ASUS Nforce mobo is FAST!!!

[RanDum72]

Just got around to installing my Asus A7N266-E and preliminary results are very promising. Sandra memory scores are a little over 1000 (2001te), compared to my Epox 8KHA+which typically runs 895-910. Its also very stable, no funny behavior whatsoever. I will test with 3dmark later.

The price is kinda steep ($160) and I never had any Asus board before but quality is pretty obvious here, from the board, the well-written manual, quick reference cards, quick install guides and two free games (full versions)! All in all, well worth the money.

 

[AGodspeed]

<< Just got around to installing my Asus A7N266-E and preliminary results are very promising. Sandra memory scores are a little over 1000 (2001te), compared to my Epox 8KHA+which typically runs 895-910. Its also very stable, no funny behavior whatsoever. I will test with 3dmark later.

The price is kinda steep ($160) and I never had any Asus board before but quality is pretty obvious here, from the board, the well-written manual, quick reference cards, quick install guides and two free games (full versions)! All in all, well worth the money. >>

Glad to hear it. I'm the happy owner of an MSI K7N420 board in my secondary rig. I've barely had to make a single tweak since I set this rig up 2 months ago.

Btw, are you gong to be doing any overclocking? I hear the PCI lock feature is really nice (my nForce board doesn't have this). You should see how that works out.

Good choice. 🙂

Oh yeah, where online did you buy this board?

 

[RagingGuardian]

If you bought it for $160 then consider yourself lucky. Everywhere I've checked sells it for about $180.

 

[RanDum72]

Well, 3dmark scores area bout the same compared to my Epox 8KHA+ (with Visiontek original GF3 and Athlon XP at 1600+, 7300ish give or take a few points).
But as for OC'ing, well it DOES have a fixed PCI frequency of 33mhz, no matter how you set the FSB (which, incidentally, is not in 1mhz increments🙁). I now have it at 150fsb, default CPU voltage, DDR voltage at 2.5v (default is at 2.6v) and its rock stable. I haven't really pushed it to the limits yet but those PC2700 memory modules are looking better everyday🙂( as well as an XP unlocking kit).