmarks, he has the exclusive off DFI and I respect that.

I will step up with more info once the review is launched

**situman** · 10-17-2005, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Tony

Now im not an ATI fan boy here, im a motherboard fanboy....nvidia does not know what ATI is coming with next, if you think the dual 16X is good from NV then you will love the ATI offerings that should be coming soon.

I got that from an interview with John Bruno, he doesn't say much but he is very confident we will like what we see.

I have no preference, its all marketing to me. I prefer ATI anyways only cause the waterblock I have only fits an ATI. lol

**brandinb** · 10-17-2005, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by hipro5

Why you "fight" about the 4 x dimms and 1T?........To do what?........200MHz?.......That's NOT for us!......That's for a "simple" user right?.....We want 250MHz+ to do something......For that, forget the 4 x dimms and 1T........Am I right?.......

P.S. I'll buy one of those beauties......

Now, Tony could you please tell me if the SMD chips with the 8 legs near the DDR Slots are Winbond chips?.......Coz IF they are Winbond chips for the VTT, they rock up to 2A load.......And please tell me if they are 2 of them?........Thanks.......

EDIT: Those in the red circles......

so have you found anything yet?? you are looking to see if this board will have the vtt issue you found on the dfi nforce 4 boards outnow right?? do tell if you find the answear as i really need a rock solid board and my dfi right now well it isnt rock solid. its fine for gaming but at full oc it is never rock solid only flakey in very strange times like outlined in your mobo mods thread!
keep us updated!

also tony do you know of an nvidia based dfi board with 1 16x pci-e slot but with the same volt regulation and power circutry of these boards??? that is what im looking for this board but with only one pci-e16 slot and a lower price point because of it!!!!!!!
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