Previews: Gigabyte 8N-SLI & Asus A8N32-SLI

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited November 2005 in Science & Tech
PCPerspective has two previews on upcoming motherboards sure to garner some interest.

View: Asus A8N32-SLI nForce4 SLI X16 Motherboard Review - Detailed Review
View: Gigabyte 8N-SLI Quad Royal NF4 Motherboard Preview
Asus A8N32-SLI nF4 SLI X16

Asus is once again on the front lines of the motherboard market with the first NF4 SLI X16 product to hit e-tailers shelves. Not only that, but they have built a rock-stable, overclocking friendly, gaming enthusiast's dream motherboard. It has enough features to keep most anyone happy and though the price might be a little steep, it has the room to grow that older SLI chipset boards may be missing as faster GPUs hit the market. Because of this, the Asus A8N32-SLI is definitely one of the best AMD boards we have ever seen.

Gigabyte 8N-SLI Quad Royal NF4

As you can see, the board is loaded with four x16 PCIe slots, two x1 PCIe slots and a single legacy PCI slot. Now, many questions have come up as to what you might use these four PEG (PCI Express Graphics) slots for. Of course you can use them for just about any PCIe accessory, but since we have only one option currently available (network cards) then that leaves us with graphics cards.
DROOL!

Source: PC Perspective

Comments

  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    :confused: It's a Gigabyte board.

    -drasnor :fold:
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited November 2005
    True but still...... 4 - PCIe 16x slots
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Of course you can use them for just about any PCIe accessory, but since we have only one option currently available (network cards)...
    In my opinion, this seems to be a big so what! Wow, so I could just leave half of those slots empty until 18 months or a year from now when PCIe accessories/cards (other than graphics) are available. But then, I/you would be itching for a new motherboard? I just don't see four of the slots as being any advantage at this point. OK, I just saw the "network cards". Didn't know PCIe versions were available. Do they perform any better than PCI (non 'e') network cards? I bet they cost a whole lot more. Yes?
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Omega65 wrote:
    True but still...... 4 - PCIe 16x slots
    Exactly! :eek:
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    That doesn't mean it's any less of a Gigabyte board.

    Thats like putting a 4L turbo diesel engine in a Skoda. It's still a Skoda.
  • QeldromaQeldroma Arid ZoneAh Member
    edited November 2005
    What's wrong with this picture? $2000US in video cards doesn't bother anyone? (especially when they will make one that will pwn them all together in 18mo )? Then the power supply for the 12V rail? The cooling? Maybe soon they will convince us that we need 8 boards and 30A 208V sockets too? ;D
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    Maybe soon they will convince us that we need 8 boards and 30A 208V sockets too?
    Man, get with the times. Prescott is already here!
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    It's a Gigabyte board; plug in four graphics cards and it's liable to catch on fire. Actually, it may just do that the moment you turn it on.

    -drasnor :fold:
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