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DFI Lanparty LT X38-T2R S775 Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S775 by massman @ 2008-02-19

We take a look at the newest DFI Intel motherboard, based on the X38 chipset, the successor of the high end version of the P35. Can DFI work their magic and produce a tweakers dream X38 board? We find out.

Evaluation and conclusion

Time to wrap things up:

Before we can draw our final conclusions, we will have a look at the cost of both motherboards. We consulted www.geizhals.eu for the EU prices and Froogle.com for the US:

€175/$230 - DFI Lanparty UT P35-T2R
€200/$240 - DFI Lanparty LT X38-T2R

DFI Lanparty LT X38-T2R

The updated X38 motherboard is slightly slower due to the untweaked memory configuration; If all settings, even the sub timings, would be exactly the same, I'm convinced that the X38 would be as fast as the P35. The €25 price difference is what you pay for full speed CrossFire compatibility, not an insane amount of money. The DFI X38 is definitely recommendable for people who want to get the most out of their system and are prepared to spend time tweaking the memory configuration; however, if you don't intend to use multiple ATI video cards, you might as well go for the P35.

Recommended for

In this review I compared the DFI lanparty X38 in features and capabilities to their P35 motherboard, mostly because both are aiming at almost the same target audience: the hardware enthusiasts.

If however you are not into high end overclocking, you’ll be happy to know that these Lanparty motherboards come packed with all the extra features found on most none-extreme OC boards. If you’re looking for an excellent foundation to build your system on, DFI Lanparty LT X38-T2R is far from a bad choice.

In the end though the difference we’ve seen here between the motherboards, can only be detected in benchmarks, during daily usage (gaming/surfing/office) you won’t notice a thing. So choose the product which best fits your required feature set, and know that performance wise S775 boards are all pretty much on par performance wise at standard/default speeds and settings.

We thank Alternate for lending the DFI X38 motherboard for test. Until next time!

Comment from eva2000 @ 2008/02/21

Nice review maybe try with 1/11 official bios as it changes the way clock fine delay values are set. Also try with clock cross settings and common clock setting set to More Aggressive with Enhanced Data transmitting and addressing set to FAST and T2 Dispatch enabled.

Quote:

DRAM Timing
- Enhance Data transmitting: FAST
- Enhance Addressing: FAST
- T2 Dispatch: Enabled

Clock Setting Fine Delay
Ch1 Clock Crossing Setting: More Aggressive
- DIMM 1 Clock fine delay: Current
- DIMM 2 Clock fine delay: Curren
- DIMM 1 Control fine delay: Current
- DIMM 2 Control fine delay: Current
- Ch 1 Command fine delay: Current

Ch2 Clock Crossing Setting: More Aggressive
- DIMM 3 Clock fine delay: Current
- DIMM 4 Clock fine delay: Current
- DIMM 3 Control fine delay: Current
- DIMM 4 Control fine delay: Current
- Ch 2 Command fine delay: Current

Ch1Ch2 CommonClock Setting: More Aggressive

love to see how that changes your results

Comment from jmke @ 2008/02/21

thank you for your input, always appreciate feedback from experienced OCers

Comment from KingDingeling @ 2008/02/23

Greetings from Germany!

Just a question, if you're reviewing such a high-end OC board, why is there no overclocking section? Many other mobo reviews I read include a section where they talk about overclocking, for example if this mobo was able to push more CPU clocks outta their system or not.

Comment from jmke @ 2008/02/24

last time I checked 500FSB is not standard speed, this board was tested at 500Mhz = OC

Comment from KingDingeling @ 2008/02/25

Yea, I saw that, but that's your standard overclocked speed for that E6300 from what I've seen? What I meant was how this boards overclocking potential compared to other boards, for example if you were able to achieve an even greater overclock from this board than you were from for example the Asrock 4core P35 board

Comment from Massman @ 2008/02/25

I did not continue my tests above 500FSB, for the simple reason that I cannot guarantee stability above 500FSB with the E6300 on air cooling (and I did not want to insulate the board for phase-change tests).

600FSB is very easy for the Dfi in 99,9% of the cases. The Asrock P35 is not built for overclocks, whereas the DFI is built especially for the overclockers.

Comment from Massman @ 2008/02/25

Quote:

Originally Posted by eva2000

Eva, is it okay to test these settings on my P35 motherboard? Or is it purely for the X38 board to tune the memory settings?

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