DFI nforce4 at the end of the month

[Tommunist]

Notice this in the article at the front of anandtech - think this claim holds water?

 

[venne]

I emailed DFI and that is what they told me.

Unfortunately, they didn't have an MSRP. Here is what the email said:

"We haven?t finalized the MSRP on the boards yet (this is a first in our history) but I can tell you that the price difference between the 2 models will be somewhat significant (ie,. ~$40-50) and will be in line with the rest of the market. Sorry that I can?t be more specific about them, wouldn?t want to give out wrong information."

 

[Insomniak]

The X850XT will be available a week after launch, the X800XL will be widely available by early January, and Nforce 4 boards will be widely available by Mid-December.


Oh wait....




I'm not believing anything anyone says until I can purchase it.

 

[Tommunist]

Is DFI a good company to deal with? In the past I've pretty much owned asus boards exclusively.

 

[FastEddie]

Nice read. Glad to see DFI out in the next couple of weeks.

Something of interest---appears that Asus has A64 Dual core chips running out of the box on the A8N SLI, bottom of the page---> Dual Core

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Tommunist
Is DFI a good company to deal with? In the past I've pretty much owned asus boards exclusively.

DFI makes excellent enthusiast boards. Their lanparty line of Nforce 3 boards are some of the best using that chipset.

Originally posted by: FastEddie
Something of interest---appears that Asus has A64 Dual core chips running out of the box on the A8N SLI, bottom of the page---> Dual Core

Excellent. I was hoping the A8N-SLI Deluxe would carry me through to Dual Core and SLI'd NV50s (or whatever NVs next generation chip is). That's why I went for the top tier motherboard and low end components (CPU, GPU). This CPU and GPU I expect to be replaced in 12 months or so, so I didn't want to unleash a huge amount of dollars on them. I did, however, want a base to carry me a long way and set up a jump to the future, and it looks like the A8N-SLI was right on target! :beer:

 

[Tommunist]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: Tommunist
Is DFI a good company to deal with? In the past I've pretty much owned asus boards exclusively.

DFI makes excellent enthusiast boards. Their lanparty line of Nforce 3 boards are some of the best using that chipset.

Originally posted by: FastEddie
Something of interest---appears that Asus has A64 Dual core chips running out of the box on the A8N SLI, bottom of the page---> Dual Core

Excellent. I was hoping the A8N-SLI Deluxe would carry me through to Dual Core and SLI'd NV50s (or whatever NVs next generation chip is). That's why I went for the top tier motherboard and low end components (CPU, GPU). This CPU and GPU I expect to be replaced in 12 months or so, so I didn't want to unleash a huge amount of dollars on them. I did, however, want a base to carry me a long way and set up a jump to the future, and it looks like the A8N-SLI was right on target! :beer:

Interesting plan for an upgrade path - you put a lot of faith in asus to do it right and have the dual core action work out Looks like you probably won out though (knock on wood).

I might consider this path as well....

What are you running for cpu and gpu and mem?

 

[Sea Shadow]

What I dont understand is why the heck they still have the flimsy SATA connectors...

 

[Demo24]

yeah the DFI person "vivian" told me Newegg will have a shipment at the end of this month at the max! Though they always over estimate to make sure they dont ahve to push back. Also places like zipzoom and Frys were in the list. She did say however that the boards are gonna be in a limited shipment first go around so I doubt youl beable to grab one. Also their getting ready for sampling by next week or so. so I expect reviews to be popping up soon cant wait

 

[kindest]

whatever comes out first msi diamon or the dfi sli is probably what im going to get.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Tommunist
Interesting plan for an upgrade path - you put a lot of faith in asus to do it right and have the dual core action work out Looks like you probably won out though (knock on wood).

I might consider this path as well....

What are you running for cpu and gpu and mem?

If you have to bet the proverbial upgrade farm on one company, ASUS is probably near the top of a very short list.

At the moment I have an Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester which I'm running at 2.2Ghz (effectively a 3500+), a LeadTek 6600GT, and 1GB Mushkin Basic Green PC3200.

After dual cores have had about 6 months to shake down (in other words, roughly Christmas), I'll move it up to a Dual Core proc, SLI'd NV50 (or whatever NV's high end next gen chip is) and 2GB RAM, and I'll have that last me until K9 or so....

 

[veloc1ty]

it will be out by end of month and im getting it definatley benchmarks should be popping up in a week or so

 

[joelslaw]

Originally posted by: Sea Shadow
What I dont understand is why the heck they still have the flimsy SATA connectors...

is it really that big of a prob? I've heard a lot of ppl complain about the loose sata plugs, and I agree they are, but have you ever had one fall out? I would think that would take some rough handeling! Plus are the new ones really that much better? (I haven't got the chance to mess with a mobo that has 'um )

 

[Tommunist]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: Tommunist
Interesting plan for an upgrade path - you put a lot of faith in asus to do it right and have the dual core action work out Looks like you probably won out though (knock on wood).

I might consider this path as well....

What are you running for cpu and gpu and mem?

If you have to bet the proverbial upgrade farm on one company, ASUS is probably near the top of a very short list.

At the moment I have an Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester which I'm running at 2.2Ghz (effectively a 3500+), a LeadTek 6600GT, and 1GB Mushkin Basic Green PC3200.

After dual cores have had about 6 months to shake down (in other words, roughly Christmas), I'll move it up to a Dual Core proc, SLI'd NV50 (or whatever NV's high end next gen chip is) and 2GB RAM, and I'll have that last me until K9 or so....

How stable is your OCed proc?

I'm now considering something similar to what you are doing but with a 6800GT so that I can add a 2nd one later for a boost in performence. I hate buying new GPUs though - that's the real kicker in what everything costs....

 

[imported_X]

Is there a compelling reason to go with DFI if you have no plans to OC?

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Tommunist

Originally posted by: Insomniak

Originally posted by: Tommunist
Interesting plan for an upgrade path - you put a lot of faith in asus to do it right and have the dual core action work out Looks like you probably won out though (knock on wood).

I might consider this path as well....

What are you running for cpu and gpu and mem?

If you have to bet the proverbial upgrade farm on one company, ASUS is probably near the top of a very short list.

At the moment I have an Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester which I'm running at 2.2Ghz (effectively a 3500+), a LeadTek 6600GT, and 1GB Mushkin Basic Green PC3200.

After dual cores have had about 6 months to shake down (in other words, roughly Christmas), I'll move it up to a Dual Core proc, SLI'd NV50 (or whatever NV's high end next gen chip is) and 2GB RAM, and I'll have that last me until K9 or so....

How stable is your OCed proc?

I'm now considering something similar to what you are doing but with a 6800GT so that I can add a 2nd one later for a boost in performence. I hate buying new GPUs though - that's the real kicker in what everything costs....

Very stable. It primed for 8 hours straight overnight without a single error on two seperate occasions. Ran Memtest for 4 hours with nearly 1500% coverage, and also no errors. The system is a rock.

I happened to check the processor revision in CPU-Z, and it's a DH8-D0, which is the exact same processor that Hexus.net got to 2385Mhz in this OC review:

http://www.hexus.net/content/r...05MzMmdXJsX3BhZ2U9Mg==

So anyway, if you're looking to get in on the cheap, I don't think there's a better OCer out there than the .09 A64s right now...

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: X
Is there a compelling reason to go with DFI if you have no plans to OC?

Well, there stock speed performance is on par with pretty much everyone else and there customer service is awesome. I have a DFI LanParty NF2 rev A. It overclocks very well but I like to push it as much as possible so I tend to lose bios settings. I have been able to hotflash the bios a couple times but twice that was not an option so I was sure I was really SOL. I e-maild the DFI tech support and they got back to me same day and sent me a new bios chip 2 day. Travis, our roaming DFI rep, is also always a lot of help. I will getting the lanparty non-ut SLI in or near late february (I'm too broke right now).

 

[Mem]

Don`t forget some nice pics of the NF4 boards and accessories here at DFI Homepage,you can also download the manual,onboard sound looks good as well .

 

[Sniper82]

Originally posted by: synergy321
it will be out by end of month and im getting it definatley benchmarks should be popping up in a week or so

Good luck

If the board is released by the end of the month. It will be late next month before it will be easy to find.

 

[Mem]

UK members can pre-order their DFI NF4 board here ,prices seem pretty good.


DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D for £105.69 Inc VAT,hmm that`s tempting .

 

[imported_X]

Thanks, good customer service is definitely a plus!

 

[FastEddie]

Gettin' closer---> DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 ULTRA-D

 

[Demo24]

wicked thanks Eddie! And good pricing to 155 and it looks liek that site charges a little bit more that places like NEwegg or zipzoom

Iv heard around that Newegg, Zipzoom, and Frys(thats all they told me) will have the boards around the 25th! so bascially 9 more days

I suppose reviews are coming this up coming week! cant wait

 

[StrangerGuy]

I myself will have rather DFI releasing a nforce3 AGP socket 939 board, I do not want to replace my 9800 Pro anytime soon.

 

[Demo24]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
I myself will have rather DFI releasing a nforce3 AGP socket 939 board, I do not want to replace my 9800 Pro anytime soon.

scheduled for a Feb release