I just took my usual trip over to Anandtech.com and saw this as a new review.

It is the new DFI board that everyone has been talking about.

So go ahead and read it so we can disscuss it.


preview for ya...DDR630 with a 1T command rate!

One thing about most reviews, they don't realy try and push them too hard, kind of what you can expect out of the box performance. They don't mod the bios or realy try anything out of the ordinary.

Ima' have me one of these soon as they start stocking em online, I'm betting a 700FSB club will pop up around here...

Whos in?

When does this board come out. I plan to buy it instead of the ASUS A8N-SLI for my new FX-55 system.

heres the specs so far:

DFI Lanparty Nforce4 SLI

FX-55

Dual Leadtek 6800gt's (maybe BFG)

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series (DDR500) 1 gig

Hmmm.....

Being a member of the 700HTT club would be nice. I think I will send in my application and see if they will have me.

The DFI NF4-SLI mobos are going to be tough to beat (for awhile anyway) I don't think I will be hittin 4Ghz, but I will be givin 3Ghz all kinds of hell. Got my Chrome DD blocks all shined up all the parts are in collecting dust on the desk. Just need the time to play, that and I am waiting on my custom case. I will abide my time and come in with some BIG clocks and scores to cry over.....

Hope to see lots of PIMPs getting into the 700HTT club. I will get some case badges made up if there are enough PIMPs getting in. Or maybe a custom lazer etched top for their waterblock... assuming you have a DD block that is.... either way there will be something to show for all the $$$ and time spent to get 700HTT stable. Maybe Solid will help out with the rules & regs with this????

Until later

I'm still waiting for at least one more major player to put up some numbers before I put my money down. The DFI is looking very good though, and at a reasonable price it would seem.

Quote: Originally Posted by AntiM I'm still waiting for at least one more major player to put up some numbers before I put my money down. The DFI is looking very good though, and at a reasonable price it would seem.

The ASUS revision 2 of the A8N-SLI board is going to be a much better overclocker I have heard from my ASUS rep./ friend. And since it already is a good overclocker, I mean I got an AMD 3000+ to over 2.8 on air and most people seem to hit a wall at 2.745 gigs., so its something else to look forward to.

They have added more voltages and what not, and fixed some SLI bugs. Should give DFI a run for their money. But, they don't expect this board to be out for a lttle while.

Yeah, I saw this earlier today and by then what I had thought about before was set. This board will be mine. Just waiting for prices to drop 6800 GTs now

Quote: Originally Posted by SpikeShot Hey Solid, you think a 3000+ (1.8 gigs stock, 90 nm) at 3.0 gigs would be something to brag about? The FSB would be past 335+. You know anyone who has done it yet? I don't want to place any really money here...but since I got the 3000+ to 2.82 benchable on air I think another 200 should not be to hard with phase. Come to think of it...heat was never really holding me back in the first place. it was my freeking 310 FSB on my SATA and ram. Ahhh...I am gona use GK's PC-4400 and see if I can get past this (if he still will let me that is ). Would be cool to do FSB-335 with DDR610ish ram. P.S Solid you like the new colors in my sig. and avatar? I had my girlfriend mess around with them (yes she is very good at PS, go me!)...I was just geting sick of the older colors!

SPIKE-

I have seen 9x300 from 3000+ winnies on air, so it might be doable on phase.

You can always run a mem divider to see the max FSB of your board BTW...
1 to 1 with Crucial Ballistix was unstable much over 300FSB on the DFI LP I sent to Zenn, but I tested it up to 320FSB with mem dividers...might have been more in it, but without 1to1 performance suffers, just fun to watch it climb!
(It was hard to find memory that ran over 300FSB then, TCCD still didnt have the brainpower PCB's out in force yet)

Nice Photochop touch up.. lucky dog to have a girlfriend like that!

CPU Killer-

"Badges? we don't need no stinking badges!"

LMAO!..that sounds like a realy great idea, the hardest part is gonna be finding memory that can reach those speeds 1 to 1

I've seen up to 720FSB over at Xtreme Systemsfrom GSKILL at 3-5-5-10 though

http://xtremesystems.org/forums/show...ghlight=ddr720

Quote: Originally Posted by SpikeShot The ASUS revision 2 of the A8N-SLI board is going to be a much better overclocker I have heard from my ASUS rep./ friend. And since it already is a good overclocker, I mean I got an AMD 3000+ to over 2.8 on air and most people seem to hit a wall at 2.745 gigs., so its something else to look forward to. They have added more voltages and what not, and fixed some SLI bugs. Should give DFI a run for their money. But, they don't expect this board to be out for a lttle while.

That's good to hear, from a purely aesthetic viewpoint, I like the look of the Asus board and Asus has been very good to me in the past.

I'm just wondering what Abit has up there sleeve with the Nforce4 boards. They haven't even announced their SLI board yet. Maybe cuz they are an ATI card maker these days. And maybe cuz they have something up their sleeve like an NF7-S. I like bullet proof boards and Abit usually delivers that. Can't say that about DFI's earlier boards anyway. And "ricer" board or not, you gotta wonder what a Fatality branded Nforce 4 will do, and if it will be worth the cash.

I'm not into benching like you guys are and I may just go with the Ultra chipset. I can't see spending a huge amount of cash for a second video card unless it's going to give me twice the performance. And it won't.

Guess I'm just thinking out loud, too many decisions to make and too little info to go on at present. Think I'll take my time getting my case perfect before I jump in.

i hate to feel like the odd one out here, but well i do, i was talking to the guy at the local computer store here and we got to talking about the Asus SLI motherboard ,and he had said that a X-Connect might not be such a good PSU for that motherboard? he had said something about the rails!

now how would something that is being sold at a pretty good rate be not good for the motherboard?

Thanks for the reply SpikeShot, the Asus board was my first inclination. But I got time to wait a bit yet.

As for the X-connect, I don't think they have a 24 pin mobo connector yet. That would make it a very bad fit with the Asus SLI. Every Nforce board I've seen so far uses the newer ATX specs...meaning 24 pin. The Via chipsets use the 20 pin. The X-connect's rail ratings are right on par with most the SLI complient psu's. I'm thinking the local computer guy is uninformed.