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Board w/ ATI Chipset and True 16X PCIe?

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Chacranajxy

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Just wondering, is there any board announced that's planned to have ATI's new chipset (which seems really good given DFI's RDX200 board) as well as true 16X PCIe like ASUS' A8N32 board is supposed to have? Just seems like it'd end up being a perfect, future proof board.
 
I haven't looked into ATI's chipset/board but what does it offer that current NF4 chipset/boards don't? BTW when(or is) there gonna be another nForce chipset?
 
Originally posted by: Sniper82
I haven't looked into ATI's chipset/board but what does it offer that current NF4 chipset/boards don't? BTW when(or is) there gonna be another nForce chipset?
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Well DFI's RDX200 was really damn fast in all the gaming benchmarks and pulled way ahead of the nforce4 mobos... I'm assuming it's thanks to the chipset rather than DFI's engineering.
 
So it's faster in games? I thought how fast a game was depended on the video card? So if I put a 6600GT in that board just doing that alone would make the game faster than in a NF4 board?
 
Different things affect the speed of a game. The video card is the most important factor (of course), followed by the CPU. Faster memory can sometimes help, a good sound card, and even the motherboard. It was more true of older motherboards when the memory controller was not on the CPU, that the motherboard had a noticeable affect on games. Today, most motherboards are designed so well that they have very little affect on how fast the game can run. But it still can happen as you can see here.
 
Originally posted by: Sniper82
So it's faster in games? I thought how fast a game was depended on the video card? So if I put a 6600GT in that board just doing that alone would make the game faster than in a NF4 board?
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No.
 
Originally posted by: lifeguard1999
Different things affect the speed of a game. The video card is the most important factor (of course), followed by the CPU. Faster memory can sometimes help, a good sound card, and even the motherboard. It was more true of older motherboards when the memory controller was not on the CPU, that the motherboard had a noticeable affect on games. Today, most motherboards are designed so well that they have very little affect on how fast the game can run. But it still can happen as you can see here.
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You guys have to look at the test setup more carefully 😉 Those substantial leads in the gaming benchies linked are because every other board is using the 6800U, therefore, only look@ the score in red for the DFI, that's its score with a 6800U.

We tested with our standard NVIDIA 6800 Ultra to allow the best comparisons to benchmark results with other motherboards. To demonstrate performance with various current video options, we also tested with the MSI NVIDIA 7800GTX. Operation of ATI Crossfire was verified with an ATI X850XT Master/X850XT pair and results are reported in several benchmarks for Reference. Resolution in all benchmarks is 1280x1024x32 unless otherwise noted.

Results for the DFI LANParty UT RDX200 with the NVIDIA 6800 Ultra are in red, results with the MSI NVIDIA 7800GTX are color-coded gold, and the Reference comparisons with ATI X850XT Crossfire are in purple. Results for the other boards, all tested with the NVIDIA 6800 Ultra, are in blue.
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The board is very competitive, but does not significantly outperform the nV chipset with the same vid card.

 
Originally posted by: Chacranajxy
Just wondering, is there any board announced that's planned to have ATI's new chipset (which seems really good given DFI's RDX200 board) as well as true 16X PCIe like ASUS' A8N32 board is supposed to have? Just seems like it'd end up being a perfect, future proof board.
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DFI futureproof??? yeah,, outdated SB450 that don't support SATA2 and less than stellar USB2 performance..

I would wait for those board to be shipped with the newer SB600 before spending that amount of cash on it.. or get one right now that will have the ULI SB, like the Abit AT8.
 
From what I have read into the new DFI RDX200 is that it was a step in the right direction but didnt go far enough. And as Dapunisher said, the mobo didnt blow the doors off much of anything. Basically it was just competitive. The SATA II and USB 2.0 issues kinda tells me DFI rushed this one out too fast. Its one glowing aspect is being able to run four ram modules at 1T. I'd wait for a second revision which there are rumors will be along in a month or so. The RDX200 isnt a bad board but I think DFI kinda shortchanged it in an attempt to get it out quick.
 
The USB and SATA issue means that DFI should have used the ULI SB chip instead, but if they insist on using ATI SB chips they had no choice but to release the board when they did. Hopefully DFI will release a Rev. 2.0 board with SB600, this will correct the USB and SATA issues (or so I'm led to believe).
 
Why does it matter? By the time you can get a video card that could even come close to utilizing the bandwidth of 8X PCIe, you'll probably be looking at a new motherboard/system anyway.
 
Originally posted by: Sniper82
I haven't looked into ATI's chipset/board but what does it offer that current NF4 chipset/boards don't? BTW when(or is) there gonna be another nForce chipset?
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I would expect a new Nforce chipset around the time the new Athlon 64 with DDR2 support is released.
 
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