Asus A8N SLI vs DFI Lanparty nf4 SLI DR

[zebbedee]

I have just received the A8N SLI, still in the box, when I read the glowing review of the DFI on Anandtech. So, I am wondering, I can send back my A8N and replace it with the DFI for a very small difference in money. Is it worth it in the long run? Will I be much much happier overclocking with the DFI or is there probably an insignifcant difference.

Please help a noob today.

z

 

[imported_2x]

That is the magic question. DFI does have a nice following when it comes to overclocking. Asus has a better long run history. Right now, it looks as if the DFI probably overclocks better based on some others here having problems with their higher overclocks on the Asus. That does not mean in the end when the drivers/bios mature that Asus could not conceivably pull ahead. In the long run I think it will even out. Right now the DFI looks better based on the Anand article. Whether you can send the Asus back depends on the retailer you purchased it from.

 

[stickybytes]

Originally posted by: 2x
That is the magic question. DFI does have a nice following when it comes to overclocking. Asus has a better long run history. Right now, it looks as if the DFI probably overclocks better based on some others here having problems with their higher overclocks on the Asus. That does not mean in the end when the drivers/bios mature that Asus could not conceivably pull ahead. In the long run I think it will even out. Right now the DFI looks better based on the Anand article. Whether you can send the Asus back depends on the retailer you purchased it from.

it also depends on whether asus can fix the slew of problems users have been experiencing. we don't know how stable the dfi board is yet until it gets out to the masses but i have a feeling the dfi will indeed be more stable from the outset.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I've had the Asus for a month and a half and it has been rock solid sofar, the bios revisions seem to be getting better, but bios is still a little buggy. Getting your maximum CPU overclock is easy on this board as I've had HTT up to 325 prime stable, and have seen others go higher. I'm currently running a 3200+ at 2601mhz no problems.

The one major obvious drawback is the 240-250 limited ram speed at 1T that Asus has yet to fix with a bios. Although as widely publisized on this forum memory speed doesn't greatly affect performance on A64's. I run memory on this board at 236mhz 2-3-3-5 and my benchmarks are right up there with the best 2.6ghz scores I've seen.