DFI ICFX3200 (RD600) T2R/G Information

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Yeah when I assembled computer, I couldn't live without my electrical screw driver, especially for those Antec rails for Hd/optical and so on.
 
I personally think that they could do without the onboard sound outputs. I have never used onboard sound always got a dedicaded sound card and IMO a sound card will most always give you better sound unless you get a really cheap crappy one. Besides isnt having a dedicaded sound card suppost to also help your fps in games by offloading work from your cpu.
 
MSI is realeasing a 680i board with the X-Fi chip through a PCI link to the southbridge. This saves a slot, which seems important if three of the slots are x16 and two of your cards are double-thick.
 
I never had a single sound card since they integrated it on the motherboard. My ear is really not that good and I feel that anything surround is really good enough. The 3% of cpu is now pretty much irrelevant with dual core IMO.

So it's great for me I save ~70$ of the X-Fi and for you, just diable in the BIOS everyone is happy =).

Heck even a integrated video could be nice, backup if anything happen to you dedicated card, I wouldn't pay extra though and I sure as hell wouldn't give up performance for it!
 
Cool was actually wondering if there was a perf. hit/difference between the P/G/Q965
 
This is some of the consistent and reliable information I've managed to collect about the upcoming DFI LP UT ICFX3200 (RD600) T2R/G motherboard:
-Even that its already on backorder at ZZF for $300, the MSRP will be under $250.
-Anandtech.com has a board, theyre planning a shootout btw RD600, 680i and BadAxe2 for december. And a preview on T2R/G at the begging of such month.
-The release date will be in december, before Christmas.
-RD600 scored 10Mhz higher than 680i in reference boards.
-The BIOS is being tweaked personally by Oscar Wu, the reason why I expect nothing less than a top of the line LanParty product.
-Rumor has it that BIOS support will be somewhat pulled after the first revision. Probably the reason why they have delayed the board until the BIOS is nice and flat.
-5 phase Digital VRMs.
-Will support ATI Physics, 1333Mhz FSB CPUs even if its unoficially and independant CPU and Memory overclocking.
-Finally, a picture of the real board:
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Please feel free to share any more reliable information you have on such board/chipset.
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Here's a reminder, what this thread is all about. I'm patiently looking
for news on the RD600. And we're talking about everything except
the kitchen sink. Well, I like the corian sink better than stainless
steel.
 
Thank you.
To everybody: Any news about RD600?? (And exclusively it)
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Your Welcome!
My system is on hold until the RD600 vs 680i and the R600 vs 8800GTX
benches are in. Though in reality, it's probably the R600 vs the 8800GTX
benches that are going to have any real impact. I'm building a new
system from scratch - I want to go DX10. Plus, I'm going SLI or
Xfire - so I'm married to the pair. My new monitor will have a minimum
of 1600x1200 resolution - that's why dual GPUs.

Be nice to this thread guys - it's not a stupid topic that should get
hijacked.
 
*Shameless plug warning*

Have you checked the Upcoming Thermal Compound Review the guys at DaClan are planning!?
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Maximum PC has done this before, given it will likely not contain as many candidates as that test, but the gist of the results were: Arctic Silver 5 gets you about 1-2c, generic thermal paste isn't much worse, and for some reason the Frozencpu.com stuff sucked royally, going a good 5-6c higher than AS5.

This is what I remember off the top of my head so don't take that gospel (not that you should ever take anything on these forums as gospel).

Plus, I'm going SLI or
Xfire - so I'm married to the pair. My new monitor will have a minimum
of 1600x1200 resolution - that's why dual GPUs.
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I have a 7900GTX and I run 16x12 native and every runs fine. Ok I don't play Oblivion, but I honestly don't see the need for SLI/XFire at that res. I have had SLI in the past.... it was nice, but not worth that cost at all, imo.

Outdoors at 16x12, the 8800GTX hit an avg fps of ~35, very respectable for a RPG game. Indoors it bats over 100 fps. If you still want SLI/Xfire that's your business, just trying to save ya some money. :)
 
Many many sites have done this before (cos nobody really reads mags), but when it comes to thermal pastes the results can be widely alternated by the must minimum factor that we just have to try them ourselves. Also not many reviewers state the exact conditions under which the test was done, or give them proper curing period or application etc.
Most current processor, realistic conditions and the most popular brands is something you definitely dont see every day because reviewers rely on companies to get their stuff while we will go independent.
You should post all your thoughts on the corresponding thread tough 8)
 
Hmmm... Dec. 15th, not bad news, thanks for the link. Well thats the last day of work for me, so I guess I can spend all day cruising the inter-web toobs for some news. DFI's also making a 680i chipset... interesting

I really want to see how RD600 stacks up against the 680i, and also the R600 against the G80. I'd still prefer ATI over nVidia, so I really hope the RD600 and R600 have some sort of gain over their counterparts. But I guess I have to wait and see.
 
I will be placing my order on Dec 15th.... it is my graduation present to myself. 16th I get to graduate.... but the 15th will be a better day, come on RD600 vs. Long speeches about life, that is a no brainer.

Thanks for the release info.

Anyone want to start an OC'ing competition.... oh wait first I have to be able to afford a proc + ram. 8O
 
I would hold off for at least a week or two... wait for price to drop and reviews to come out... early adopters are always the ones that get abused the most...
 
I would hold off for at least a week or two... wait for price to drop and reviews to come out... early adopters are always the ones that get abused the most...
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Agreed. That doesn't mean its not fun toying with a buggy board for hours on end only to find out the problem is in the BIOS code itself.
 
When do NDA's typically expire?

1. When the product is officially released (which is what I'm guessing).

2. Or do they sometimes expire a week or so before the actual release date to build up "hype", etc to increase initial sales (vs ppl waiting for eventual reviews after release)?

I guess what I'm saying is that I've chewed my nails down and developed a nervous tick waiting to see if RD600 is worth investing in, or should I stick with P965, lol. (Frankly unimpressed with 680i).

Just in case, I guess I better start looking for an alternate case that compliments the DFI board. (My current choice is black with blue led accents. I'm not a big fan of led lights, but they come with. If I have to, gotta find some orange leds...)
 
975X is a better chipset than P965....
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Especially if you get the right mobo. From what I understand the limiting factor is the voltage to the NB (at least with the BadAxe), which is why you have to hard mod the board to up the voltage. However, Abit lets you run up to 2.0v.
 
Well, the 975X FSB doesn't go as high as the P965, but me tests show it performs better, and it has full Crossfire support. It's even one of the chipsets that reportedly works with hacked drivers to allow SLi mode.
 
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