DFI S939 soon on web!

[Jessfm]

That board has pros and cons, but I am tempted

I want that now

Spill the beans then, what the cons IYHO

[shadowing]

Whoa. This board is awesome. The only thing that would convince me in buying it now is whether or not people have good results overclocking with it.

[SAE]

Spill the beans then, what the cons IYHO

Cons: NVidia vid cards only

[SAE]

+ Single ATi.

Erm, why buying an SLI board when there's only an option for single ati cards!? A single ATI card could also be used on an NF4 Ultra for much less money, but cause peeps are wanting the best they buy SLI and are forced to go nvidia for vid card again

I highly doubt DFI has a VIA variant in petto...

[tritium]

Erm, why buying an SLI board when there's only an option for single ati cards!?

Then buy the NON SLI version of the board.

[SAE]

Erm, why buying an SLI board when there's only an option for single ati cards!?

Then buy the NON SLI version of the board.

That's the problem here! I want SLI, but I'd really like to have the option what manufacturer to chose...

No further discussion bout that please, anyone could see that as spam

[shadowing]

I think that's a toughie. The only way i see for that to happen is if there is Nvidia works with ATI to produce such chipset.

But onto the the topic...

How much does the DFI Socket 939 cost? And i mean each one... (sorry if this was already answered)

[tritium]

That's the problem here! I want SLI, but I'd really like to have the option what manufacturer to chose...

No further discussion bout that please, anyone could see that as spam

How is that SPAM. This looks like a great board!!
It seems that there are a lot of people waiting for the DFI solution for s939
Nforce3 or 4. Now that it is comming out people are complaining about what chipset it has, is it SLI or not, How many SATA ports, etc..
The point is it looks to be a killer board for overclocking.

[STEvil]

You know guys, if ATI wants SLI and cant do it through the PCI-E bus they could just connect the cards with an "ide" cable like the voodoo 2's used to do... didnt need any special crap back then (just driver support - hint hint), why should we need it now???

[trans am]

You know guys, if ATI wants SLI and cant do it through the PCI-E bus they could just connect the cards with an "ide" cable like the voodoo 2's used to do... didnt need any special crap back then (just driver support - hint hint), why should we need it now???

Because the nvidia chipset calls for the sli connector on the cards. Ati doesn't have that connector on the pcb. The ati chipset also needs a connector to enable the dual rendering this is so ati can basically do what nvidia is doing to compete with them. So The happy medium is the VIA k8t890 where all you need to enable the dual gpu rendering is a simple driver. All these damn chipsets trying to have a pissing contest with dual rendering. THe best option IMO is VIA. Everyone wins.

[EQuito]

FYI: straight from DFI PR about 2 minutes ago:

This model is slated for launch on Jan 4th, which is tomorrow. After the launch, the board will be available in limited quantity initially but as soon as our production is ramped up, the quantity will become more adequate. The best place to check on availability in the US is newegg.com.

[choseone214]

I say gameve and or zipzoomfly first they had the 754 board first for preorders

[conrad.maranan]

This model is slated for launch on Jan 4th, which is tomorrow. After the launch, the board will be available in limited quantity initially but as soon as our production is ramped up, the quantity will become more adequate. The best place to check on availability in the US is newegg.com.

If this is true, I'll be refreshing my browser every 30 minutes in the same manner that we all did when the VX was released. Then, I'll take the rest of the day off due to the stress and anxiety.

EDIT:
Anyone know if Asus has a 6800 Ultra PCIe out yet?

[EQuito]

If this is true, I'll be refreshing my browser every 30 minutes...

I can't guarantee it'll happen but I can tell you she's very trustworthy...

[OPPAINTER]

DFI® Answers to the Enthusiasts with Launch of LANParty™ NF4 SLI-DR and LANPartyUT™ NF4 Ultra-D Motherboards

-- The new nForce™ 4 chipset based motherboards support dual PCI-Express video cards and boast the industry’s most powerful performance enhancing options to deliver the ultimate user experience --



For further information, contact:
Vivian Lien
DFI San Jose
510.274.8000 x 121
vivian@dfiweb.com



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


Hayward, CA (January 4, 2005) – DFI®, a worldwide leader in industrial computing solutions and maker of the LANParty™ series of motherboards, today launched the new LANParty NF4 SLI-DR and LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D motherboards for the socket 939 AMD® Athlon™ 64 platform. Taking full advantage of the rich feature set the NVIDIA® nForce4 chipsets have to offer, the new DFI UV-sensitive motherboards bring more performance lead to high-end desktop computing than others.


SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) and DXG™ (Dual Xpress Graphics) Technologies
Based on the nForce 4 SLI chipset, the new LANParty NF4 SLI-DR motherboard is DFI’s first to fully support NVIDIA’s new SLI technology in the signature LANParty package. Delivering almost twice the performance of a single GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) configuration, SLI brings more graphics realism to desktop PCs than any other technologies. The multiple GPU support of SLI takes advantage of the increased PCI-Express bandwidth and enables DFI’s new motherboard to support two identical PCI-Express video cards simultaneously using a bridge connector. Seamlessly operating in parallel, the new LANParty motherboard provides the perfect solution for real time rendering, complex video processing or intensive game play.



Similarly, the nForce 4 Ultra chipset based LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D motherboard supports dual display cards to deliver the ultimate graphics experience. DFI’s proprietary DXG (Dual Xpress Graphics) Technology benefits from the multiple PCI-Express lanes the chipset supports, using the 16x and 2x configurations, to allow for versatile graphics support and utmost future-proof upgrade ability.


New Storage Standard
The new LANParty NF4 SLI-DR and LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D motherboards bring several important technological breakthroughs to the AMD socket 939 platform. Designed for users to run multiple applications without bottlenecks, both motherboards support Serial ATA II hard drives and Native Command Queuing (NCQ). Serial ATA II delivers a high-speed transfer rate of 3GB/second, more than twice as fast as traditional ATA133. NCQ introduces asynchronous I/O and increases drive reliability in heavy workloads by eliminating much of the mechanical wear and tear.



To provide a reliable and scalable data environment, the motherboards support RAID through NVIDIA’s new NV RAID Utility software. NV RAID allows for both Serial ATA and IDE 0, 1, 0+1 RAID configurations. Through its Window’s based utility suite, users can now easily partition hard drives and configure RAID.



In addition to the multiple RAID functions, the SLI version brings RAID 5 to the desktop with its integrated Silicon Image 3114 chip. RAID 5 is one of the most popular RAID levels, where it stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives, removing the bottleneck that the dedicated parity drive presents and improving write performance.



Performance and Stability Enhancement Features
Boasting the industry’s most complete and advanced BIOS options, the new LANParty and LANPartyUT motherboards raise the bar even further with new additions. For the overclocking minded enthusiasts, both motherboards now support memory voltage from 2.5V to 4.0V, CPU core voltage up to 2.1V, chipset voltage from 1.5V to 1.8V, HTT ranging from 1.2 to 1.5, adjustable multiplier control up to 20x and a large range of Async settings. Combined with DFI’s CMOS Reloaded™ technology, both motherboards enable users to maximize performance potentials while enjoy the convenience of saving all the BIOS settings on the fly, renaming to customize CMOS settings, and recalling using a user-defined hot key.



To provide rock solid stability, both nForce4 chipset based motherboards feature Japanese aluminum electrolytic capacitors, magnetic levitation north bridge cooling fan with fan speed control, and all aluminum heat sink on mosfets. The conductive polymer (electrolytic) aluminum solid capacitors provide high resistance to over-voltage and reverse voltage as compared with other capacitors, making them the ideal choice for overclocking and mission critical motherboards. To further provide maximum cooling on-board, both motherboards feature DFI’s first magnetic levitation chipset cooling fan that moves almost twice the air compared to standard chipset fans while producing extremely little noise. Thanks to magnetic levitation technology, the spinning fan blades “float” in a magnetic field and thereby dramatically reduces friction, wear and tear, and heat generation. All of these hardware implementations directly contribute to cooler, quieter and longer lasting motherboards.



Most Extensive Integrated Features
Designed to lead in most features per value, both LANParty NF4 SLI-DR and LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D motherboards comprise of DFI’s proprietary EZ On and Reset buttons to make testing and installation easy, dual Gigabit LAN (PCI and PCI Express based) for blazing fast network connection, and NV Active Armor Firewall to protect clients from security attacks at a decreased CPU utilization rate. Audiophiles are entertained with the proprietary Karajan 8-channel audio solution. With its independent audio riser card, unwanted static noise and other audio interference are eliminated to produce a superior sound quality.



Availability and Package Details
The LANParty NF4 SLI-DR package includes matching colour UV reactive round and SATA cables, PC Transpo computer carrying case, FrontX break out box, SLI bridge and on-board SLI switch caps. The LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D motherboard is bundled with matching colour UV reactive round and SATA cables and SLI bridge. Both LANParty NF4 SLI-DR and LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D motherboards are currently available in limited quantities through DFI’s authorized resellers worldwide. For more information on where to buy and the complete specifications, please visit http://www.dfi.com.tw or email sales@dfiweb.com.


LANParty NF4 SLI-DR -----------------------------LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D



About DFI® (San Jose), Inc.

Founded in 1981 in the heart of Asia, DFI, Inc. is a worldwide leader in motherboard design and manufacturing. Headquartered in Taiwan, DFI’s international presence includes the United States, the Netherlands, China and Japan. Dedicated to manufacturing the highest quality solutions for the expanding IT market, DFI’s product lines include a complete line-up of advanced motherboards, graphics solutions, and Applied Computing Platforms. The company sells its products through a selected group of distributors, system builders, VARs, retailers and e-tailers internationally.



DFI’s US branch office is located at 30991 San Clemente Street, Hayward, CA 94545. For more information on the company, please visit www.dfi.com.tw or email Vivian@dfiweb.com.



DFI and LANParty are registered trademarks. Other product names are either trademarks or trade names of their respective holders.

[conrad.maranan]

Thanks, OPP.

Well, if Newegg's gonna have the nf4 SLI-DR in stock tomorrow, I'm buying one. Too bad I'm not going to have any cards to stuff in the slots for a few more weeks.

[charlie]

oh yeah.....

only question left is, "Can a single GPU NF4 board with PCI-E take on a Neo2 with AGP and the nice-clocking XT Plat??"
Hmmmm.... probably NOT with the 800XT PCI-E.... but with the X850, we'll probably see the NF4 (specifically DFI) beat the single AGP Neo2's.....

[choseone214]

Combined with DFI’s CMOS Reloaded™ technology, both motherboards enable users to maximize performance potentials while enjoy the convenience of saving all the BIOS settings on the fly, renaming to customize CMOS settings, and recalling using a user-defined hot key.

Hot key bios recall??

To provide rock solid stability, both nForce4 chipset based motherboards feature Japanese aluminum electrolytic capacitors, magnetic levitation north bridge cooling fan with fan speed control, and all aluminum heat sink on mosfets. The conductive polymer (electrolytic) aluminum solid capacitors provide high resistance to over-voltage and reverse voltage as compared with other capacitors, making them the ideal choice for overclocking and mission critical motherboards. To further provide maximum cooling on-board, both motherboards feature DFI’s first magnetic levitation chipset cooling fan that moves almost twice the air compared to standard chipset fans while producing extremely little noise. Thanks to magnetic levitation technology, the spinning fan blades “float” in a magnetic field and thereby dramatically reduces friction, wear and tear, and heat generation. All of these hardware implementations directly contribute to cooler, quieter and longer lasting motherboards.

IMO thats how you sell me a motherboard. Forget all that other stuff I want to hear more stuff like this.

[EQuito]

Thanks, OPP.

I posted first...
How come I get a "if this is true..." but OPP gets a thank you?
j/k

[conrad.maranan]

Hahaha. Because OPP posted the press release, which gave me an instant hard-on. Thanks, EQuito.

[OPPAINTER]

I posted first...
How come I get a "if this is true..." but OPP gets a thank you?
j/k

Just covering your Back EQ, just covering your back

OPP

[EQuito]

Hahaha. Because OPP posted the press release, which gave me an instant hard-on. Thanks, EQuito.

LOL

He's the man! with ALL the contacts...
I didn't have the full press release so I thought to post what little I had.

Cheers!

[EQuito]

Just covering your Back EQ, just covering your back

OPP

yeah well..., don't get too close ok?

Happy New Year bud!

[OPPAINTER]

LOL

He's the man! with ALL the contacts...
I didn't have the full press release so I thought to post what little I had.

Cheers!

Na, I just typed that up to see if you guys would go for it

J/K

OPP

[OPPAINTER]

yeah well..., don't get too close ok?

Happy New Year bud!

Happy new year!!

Look at your location, (SoCal, USA) it looks like you copied and pasted it from my location

OPP

[conrad.maranan]

OPP

Do you know of any 6800 Ultra cards out that are out and available from online retailers right now?

[OPPAINTER]

OPP

Do you know of any 6800 Ultra cards out that are out and available from online retailers right now?

No I sure don't. I don't know what I'm gunna do about some 6800 cards. I might be able to talk one out of MSI,, then I'll only need one more What a pain!!

OPP

[trans am]

No I sure don't. I don't know what I'm gunna do about some 6800 cards. I might be able to talk one out of MSI,, then I'll only need one more What a pain!!

OPP

I feel your pain. When is dfi going to release a plain single slot pci-e based on this?

[OPPAINTER]

I feel your pain. When is dfi going to release a plain single slot pci-e based on this?

I thought that it was coming out with this board. So I have no clue, I don't know what's going on with these guys anymore

OPP

[conrad.maranan]

No I sure don't. I don't know what I'm gunna do about some 6800 cards. I might be able to talk one out of MSI,, then I'll only need one more What a pain!!

OPP

Do you think the MSI units will be allergic to the cold? I'm currently planning a dual-head unit with chilly1.

[Onepagebook]

No I sure don't. I don't know what I'm gunna do about some 6800 cards. I might be able to talk one out of MSI,, then I'll only need one more What a pain!!

OPP

Too bad, master, just asked msi, they don't have any ultra available.
6800 ultra won't be available for at least 2 months I would assume

[trans am]

"Thanks to magnetic levitation technology, the spinning fan blades “float” in a magnetic field and thereby dramatically reduces friction, wear and tear, and heat generation. All of these hardware implementations directly contribute to cooler, quieter and longer lasting motherboards."

LOL, is it safe to put magnets right next to where your hard drives go?

[conrad.maranan]

Too bad, master, just asked msi, they don't have any ultra available.
6800 ultra won't be available for at least 2 months I would assume

2 months?!?! Sheesh. I wonder if ATI will have their AMR solutions out by then.

[trans am]

Has anyone successfully gotten the thermal throttling disabled on 6800 series yet? I saw a thread about using rivatuner to disable it, but I'm not sure if they actually got it to work. Anyone?

[EQuito]

LOL, is it safe to put magnets right next to where your hard drives go?

Not really but probably those magnets aren't powerful enough to cause any trouble and hopefully they've done some testing.

[conrad.maranan]

I noticed this posted on DFI-Street:

we will have 3 boards for 939 with NV chipset

939 SLI
939 PCI-E
939 AGP

we are also looking into the VIA K8T890Pro 939 chipsets.

Yo, Alvin. It looks like they're gonna put out a VIA version.

[trans am]

I noticed this posted on DFI-Street:

Yo, Alvin. It looks like they're gonna put out a VIA version.

I'm not going to hold my breath, but that is a good idea. XLI? is this going to make ati cards capable in dual gpu rendering on the dfi sli board(s)? http://tech-report.com/onearticle.x/7732

or is this basically the same thing as fake sli that OPB did on the msi nf4 ultra?

[conrad.maranan]

Oh, man, oh, man. This stuff just makes me want to start speculating. On second thought, I better not. I'll let someone else do it for me.

[Jessfm]

Oh, man, oh, man. This stuff just makes me want to start speculating. On second thought, I better not. I'll let someone else do it for me.

It would seem that DFI has been taken over by some master alien race and is slowly incorporating their technology into PC mobo's in a bid to take over the world, knowing full well that the enthusiast market is all high end power computers that will all eventualy join and become self conscious...... muhuhuhuhaaahahaha.

[that do you ? ]

[iboomalot]

"Thanks to magnetic levitation technology, the spinning fan blades “float” in a magnetic field and thereby dramatically reduces friction, wear and tear, and heat generation. All of these hardware implementations directly contribute to cooler, quieter and longer lasting motherboards."

LOL, is it safe to put magnets right next to where your hard drives go?

Neodymium magnets are very strong but have localized magnetic fields unlike a std. ferrite type magnet.

example a neo magnet might throw a 2-3" radius field where as a ferrite of same strength might throw 2-3 feet radius field.

due to the small size of the fan and use of a narrow field design the HDD will not see any flux and thus be safe.

http://www.neo-magnet-emporium.co.uk/feats.htm

[lght1]

Hi

So just to clarify, will there be a DFI NF3 939, and if so, approximately when?

[Skip]

yea most pc speakers will have neodynium, which is why they specify that they are monitor safe.

i'm glad that they put a pci e x1 slot above the 2 PEG slots, all the other companies have been idiots about that.

[reject]

they look really coll but they are the same in Opps pics
so the only difference is the package w/frontx and sli bridge?
exciting but waiting for AMR gets a little more use out of my current stuff wich i love
EDIT seems they both have the bridge so who would get the package crap? chaintech vnf oced way better then znf with the bundle

AH another difference the LP has 4 sata connectors. those are un needed as sata 2 connectors work with sata 1 drives/cables?

[dropadrop]

Any comments on how loud that chipset fan is? Is it audible?

[mrlobber]

Any comments on how loud that chipset fan is? Is it audible?

Who cares if you intend running 300 fsb on it?

[STEvil]

I just sold my LP-UT and A64 2800+.. cant wait for this board to hit the market

[Sgt_Strider]

Wow, less than 24 hours after I purchased my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, this board is announced. Hopefully Asus will release better BIOS' so that I won't be forced to dump this board.

[DevilsRejection]

Wow, less than 24 hours after I purchased my Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe, this board is announced. Hopefully Asus will release better BIOS' so that I won't be forced to dump this board.

dude best advice i can give you, and so will everyone else on this board: if you are within 24 hours of purchasing it then either cancel your order if it hasn't shipped. or return it, <3 return policies!

[dropadrop]

Who cares if you intend running 300 fsb on it?

I intend to manage with a very silent computer... I have managed to run an NF2 at 240fsb with a passive northbridge cooler, and expect to be able to run an A64 based computer high without creating more noise...

Anyone have user experience with the board and care to comment?

[perry_78]

Its online! ! Love that bannana almost as much as the board!

[IvanAndreevich]

Damn right it is!
http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/produc...et+939&SITE=US
3 varieties

[Sgt_Strider]

dude best advice i can give you, and so will everyone else on this board: if you are within 24 hours of purchasing it then either cancel your order if it hasn't shipped. or return it, <3 return policies!

Unfortunately, that store has a no refund/no exchange policy .

[eclypse]

Pretty sweet lookin boards!

[Sgt_Strider]

Damn right it is!
http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/produc...et+939&SITE=US
3 varieties

What's the difference between the two SLI motherboards?

[eclypse]

double raid.

[conrad.maranan]

What's the difference between the two SLI motherboards?

Link.

[InvisGreenMan]

Four words...

Time to go 939!

[STEvil]

Time to go PCI-E

[Lucus Maximus]

Finally I can't wait!

Selling my 754 3200+ CH and one of my 3 mobo's next week

-Lucus :banana4:

[perry_78]

Exactly

But according to the manual, the NF4 LANPARTY SLI-DR is the top range model. Howecome it isn't on the web yet? I only see the Lanparty NF4 SLI-D.

If i dosh out 300 bucks for a motherboard i want to have all that extra unnecessary stuff along with it!