Asus A8N32-SLI nForce4 SLI X16 Motherboard Review Posted by Ryan Shrout | Nov 11, 2005 | Motherboards | 0 Manufacturer: Asus ContentsIntroduction and SpecificationsAsus is the first motherboard vendor to get a retail board out based on the new nForce4 SLI X16 chipset for the AMD systems. NVIDIA has been touting this as the ultimate gamer’s platform and we were eager to see if the product matched the PR.NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 SpecificationsBoard Layout and FeaturesBoard Cooling and Box ExtrasBIOS FeaturesBIOS Features (cont’d)Overclocking and Test SetupSynthetic: SiSoft Sandra and EverestGaming: Doom 3, Far Cry and 3DMark05Application: DivX, MP3 and Data CompressionApplication: WorldBench and PCMark04Professional: CineBench 2003Professional: SPECviewperf 8.0Subsystem: USB and Ethernet PerformanceBattlefield 2 SLI Performance: X8 vs X16 PCIeFar Cry SLI Performance: X8 vs X16 PCIeIssues and ConclusionsSynthetic: SiSoft Sandra and Everest SiSoft Sandra 2005 Everest All three boards perform identically here with the CPU and memory speeds set at the same settings. « Previous1. Introduction and Specifications2. NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 Specifications3. Board Layout and Features4. Board Cooling and Box Extras5. BIOS Features6. BIOS Features (cont’d)7. Overclocking and Test Setup8. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra and Everest9. Gaming: Doom 3, Far Cry and 3DMark0510. Application: DivX, MP3 and Data Compression11. Application: WorldBench and PCMark0412. Professional: CineBench 200313. Professional: SPECviewperf 8.014. Subsystem: USB and Ethernet Performance15. Battlefield 2 SLI Performance: X8 vs X16 PCIe16. Far Cry SLI Performance: X8 vs X16 PCIe17. Issues and ConclusionsNext » Video News