RD600 first look and general questions

[erwinz]

nice..

[bingo13]

coolaler already run 545FSb >>> http://forum.coolaler.com/showpost.p...50&postcount=1

DFI RD600 @ 545FSB

The latest Alpha BIOS and AMD System manager will allow those FSB rates now. However, if you drop a 8800 or X1950 in the board, and then run dual 32M Super PI or Orthos, your FSB rates will come down in a hurry.

[s e t h]

maybe not if you have a chipset block ......2x gpu blocks and a cpu block too.
my kingdom for a good kentsfield and a pair of R600

btw bingo13 i would love for you to possibly post some details as to how exactly you guys managed to tweak the mobo for max performance....
especially if you're running micron D9GMH

/a little OT pic for fun
can everyone say ghetto! :P

[TV Addict#2]

strapped on for fun
I have a 2G kit of firestixs saved to be used in one of these

[erwinz]

maybe not if you have a chipset block ......2x gpu blocks and a cpu block too.
my kingdom for a good kentsfield and a pair of R600

btw bingo13 i would love for you to possibly post some details as to how exactly you guys managed to tweak the mobo for max performance....
especially if you're running micron D9GMH

/a little OT pic for fun
can everyone say ghetto! :P

really nice.. hehehe

[Athens[2004]]

maybe not if you have a chipset block ......2x gpu blocks and a cpu block too.
my kingdom for a good kentsfield and a pair of R600

btw bingo13 i would love for you to possibly post some details as to how exactly you guys managed to tweak the mobo for max performance....
especially if you're running micron D9GMH

/a little OT pic for fun
can everyone say ghetto! :P

Very smart way 4 hold down [the tie wrap way] if some1 dont have thin screws ,

I learn something today

[M3kk]

Just buy the 975 Infinity...its one of ther best clocking 975 boards there is at the moment

Well I had that board, but then it didnt go over 390 FSB ( I didn`t know the trick with PCI-E frequency to ~120 ) .

What about the last bioses? With Conroe.. goes over ~440 FSB w/o any mod? 10x

Sorry for the OFF.

[nealh]

The latest Alpha BIOS and AMD System manager will allow those FSB rates now. However, if you drop a 8800 or X1950 in the board, and then run dual 32M Super PI or Orthos, your FSB rates will come down in a hurry.

ok..maybe I am dense but why would this occur?????????

[Poodle]

depends what cpu cooler u use & how it's orientated
1) Large CPU orientated at 90 degrees to rear fan outlet should fit no mods see VR-Zone Spacious socket pics (especially pic3)
2) If CPU is orientated to vent out of rear of case ie Thermalright Ultra then as i described in ealier post the wires on the MCX159 may need to be cut to bring the height down below 4cm as i described in my last post.

Edit:Sad git I know
Thermalright Ultra 120 + 38mm fan venting to rear
Thermalright Ultra 120 +38mm venting to side
Scale= 0.487:1 Mobo Size Width 30.5Cm Length 24Cm Ultra 120 Depth 6.35Cm Width 13.2Cm Height 16.05Cm Clearance 4CM

luck

That's some good work you've done with the pics. I've got both the Ultra120 and the Hr-01 waiting in a closet as I'm using an AC cooler which is more than enough for my stock E6600 right now (shi-tty board). I'd rather use the Ultra to the rear fan as in pic 1. But the cooler might not get the clearance needed in the top of the P180. We'll see, but it looks possible after seeing your post. I might need to loose the top fan in the case though...


I'm gonna do an exotic air cooling setup for my rig after a get my hands on this board...

[Revv23]

Well I had that board, but then it didnt go over 390 FSB ( I didn`t know the trick with PCI-E frequency to ~120 ) .

What about the last bioses? With Conroe.. goes over ~440 FSB w/o any mod? 10x

Sorry for the OFF.

sorry to go OT... to get 440fsb at 10x you are going to need some exotic CPU cooling and probably a volt mod on the northbridge and perhaps a VFSB mod.

[jabski]

UK release ETA 12/01/07

[Tony]

coolaler already run 545FSb >>> http://forum.coolaler.com/showpost.p...50&postcount=1

DFI RD600 @ 545FSB

Going by the chipset temps he is pushing 2V into the NB, all well and good for brownie points but under advice from AMD I was asked to quote safe limits for voltage etc which is around 1.5V max.

We can do the same speeds here no problem...safer bet though is a high multi CPU just like it is on the 975 boards

[The Nemesis]

As this board finds its way into more hands before release, I suspect we'll see a few more "I got 5XX FSB!!! on my RD600". 2007 is gonna start pretty well for the enthusiast community with the RD600 & Abit IN9-Max 32. Tony have you got yours yet? When you get a chance to toy with it, most of us would really like to know which of the two boards you "enjoyed" overclocking the most.

[Tony]

I have IN9, just got it booted up and started tests. You need to have a fan on the CPU header for it to boot and im water cooling so at first I thought the board was dead

Anyway...i will start a new thread with some early results, this one belongs to the RD600

T

[erwinz]

wow

ahhh.. hope this boards will be on retail soon.. ive been conroe less for a month now..

waaaa..

bingo13 could you post pics of your setup..

[Supershanks]

Poodle -
That's some good work you've done with the pics. I've got both the Ultra120 and the Hr-01 waiting in a closet as I'm using an AC cooler which is more than enough for my stock E6600 right now (shi-tty board). I'd rather use the Ultra to the rear fan as in pic 1. But the cooler might not get the clearance needed in the top of the P180. We'll see, but it looks possible after seeing your post. I might need to loose the top fan in the case though...

Yep it passed the time . I'd prefer to use my ultra to the rear as well & have modded my lian -li to handle the overhang from a big cooler. Conroe Ready Modded Lian -Li V2000b+

Just dissapointed that it appears that after market coolers won't fit the r600 nb.

luck

[mrlobber]

So basically with a lower multi cpu, you're still better off with a P965 board?

[Aerou]

performance-wise NO!

[virtualrain]

Given the poor RAID performance being reported by a couple of sources on i680 boards vs. intel (see this thread), I'm curious how the HDTach results look for a RAID 0 array on this board?

Can anyone provide some?

[Tony]

read back bud, i posted some

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=474

[bingo13]

maybe not if you have a chipset block ......2x gpu blocks and a cpu block too.
my kingdom for a good kentsfield and a pair of R600

btw bingo13 i would love for you to possibly post some details as to how exactly you guys managed to tweak the mobo for max performance....
especially if you're running micron D9GMH

You do not want a Kentsfield on this board if you plan on overclocking at this time. I am finding that a 345FSB or a little less is the absolute best for running a stable system. The board will POST up to 401x9 but is not worth anything more than a good screenshot. DFI has started to tune for Kentsfield now but I still expect the 975/965 boards to be the best bet for it.

Right after CES I should have our part two article up along with the BIOS settings for maximum performance.

On a side note - I did 545 on the RD600 with an old FX5200 card (too much heat and power draw with an 8800GTX to get past 530), voltages to their limits, Alpha BIOS, and it failed SP 1M three out of four times but by God I could get a screenshot of the one time it passed. I just love the run and gun results.

[s e t h]

hahaha...
looking foreward to the expanded article

shamino did some messing with gtl-ref voltage and claimed to get an extra 30fsb from a kentsfield...but you've probably tried that allready.
his write up is on his site vr-zone.com
after the tweaks he said he could almost reach the fsb he achieved with a p5b-dlx iirc.

[virtualrain]

read back bud, i posted some

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=474

Sorry... thanks Tony. Would be nice to see a test with 4 drives in RAID 0 to compare with the peak output of the other chipsets that have all been tested with 4x 150GB Raptors (where i680 is looking bad), but I understand you probably test with what you have on hand.

Hopefully when people get these in their hands, we will see more RAID benching.

[dinos22]

you guys heard about the latest delay >> March

what are the REAL issues plaguing these Tony? Surely you would have encountered some serious issues that are not allowing them to release these motherboards

[Devious]

you guys heard about the latest delay >> March

what are the REAL issues plaguing these Tony? Surely you would have encountered some serious issues that are not allowing them to release these motherboards

Are you not thinking of the R600 ?