*****Official***** DFI NF4 ultra-D first look

[Rustafur]

Bigtoe, have you got a chance to test the the stability of the 5v rail with this new bios? I was pretty dissapointed to hear that there was stability issues with it.

[Tony]

hows the OCZ EB doing with this new BIOS?
and at what voltage do you run them at, tony?

I still can't get over 270, i tried 3.5+V with no gain.

I found heat was the issue witht he 5V jumper on the board so cooling is a must. The board is stable as long as its cooled.

[Tony]

Darn some serious gains there Tony, thank you for sharing.

Me think 4200 Platinum is the way I will go, cooler and no need to generate heat with the vdimm bridge at 5 volts.

reseller is going to be pissed 3rd time I change my memory choice, LOL....oh well good outcome of that now he' got the entire line of OCZ modules in stock...hehehehehe

The 4200 is pretty sweet ram and does well on a good board.

[felinusz]

felinusz

Did 264 MHz with this nForce4 board only need 3.3V (what you needed for 240 MHz with the old nForce 2 board) to run stably?

BH-5 running at 264 MHz stably with 3.3V of VDIMM is indeed insane, and reason enough for me to purchase one of these new DFI motherboards once they're available! With this kind of result, 270+ should be possible with 3.6V+ of VDIMM.

But the comparison is unfair if all the variables (namely VDIMM) did not remain constant across both test platforms (NF2/NF4 - 240MHz/264MHz).

Bigtoe?

I'm really interested in these results, and am extremely curious what kind of VDIMM was needed for 264 MHz 2-2-2 with this board, and your BH-5

TIA bro

[Demoulous]

I notice that on these boards that the sound system only has coax digital out.
Any mention anywhere about an optical SPDIF connector?

Or if not, does anyone know if the optical SPDIF and coax SPDIF have the same
pins if I were to bust out the wand of soldering and not care about the warranty?

My whole setup is based around optical in/out and so if the built in sound is
good I'd rather use that than have to go with CL's latest cash cow.

[OPPAINTER]

Bigtoe, have you got a chance to test the the stability of the 5v rail with this new bios? I was pretty dissapointed to hear that there was stability issues with it.

With my board I have been useing the 5V rail running my VX all day at 3.75V with no problems.
I havn't tryed new bios yet.

OPP

[Blindbat]

I notice that on these boards that the sound system only has coax digital out.
Any mention anywhere about an optical SPDIF connector?

Or if not, does anyone know if the optical SPDIF and coax SPDIF have the same
pins if I were to bust out the wand of soldering and not care about the warranty?

My whole setup is based around optical in/out and so if the built in sound is
good I'd rather use that than have to go with CL's latest cash cow.

not 100% sure but i don't think it's coaxial it's RCA. I read something about another adaptor to connect on the mobo around the sound thingie in order to be optical, which I also would like to have. No mention on what part number to get in order to obtain optical however.

[Tony]

Bigtoe?

I'm really interested in these results, and am extremely curious what kind of VDIMM was needed for 264 MHz 2-2-2 with this board, and your BH-5

TIA bro

3.4Vdimm for 264 1.5-2-2-5

[xgman]

good ole BH-5.

[gocchin]

3.4Vdimm for 264 1.5-2-2-5

That's what I needed to know! (^_^)

[turtle]

Awesome results guys!

Can someone quick clear up with me if my fortron 530w is going to work either with or without a 20-24pin adapter? It seems there's different answers floating around. Can someone give me a definative one?

Thx

[Tony]

I notice that on these boards that the sound system only has coax digital out.
Any mention anywhere about an optical SPDIF connector?

Or if not, does anyone know if the optical SPDIF and coax SPDIF have the same
pins if I were to bust out the wand of soldering and not care about the warranty?

My whole setup is based around optical in/out and so if the built in sound is
good I'd rather use that than have to go with CL's latest cash cow.

i can't find an optical out....only coax

[Rustafur]

With my board I have been useing the 5V rail running my VX all day at 3.75V with no problems.
I havn't tryed new bios yet.

OPP

Freakin' A! Thanks OPP, man I can't wait to get my hands on this board and some OCZ VX

[ZaVkE]

I've been out of the loop for some time, so if someone would be so kind to update me

That 3.3V-5V option: Is it news tot the NF4-board of DFI or do they also provide it on the NF3?

[enduracell]

A whole new bios, bank interleave is inc now also.

DFI rules once more, the quickest response from mobo manufacturer I have ever experienced in my life.
Also thank u bigtoe for being in to this

[Perc]

nope the one guy oscar talked about doing the 5v thing with the DFI nf3 250ut in an upcomming bios update but i gues it wasnt possible so now we see it on the nf4 dfi's wich is a beutiful thing

peace perc,

[cantankerous]

This works in the same was as the booster does it not in terms of using the 5v rail? The booster most definately needs cooling so I see no reason why that corner of the board wouldn't either. Wondering. Would a booster be better as it supposedly provides cleaner power or is this essentially a booster built in the board so to say?

The higher the voltage the less that has to be thrown away meaning wouldn't higher voltage not be as hot running? 5-3.6 = 1.4 as opposed to 5-3 = 2?

[tictac]

Is it ok to run OCZ ddr booster with this board if i dont want to use 5V jumper?
What is max safe voltage to run OCZ ddr booster with 3V jumper ?

[cantankerous]

I don't think Tony officially tested and made mention of the booster being tested on this board. Perhaps with it setup the way it is with the choice of 3/5v the booster may not even work at all being added to the incompatibility list. Good thing I didn't go out and buy one till I hear an official answer.

[jikdoc]

quick question for bigtoe,

what's the clearance underneath the x850xtpe to the board. from your pictures i can see that it barely clears the dfi chipset fan. i'm thinking of watercooling the chipset and was wondering 2 things.

1. do you think it's necessary to wc the chipset in a 24/7 overclocked setup inside a case?

2. will any current waterblocks fit? i'm considering a slimline fusionSL which is 19mm tall, or a polarflo waterblock which has a 360 degree rotation of the barbs. the a dd maze4 chipset waterblock doesn't look like it it will fit from the pics i've seen.

[pudds]

Might seem a strange question but does anyone know the maximum amps you can connect to the cpu fan header?
My fan draws 2 amps which is too much for a lot of motherboards. Ive looked in the manual and it doesn't say. The asus sli allowed 2 amps max but that seemed a bit to close for me so i opted to use a thermaltake fan controller which is mounted in a pci slot.
Its really annoying to have to reach round the back of the computer to change the fan speed. Never found a rheobus which could take 24w.

[TM30]

Tested modules.

3200Plat rev2 =TCCD
3500Plat = BH5
3500EB = Micron EOL
3200VX
4200EL = Hynix BTD 43
4400gold = Hynix CTD5
4000gold rev2 = Hynix DTD5

could you please test that 4400gold ? or did you already?

[OPPAINTER]

Just flashed to the new bios. Gotta love Interleave

Check out these Lobby scores, the highest scores in the world I believe

OPP

[H2OGun]

Opp, where can I get the BIOS?

[OPPAINTER]

Opp, where can I get the BIOS?

You would have to PM me your e-mail addy.

OPP