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Anonymous   12-11-2006 at 07:15:02 PM
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Bad news for you guys!

[quote="tony"]

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Got some info:

Less than 100 boards coming to the USA, The EGG will have them. They will be onsale before Xmas I am told although i could NOT get a firm date.

I can show bios shots and clocks but no benches. Bingo13 has the exclusive and we have to respect DFI's wishes to look after chosen reviewers. We will drop hints etc so don't think we will just stop feeding info.

more soon.



2 words: Price gouging

Look like no RD600 for me, will tell you how I like my P5N32-E Sli! :?

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3lfk1ng   12-11-2006 at 07:55:38 PM
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They can price gouge all they want up to (edit:$400)...and I'm still going to buy it.

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Less than 100 boards coming to the USA



Well, that sux, I hope that isn't true because 100 cannot really be considered a "LAUNCH"

I'll still keep my fingaz crossed for Dec 15th 8)

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SuperFly03   12-11-2006 at 07:57:08 PM
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That is weak! 100? If the RD600 is $300 or less (doubtful) I am on board (no pun intended). Over $300.... I will wait.

So we no longer have a firm launch date and we have a severally limited quantity.... ouch

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rwaritsdario   12-11-2006 at 10:46:43 PM
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Well, Drew and I have $400 ready for that board. And we're online 24/7, so WILL GET OUR BOARDS :twisted:

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3lfk1ng   12-11-2006 at 10:56:40 PM
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Yeah, even if I have to sell a NUT or two...perhaps even my 3rd leg.... I will get this board...

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rwaritsdario   12-11-2006 at 10:57:52 PM
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/IrishDante/attachment-7.jpgNot max FSB, just initial testing.

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dasickninja   12-11-2006 at 11:04:16 PM
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Yeah, even if I have to sell a NUT or two...perhaps even my 3rd leg.... I will get this board...


You two are insane. I mean it so. The review on it had better be worth my waiting.

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rwaritsdario   12-11-2006 at 11:06:50 PM
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Yeah, even if I have to sell a NUT or two...perhaps even my 3rd leg.... I will get this board...

We better spend the next few days squirting in a cup and freezing it case all of our man-meat must be gone...

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SuperFly03   12-11-2006 at 11:10:10 PM
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And this board better help me get to my goal.... an E6600 > 4.5GHz

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dasickninja   12-11-2006 at 11:13:18 PM
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Errr, maybe the Ms Phillips chronicles will provide the proper bit of "influence" for your endeavors. That being said... I'm going to go throw up. Again.

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dasickninja   12-11-2006 at 11:18:35 PM
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And this board better help me get to my goal.... an E6600 > 4.5GHz


It should enable 5.0Ghz with all the hype going around it.

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Anonymous   12-11-2006 at 11:19:31 PM
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Lol...
good ol ms phillips

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3lfk1ng   12-11-2006 at 11:21:36 PM
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4.5ghz , ur insane...I'm only going for 4.264ghz

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Anonymous   12-11-2006 at 11:41:02 PM
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Hehe, you turn to wet your pants =)
Bios Shots

Gotta like the memory timming:
http://www.thetechrepository.com/a [...] 1165874197

And the NB FSB strapping sound sweet:
http://www.thetechrepository.com/a [...] 1165874098

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Anonymous   12-11-2006 at 11:50:05 PM
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Ok the thread is moving to quickly for me to report it, it's a full time job
So follow this link every hour to be up to date =)

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Achill3uS
0.05 secs not so bad, for a better Pi run we oc more
I like the board, but only 100 pcs before xmas its very very limited.. i dont understand DFI, they could sell more only in this 2 weeks i think



I have a feeling there will be more than 100

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3lfk1ng   12-11-2006 at 11:52:46 PM
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:oops: *wets his pants two time over* :oops:

I don't know what more than half the bios options mean.....so now I really want it.

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SuperFly03   12-12-2006 at 05:10:13 AM
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:oops: *wets his pants two time over* :oops:

I don't know what more than half the bios options mean.....so now I really want it.



I've got a small head start. Those bios are very similar ot my board, the only difference is now I have a FSB and NB to deal with instead of an integrated memory controller. You should see the setup in the RAM, there must be 20+ timings. I honestly know about 60% of my bios, thats about it.

Ninja--

5GHz.... Hopefully TEC + lapping + RD600 = World Record (where the world = my itty bitty apt lol).

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dasickninja   12-12-2006 at 05:15:39 AM
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Brings a new meaning to small world doesn't it bro. 5GHz. Its a beautiful thing ain't it... use to be 4Ghz. Now its gotta be 5.

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Anonymous   12-12-2006 at 07:17:38 AM
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Gonna need LN2 for 5ghz =)

as far as tec is concerned I think you wanna go with water/tec cuz air/tec won't cut it...

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mugz   12-12-2006 at 10:58:09 AM
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Sooner or later people are going to need engineering degrees (°C or °F? you choose) just to OC.

Challenge: OC to 5GHz on passive cooling.

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SuperFly03   12-12-2006 at 02:11:35 PM
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Gonna need LN2 for 5ghz =)

as far as tec is concerned I think you wanna go with water/tec cuz air/tec won't cut it...



It is definitely TEC + H2O. I am going to get a 226w TEC for the CPU and a 180W for the G80/R600 each cooled by a separate water loop. I Think 5GHz is possible w/o LN2.... doesn't mean it is likely or probably, just means I think I can. Doesn't mean I am right... but why shoot for the mountains when you can shoot for the stars?

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SuperFly03   12-12-2006 at 02:39:40 PM
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It's sad but true, especially if you want to be any good at it. Any yahoo can up the FSB until it becomes unstable, it takes a mastermind to turn instability into torture tested stability 8O

I myself am no where near the mastermind level... but sometimes I like to think I am :wink:

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rwaritsdario   12-12-2006 at 02:42:40 PM
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It's sad but true, especially if you want to be any good at it. Any yahoo can up the FSB until it becomes unstable, it takes a mastermind to turn instability into torture tested stability


I beg to differ.

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Tyhr   12-12-2006 at 03:28:40 PM
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Quote :

It's sad but true, especially if you want to be any good at it. Any yahoo can up the FSB until it becomes unstable, it takes a mastermind to turn instability into torture tested stability


I beg to differ.
Excellent. So what you're saying is that I have a chance... :D

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clue69less   12-12-2006 at 07:21:46 PM
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Challenge: OC to 5GHz on passive cooling.



Patience, OverHopper. I'm on it.

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rwaritsdario   12-13-2006 at 04:19:56 AM
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/IrishDante/rd6007x511iw9.png
And that is as good as it gets boys... 511Mhz FSB is actually the limit in BIOS, and it wont clockgen much higher after it.
The good thing is that multiplier doesnt seem to be a problem anymore, but max FSB (at least in the first revision). So if youve got a x9+ conroe, rejoice.
SuperPI performance is a bit buggy, but 3D and memory performance are awesome.

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SuperFly03   12-13-2006 at 07:13:35 AM
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Dang it... that means I am going to have to get an E6700 if I want 5GHz... there goes another $200 in my quest for 5GHz lol.

Nicely done btw :)

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rwaritsdario   12-13-2006 at 02:35:25 PM
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Nicely done btw

Sadly not my results... I will have to wait for retail as long with the rest of the mortals.

Keep a close watch on Anandtech and VR-Zone *hint* :wink:

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Anonymous   12-13-2006 at 03:57:19 PM
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Yeah, I say Anand should have the review tomorrow at the latest.

511 FSB is plenty for most I agree, plus you can push the ram as far as you can since it's a true async, should be a fun board

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trenchdog73   12-13-2006 at 04:26:41 PM
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LOL I am SOOOO ready for a full review.

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rwaritsdario   12-13-2006 at 07:50:55 PM
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511 FSB is plenty for most I agree

Not for me it isnt...
The good thing is that there are many factors that indicate that this will be improved in upcoming BIOS revision, the fact that the max in BIOS is reachable even by high multiplier CPUs is the strongest one of them.

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Anonymous   12-13-2006 at 08:37:13 PM
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Yeah just get a higher multi CPU :lol:, e6600 @ 4.5 should be good enough for me

One of the cool thing is that this board apparently does the same on 2meg and 4meg, which is not always the case for 680i.

And that 1T performance is really good and can get all the way to 900mhz CL4 is pretty sweet.

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3lfk1ng   12-13-2006 at 09:18:06 PM
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Very Important Post


FSB will be 511....no changes annouced

Quote :

Originally Posted by marauder16
does Oscar plan to raise the FSB limit in the future BIOSes (just curious, not that I need it)


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Originally Posted by Tony
I VERY much doubt it



Testing:

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Originally Posted by bingo13
There is no default timing on this board, everything is open for change. Actually, I am running the board/memory on its ragged edge at those settings. I would have been surprised if it had past Orthos or SuperPI but I was surprised that anything else we threw at the board ran perfectly, 26 different games, seven synthetic benches, nine different audio/video applications, a dose of Office 2007, and just for fun watching a little Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby on a Plextor Blu-ray drive this evening while downloading 8GB of data off the server.

By the way, I am running audio, RAID 0, X1950 CrossFire, and have an external hard drive attached to the number 5 USB port and another one on the Firewire port transferring our test scripts in the background. While it failed Orthos at those settings, it has not even blipped while doing application work. I am finding that this chipset performs best with high memory speeds above 1100 with 4-4-4-12 timings better than my 866 3-3-3-6 1T timings in applications but not in SuperPI.



Good News for people looking for choices

Asus is now almost complete with its almost top secret Asus RD600/Intel board...so the DFI RD600 wont be the only Ati/Intel mobo. Another link

Bad News for people looking to get this board on the 15th

Quote :

Originally Posted by xgman
Just speaking with DFI they are telling me that the boards first shipment in the usa won't be till around January 10th. I had hoped it would be sooner.



Quote :

Originally Posted by Tony
Who did you speak with?

I just got off a call with DFI USA in an attempt to settle this argument of will there or won't there be boards. This is what I know.

They have a sample run made, these boards should hit the USA before Xmas, this is like the 975 infinity where 30 boards or so shipped.

Now...there are some tweaks to be made, this was the whole point of 4 people getting the board to test. These should be just bios issues though so no hold up is expected on this first small shipment.

Final run will be made soon and these board will be available in the new year, this was always the case for absolute mass production boards and not the pilot run.

I hope this settles the will there or the won't there be...all being well there will be a small shipment as i have been saying all along, if something serious turns up though there could be a small delay which would push things back to the new year.



~30 boards this year....Mass production boards won't be out until the new year.

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SuperFly03   12-13-2006 at 09:59:44 PM
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Oh the decisions we must make, E6600 or E6700.... if 550FSB is on tap, I say E6600. Let's push it so far towards the edge that if the wind blew the wrong way it would crash lol.

I will always prefer DFI over ASUS. Had one board of each in the past and DFI has been a much better experience overall. Just personal choice there, but great find yet again.

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3lfk1ng   12-13-2006 at 10:18:50 PM
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Yeah, I'll stick with the DFI RD600 over the Asus RD600. but it's good to see that we now have options.

The thing that really bothers me is that we wont get our DFI RD600's until January at the earliest.

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Doughbuy   12-13-2006 at 10:21:07 PM
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... We still waiting? January... ugh... oh well, there's a good chance this board will be available for sale around the same time R600 details get unveiled, that will be exciting...

Yep, looks like I won't be building my computer until the new year... la de fudging da...

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Anonymous   12-13-2006 at 11:23:33 PM
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Hehe cool thanks for keeping up with the thread, didn't have much time lately.

Looks like the Rd600 is officially of for me =(. I beleive the P5N32E will do what I need as many board can reach FSB400 anyway. Since I am going with 8800GTS it might be wise if physics becomes a major factor.

Other news: that is pretty sweet and should be of some interest to 3LF as this is almost what you are shooting for.

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/258/rd6009x451ht0.png

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3lfk1ng   12-13-2006 at 11:29:37 PM
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Thank you labbbby,

Yes that truely is a beautiful sight....it may be a few mhz short from my goal...but it sure does look purdy.

I can live with anything above 4ghz on an e6600 :)

After Dario gets this news though....he may end up just buying a P5B deluxe instead of waiting. He is a madman when it comes to FSB #'s.

I guess I can wait another month to get the DFI rd600...my case still isn't finished getting painted anyways.

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Anonymous   12-13-2006 at 11:58:58 PM
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Yeah that news about a first batch of 30 really makes you wanna wait a bit. Pretty funny though, Tony mentioned this was like the 14th revision of the board, he got a 1year old reference board! Oscar Wu's team are really perfectionist!

That is one of the reason I doubted they would get FSB much over 510...

And I Linked that 900 mod in the Psu/case , I thought you'd like to see it, nothing fancy just really clean and useful I like!

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rwaritsdario   12-14-2006 at 03:51:51 AM
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After Dario gets this news though....he may end up just buying a P5B deluxe instead of waiting. He is a madman when it comes to FSB #'s.

I am creating an account on ZZF right now to order it actually.

Not only the 511Mhz cap pissed me off, but there are too many big guns coming up to decide for one, P5B dlx will hold me up until I can find a board that does over 600Mhz FSB. IN9, Asus RD600, DFI 680i, and Commando will fight for that crown.
This has been truly a disappointment for me but seeing things realistically it is not the best choice for me at the moment.

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dasickninja   12-14-2006 at 04:01:25 AM
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Hell, I though you were going to kill yourself at the news. Ah well. Doesn't quite bother me. Hopefully the Asus RD600 will not be affected by the Asus/OCZ incompatibility thats oh so pervasive.

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3lfk1ng   12-14-2006 at 04:36:53 AM
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Labbbby I really like that mod. It's really well organized

Dario it's good to know that your still alive.

DaSickNinja *sigh* where have you been?

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dasickninja   12-14-2006 at 04:40:46 AM
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My girlfriend took (dragged) me out to shop for clothes and stuff for her. My wallet is empty now... :cry: :cry: :cry:

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rwaritsdario   12-14-2006 at 04:48:34 AM
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Unlike many, I never swore it to the 'The Golden Conroe motherboard'. I never dared to say anything similar. And 3lf is a witness of my exceptionism since about a week ago.
I guess I should rejoice for my choice, as I wont have to support a separate Phyx card anymore...

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SuperFly03   12-14-2006 at 05:10:59 AM
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now... 680i DFI or RD600 DFI.... I guess it will come down to R600 vs. G80/1.

However, reading a link earlier it said that R600 was having power consumption and circuit issues, that is no good.

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rwaritsdario   12-14-2006 at 05:19:50 AM
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R600 wont consume more than 225W and knowing ATI they wont release anything that doesnt perfectly work (and outperform the competition) 8)

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3lfk1ng   12-14-2006 at 08:01:02 AM
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@DaSickNinja
lol, at least you make your gf happy :)

@SuperFly03
R600

@Dario
Yup

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dasickninja   12-14-2006 at 08:52:14 AM
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I'm still broke damn it. :cry: :oops:

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Doughbuy   12-14-2006 at 03:44:53 PM
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Hot tamales... thats a nice case mod... too bad I don't have that much time nor willpower to care enough, but I'm impressed... although Ninja's money problems I laff at :D

You make the girl buy you stuff, not the other way around. Thats the way to roll.

Anyways, 680i supposedly has some problems, so I'm going to hold off until more info comes out:

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/arti [...] VzaWFzdA==

Tomorrow reviews come out... we excited yet?

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