DFI ICFX3200 (RD600) T2R/G Information

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Want to take a wild guess on who is bingo13?

With the prices and overclocks how they are right, if you take SLI/CF out of the equation, P965 is still the best choice by far.
 
Yeah, P965 is still probably the best, 680i is near similar, but I guess since the 965 chipset has been out longer mobo manufactueres are more used to it and can give it better support. In the long run, who knows whether 680i or 965 will have better top-end OC performance.
 
Yeah I agree, I think I want to give the P5N32-E a run, mainly because I am curious, and I figure the physic equation might play a good role down the road.

I am not 100% sure it's worth the hassle though. I really like the P5N32-E layout too. Anyhow I am not 100% set.
The 680i might prove to be more of an hassle then anything else. :?
Might flip a coin.

Which 965 are you getting dario?
P5b Dlx or giga DQ6?
 
P5B Deluxe, the voltages on DQ6 were alluring but the NB clockgen is weaker. If all the upcoming boards suck ill vdroop and vdimm mod it and be happy for life 😀
P5N32-E SLI is actually doing pretty good, ~525Mhz FSB if you tweek a little. With BIOS revisions (because its still got potential to be unlocked) it just might hit 600Mhz.
 
Cool I'll remember the name, I knew he was with anand, since I followed a few threads... At least it's not anand himself hehe.

Anyway about the P5N32E, the problem is that the 'proper' tweak are not widely known and there's more then one issue with SATA corruption and so on. So I am tempted to give it a shot but on the other hand the P5B-Dlx is clearly solid and mature and not to mention a good 60$ cheaper for me.

I still might take the plunge and review it for you 8)
 
the problem is that the 'proper' tweak are not widely known
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The you dig into memory subtimings and create your own 8)
There are always work arounds any type of feature problem and Asus boards becoe very mature as BIOS revisions pop up. If it wasnt for the vcore (which is also solveable) this would be exactly a Striker.

Oh, and I saw for $260 somewhere in the net last night *hint*
 
BTW, that is Canadian dollar, so with conversion, It's still overpriced!

I think I will get it around 270Can, so it's all good. And yeah I do trust Asus team a lot.
I wonder how bad the Vdroop and under voltage will affect OC below 4ghz...

One more question for your dario, do you follow the manufacturing week of the CPU? I will probably have 10 or so box to choose from, might as well try to pickup a better one =)
L628 seams to be one of the best...
 
Cool really doubt I will have access to a Xeon, I actually worked/bartered for this CPU and he did not grab any Xeon even though I advised him to, he might get some at some point. We'll see thanks for the *hint* :lol:
 
Morning ladies!
Some basic numbers as we finish up the short preview for release later today. In-depth review on Tuesday.

E6600
ATI X1950
2GB OCZ Flex XLC - DDR2-800 3-3-3-9 (1T for RD600/680i)
Raptor 150

SuperPI 32M-

DFI RD600 - 20.42
Intel 975X - 20.01
ASUS 680i - 20.18

3D06 -

DFI RD600 - 6442
Intel 975X - 6416
ASUS 680i - 6423

Quake 4 - 1280x1024 HQ

DFI RD600 - 110.8
Intel 975X - 109.7
ASUS 680i - 110.5
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So yeah, pretty much what has been said. Not so fats in Spi, fast in 3d.

With all these 3 chipset so tightly grouped in performance, I think I/others need to make a reality check and find out what feature are the most important for them. On Tuesday we should have a few answers like:
What about Raid performance, what about the true Async and then do I really want SLI/Xfire down the road and so on.

One of the important question that I would like to see answered is how do the physic portion of ATI/nVidia/Aegia stack up. That could be really a selling point for Xfire/SLI at some point. Also I didn't bother looking up but I'd be curious which developer will be going with aegia and which one is going for Havoc.
 
PFF old news which I had stated before (does anyone reads my posts anymore? :cry: )
One of the important question that I would like to see answered is how do the physic portion of ATI/nVidia/Aegia stack up.
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Now that is the missing piece in the puzzle, but we wont know until about a week from now.
 
On the subject of these 3000 series Xeons people keep going on about....

Ninjas results were very interesting reading, and did seem to indicate that his Xeon 3060 was from a higher bin, or maybe just by chance a better die, than his e6600....

It would have been very interesting to see his x6800 stepped down to a x9 multiplier to "emulate" and e6600 however, just to see if this supposedly top end CPU could then "beat" the 3060.

At 2.93GHz it should be expected to use more power and generate more heat, tests at 2.4GHz would allow us to compare them on a like for like basis and see which is likely to have the higher max clock (FSB limitations on the 3060 not withstanding)
 
I just started reading it right before you posted 8O

post reading:

What the devil is with the 680i consuming 366w? I don't want to have to TEC cool the mobo itself... geez! lol.
 
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