DFI Lanparty UT CFX3200-DR

Tritan · May 18, 2006, 11:35 AM

Anyone have this board for their crossfire setups? I'm really thinking about getting this and selling my a8r32-mvp. I would like some input from someone that has been through all the bios settings etc. Basically I hear this board is beyond fantastic just takes a lot of tweaking.

Thanks ahead of time if anyone can respond.

Chaos · May 18, 2006, 11:56 AM

my luck with DFI boards has been mixed. when they work right they rock but they used to be very particular with memory types which got frustrating

Judas · May 18, 2006, 12:43 PM

tritan.... don't bother....

i've got that board right here and ran it for awhile.... the results are similare..... the irqs are identical.... and imo, it's a fair bit more difficult to setup. (bios options wise)

i've suggest trying to run single card mode when you need to hopeing that a new driver version fixes some of these issues.....

tiss pretty sad for ati atm, i'm hoping asus will get out another rev of this current board because really, it isn't all that bad.. just a few issues that need to be resolved.

~~Alien1~~ · May 18, 2006, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos

my luck with DFI boards has been mixed. when they work right they rock but they used to be very particular with memory types which got frustrating

What he said ^

Plus some BIOS versions in DFI are even worse from the ones from ASUS

Judas · May 18, 2006, 03:42 PM

it's not that they are worse. they just give some many damn little tweaks and options it's bloody difficult to get every onze out of the machine without flipping the wrong switch and having to reset it all back again if the cmos auto fail safe doesn't fully cut in sometimes..

Nothing seem to auto configure all that well either .. imo....

I mean it works.... and it'll work good in comparison to that of the asus board.. BUT it's gonna be harder to setup....

Tritan · May 18, 2006, 07:05 PM

That does seem to be the general consensus, a B!tch to setup but once it is; a great board. I may drop the cash just to give it a review I suppose hehe.

Thanks for your opinions.

Judas · May 18, 2006, 07:52 PM

imo tritan.. i'd suggest just rmaing the board you got and get another to fiddle with.

AlexM105 · May 18, 2006, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tritan

Basically I hear this board is beyond fantastic just takes a lot of tweaking.

Exactly. I love mine. I'm not running CrossFire yet, but here's a thread with MANY CrossFire users who can share with you what they think:

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50632

Kombatant · May 19, 2006, 02:43 AM

I have the board here as well (a DriverHeaven review will be posted soon), and I will have to disagree with Judas. Yes, there are too many options, but hey, you can simply leave everything to defaults and the board will run fine. If you want to go the extra mile though, the board lets you do that. You basically save your stable settings to one of the CMOS reloaded banks, and in the case something goes wrong you simply restore them and you are back in business. So basically you get the best of both worlds here, the board is stable (but first thing you do is to upgrade the firmware, fixes some small glitches) and overall I am very pleased with it.

Tritan · May 19, 2006, 02:47 AM

Thanks kombatant, That is exactly what I have been hearing. Seeing as I do find a little fun in tweaking. I'll definitely be picking this up. Looks like a "fun board" none the less.

Also: Thank you for the link to dfi-street, it's been very useful as well as DH.

Judas · May 19, 2006, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kombatant

I have the board here as well (a DriverHeaven review will be posted soon), and I will have to disagree with Judas. Yes, there are too many options, but hey, you can simply leave everything to defaults and the board will run fine. If you want to go the extra mile though, the board lets you do that. You basically save your stable settings to one of the CMOS reloaded banks, and in the case something goes wrong you simply restore them and you are back in business. So basically you get the best of both worlds here, the board is stable (but first thing you do is to upgrade the firmware, fixes some small glitches) and overall I am very pleased with it.

imo though, i was saying that in general use.. yes defaults always work.... but they tend to be quite slow in comparison to what was bought and ment to be used for..

setting it up to take advantage of the typical settings that could be easily switched on and off and adjusted it a little more difficult then the asus board... however i find this asus already quite difficult to setup bios wise for everything it provides.. lack of actual bios setting information that actually tells you something other then (default is disabled, options are enable/disable) ... lol..

ATM i'm still trying to figure out some of the memory related settings on the asus board to get everything i can or was able to squeeze outa my ram, my Asus AN8-E board is still performing roughly 5% faster if not more in the memory related benchmarks even though on this board, i'm managing higher overclocks.

~~Alien1~~ · May 19, 2006, 12:37 PM

Well i am staying away from the current DFI sollutions for the reasons that Judas and Chaos have already stated

They have enough problems with compatibility and especially memory related

OK anyone that wants a DFI sollution because he likes to experiment with the settings and likes doing things "the hard way" it is his choice of course

cadaveca · May 19, 2006, 01:43 PM

DFI CFX3200

264HTT 5xLDT multi.

Odd Divisor Correct on.

Got an extra 100mhz with this board. Not so friendly w/ infineon ram, but i got mine going after about a week.

Cards are barely overclocked..master @ 688/792, slave @ default(648/774)

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=298459

kelticknight · May 21, 2006, 03:54 PM

hi all
looking at getting this mobo like others
have few items l want to use with it from my current setup which had no probs with at all
first/have a thermaltake 680 watt psu/will it be ok with this mobo
and finally
have munskin pc3500 black memory 4 x 512/will it be ok with this mobo
that it ,thanks in advance
cheers all

May 18, 2006, 11:35 AM	#1
Tritan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	DFI Lanparty UT CFX3200-DR Anyone have this board for their crossfire setups? I'm really thinking about getting this and selling my a8r32-mvp. I would like some input from someone that has been through all the bios settings etc. Basically I hear this board is beyond fantastic just takes a lot of tweaking. Thanks ahead of time if anyone can respond. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 // DFI Lanparty CFX3200-UT // 2gb OCZ Platinum - EB // Fortron 700w PSU // ATI Radeon x1900 xfire edition // ATI Radeon x1900xtx // Sound Blaster X-FI Fatal1ty // 3x WD Cavier 250gb Sata 2 HD's // Creative Gigaworks g500 5.1 gamer speakers // 22" Samsung Syncmaster 226BW Wide Monitor

May 18, 2006, 11:56 AM	#2
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,184 Rep Power: 94 System Specs	my luck with DFI boards has been mixed. when they work right they rock but they used to be very particular with memory types which got frustrating __________________

May 18, 2006, 07:05 PM	#6
Tritan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	That does seem to be the general consensus, a B!tch to setup but once it is; a great board. I may drop the cash just to give it a review I suppose hehe. Thanks for your opinions. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 // DFI Lanparty CFX3200-UT // 2gb OCZ Platinum - EB // Fortron 700w PSU // ATI Radeon x1900 xfire edition // ATI Radeon x1900xtx // Sound Blaster X-FI Fatal1ty // 3x WD Cavier 250gb Sata 2 HD's // Creative Gigaworks g500 5.1 gamer speakers // 22" Samsung Syncmaster 226BW Wide Monitor

May 19, 2006, 02:43 AM	#9
Kombatant DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Athens, Hellas Posts: 813 Rep Power: 47	I have the board here as well (a DriverHeaven review will be posted soon), and I will have to disagree with Judas. Yes, there are too many options, but hey, you can simply leave everything to defaults and the board will run fine. If you want to go the extra mile though, the board lets you do that. You basically save your stable settings to one of the CMOS reloaded banks, and in the case something goes wrong you simply restore them and you are back in business. So basically you get the best of both worlds here, the board is stable (but first thing you do is to upgrade the firmware, fixes some small glitches) and overall I am very pleased with it. __________________ There is no spoon... Kombatant's Lair I no longer work for AMD kthx ^_^

May 19, 2006, 02:47 AM	#10
Tritan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	Thanks kombatant, That is exactly what I have been hearing. Seeing as I do find a little fun in tweaking. I'll definitely be picking this up. Looks like a "fun board" none the less. Also: Thank you for the link to dfi-street, it's been very useful as well as DH. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 // DFI Lanparty CFX3200-UT // 2gb OCZ Platinum - EB // Fortron 700w PSU // ATI Radeon x1900 xfire edition // ATI Radeon x1900xtx // Sound Blaster X-FI Fatal1ty // 3x WD Cavier 250gb Sata 2 HD's // Creative Gigaworks g500 5.1 gamer speakers // 22" Samsung Syncmaster 226BW Wide Monitor

May 19, 2006, 12:37 PM	#12
~~Alien1~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Europe Posts: 370 Rep Power: 0	Well i am staying away from the current DFI sollutions for the reasons that Judas and Chaos have already stated They have enough problems with compatibility and especially memory related OK anyone that wants a DFI sollution because he likes to experiment with the settings and likes doing things "the hard way" it is his choice of course Last edited by Alien1; May 19, 2006 at 12:57 PM.

May 19, 2006, 01:43 PM	#13
cadaveca DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edmonton Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	DFI CFX3200 264HTT 5xLDT multi. Odd Divisor Correct on. Got an extra 100mhz with this board. Not so friendly w/ infineon ram, but i got mine going after about a week. Cards are barely overclocked..master @ 688/792, slave @ default(648/774) http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=298459

May 21, 2006, 03:54 PM	#14
kelticknight DriverHeaven Knight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: EIRE{great for black stuff ,bulmers cider and Munster rubgy Posts: 1,098 Rep Power: 0	hi all looking at getting this mobo like others have few items l want to use with it from my current setup which had no probs with at all first/have a thermaltake 680 watt psu/will it be ok with this mobo and finally have munskin pc3500 black memory 4 x 512/will it be ok with this mobo that it ,thanks in advance cheers all __________________