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    DFI officially launches INFINITY P965

    From their website:

    DFI Launches the INFINITY P965, Providing the Ultimate C/P Solution
    Taipei, Taiwan – March 29, 2007

    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.

    Fully supports Windows Vista

    The brand new Operation system Microsoft Vista, it provides faster graphic process ability. In addition, Vista also brings a fresh experience to users about on-line security, wireless resources sharing and entertainments. DFI INFINITY P965 is fully supports Microsoft Vista.

    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.
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    URL:

    http://us.dfi.com.tw/Press/press_hea...56.jsp&SITE=NA

    More info from ocxforum (borrowed from XtremeSystems Forums Intel section):

    http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=471

    Edit: updated with more info and link to ocx forum.
    Last edited by Flambo; 03-31-2007 at 05:50 AM.

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    Finally......

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    coollll

    3/4 of a year late though :x

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    how much and when will it hit the shelves
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    Quote Originally Posted by m0da View Post
    coollll

    3/4 of a year late though :x


    I prefer late but much more mature product IMO.

    Remember A64 S939? Best boards came late... (DFI Ultra-D)

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    Praise the lord! Hopefully they'll have stock in Australia when the Intel E6x20's are available.
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    Price hopefully is competitive with Gigabyte's DS3. Better offer a 1333 strap bios to stay competitive too.
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    Yep, 1333 is needed to go >550
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    hopefully this thing is under $220. I like the look compared to their flashy lanparty series
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    AFAIK it will be priced around 150$ while the model with solid cap will be 15~20 higher
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    i dont see any pics?

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    I want that so bad lol. I would never buy the lanparty due to their ugliness and high price but this new infinity colour scheme looks a lot better. Not to mention that $170 for the solid cap version looks very tasty
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    Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
    i dont see any pics?
    I think you need to check your browser, or your internet connection. I can see the picture fine
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    Quote Originally Posted by Daveb2012 View Post
    ...I like the look compared to their flashy lanparty series...
    Quote Originally Posted by Cobalt View Post
    ...this new infinity colour scheme looks a lot better...
    3rded on the color scheme. There should never be another green pcb on any mid to high end component again. (680i lt) Who do you guys think will get this first in US? Egg, zzf?

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    Actually, I don't mind green pcbs. Has the industrial feel to it - and it is still
    better than vanilla, orange or pink

    Seeing how cheap the S3 and DS3 (and DS3-P - new chip, 2 x16 slots - one x4)
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    I was going to get an Abit Quad GT, it has an incredible rebate on it, but I will probably wait for this now. Do you guys feel this is will out perform the Abit, it has a nice rebate on it now?
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    no high res pics?
    nobody on xs has a sample board?
    this is the worst product launch ive seen from dfi

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    andre wang and some others here have tested the boards with great results. however, I believe it wasn't the s version
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    Quote Originally Posted by saaya View Post
    no high res pics?
    nobody on xs has a sample board?
    this is the worst product launch ive seen from dfi
    maybe cause there is no more dfi-street in the US
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    Anyone know the max vcore for this board? I saw some fairly good stuff @ the Ocxtreme link; DDR2 1280 (Done on E6600 @ 3844MHz), 540 FSB (x7) on C2D (E6300 @ 3784MHz), 452 FSB (x8) on Kentsfield, Vcore Max ?, VDIMM Max- 3.375, NB Max- 2.00v, SB Max- 1.8v. Seems like a good start.
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    CPU Voltage Setting actually adjusts how much mV will be added to the default CPU voltage and can be adjusted in steps of 12.5mV on range of 0 to 787.5mV. her boobs are about to fall out
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    Thanks!

    I may have to get one of these and an E6320 to play with, or a Kentsfield. 490 FSB (x7) on Kentsfield shown @ the DFI forum:
    http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1068

    Yet another DFI P965 thread:

    http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/s...ad.php?t=30564
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    lol 2.11vcore enough for you :p
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    that's his sig haha
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