For me size is never an issue because I always have goliath sized cases that are sometimes 3 feet tall. B The setup of the PCIs. I just think that the layout in that respect is very poorly done.
What would you actually NEED it for? Is there any games a single GTX struggles with? I would surmise no. The chipset fans on my last two motherboards both went south pretty quickly and had to be replaced. I was having problems with my MSI, so this looked like it might be better. Single card performance is more than adequate, and only suffers half the depreciation of two cards.
But wtf-ever. And where the heck is VIA? After all, their last chipset was so good for my self esteem according to their banner ad. When can I get another boost? SLIing top-end video cards is another matter entirely…but those reviews to me are just the latest episodes of the ongoing video card performance drama.
Did I miss something? Darn you internet for making me work hard. Computer parts are more works of art the more I look at them. I asked wes about this and he confimed testing and retesting this.. No way could there be such a diff. Probably not, but only because nVidia and ATi have stubbornly decided to use their multi GPU techniques to push their own chipset sales. Hehe, nice to at least once see the NA customers having to pay through the nose for a board.
Any chance of getting a comparision of the effect of 8 phase power? CPU temp difference on this board compared to another board, difference in power used, etc. Type search above and then hit Enter. WorldBench WorldBench finishes in a tie, with neither board edging out the other. Gaming Scores are generally close throughout our low-resolution gaming tests, but there are a few notable exceptions.
Cinebench rendering Our Cinebench results are essentially a wash. Sphinx speech recognition Sphinx scores are very close, as well. Not much to see here. Move along. Comments closed. Mad Ad 16 years ago Yeah me too but I didnt want to say it was a mistake in the review unless I really knew it was a mistake. Palek 16 years ago I just wanted to make sure I was reading your post right. Not so much. Vrock 16 years ago ULi was known as ALI then, and their horrible chipsets extended well past the days into the Super 7 days.
Palek 16 years ago thanks for the reply. Palek 16 years ago I have a question to TR and other readers, sort of related to the article.
Anomymous Gerbil 16 years ago y[. Convert 16 years ago It has a total of three sata ports. Two are sata1 and one is sata2. AmishRakeFight 16 years ago agreed. LoneWolf15 16 years ago You said it.
Krogoth 16 years ago Interesting board, but way overpriced and SLI is mostly a marketing gimmick to sell off epenis scores. Vrock 16 years ago Haha. The rest of you can have fun crackin off to this leet-ware. Vrock, you suddenly get humble on the front page? Willard 16 years ago Did I miss something? Beomagi 16 years ago YAY! FireGryphon 16 years ago Excellent review, as always. Vrock 16 years ago Nice review, as usual. See page for details. Profile that allows users to conveniently store or load multiple BIOS settings.
Page Chapter 2: Hardware Information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components. It includes description of the jumpers and connectors on the motherboard. Hardware information Page 26 Chapter summary Before you proceed Page Motherboard Overview Motherboard overview Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.
Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so can cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components. Page Asus Stack Cool 2 2.
Page Motherboard Layout 2. Page 34 Position the CPU above the socket such that the CPU corner with the gold triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle. Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place. If the instructions in this section do not match the CPU documentation, follow the latter. Page 36 Attach one end of the retention bracket to the retention module base.
Align the other end of the retention bracket near the retention bracket lock to the retention module base. A clicking sound denotes that the retention bracket is in place. Make sure that the fan and heatsink assembly perfectly fits the retention mechanism module Hardware monitoring errors can occur if you fail to plug this connector.
Page System Memory System memory 2. For optimum compatibility, it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor. Visit the ASUS website www. Page Installing A Dimm 2. Failure to do so can cause severe damage to both the motherboard and the components. Page Expansion Slots Expansion slots In the future, you may need to install expansion cards.
The following sub-sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support. Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components. Page Pci Slots 2. Refer to the figure below for the location of the slots.
For system failure due to overclocking, use the C. CPU Parameter Recall feature. Shut down and reboot the system so the BIOS can automatically reset parameter settings to default values.
Page Connectors Connectors 2. Serial port. This 9-pin COM1 port is for pointing devices and other serial devices. IEEE a port. Longer cables support higher power requirements to deliver signal up to two meters away, and enables improved hot-swap function.
This prevents incorrect insertion when you connect the IDE cable. Doing so will damage the motherboard! CPU, chassis, power, and chipset fan connectors Connect one end of the chassis intrusion sensor or switch cable to this connector. The chassis intrusion sensor or switch sends a high-level signal to this connector when a chassis component is removed or replaced. See section 4. Page 56 Page System Panel Connector Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector.
You can refer to the marking on Q-Connector itself to know the detail pin definition. Page Chapter 3: Powering Up This chapter describes the power up sequence and ways of shutting down the system. Powering up For a silencer, there are only two additional features that really matter:. Unfortunately, all of these are geared towards raising frequencies and voltages, not reducing them, so they are of limited use to silencers. Five different overclocking modes are available.
The enormous range of possible configurations make navigating the BIOS a bit of a nightmare, especially since options appear and disappear or become selectable based on what other options are selected. Even with everything set to manual, it still took a few tries to discover how to change the processor voltage. If you can find the proper settings, the full range of processor voltages, multipliers, and HTT bus speeds can be tinkered with, as well as a few that are best left alone.
The following adjustments are possible:. Underclocking is possible only by lowering the multiplier; the FSB cannot be lowered below the stock value of MHz. A full range of voltage adjustment, from low…. There are two options: Enabled and Disabled. No trigger temperatures, maximum speeds, or even a manual mode that lets you set the speeds to a constant value. Even worse, it is far from clear which headers are controlled, and only three of the six!
This is the extent of the fan control options. One final feature is so unusual that it bears mentioning just for the novelty. The Marvell ethernet port comes with the ability to check for cable faults, and the utility to do this is included in the BIOS itself.
It can even be set to do a check whenever the system boots, so the user will be notified immediately if there is a problem.
It can even identify how far down the cable the problem is occurring! As mentioned before, this feature is available only on the Marvell-controlled port; the utility will not find faults on cables plugged into the nVidia controller. However, Windows XP automatically signals when an ethernet port is unplugged. Built-in checking for ethernet cable faults.
The total power drawn by the motherboard is always higher than the power required by the processor. The excess is lost in the form of heat. The less efficient the conversion, the more heat is produced, and the more power is drawn by the system overall. Motherboards that can do the voltage conversion efficiently run cooler and require less power under load.
The A8NSLI Deluxe has the potential to cut the amount of heat in the system significantly — if it lives up to its claim of being highly efficient. In this comparison, the same components or components with equivalent power requirements were installed on both systems, and the total power draw from the AC source was measured.
Any differences in power consumption would be attributed to the motherboards alone. What the above tells us is that this is a fairly cool running processor. A TDP of It also tells us that this is the maximum power the processor will draw under full load with the Vcore at 1. On the other side these processors will be able to reach higher clock speeds. The motherboards were tested in three states:.
Out of the box, it was running slightly high, at 1. This slight difference is enough to bias the test results, so the processor voltage was adjusted down manually by 0. In the end we tested it with the Vcore at default. We sure were! Page Select your desired method of configuration. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk.
Page If there are detected problems, make sure that your audio cables are connected to the proper audio jack and repeat connector sensing. If there are detected problems, make sure that your audio cables are connected to the proper audio jack and repeat connector sensing. Suspend Mode [auto] Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU, making sure that the heatsink fits properly on the retention module base.
If required, connect an auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics cards.
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