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Asus A8N-SLI Premium Athlon64 Motherboard Review
Asus A8N-SLI Premium Athlon64 Motherboard Review - PCSTATS
In terms of expansion, the motherboard offers up one PCI Express x1 slot, one PCI Express x4 slot and three traditional 32 bit PCI slots to the two PCI Express x16 sockets.
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External Mfg. Website: ASUS Aug 09 2005   C. Sun  
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The Asus A8N-SLI BIOS

Asus uses Phoenix BIOSes with its motherboards, and while it might look different from the more common Award variety, it still has all the same functionality.

In the DRAM configuration section we have a whole load of memory timing adjustments. Included are CAS Latency, RAS to CAS, and another important timing Row Cycle Time in particular.

In the JumperFree Configuration Section we find the motherboard overclocking features. The motherboard clock speed can be increased from 200-400 MHz in 1 MHz increments, for example. Users can also adjust the PCI Express frequency, but in our experience that one is best left alone. DDR voltages go as high as 3V, chipset 1.6V, HyperTransport 1.25V and CPU voltages to 1.65V.

PCStats Test System Specs:
processor:

amd athlon64 4000+

clock speed:

12 x 200 mhz = 2.4 ghz

motherboards:

asrock k8 combo-z/asr (ali m1689)*
soltek sl-k8tpro-939 (k8t800 pro)*
epox 9nda3+ (nf3 ultra)*
albatron k8x890 pro ii (k8t890)**
gigabyte ga-k8nxp-9 (nf4 ultra)**
epox ep-9npa+ ultra (nf4 ultra)**
msi k8n neo4 platinum (nf4 ultra)**
gigabyte ga-k8nxp-sli (nf4 sli)**
msi k8n neo4 platinum/sli (nf4 sli)**
dfi lanparty nf4 sli-dr (nf4 sli)**
asus a8n-sli premium (nf4 sli)**

videocard:

asus x800xt/vtd*
msi rx800xt-vtd256e**
msi nx6600gt**

memory:

2x 512mb mushkin pc3200 special ed.

hard drive: 40gb western digital special ed
74gb western digital raptor sata
cdrom: aopen combo 52x
powersupply: seasonic super tornado 400w
software setup

windowsxp
via 4in1 4.55v
forceware 6.53
catalyst 5.4

workstation benchmarks

sysmark 2004
business winstone 2004
content creation 2004
super pi
sisoft sandra 2004
pcmark04
3dmark2001se
3dmark05
aquamark3
comanche 4
x2: the threat
ut2003
ut2004
doom 3

pcstats has upgraded its test platform with a couple of 74gb western digital WD740 Raptor hard drives, replacing the trusty 40GB WD IDE HDDs as test drives. Please keep that in mind when viewing the office and disk benchmarks. The Asus A8N-SLI Premium motherboard was tested with two sets of videocards - an MSI RX800XT in single PCI Express mode, and a pair of MSI Geforce NX6600GT's for SLI mode.

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Contents of Article: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
 Pg 1.  Asus A8N-SLI Premium Athlon64 Motherboard Review
 Pg 2.  Heatpipes, Switchless SLI and Overclocking
 Pg 3.  — The Asus A8N-SLI BIOS
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: SYSmark 2004
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2004, Winbench 99
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: SiSoft Sandra, Super Pi
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: PCMark04, 3DMark2001
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: 3DMark05, Comanche 4
 Pg 9.  Benchmarks: X2: The Threat, UT2003
 Pg 10.  Benchmarks: UT2004, Doom 3
 Pg 11.  Asus A8N-SLI and the Heatpipe

 
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