DFI ICFX3200 (RD600) T2R/G Information - Page 2

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Yet another teaser:


These pictures are from a ATi reference board, but isnt that "asynch." and "Link Width 16x" simply inspiring??

Stock @ 15k+? Droolz.

Wow Ninja. Nice quote. A bit long... But it teased me again. *Trembles. You big tease you. LOL Eh, it's ok I guess. I get to droolz again.

On a kind of off topic note...

Its really annoying me that ATi and nVidia both put in artificial driver restrictions to lock Xfire/SLi into their respective motherboards.

Its anti-competitive imho, ATi and nVidia should be required by law to allow their multi-GPU systems to run on Intel, ATi, or nVidia chipset mobos. After all it is supposed to be a free market, and if, for example, R600 turns out to be 3x as fast as G80 and RD600 turns out to have a 270MHz max FSB and dire memory performance compared to nForce 680i, I should be able to choose each on its own merits and go R600+nForce680i

(I know by the way that R600 WONT be 3* the speed of G80 and that RD600 will hit way more than 270MHz before you all start correcting me)

If I want to run R600 Xfire on an nForce 680i, I should be able to. If I want to run G80 SLi on an RD600, I should be able to.

Basically this mobo looks sexy but if I buy a G80 then this cuts off my SLi upgrade path

/rant

Thanks go to rwaritsdario for these pics, not me:

Well it's an elbow-out market. They're all trying to do the other in. But ultimately you're right, the consumers get shafted. Those of us who are STUPID enough to constantly pay top dollar for the best just get suckered. Computer companies are known for selling us stuff we can't upgrade. (Just look at Dell) They want us to purchase entirely new systems. It's why M$ has made billions on operating systems they never really complete. It's really nothing new and I'm not shocked. But it does piss me off. However, consumers will never unionize and protest, and government can't oversee ethics. It's like the Sarbanes-Oxley act, or Affirmative Action. It's a nice thought. M$ gets sued...and continues their monopoly. Google comes into play and violates all of our privacies. BestBuy profiles and tells their sales people to approach young white rich looking men. "Business ethics" is a sweet idea they teach in college, but it doesn't happen. Companies like Mattel and Ben and Jerry's get applauded for environmental and worldwide ethics policies, but ultimately go under and sell out to companies that make toys and icecream cheaper. Yes, the world revolves around $. I love the noble idea of being different and trying to change the world, but human beings are basically parasites that destroy everything in their path anyway, with little regard to each other and the future. Sorry, I guess I'm a realist who has come to terms with the truth about life. :-P

The only thing you should see in those pictures is the really hot NB heatsink. As you can tell, the rest of the board has a different layout, but the one Ive posted will be the retail one, this has been confirmed.

You and your "meh's"

BTW, I decided to list my sys specs in my sig, although my Raptor X is in my LAN party system (not enough room to list all my crap) and the other raptor is in my closet for now. I'm using dual 7200rpm 8mb 160gig Caviars in this system right now, they'll be going in my HTPC later on.

I was about to slap you silly, not correct you.
My solution? Learn C++ and make your own forceware drivers.

You can always raid Google for them, but itll take some time for good hacked drivers for G80 and R600 to appear.

Meh. Write your own you lazy bastards. [jk]

Now that is quite a prospect.

A very reliable american site plus a couple of those chinese ones im fond of reading.

The drivers seem fair, couldnt speak tough since Ive never tried them or heard of anyone that does.

I already went to kinkos and made a supersize picture of that mobo to put it in the wall of my room

Ok, now that's a little TOO hardcore. I could see making a screensaver, or using at as a wallpaper, or putting it on a Christmas card...

but hanging it on your wall? Absurd.

absurd? I think having all the components sitting here collecting dust because they havent released the rd600 is absurd. Do you know how it feels to wake up in the morning and check your email to see if zzf has auto notified the release of the rd600?

For some reason i wanna get a intel mobo. the new bad axe2 ee if you have too much time to think, you start thinking of other options.

Early adopters are almost as bad as fanboys. Ooohhh! But yeah, I want one too. :-P

It wasn't in reply to Ninja...and Ninja is 18...he either has money or an education...which means his money is most likely temporary or comes from parental unit(s). :-P You never though, and I'm not ruling it out...there are 18 yr old millionaires. My ex's dad was a millionaire and never even graduated from HS. Had a tool and die company. But Ninja being a self-made man without a good start at a young age is relatively unlikely. You're trying to pick a fight right? This was a nice friendly thread. Please don't.

Meh.

Erhmm, that meh is an exclusive line. Find your own.

LOL, I don't think they're stupid enough to ditch the PS/2 ports after what happened to Abit when they tried it.

Thousands of people wanted a legacy-free board, Abit tried to make two of them, and thousands of people bought them. Unfortunately, a company as large as Abit WAS needs to sell HUNDREDS of thousands of boards, and only the very small percentage of hardcore fanatics would buy a board without PS/2 port.

That's great, because if I were to spend $250 or more on a board, the last thing I'd want to do is spend $15 more on adapters

Tere are still plenty of people who still use PS/2 ports, I do for one as a mater of fact the mouse I use on my home computer (I am at work now) is around 8 years old and still works perfectly. Now serial or parallel ports I could do without I haven't use either in years, although my hardware lock that goes with my 3d Studio Max uses the serial printer port.

PS/2 ports were in my opinion totally useless until I actually ended up in a situation where I needed the connections but was without them. Parallel transfer technology will be coming back into vogue as long as they can speed it up and miniaturize the ports. Its still a much better design in my opinion.

But will it be enough to turn a profit?