DFI ICFX3200 (RD600) T2R/G Information - Page 10

Just until we buy then tough, after that they should stop it so well have top nothc for a while

Retail? Surely you must jest.

You might want to work on the floor instead. Less risk of drop damage.

I was thinking of housing it in something like this:

It would definetly look better, but safety is a problem...

Exactly why I predicted this board wont go much higher than 511Mhz FSB.

This is, however, the best engenieered board I have seen in my life. If only they woud have put all this effort on a less limited chipset...[/quote]

The strap is from where the FSB clocks. A C2D would only need a strap of 100Mhz, wich can clock up to 266Mhz, this would be in a motherboard with no overclockability whatsoever.
As you raise the FSB the strap rises to accomodate the speed (on the ones thats cant be set or if its set on "Auto" ).
For example the P5B Deluxe has a theorical quad-pumped strap of up to 1864Mhz and thats why the FSB WR could be set at 640Mhz FSB, because this is where such strap tops.
This also explains why many people have trouble staying in the 400Mhz overclock, because this is the place where the strap changes from 300Mhz to 333Mhz. This can be noticed by checking memory performance around this and other automatic strap changes.

That is a way too extent question to answer it in one line...

I have higher hopes on the Commando actually, and the IN9 32X-MAX.

wow, that IN9 32X-MAX goes wild. i love its layout. nice heatsink through southbridge-northbridge-digital vrm. all solid capacitor too. awesome!

Those are quad-pumped FSB speeds not chipset straps. A Kentfield would only need a overclocked chipset strap of 166Mhz to be supported.

i really like the power consumption performance of this board.. hopefully a sample of things to come. I still can't get over how much power the 680i's use.

Nice Santa Hat :!:

You are welcome.

Hmmm 495MHz stable.... sounds kinda weak, but that would get me a 4.5GHz E6600. I would want to water cool that NB, but those hook clasps make it very unlikely any WB will fit.... I might have to do some modding (this could get interesting 8O ).

NB issue can easily be remedied http://i4memory.com/icfx3200.php

Thanks, but how do i get that in America?

Thanks... nah won't be playing with physic cards... current physic cards processing power/speed is way behind that of current generation of core2 cpus.. offloading to physic card probably will be slower for gaming than leaving it to our core2 generation of cpus. I think a revised physics card at least as fast as core2 low end cpu would be needed to see any gaming benefits.

Physic card may help those still with older single core cpus i guess ?

NB issue can easily be remedied http://i4memory.com/icfx3200.php

Thanks, but how do i get that in America? well radiical folks do take non-Aussie orders.. but i was referring to the remedy of reapplying TIM under NB and a simple fan over stock passive heatsink

Pleasure to see you here eva. Once you have a 100 posts and you'll be able to use your oh so famous Kenshin avatar

Anyways, I've been reading Windwinthme's thread, Tony's thread, as well as your many posts over at xstremesystems, keep up the good work, you guys are great. Your many threads have proven very helpfull and your pictures are just perfect.

I had a quick question for you that I don't believe you ever answered:
Did placing that small Swiftech mc14 ramsink on the ICS clockgen chip help at all?

I don't believe you ever posted your results on that theory and I was very curious about that myself.

Also...in your thread on i4....I noticed that you posted compatible dimentions for the chipset, if you have the time could you plz post a list of compatible NB or SB heatsinks for people wanting an aftermarket NB or SB heatsink on your thread.

I'm curious about the following since I wasnt happy with NB temps on Shaminos review. I know he did put down some serious overvoltage though...and I know you said there is a remedy for this, but some people like myself want active nb cooling and are not sure which ones will fit:

Extreme Spirit II
Jing Ting forcetake rev 2
Either of the HR-05's

Anyways, welcome to Tom's, hope to see you around here some more 8)

Keep up the good work eva2000
~3lfk1ng

Well, I'll go against the grain with a modification of a typical saying:

"No news is BAD news."

Anyone hear anything new? The releases date keeps getting pushed back...I'm really starting to feel like a sucker for waiting. The bait was thrown into the water in September for me. When I look back, I can't believe I've been following this "vapor-RD600" all this time. This is not a bash, just an observation when I look back - I doubt I'm alone in this. If anything, I'm bashing my own human nature to follow the carrot stick...

Since the other chipset prices haven't significantly dropped in this time, I'd feel even more "stupid" buying a 965 now when I could have bought one 5 months ago for close to the same price, lol. I want to buy something relatively "new" to "justify" my waiting, lol.

So the race is on: Any ideas when the new version of the 965 will be released (Asus Commando, etc)? Whichever one gets released first (new 965 or RD600) will most likely get my money at this point.

Man, and I was so looking forward to running an ATI/AMD chipset to power an Intel chip and using and Nvida GPU - seriously, lol.

according to a post on XS there are 200 boards due in the UK next week.

I am at a point where I dont believe any forum posts. If its not published, take it with pinch of salt.

TweakTown reviews the board

@trenchdog73:
There are no improvements Crossfire wise over X975 but there are some over P965.
RD600 is a typical Intel platform, it loves FSB. Running a higher FSB vs. a lower one even running the same final clock speed will give you an improvement in performance. Usually youre able to achieve higher clock speeds with higher multipliers so it counters the above fact, gaining this, higher performance.

The boards are out for preordering!
Nintek.com ZipZoomFly.com Ncix.com among others will have them on stock on January 12th.

Hurry up and preorder so THGFZ can get as many boards as possible!

But Preorder in Ncix.com...

I am at a point where I dont believe any forum posts. If its not published, take it with pinch of salt.

well there are definitely ICFX3200 boards in DFI Europe's warehouse so it's just how fast they can get them from there to retailers.

....still no luck, I don't see it on newegg yet.

How many watts are the tec's and what will you be using them on?

Newegg is supposed to be the first US e-tailor to have them in stock, and I didn't even want to bother with preorders, although Ncix is a good site.

Here is what my rig will be.

Waiting on the DFI rd600
Intel Core 2 e6600 L630A983
Vigor gaming Monsoon II TEC
H.I.S x1950xt IceQ 3 Turbo
Corsair Dominator 8500CL5 2gb
Sony Dru-820a
LG GSAH22N
2 x Seagate 7200.10 250GB
OCZ Gamexstream 850watt
Crystalfontz 635
Custom modded Thermaltake Kandalf

Well, back to frantically ctrl+f5ing all the sites for me.