RD600 chipset

[SidewinderINC]

DFI boards arn't built to last, They are designed for overclocking and benchmarking, That's it.

i'm still using my DFI nForce2 board if thats not lasted then i dont know what has!

 

[Duke]

I had the older ATI chipset with an Opteron setup before.. generally a very good chipset to play with. The main benefit is the tiny die size which means the chipset is way cooler, especially compared to Nvidia ones.

 

[Dirk]

Hype. All of it. People wanted better performance in Benchmarks over 975 and so tried Nvidia 680 or ATI RD600. Which chipset has the greatest performance/stability? The good old 975 seems to be the best overall. Less bugs, lower temps, better reliability...not surprising that Intel make the best chipsets for their own CPUs.

Both the Nvidia and AMD chipsets allow for higher FSB at the cost of RAM performance and higher chipset temps and stability. I'm not saying all 975 boards are perfect but a good 975 board with RAM running tight timings @ 800Mhz is better, or equivelant to, other chipsets running RAM at 1200Mhz.

Stability and temps are everything to most home users. Generally the best 975 boards are cheaper and more stable out of the box than the competition boards.