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Oct 13, 2005, 05:35 PM
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Look what I found on newegg, DFI Crossfire board spotted!!!
Look what I found on newegg, DFI Crossfire board spotted!!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136165
(Yes of course thier sold out, hehehe)
Nice  but I hope thier not all that expensive   |
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Oct 13, 2005, 07:46 PM
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Sweet. The DFI NF2 SLI boards were around that much when released. They'll go down slightly.
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Oct 13, 2005, 08:04 PM
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The link just goes to the list of all DFI boards.  |
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Oct 13, 2005, 08:11 PM
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The link just goes to the list of all DFI boards. |
they must of just deleted it  but i swear it was there. |
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Oct 13, 2005, 08:17 PM
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watching 1080i
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they must of just deleted it but i swear it was there. |
Go into your internet cache and get the pics- and post them .... not that I don't believe you, but just so we can see. |
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Oct 13, 2005, 09:19 PM
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Go into your internet cache and get the pics- and post them .... not that I don't believe you, but just so we can see.
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couldn't find it. but it looks a lot like the DFI NF4 lanparty boards. |
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Oct 13, 2005, 10:45 PM
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um, where are the audio outputs? I only see SPDIF.
and why two chipsets?
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Oct 13, 2005, 11:50 PM
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The 2 chipsets are: Northbridge Radeon Xpress 200, and Southbridge SB450. As for the audio connectors they are on a seperate "module" that you plug into the board. It's hard to tell from that picture, but there are slots on the board that allow for a module to sit between the PS2/SPDIF and the USB/IEEE ports. Take a look at THIS picture on DFIs site. In the top right you will notice the module. This module also has the front audio/mic connectors on it too. |
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Oct 14, 2005, 12:36 AM
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What shocked me is $239, thats awefull step for a motherboard
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Oct 14, 2005, 12:54 AM
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The can probably charge that much because there is not much competition in Crossfire mobos to keep the price down.
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Oct 14, 2005, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Tipstaff
The 2 chipsets are: Northbridge Radeon Xpress 200, and Southbridge SB450. As for the audio connectors they are on a seperate "module" that you plug into the board. It's hard to tell from that picture, but there are slots on the board that allow for a module to sit between the PS2/SPDIF and the USB/IEEE ports. Take a look at THIS picture on DFIs site. In the top right you will notice the module. This module also has the front audio/mic connectors on it too. |
Why two chipsets though? Every other AMD64 motherboard only has one except for the ones with onboard video since they need a northbridge to share memory from the ram. But these boards don't have onboard video, that is why i am confused. |
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Oct 14, 2005, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Tulcakelume
Why two chipsets though? Every other AMD64 motherboard only has one except for the ones with onboard video since they need a northbridge to share memory from the ram. But these boards don't have onboard video, that is why i am confused.
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It's only the nForce 3-4 that only use one chipset chip. ATi's Radeon Xpress and Via's K8 chipsets all use 2 chips. |
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Oct 14, 2005, 04:35 PM
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Noise? What noise?
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Most mobos these days are nF4 though, so people get used to 1 chip designs.
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Oct 14, 2005, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L
Most mobos these days are nF4 though, so people get used to 1 chip designs.
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hmm... I don't get why they do, since the memory controller is in the cpu, why do they need a northbridge.... |
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Oct 14, 2005, 08:03 PM
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prolly has sumtin to do with the crossfire setup??
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Oct 14, 2005, 08:07 PM
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Its for PCI-E...try accessing memory from the southbridge and it'd kill everything.
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Oct 15, 2005, 02:01 AM
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Sorry for the late post.
Give the article on THIS page a read, Tulca. Page 1 & 2 talks about the Northbridge, while page 3 talks about the Southbridge. |
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Oct 15, 2005, 09:12 AM
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Thanks, good read.
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Oct 17, 2005, 11:24 AM
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If it could do both CF and SLI it would be worth that much  Love the layout though, looks like the new gen2 NF4 SLIx16 coming out soon. |
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Oct 18, 2005, 11:47 AM
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Oct 18, 2005, 04:13 PM
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ouch that still pretty feaking steap, $75-$100 less and i'd buy one
also thier only SATA1  |
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Oct 18, 2005, 05:09 PM
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No IDE? That's stupid.
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Oct 18, 2005, 05:57 PM
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Noise? What noise?
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No thats forward thinking
@Neon: SATA2 doesn't make a hell of alot of difference TBH, i.e. you'd notice it IF you benchmarked it and calculated the delta etc. but realworld it makes a very small difference.
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