Asus A8N Mobo

seethoe

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I was thinking of the MSI Neo4 mobo but there's some complain in a few forum so i've decided to go for the Asus A8N mobo... for my Athlon64 3000+ venice, winfast 6600GT, 1GB DDR RAM

I'm deciding either the A8N-SLI or the A8N-E. Over here its the same price... which one should i get? Opinions appreciated
 

seethoe

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hi! i've gone into the Asus websites to find out what's the difference between the two... A8N-E is nForce4 ultra while A8N-SLI is nForce 4 only but has SLI capabilities. That's all i could understand.

What's the diff between nForce4 Ultra and nForce 4?
 

luky

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a8n-sli has nForce4 SLI chipset. And if you read some articles on this site you should now what SLI means
 

Waylay00

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There are three Nforce 4 chipsets (ranked from best to "worst")

1. Nforce 4 SLI
2. Nforce 4 Ultra
3. Nforce 4

The A8N-SLI has the Nforce 4 SLI chipset, which allows for two Nvidia 6600GT or 6800GT/Ultra cards to be run at the same time. That's why there are two PCIe x16 slots on the A8N-SLI. The A8N-E has the Nforce 4 Ultra chipset. The NF4 Ultra chipset is basically the same as the NF4 SLI chipset, but the only difference is that you can't run two graphics cards at the same time. Nforce 4 (plain version) is for those who are on a budget. It doesn't have the features that the NF4 SLI and NF4 Ultra chipsets have.
 

seethoe

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hi! thanks waylay00... now i understand more...

i guess i should be asking whether to get A8N-SLI or A8N-SLI Deluxe then ;) i envy your premium but could not afford it :(

SLI-Deluxe has more SATA and Network port than plain SLI right? the rest is absolutely the same?