Tech Shout!

DFI has announced the release of the LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard, which incorporates the ATI-AMD RD600 chipset. The power of the Rd600 chipset’s graphic processing capabilities together with the incorporation of physics processing support will surely interest all hardcore gamers, as well as over-clocking enthusiasts.

The RD600 chipset that is used in the LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard is equipped with ATI Crossfire graphics processing technology, which supports the latest I physics technology. The combined performance of Crossfire from the two extreme GPUs together with the physics rendering card, pushes the real-time 3D processing performance to the max. In fact, DFI is known in the industry for the overclocking potential of its products as well as for their unique research and development expertise with gaming motherboards.

The latest LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard combines the power of ATI’s chipset with support for the latest Intel CPUs, like the Core 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo. In fact it must be mentioned that the DFI LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard won first place in the ATI China DIY System Overclocking Competition.

Hardcore gamers, designers as well as engineers who have been waiting for physics processing technology to mature and become more sophisticated have to wait no more. As the RD600 chipset takes care of physical rendering, the graphics and movements have become more realistic, such as the influence of gravity on moving objects, how the character’s clothes flutter in the wind, how objects behave when they blow up and even how strands of hair move so subtly. Thus gamers are in for the ultimate gaming experience which will be completely different to that of traditional graphics processing methods.

DFI engineers have built a Six Phase Digital PWM on the LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard, so as to make sure that the power that the CPU receives is always 100% stable. This power supply design ensures users that they will never experience”Blowouts”, and that the CPU will be provided with clean currents up to 200A ensuring that the extra load from CPU overclocking is completely dealt with.

The new DFI LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard supports voltage adjustments for the memory, Northbridge, HT, Southbridge as well as the CPU core. The carefully designed BIOS options together with overclocking adjustment options will provide users with a whole new level of overclocking experience.

The DFI LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard is equipped with four DDR2 slots, and this helps to maximize its overclocking potential. Besides, support is provided for single or double sided DDR2 800 and DDR2 1066 memory. It also allows the memory voltage to be raised up to 3.2V.

DFI’s LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard is provided with two Teaming technology equipped Gbe LAN interfaces controlled by the high performance Marvell 88E9052 GbE PCI-E and Marvell 88E8053 GbE PCI-E chips.The greatest benefit of Teaming technology can be seen when LAN games are played. When transferring large data files between computers, this technology doubles the original Ethernet bandwidth. Even when gamers are playing against each other across a LAN equipped with Teaming technology, they will be provided with fast and bottleneck- free gaming.

The LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard offers a total of 8 SATA interfaces that would not seem out of place on a server grade motherboard. The Southbrige chip controls 4 of the SATA-2 interfaces that enable the setup of RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 0+1 arrays. The other four SATA-2 interfaces are controlled by a Promise chipset that supports AID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5.

Lastly, for audio the Karajan audio module is used in the LANParty UT ICFX3200-T2R/G motherboard. It is interesting to know that the module uses the RealTek ALC885 8CH sound decoder chip that is certified by Microsoft as Windows Vista Premium Ready. Thus gamers will not only be able to enjoy ultra-realistic 7.1 channel audio in their battles, but they can also enjoy improved theatre quality DVD movie sound effects.