Look what I found on newegg, DFI Crossfire board spotted!!!

Lowfat · Oct 19, 2005, 03:06 PM

USB isn't all that important either if you don't use flash drives or usb hard drives, etc.

BWX · Oct 19, 2005, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Tulcakelume

USB isn't all that important either if you don't use flash drives or usb hard drives, etc.

Blasphemy! Where would I connect my driving wheel!

Lowfat · Oct 19, 2005, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BWX

Blasphemy! Where would I connect my driving wheel!

I mean USB speeds. Hardly any devices use USB2.0 except for hard drives,etc.

Vikingod · Oct 19, 2005, 04:54 PM

$240!?!?!

H3X4D3C1M4L · Oct 19, 2005, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BWX

Blasphemy! Where would I connect my driving wheel!

Serial port?

GaVazzZ · Oct 22, 2005, 04:24 AM

Well, the review over at Anandtech tells us that when DFi switches the southbridge chipset to either the ULi1575 or ATi's SB600, it will be THE board for Crossfire enthusiasts. I for one have been waiting a LLLLOOOONNNNGGG time for this...I guess I have to wait a little longer...

EfrainMan · Oct 23, 2005, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Vikingod

$240!?!?!

Nope, $209

Me, I'm waiting for the Abit AT8. ULi1575 and heatpipe-cooled mosfets

dipstick · Nov 11, 2005, 06:35 PM

Couldn't resist, I completely jumped ship lol. I've been running it for a few days and it's just as fast and OC'able as my DFI nf4 SLI board. It could use some work with the bios but i know DFI will come through on that soon enough. Overall its been stable as a rock and runs very cool. Now just have to wait for the CF edition X1800's to show up

Lowfat · Nov 12, 2005, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by dipstick

Couldn't resist, I completely jumped ship lol. I've been running it for a few days and it's just as fast and OC'able as my DFI nf4 SLI board. It could use some work with the bios but i know DFI will come through on that soon enough. Overall its been stable as a rock and runs very cool. Now just have to wait for the CF edition X1800's to show up

EfrainMan · Nov 12, 2005, 03:44 AM

One caveat. A VERY small number of RDX200's are know to kill high-end CPU's. A dude from Xtremesystems lost two FX-57's and a 4800+ to two different boards. $3000 of fine AMD silicone gone

H3X4D3C1M4L · Nov 12, 2005, 02:26 PM

I'm not buying that board for sure now

dipstick · Nov 12, 2005, 05:45 PM

Damn, what are the chances of getting two cpu killin motherboards?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 12, 2005, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by EfrainMan

One caveat. A VERY small number of RDX200's are know to kill high-end CPU's. A dude from Xtremesystems lost two FX-57's and a 4800+ to two different boards. $3000 of fine AMD silicone gone

yea he stick a cou inm the board fired it so he stuck in another
and the SAME board and fired it to (Big suprize) so two where due
to one bad board. That and nothing says it was setup correctly. I've
built and repaired 10's of thousands of systems and even I screw up
now and then.

"At first I wanted to kill myself - when it happen on board #1 I tried to trouble
shoot what went wrong with the first FX-57 and stuck in a 4800+ which shortly
died as well. Bad luck I thought."

I'm pretty sure even a "noob" should know better! A board kills a CPU you RMA it.
eand of story no need to drop expensive $1,000 CPU's in to see if it will fry them too

"But when now it happend with board #2 with another FX57 on a complete
different setup I decided against suicide...curious o see how DFI will react."

Sound like he got a couple of bad boards and yes it happens! I have herd
of a few people that got this board and they han't said anything bad yet
But just to be safe I'd stear clear anways as i do with a NEW stuff givem time to work out the firnware annd any hardware bugs and save you money in the long run...He out the hardware as tey are only liable for the motherboards

No_Style · Nov 13, 2005, 05:08 AM

Speaking of quality, it seems that this DFI board isn't on ATI's Certification List just yet. Check out HardOCP's ATI Backs Up CrossFire article for more details.

Necrosis · Nov 13, 2005, 02:43 PM

A number of years back I had two bad DFI boards in a row. So...the third one was the charm.

No_Style · Nov 13, 2005, 04:01 PM

Well this NF4 board is my first DFI board, but I didn't acquire it blindly. Multiple reviews stated good things about it.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 13, 2005, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by No_Style

Well this NF4 board is my first DFI board, but I didn't acquire it blindly. Multiple reviews stated good things about it.

I've herd of people loveing thier boards and then again I've herd
the horror stories or bad stories about all of the popular DFI boards
just becouse "It happens" doesn't mean it'll happen to you. I've seen
several people eather posting about or with that board listed in thier
sig on other forums and they didn't have anything bad to say. So it's
probubly hit and miss.

Part of why I'd avoided buying one even though they awesome for
tweaking & overclocking options.

Oct 19, 2005, 03:06 PM	#31
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	USB isn't all that important either if you don't use flash drives or usb hard drives, etc. __________________

Nov 12, 2005, 03:44 AM	#40
EfrainMan HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 198 Rep Power: 50 System Specs	One caveat. A VERY small number of RDX200's are know to kill high-end CPU's. A dude from Xtremesystems lost two FX-57's and a 4800+ to two different boards. $3000 of fine AMD silicone gone __________________ My modest video card history: S3 Virge, 3DLabs Permedia 2, 3dfx Voodoo3 2000, 3dfx Voodoo5 5500, GeForce 3 Ti500, GeForce 4 Ti4600, Radeon 9700 Pro, Radeon X800XT, Radeon X1900XT+Crossfire, GeForce 8800GTX, Radeon HD4870x2, Radeon HD5870, 2x Radeon HD6970

Nov 13, 2005, 05:08 AM	#44
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Speaking of quality, it seems that this DFI board isn't on ATI's Certification List just yet. Check out HardOCP's ATI Backs Up CrossFire article for more details. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Nov 13, 2005, 04:01 PM	#46
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Well this NF4 board is my first DFI board, but I didn't acquire it blindly. Multiple reviews stated good things about it. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here Last edited by No_Style; Nov 13, 2005 at 04:07 PM.

Oct 19, 2005, 04:54 PM	#34
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	$240!?!?!

Oct 22, 2005, 04:24 AM	#36
GaVazzZ DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tok, Alaska Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Well, the review over at Anandtech tells us that when DFi switches the southbridge chipset to either the ULi1575 or ATi's SB600, it will be THE board for Crossfire enthusiasts. I for one have been waiting a LLLLOOOONNNNGGG time for this...I guess I have to wait a little longer...

Nov 11, 2005, 06:35 PM	#38
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Couldn't resist, I completely jumped ship lol. I've been running it for a few days and it's just as fast and OC'able as my DFI nf4 SLI board. It could use some work with the bios but i know DFI will come through on that soon enough. Overall its been stable as a rock and runs very cool. Now just have to wait for the CF edition X1800's to show up

Nov 12, 2005, 02:26 PM	#41
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	I'm not buying that board for sure now

Nov 12, 2005, 05:45 PM	#42
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Damn, what are the chances of getting two cpu killin motherboards?

Nov 13, 2005, 02:43 PM	#45
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	A number of years back I had two bad DFI boards in a row. So...the third one was the charm.