DFI nF4 SLI INFINITY

[windwithme]

Coming soon...

[andL64]

is this the nforce4 budget oc board?

so come on dude give some infos about...

seEn

[dnottis]

Wow, thats ugly - looks like an Asus board.

Actually, I noticed the chipset isnt right under the PCI-e slot, hrmm...

[Rezag1000]

Nvidia cut the price for the SLI chipset so sub $100 boards can have SLI. This was done to compete with crossfire.

[Esso]

Thanks for the information windwithme,
I have added the information about the 3 new DFI mobos to the FAQ - DFI.
Plus some information links.

[turtle]

Couple Q's if you'd be so kind.

1. What are the differance in these boards compared to the to lan party or nf4-d lines? Just aesthetic like chipset fan, colored pcb? Or is there more?

2. Does this have the 5v option (>3.3v), or is it limited to 3.2v like the others value boards? If so, they're going to have some disappointed peeps as I know that's something "we" look for.

3. What's it going to be priced at?

All these are factors over wither or not it becomes a better value than the ultra-d, which can easily be modded to an sli-d. Let alone if it can compare in value to upcoming crossfire boards or longevity when upcoming true 2x 16x sli and C51 boards are on the horizon.

[windwithme]

not Lanparty


CPU max 1.85v
DRAM max 3.2v

about 135 US

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

no point having a infinity board if it doesnt overclock like its older brother. people buy dfi to have the best oc boards, not just kinda the best.

[Crosis]

Finally nice location of the chipset. But why not earlier?

[MaxxxRacer]

nice chipset location, but you get screwed by having the gpus so close together.. DFI fixed it on the crossfire board but not this one..


why oskar why!

[TheMeatFrog]

hehe I like the SLi bridge

[Crosis]

hehe I like the SLi bridge

Like shi**y extras added to papers ^^

[turtle]

$135?

Um...isn't the ultra-d less than that? Anyone with that wants SLI would be better off with a modded ultra-d.

I beckon back to the old days when I bought a NFII Ultra Infinity. That board was like a LP2B but just without some fluff, and a UV pcb. It still had the same voltage options and important features though, like soundstorm, etc. They didn't hold back. Now it seems like the infinity line is just a butchered shell, the plain vanilla board every other company puts out, exactly like the guy above me commented on in his post.

I think it's why the nf3 939 failed, even though it was a Lan Party, it lacked the voltages on vdimm. I've come to the conclusion when thinking about it that's why people buy DFI, for the high vdimm/vcore and massive bios options. Without either, even if the right hardware options are included, it doesn't matter.

I just hope some time soon DFI just consolidates it down again to the LP and UI line. One with more fluff and sweet extras, one with just the flat out bare DFI goodness, 'cause you know that's what's wanted. A good bios and voltage options, hopefully something to tweak or mod, and that's it. We don't need 4 ultra's or sli's models...just 2 of each. That's my opinion anyway. I just hope DFI realizes that next round Sapphire, Asus, and maybe even Abit will catch on to alot of the things we've been holding on to DFI for so long for. Even with Oskar Designing For Innovation, we might end up seeing better mainstream boards from their competitors. Come on DFI, give us the good stuff on the mainstream board, and uh, just trim the fat if need-be.

[situman]

hmmm bad battery placement. gonna have a hell of a time removing the battery with a pci card there when we overclock a little too hard.

[uwackme]

Good ginueapig board for coming up with Vtt solution.... alot easier access to 9173A.

[cupra]

the cheap vision of the lan paety, its really look like that
jest sli to everybody

[Zanr Zij]

@windwithme : How many PCB layer on DFI NF4 Infinity ? 4 or 6 layer ?

[stealth17]

the farther away the chipset from the cpu, the more lost and EMI is introduced. same with the spacing on the dimms. as for the pci-e slots, it doesnt make that much difference unless you space them really far apart, but you are elimitating each cards circuitry so it kinda equals out.

[windwithme]

Since DFI build the OC King in nF4 LanParty, they launched another OC value series
in NF4.
The test in March, DFI nF4-DAGF, is one of this. The price is under100USD.

This SLI version is around 140USD.
Take a look first, the same handle packing.



The accessories are all need.



The outlook



CPU and memory



2 PCI-E and 3 PCI are enough for user.



Right down corner, 4 SATA support RAID 0, 1.



PWN part is with Japanese capacitors and the others are OST.



IO



BIOS option is still the DFI strength.



DRAM from 2.5~3.2V, it’s advantage for Winbond OC chips.
When I tested DAGF,3.2V + GSkill GH could run to DDR480 2 2-2-5



CPU separates into 2 sections.
1st section gap is 0.15V.
2nd section is 0.3V.
Default 1.4V can over to 1.85V.






DRAM BIOS options
Keep the DFI OC standard, many options and the tuning ability is large.






Test configuration
AMD Athlon64 3000+ 0517
DFI nF4 SLI INFINITY
GSkill 1GBFF&512LA
ELSA 6600GTX2
FSP 300W



Lets look at DRAM first.
256X2 DDR600 1T



512X2 DDR600 2T



Even it cannot compete with own nF4 LanParty, 512X2 DDR600 1T standard. However, compare to the others nF4, its OC ability is going even farther.

This is SLI board, of course we have to see the SLI performance.
6600GT SLI + defaut 500/1000Mhz

3DMARK2003



3DMARK2005



CPU OC to 300X9=2700Mhz
DRAM 512X2 DDR600 2T CL2.5 3-3-6
Basic tset



Advantage:
1.CPU.DRAM voltage range wide
2.BIOS options are rich, especially in DRAM
3.nF4 chipset position can add water cooler or the others.
4.Real SLI under 140USD
5.DFI great OC ability

Disadvantage:
1.The manual is too simple.
2.Chipset heatsink is too thin.

I recommend this to budget concerned OC amateurs and SLI users.
Of course, its OC ability is wonderful.
It’s the high C/P value nF4 SLI board.

PS: The temperature test software is bundled with LanParty, so the CPU temp is lower.

[situman]

So this board only does 2T at DDr600 while the NF4 Lanparty can do it at 1T? What's the reason for that? I wouldnt call $135 budget board, thats more like a mid-range board. <100USD is a budget board.

[windwithme]

SATAII



PC Health Status

[Charloz24]

Umm is it me or SLI and budget board doesn't fit together ...

[SubX]

windwithme,
Your DFI Infinity can not over 300Mhz HTT?

[DaLurker]

windwithme,
Your DFI Infinity can not over 300Mhz HTT?

Mine does 350mhz HTT

[rcofell]

Holy thread resurrection batman!