DFI nforce5 590 SLI intel editon

[Cookie Monster]

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First of all, in terms of performance, this board plays like a dream-lover. You don't tweak around much, run it like it is and see it out run its competitors. It was also way easy to get it running good, within minutes I was at prime spot benchmarking the motherboard with very optimal settings. But it has a Killer downside to it, being an early sample and on a beta BIOS. The current BIOS does not support FSB in Excess of 325MHz.

Looks very promising. Im 100% DFI wont let us down with the BIOs issue hence the FSB wall. If they update the BIOs, then this board will be the cream of the crop. No intel board will be able to touch it in performance AND features.

 

[lopri]

I don't understand why NF500 isn't even clocking as high as NF4? I remember seeing many users hitting ~350HTT with DFI NF4, and 400HTT+ with the Expert. I myself could do 425HTT with A8N32-SLI. I'm assuming the clock generators are the same/similar. Is it because of memory controller being on the chipset?

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: lopri
I don't understand why NF500 isn't even clocking as high as NF4? I remember seeing many users hitting ~350HTT with DFI NF4, and 400HTT+ with the Expert. I myself could do 425HTT with A8N32-SLI. I'm assuming the clock generators are the same/similar. Is it because of memory controller being on the chipset?

The BIOs was the problem becuase it wouldnt let them go past 300 FSB speed.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Thats odd, Gary Key stated it was a "Chipset limitation" when it comes to overclocking on that board. To be more specific here is the Link.

 

[Gary Key]

Both DFI and Asus are still trying to improve the capability of their boards although the C19A is around its limits right now at 350FSB. I have stated several times that the average 24/7 machine will end up around 320~325FSB (hence the FSB lock on both boards currently). I have got this chipset up to 346FSB but it was anything but stable during stress testing. I really hope through excellent bios implementation, quality components, and some chip binning that the Intel NF590SLI (DFI has a great board) will be at the 350FSB level but at this time 325FSB seems to be the stable limit. The next chipset from NV should have very good overclocking capabilities, the question is will it be as good as Intel by the time it is released. I am meeting with NVIDIA today so we will be taking another look at the 590SLI overclocking capabilities with the latest bios.