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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Performance Test Configuration: DFI LANParty UT nF3 250Gb
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| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.0GHz) |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 EL Platinum Rev.2 2 x 512MB Mushkin PC3500 Level II or 2 x 512MB OCZ PC3500 Platinum Ltd |
| Hard Drive(s): | Maxtor 250GB 7200 RPM IDE (16MB Buffer) |
| Video AGP & IDE Bus Master Drivers: | NVIDIA nForce Platform Driver 4.24 (5-10-2004) VIA 4in1 Hyperion 4.51 (12-02-2003) |
| Video Card(s): | ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB (AGP 8X) |
| Video Drivers: | ATI Catalyst 4.8 |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Motherboards: | DFI LANParty UT nF3 250Gb Abit KV8 PRO (VIA K8T800 PRO) Chaintech VNF3-250 (nVidia nForce3-250) Epox 8KDA3+ (nVidia nForce3-250Gb) Gigabyte K8NSNXP nVidia nForce3-250) MSI K8N Neo (nVidia nForce3-250Gb) nVidia nForc3-250Gb Reference Board |
Current testing of Socket 754 Athlon 64 motherboards used OCZ PC3200 EL Platinum Rev. 2, which is based on Samsung TCCD memory chips. Earlier tests of Socket 754 boards used either Mushkin PC3500 Level II or OCZ PC3500 Platinum Ltd memory modules. Both these memories use Winbond BH5 chips, which have been discontinued. All benchmarks used 2-2-2-10 memory timings regardless of memory used.
Performance tests were run with the ATI 9800 PRO 128MB video card with AGP Aperture set to 128MB with Fast Writes enabled. Resolution in all benchmarks is 1024x768x32 unless otherwise noted.
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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