[UniHW] DFI 790FX M2R Review, King of AMD is back!

[VictorWang]

all these from: Uni Hardware
http://www.unihw.com/viewthread.php?tid=217

to me... DFI is the only option if i wanna spend my time and passion on AMD products
Let's take a look at their hot hot LP UT 790FX M2R

similar package as P35 T2R/680i




790FX chipset support ddr2-1066 ratio ?


max volt.


overclking test:

350*10 DDR2-1166 4445 32m piece of cake


367fsb, DDR2-1100 4435 done.
same chip, can do only 360fsb on MSI's RD780.


feelings after 2hours testing:
1) damn stable vcore, like a dead man's heart beat
2) bios restore after overclking failure more better than DFI's intel mobo,
very smooth and flexiable during the whole overclking testing,
proved that DFI DO NEED MORE SUPPORT from INTEL to bring us good mobo like their AMD products.
3) no DC Power loss after restart, well protect my watercooling system

[Morais]

I saw this board simillar to the p35 LP, with green pci & pci-e slots...strange...
Anyway, looks one of the best board to the am2+ at the moment (paired with the MSI one).Victor, did the digital PWM heat too much?
Thanks in advance.

[VictorWang]

I saw this board simillar to the p35 LP, with green pci & pci-e slots...strange...
Anyway, looks one of the best board to the am2+ at the moment (paired with the MSI one).Victor, did the digital PWM heat too much?
Thanks in advance.

can't feel that, 'coz i'm not using a quadcore

[Cooper]

790FX chipset support ddr2-1066 ratio ?

It does, but afaik it can only be enabled with a Phenom CPU.
Victor have you tried running 1066 with this 6000+?

[VictorWang]

It does, but afaik it can only be enabled with a Phenom CPU.
Victor have you tried running 1066 with this 6000+?

yup, i've tried, and it's HALF-WORKing.
200fsb, 1066, cpuz can't read the memclk, 200*15 1m=30.875sec
200fsb, 800, 200*15 1m = 27.xxx sec
so as you said, the 1066 ratio can support only on K10


like i said, this mobo, remind me the years of DFI LP NF4.
yes, CFX3200 almost make everyone crazy, but this mobo is not.
even if u leave all setting = auto, it can overclk pretty good.
for mem timing settings, i think if u fimiliar with memset, u can handle almost 80% of the options available in bios.

[Glow9]

I'm guessing like $250-280? or how much

[spainis]

Need more screenshots

[BeardyMan]

that's a very sick 1M run at 3300mhz

[Jamesrt2004]

looks good, yah more screenshots, and Estimated selling price for UK??

[cky2k6]

another board that will get hyped to no end until all the bugs are discovered and dfi runs away from fixing the issues? yeah, no thanks. this cfx3200 board has left a sour taste in my mouth, as i'm sure intel icfx3200 owners and lp 680i can attest to as well, so i can honestly say, dfi can shove this board where the sun don't shine, i'd rather buy an ecs board... sorry to crash the party, but dfi's true nature has shined through quite a few times.

[Psycho_eddie]

Now that is one slick mobo!!, thats defo the one for me if looks could kill!!

Layout is great... bollox for Quad Crossfire... Tri crossfire is more realistic!

Expected price/ release date?

Hopefully this new line of mobo chipsets will give much better stabilty with lower heat output!

DFI might of given bad taste for their firm in past but that was with crappy chipsets... DFI/790FX combo u cant loose!! esp with Digital PVM!



Side note... is that copper or just painted alumium?... was plain alumnium before!! looks nicer tho

[LowRun]

another board that will get hyped to no end until all the bugs are discovered and dfi runs away from fixing the issues? yeah, no thanks. this cfx3200 board has left a sour taste in my mouth, as i'm sure intel icfx3200 owners and lp 680i can attest to as well, so i can honestly say, dfi can shove this board where the sun don't shine, i'd rather buy an ecs board... sorry to crash the party, but dfi's true nature has shined through quite a few times.

I must say you make valid points and their boards are way too expensive and their support crappy as can be (in Euroland).

[Bulldog14]

I must say you make valid points and their boards are way too expensive and their support crappy as can be (in Euroland).

Care to back that up with some evidence mate?

-DFI Support Europe.

[LowRun]

Care to back that up with some evidence mate?

-DFI Support Europe.

Well, i got a board with the warped socket in the days and unlike DFI support in the US they told me they wouldn't take care of the shipping cost, after i mailed them back telling them (in a very polite way) that i didn't understand why it should cost me anything when it was a 100% DFI mistake, they just ignored me. You can't possibly do worst in my opinion unless you insult your customer of course.

[Bulldog14]

Well, i got a board with the warped socket in the days and unlike DFI support in the US they told me they wouldn't take care of the shipping cost, after i mailed them back telling them (in a very polite way) that i didn't understand why it should cost me anything when it was a 100% DFI mistake, they just ignored me. You can't possibly do worst in my opinion unless you insult your customer of course.

Hmmm I look after all such matters and I do not recall such a case. Which board was it? That said I do recall a discussion a few months ago with someone regarding shipping costs. If you require further clarification on the matter you can PM me or email me at support at dfi-europe dot com.

[drunkenmaster]

Care to back that up with some evidence mate?

-DFI Support Europe.

is it available anywhere yet, and does anyone know if they are sold through any stores in the UK anymore. was a point you could pick up a dfi from anywhere, even dabs.com , now you can barely find dfi boards and i have no clue why they dissappeared

none of the "where to buy" links on the dfi site have anything. i think one company of all the ones listed had a single dfi mobo on. they've just evapourated completely from the uk, which is a shame.

[Lightman]

is it available anywhere yet, and does anyone know if they are sold through any stores in the UK anymore. was a point you could pick up a dfi from anywhere, even dabs.com , now you can barely find dfi boards and i have no clue why they dissappeared

none of the "where to buy" links on the dfi site have anything. i think one company of all the ones listed had a single dfi mobo on. they've just evapourated completely from the uk, which is a shame.

DFI in U.K. shop (more than one )

[Bulldog14]

is it available anywhere yet, and does anyone know if they are sold through any stores in the UK anymore. was a point you could pick up a dfi from anywhere, even dabs.com , now you can barely find dfi boards and i have no clue why they dissappeared

none of the "where to buy" links on the dfi site have anything. i think one company of all the ones listed had a single dfi mobo on. they've just evapourated completely from the uk, which is a shame.

I won't beat around the bush and imply that our distribution channels in the UK are that great. A few months ago our main distributor, UK side, went bust, and since then getting a reliable partner UK side has been tricky. With regards to the LP 790 board I have just gotten 2 preliminary samples in. One as my reference board and another will be sent to a reviewer. Actual stock will follow in the coming weeks. I set up my sample yesterday with Win Vista and so far so good. Seems a solid board. I'll let you guys be the judge thou after a number of you have and give it a good OC shakedown.

[STEvil]

another board that will get hyped to no end until all the bugs are discovered and dfi runs away from fixing the issues? yeah, no thanks. this cfx3200 board has left a sour taste in my mouth, as i'm sure intel icfx3200 owners and lp 680i can attest to as well, so i can honestly say, dfi can shove this board where the sun don't shine, i'd rather buy an ecs board... sorry to crash the party, but dfi's true nature has shined through quite a few times.

By the specs in your sig I dont see what you're complaining about.

I agree the CFX3200-DR requires advanced tweaking abilities but the only real problem with the board are the auto-load overclocking profiles (disable them and the bios suddenly becomes 100% instead of 50%) and the SATA controllers (only when overclocked).

If you're having 3d stability issues with your rig drop your ram speed down, its quite common that Infineon CE/BE 5/6 chips (what you have) will lose 3D stability past ~245mhz but still be 2D stable... odd indeed.

/OT

edit - i'm typing this on a CFX3200-DR system right now

[[XC]Atomicpineapple]

another board that will get hyped to no end until all the bugs are discovered and dfi runs away from fixing the issues? yeah, no thanks. this cfx3200 board has left a sour taste in my mouth, as i'm sure intel icfx3200 owners and lp 680i can attest to as well, so i can honestly say, dfi can shove this board where the sun don't shine, i'd rather buy an ecs board... sorry to crash the party, but dfi's true nature has shined through quite a few times.

Or, it could be another NF4 Ultra-D

[showmanlkz]

need more detail pics about the board~~ look quite ssexy~~

[Kasparz]

Engrish!

[EnJoY]

Thanks for posting this Victor. It's so sexy!

[Kasparz]

Thanks for posting this Victor. It's so sexy!

Makes me remind of Nelly Furtado Maneater song

ooh! a new setting, I wonder what vlotage does?

It has something to do with UFO i think. Or most likely Oscar got drunk while naming bios setup menu entries.

[Lightman]

Sweet mobo and massive voltage options!!
In other words - business as usual - for DFI