Re: [H] DFI vs Asus

WOW :-* fp At 12:39 PM 4/14/2005, Tim \"The Beave\" Lider Poked the stick with: I am currently using: Asus A8N-SLI AMD FX55 4x512MB of Corsair XMS Low Latency DDR Asus N6800GT etc... It seems to be running fairly well at this time. In fact in gaming it appears to be running faster than my 3.2GHz

Re: [H] DFI vs Asus

I am currently using: Asus A8N-SLI AMD FX55 4x512MB of Corsair XMS Low Latency DDR Asus N6800GT etc... It seems to be running fairly well at this time. In fact in gaming it appears to be running faster than my 3.2GHz E Pentium 4. BTW, I am using Windows XP SP2 and not Windows XP 64-Bit edition. I

Re: [H] DFI vs Asus

FWIW my asus mb's are fussy with corsair memory ( bought on recommendation it was the best ) bah. YMMV of course. fp At 10:50 AM 4/14/2005, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: The only lasting allegiance I have in this industry, where things change too rapidly to have mass brand loyalty, is to Cors

Re: [H] DFI vs Asus

Mine rides on Asus, also. I stay in lots of controversy with my recommendations etc. but I rely on over 7 years of experience. Instead of saying others are bad, let me just say that Enlight, Asus, Intel, Crucial, ATI, U.S. Robotics, Western Digital and Seagate and Mitsumi have worked very well

Re: [H] DFI vs Asus

- Original Message - From: "warpmedia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [H] DFI vs Asus My vote is for Asus as a brand, than maybe of the other common brands Disclaimer: at some point 8-10 yea

Re: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 12:26 PM 14/04/2005, warpmedia wrote: My vote is for Asus as a brand, than maybe of the other common brands you guys post here like MSI & gigabyte without getting "micro" on the individual models. I really would prefer to go AOpen, but I'm still waiting for their 939 boards. (The roadmap sai

Re: [H] DFI vs Asus

Never trust anyone other than people dealing with the boards in volume "stable & faster than Asus" would make me question the methods of testing and does not speak to the repeat quality of a brand. My vote is for Asus as a brand, than maybe of the other common brands you guys post here like MSI

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 09:03 AM 4/14/2005, Thane Sherrington typed: True, but history is often a good indicator. Agreed. I first tried DFI boards when a local B&M store started carrying them. They use to build custom systems to my specs for my clients whenever I needed them to then one day I needed a system & the sh

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 09:51 AM 14/04/2005, Wayne Johnson wrote: At 08:52 AM 4/14/2005, Thane Sherrington typed: Greeeaaat. How long ago did you use DFI boards? It's been over 2 yrs now so as you know they could be decent now. True, but history is often a good indicator. T --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by D

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 08:52 AM 4/14/2005, Thane Sherrington typed: Greeeaaat. How long ago did you use DFI boards? It's been over 2 yrs now so as you know they could be decent now. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 09:42 AM 14/04/2005, Wayne Johnson wrote: I didn't have very good luck with DFI boards, that's why I moved on to Gigabyte & I'm glad I did. Greeeaaat. How long ago did you use DFI boards? T --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Anti-Virus]

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 06:36 AM 4/14/2005, Thane Sherrington typed: Now that's interesting. Perhaps the failures I've seen are just on older boards. Unfortunatelty, I've seen enough weird problems with MSI and dead boards that I just can't bring myself to buying one. (It's a similar feeling I have towards ABit.)

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 04:13 AM 14/04/2005, Mark Dodge wrote: The MSI is going to be at a premium but it is the best board out there right now. Now that's interesting. Perhaps the failures I've seen are just on older boards. Unfortunatelty, I've seen enough weird problems with MSI and dead boards that I just can't

Re: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 08:06 PM 13/04/2005, Greg Sevart wrote: Neither. I'd go with the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. Thanks for the advice, but I've seen too many dead MSI boards to lean that way. T --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Anti-Virus]

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 07:40 PM 13/04/2005, rls wrote: I have only heard good things about DFI. When I was looking for my dual Xeon board surfed a bunch of locations and the consensus 6 months ago from the locations I visited was that they were more stable than Asus and ran faster at standard clock speeds. Thanks. Th

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

: [H] DFI vs Asus Neither. I'd go with the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. Greg - Original Message - From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: [H] DFI vs Asus > If you were going to buy a 939 motherboard, would

Re: [H] DFI vs Asus

Neither. I'd go with the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. Greg - Original Message - From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 10:15 AM Subject: [H] DFI vs Asus If you were going to buy a 939 motherboard, would you go with an Asus A8V Deluxe or the DFI LP U

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

ducts. Well hope my comments on the DFI help. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:28 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] DFI vs Asus At 03:08 PM 13/04/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote: >I stil

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 03:08 PM 13/04/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote: I still regard Asus as the OEM best boards, aside from Intel's own desktop brand. DFI has never acquired the reputation for bad quality like Abit and FIC, they seem like a safe bet too. Ok, thanks. I think I may give DFI a shot and see how it works out

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:53 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] DFI vs Asus At 01:22 PM 13/04/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote: >I'd go with the cheapest NForce4 Ultra based board that will support the >newest revision E Athlon64's. There is no longer any performance >

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

Subject: RE: [H] DFI vs Asus Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:52:51 -0300 At 01:22 PM 13/04/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote: I'd go with the cheapest NForce4 Ultra based board that will support the newest revision E Athlon64's. There is no longer any performance difference between the brands as the

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

At 01:22 PM 13/04/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote: I'd go with the cheapest NForce4 Ultra based board that will support the newest revision E Athlon64's. There is no longer any performance difference between the brands as the memory controller is integrated in the CPU. It comes down to bells and whistl

RE: [H] DFI vs Asus

I'd go with the cheapest NForce4 Ultra based board that will support the newest revision E Athlon64's. There is no longer any performance difference between the brands as the memory controller is integrated in the CPU. It comes down to bells and whistles that you may or may not want. From: Than