DFI LANParty UT nF3-250Gb: Overclocker's Dream
by Wesley Fink on September 8, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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DX8 and OpenGL Gaming Performance
The DFI LANParty UT is either first or second in almost every benchmark in DX8 and OpenGL games. DFI is the fastest Athlon 64 board because of its remarkable overclocking abilities, but it also proves to be an excellent choice based on performance at stock speeds.
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Bozo Galora - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
#33 - yeah whats up with thatbest perf with one stick, but only 512
and BTW:ZZF had them $135, went out the door fast
ukDave - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
Also, i've just been checking DFI's site and it says it only supports 512MB DIMMs, bit of a bummer cos i was thinking of getting a single 1GB stick, sux0r.ukDave - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
Great article Wesley. Lucky for you guys in the states DFI's RMA process is actually good, here in Europe (UK) we have to deal with DFI NL (Netherlands), and they tbh are crap. So bad in-fact some retailers are debating whether to carry future boards from DFI. I certainly hope they do though, as this board sure looks like a belter, and it WILL be replacing my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe which has no PCI lock (although its still a great board).cnq - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
For everyone looking for "754 overclocking for dummies" guide: it's already been written. Check outhttp://www.dugu9tweaks.net/guides/a64oc/index.html
8NP4iN - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
/me wants oveclocking for dummies guide 2 :]sprockkets - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
No UV reactive green like the other boards? :(JBT - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
Wow looks like a sweet board maybe I can pick up one of these instead of my weak OCing 8KDA3JWesley Fink - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
#23-#26 -You are correct. Since the board was sent without the usual manual, I assumed the SATA ports between the AGP slot and CPU socket were SATA 1 and 2. I now have the manual file, and in fact those ports are identified as SATA 3 and 4.
The 250GB SATA drive was connected to SATA 3 for the overclocking tests.
alex1971 - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link
S-ATA 3+4 are OK for HTT > 240 MhzS-ATA 1+2 finished at HTT > 240 Mhz because of the external PHY !!!!
alex1971 - Wednesday, September 8, 2004 - link