EPoX - Mainboard and Graphics

[DR]

What would you ask them?

[0iD]

The Epox 8RDA+ was at one time the 'de facto' enthusiast overclocker bord, now usurped by DFI & the NF7-S. Do they interested in winning back the overclocker community with something equally tasty.

And, why did nearly every 8RGA+ board my company purchase die after approx 18 months?

[EPoX Tech]

The 8RDA+ lives on now in it's revision 2.x state, along with the re-designed 8RDA3+ rev 3.x boards with innovative dual buck phase PWM for excellent FSB overclocking ability (read 245+ no problem at all).

Those boards from the competition (note that they are also tier 2 suppliers) that are mentioned are certainly very formidable products, but in keeping with EPoX tradition, expect something new & special this summer when the 8RDAPro series of boards is released based upon the MCP RAID series of southbridge interconnect

There will be :
8RDA+ Pro
8RDA3+ Pro
8RDA6+ Pro
8RDA3I Pro

As a mere start, bringing more overclocking functionality and feature set and accessories at a very reasonable outlay - and of course a very high quality, stable and well researched PCB as ever unlike perhaps certain other tier 1 and 2 manufacturers.

In respect of the 8RGA+ - I cannot say that we have seen any particularly high failure rate with this product, I'm very sorry to hear that you've had a bad experience it seems.

[0iD]

Thanks for that. I have to say I use an 8RDA+ Rev2.2 myself, having tried an NF7-S after the zif socket broke on the 8RDA+ Rev1.1.

Also, do Epox do a Socket 940 board for my FX53? I see there are Socket 754 boards. Is this because the S940 format is seen as a transient thing?

[EPoX Tech]

EPoX doesn't do a socket 940 mainboard however we are due to release shortly Socket 939 NF3 Ultra mainboard in the shape of the EP-9NDA+ which is the socket 939 version of the EP-8KDA3+ - I'm building around one at the moment for a watercooled rig for E-Festival

[buuha]

EPoX doesn't do a socket 940 mainboard however we are due to release shortly Socket 939 NF3 Ultra mainboard in the shape of the EP-9NDA+ which is the socket 939 version of the EP-8KDA3+ - I'm building around one at the moment for a watercooled rig for E-Festival

will it provide vmem at least 3,2v and vcore at least 2.0v?

OCZ PC4800 has a default voltage of 2.85, so more voltage is definetly needed.

the 8kde3+ only has vmem max 2.8v and vcore umm 1.75, if i remember correctly.

these features are vital, if epox claims itself as a top-notch overclockers mobo manufacturer.

[DR]

Buuha - can you confirm you work for OCZ? (It is *not* an issue, infact a good thing )

[Firelord]

Would EPoX bring out an overclockers focused board with higher VDIMM and VCore for the S754 platform using the NF3 250 or K8T800 chipsets?

[Firelord]

Also do they have any plans to release an X800 series card?

[Jonny M]

And what does "Those boards from the competition (note that they are also tier 2 suppliers)" mean