Asus A8R-MVP AT Article

[hipgnosis]

mamisano,

Since you have the board what is your opinion of it?

 

[Ravah]

Hmmm, check out these 2 articles, it makes for a good read.

Really diffrent opinion compared to the AnandTech review

Now I have to rethink this mobo all over again.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/11/29/ati_and_nvidia/ Part 1
http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/15/dual_graphics_platforms/ Part 2

On Toms' the A8N32-SLI overclocks better.

I now like the Nvidia Raid softwear interface much better than ATI's, and it has more RAID options.

I like the fact that there is a back panel SATA connection to use an external SATA drive, verry usefull for me.

ATI's on board sound is still the one I prefer over Nvidia's.

Basically Crossfire or SLI is not that important for me right now cause I'll be buying the ATI AIW X1800XL anyway's and you cant put 2 of those in Crossfire. So you ask why Am I considering buying a Crodssfire or SLI board? Well I always have more than 2 comp's and later on I will buy the garphics card necessary to go Crossfire or SLI. But in the mean time i want to get the best and newest board I can find.

I also have to consider the Sapphire PURE Innovation PI-A9RX480, going to refresh my memorry on this, this might be my best solution since I want the AIW and this board is not Crossfire but the price is the same as the A8N32-SLI, and they are both twice as much at the A8R-MVP.

But now I can say that I'm leaning towards the A8N32-SLI.

Raver.

Ok I have gone through the review here http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/sap...pure_innovation_pi-a9rx480/default.asp

And I think the A8N32-SLI is the best bet now.



Just crosslinking. http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...&STARTPAGE=4&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear

 

[mattburk]

will ati come out with any version of the aiw cards that will work with a dual card set up?

 

[Ravah]

Originally posted by: mattburk
will ati come out with any version of the aiw cards that will work with a dual card set up?

Check this thread out.

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?p=1334089823#post1334089823