ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce4 specifications

[xtknight]

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe specifications (may come bundled with two GeForce 6600 GT's)

CPU
- Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64
- AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32- and 64-bit computing
- Supports AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology

Chipset nVidia nForce4 SLI
System Bus 1000 MHz

Memory
- 4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB
- DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 ECC/non-ECC un-buffered
- DDR SDRAM memory

Expansion Slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 (configurable as 2 x PCI Express x8)
- 2 x PCI Express x1
- 3 x PCI

Storage
Chipset:
- 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33
- 4 x Serial ATA 2, support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD
Silicon Image Sil 3114 SATA controller:
- 4 x Serial ATA
- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, JBOD

AI Audio
- Realtek ALC850, 8-channel CODEC
- Audio Sensing and Enumeration Technology
- Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on back I/O

Gigabit LAN
- Chipset built-in Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY supporting 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet

IEEE 1394
- TI TSB43AB22 controller supports 2 x 1394 ports

USB 2.0
- Max. 10 USB 2.0 ports

ASUS AI Proactive Features
- AI NOS (Non-delay Overclocking System)
- AI NET2 network diagnosis before entering OS
- WiFi-g powered by WiFi@HOME technology
- Stack Cool patented fanless cooling system

Overclocking Features
- AI NOS (Non-delay Overclocking System)
- AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
- CPU, Memory, and PCIe x16 voltage adjustable
- SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) at 1MHz increment
- Adjustable FSB/DDR ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe/SATA frequencies.
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Other ASUS Special Features
- CrashFree BIOS 2
- Q-Fan2
- Post Reporter
- Multi-language BIOS
- MyLogo2

BIOS (speculated)
- 4 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3

Industry Standard
- PCI 2.3, USB 2.0

Manageability (speculated)
- WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME, Chassis Intrusion

Support CD
- Unknown

Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x Parallel
- 1 x WLAN antenna jack (optional)
- 1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 1 x RJ45
- 4 x USB 2.0/1.1
- 2 x IEEE1394a
- 8-Channel Audio I/O

Internal I/O Connectors
- 3 x USB 2.0 connector supports additional 6 USB 2.0 ports
- CPU / Chassis / Power FAN connectors
- 24-pin EATX/EPS Power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
- Chassis Intrusion
- CD / AUX audio in
- IEEE1394 port
- GAME/MIDI connector
- COM connector
- Front panel audio connector
- 2 x Serial port (1 builtin, 1 optional)

Accessories
- User's manual
- 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
- 1 x IDE cable
- 1 x FDD cable
- 10 x Serial ATA cables
- 4 x 2-port SATA power cable
- 1 x 2-port USB2.0 / game module
- 1 x 2-port IEEE1394a / 1-port RJ45 module
- 1 x Serial port
- 1 x I/O shield
- 1 x IEEE1394 cable
- 1 x Wireless LAN antenna (optional)

 

[Dynamix3D]

Pics? Release date?

Where'd you get this info? This is my next board, I wanna read more about it!

 

[xtknight]

http://forum.hardware.fr/hardw...-4--sujet-638355-1.htm

A8N-SLI Deluxe: http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews...rce4/A8NSLI-Deluxe.jpg

A8N-E Premium: http://membres.lycos.fr/soa118...susA8N-E/AsusA8N-E.jpg

Asus A8N-E Premium: November 2004, $190-260
Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe: December 2004, $260-325
Asus A8N-E Standard? (unannounced): 2005, $130-190

tomshardware.com

As our nForce4 Ultra sample did not exactly work as smoothly as expected, we asked the three big motherboard guys -- Asus, Gigabyte and MSI -- for their opinions on nForce4 availability.

Asus
Availability of nForce4 Ultra motherboards A8N-E (Premium/SLI):

second week of November
Asus is considering bundling two GeForce 6600GT graphics cards with the A8N-E SLI.

Gigabyte
nForce4 Ultra motherboards will be ready at the beginning of November. nForce4 SLI and VIA K8T890 will not be available before the beginning of December.
Product Name: Gigabyte 8 Sigma Series, e.g. GA-K8NXP-9 (NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra)

MSI
The K8N Diamond (featuring nForce4 SLI) is already slated to hit the shelves in late November. The product name might be changed to K8N Neo2 Extreme Edition in the US.
The K8N Neo4 Platinum will be the Ultra version, available two weeks earlier than the Diamond edition. It is supposed to be on the shelves by the middle of November.

 

[ksherman]

the board seems a bit pricey... $250+ sounds kinda scary

 

[dejunjing]

A very basic question.

Looks like no AGP slot. Now I have a GAPX8 video card. Can I use it on this board?

As to PCIe, what kind of video card should be used? The old PCI one? Also, will this PCIe slot will boost other PCI device? Thanks.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: dejunjing
A very basic question.

Looks like no AGP slot. Now I have a GAPX8 video card. Can I use it on this board?

As to PCIe, what kind of video card should be used? The old PCI one? Also, will this PCIe slot will boost other PCI device? Thanks.

Well if there is no AGP slot...it would be my GUESS that you cant use an AGP video card

Look at the size of the slots... do you really think you can jam a PCI card into a slot ¼ its size?

No it will not boost performance.... yet.

Sorry for the rudeness but honestly it is simply common sense.

-Kevin

 

[dejunjing]

As I said, my question is basic.

So, PCIe boost is only for video card? Any other advantage?

Considering my AGP video card and also the price of PCIe motherboard, looks PCIe is not very important for me, at least at this time.

Thanks

 

[gobucks]

the additional speed for peripherals will also be nice. The ENTIRE PCI bus has 133MB/s max bandwidth shared among all the slots. Just 1 PCIe slot has 250MB/s bandwidth, enabling high-speed peripherals without saturating the entire bus. This will come into play for people who want HD-Audio cards, TV Tuners, SATA-II controllers, etc.

Also, the feature set of nForce4 is better than any other chipset on the market, so if you want SATA-II, integrated gigabit ethernet with hardware firewall, cool overclocking stuff, great performance, cool RAID options like raid morphing and hot-swappable "spare" drives, or any of the other cool goodies, then nForce4 is the way to go.

 

[LTC8K6]

The only speed boost you can get with a video card from PCI-E is to use 2 cards in SLI configuration.

PCI-E cards are no faster than AGP cards except that the newer PCI-E cards tend to have slightly faster memory. The PCI-E interface itself offers no speed advantage over AGP.

 

[Compddd]

I'll take a A8N-E Premium with a X800XT PE PCI-E please

 

[hwan]

I'm so tempted to return my unopened A8V and BFG6800GT and wait for this one

 

[Thermalrock]

i want this board. so december it is. it better be early in december im very worked up about not having it. my new case is sitting at my parents place. its tough enough to deal with the barracuda 7200.8 400gb not being available but i can settle with another hdd. but this board i need and i dont want the ultra. waiting sucks so much.

 

[imported_Kensai]

*sigh* When do they come out!?! I really want one now..

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: Compddd
I'll take a A8N-E Premium with a X800XT PE PCI-E please

Wouldn't an SLI board with a pair of $200 video cards end up faster than a regular board with a single $400 card?

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: Thermalrock
i want this board. so december it is. it better be early in december im very worked up about not having it. my new case is sitting at my parents place. its tough enough to deal with the barracuda 7200.8 400gb not being available but i can settle with another hdd. but this board i need and i dont want the ultra. waiting sucks so much.

WOW! You need a 400gb drive? I've had an 80gb for quite a while and barely ever filled it half way.

 

[Demo24]

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: Compddd
I'll take a A8N-E Premium with a X800XT PE PCI-E please

Wouldn't an SLI board with a pair of $200 video cards end up faster than a regular board with a single $400 card?

read the anandtech article.

 

[Thermalrock]

wait a min the boards sata controller can do raid 5? if this is true ill have to buy 3 hdds

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: DEMO24

Originally posted by: Jumpem

Originally posted by: Compddd
I'll take a A8N-E Premium with a X800XT PE PCI-E please

Wouldn't an SLI board with a pair of $200 video cards end up faster than a regular board with a single $400 card?

read the anandtech article.

What article in particular? I've been too busy with school and stuff to keep up to date.

Edit: I found one from October, 29th. Is that the one you were reffering to?

 

[Rike]

The 10/29 article works; there's also an earlier article with an nForce4 SLI reference board. The results are basically 6600GTx2=6800GT. SLI gets interesting when you start blowing big bucks on nice cards. Just remember that it doesn?t look like mix and match will work. It?s likely that cards will have to be the same type from the same vendor to work properly. Some limits, but it still want one.

 

[Compddd]

My reasons are, a X800XT PCI-E is cheaper then 2 6800 GT's and a A8N SLI and I can use my ati artic silsncer 4 on it and keep my system silent. I also don't like Nvidias drivers, they always seem to mess up on games for me.

 

[Thermalrock]

its not just the capacity its gonna run faster too with its 133gb platters.

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: Thermalrock
its not just the capacity its gonna run faster too with its 133gb platters.

Oh ok. I think a 74gb raptor will be enough for me when I build a new box.

 

[kd2777]

Originally posted by: Thermalrock
wait a min the boards sata controller can do raid 5? if this is true ill have to buy 3 hdds

You don't "HAVE" to buy three HDDs.

kd

 

[guge]

Originally posted by: Thermalrock
wait a min the boards sata controller can do raid 5? if this is true ill have to buy 3 hdds

This is the Sil 3114 controller. I tried to get RAID 5 to work on a ASUS K8N-E Deluxe with the same controller. The RAID 5 support is a software solution and I could not get it to work. I managed to get RAID 1 (mirror) function from it but it was extremely slow.

Here's a challenge: try to find any review of the Sil 3114 controller functions! Nobody has reviewed them! And I promise you, those reviews would make big headlines.

 

[dababus]

anyone knows psu requirements on 6800 ultra sli?