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2005 · #1996 Post by **2005** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:09 pm

Its a waste of money, not very good OC features... NEVER ANY GOOD REASON TO GO SLI... NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER

The cost/performance ratio of two cards in SLI compared to one card in non SLI is just horrible. Then add in the fact that it generates more heat, takes more power, restricts airflow and its just a bad idea.

Go with a nice DFI or other board.. you only need to spend about 120$. If you can get that mobo dragon said for 120$, then do it. But if your paying retail I would never ever consider it.

I7Iz490N · #1997 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:36 pm

Q12321 · #1998 Post by **Q12321** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:45 pm

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium. The one I got. Actually, there are probably better ones... but still.

I haven't even hooked up yet, but hot damn it looks nice.

Even comes in a cool box. Heh.

2005 · #1999 Post by **2005** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:07 pm

A DFI-Lanparty is a better board..... cheaper, better OC featuers. An overall better board.

Q12321 · #2000 Post by **Q12321** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:22 pm

Yea, what 2005 said.

I7Iz490N · #2001 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:46 pm

neuralmop · #2002 Post by **neuralmop** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:49 am

I wonder where I can buy some ecstacy.

#2003 Post by **palmboy5** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:34 pm

at the clubs.

the best amd mobo is the A8N32-SLI Deluxe, second best is the A8N-SLI Premium

i looked at DFI boards for a few days when the premium and a8n32 were both out of stock. the first thing i noticed is... they are NOT cheaper. i searched newegg for 'dfi lanparty sli' and the cheapest one they had was out of stock for $173. the Premium is $163. yeah. cheaper my ass.

they seem to be good for OCing but as i recall there were a lot of user comments about it not booting or something like that. along with how video cards TOUCH the top of the bridge chip fan. but no matter, the part i hate about it is the active bridge cooling and how its.. i dont know.. ugly.

I7Iz490N · #2004 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:40 pm

#2005 Post by **palmboy5** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:42 pm

yes that is my only planned upgrade for the system in the future, a second 7800GT.

i dont know if i truely want it!

EDIT:
LOL a8n32 is $245 now, still out of stock

EDIT 2:
LOL the a8n32 box has the word gaming highlighted in red in font size 80, and im trying to convince my dad im not getting it for games. damn it im prolly one in a million that is hating what a box says right now

2005 · #2006 Post by **2005** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:11 pm

I dont know how to spell this out any clearer

TWO VIDEO CARDS ARE A VERY BAD COST/PERFORMANCE RATIO

Q12321 · #2007 Post by **Q12321** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:20 pm

Ditto. Are you truely that stupid to go SLI? Really, it's a rip.

#2008 Post by **palmboy5** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:16 am

mmmhm, and i believe i already mentioned the A8N32 has faster single card performance as well, as in having a larger increase in performance than you would see with SLI.

anandtech said this in the mobo review:
"we did find the Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe to be as much as 8% faster on the newest games that we tested in SLI mode, and up to a whopping 17% faster in single video mode with single/dual 7800GTX video cards."
they compared with a DFI board too..

17% isnt bad, even if im not getting the GTX. obviously i am NOT considering the a8n32 because of SLI, 8% is pretty lame for double the bandwidth.

the upgrade is an upgrade. i said before how stupid i think upgrading is, but my thought process for 'upgrading' is the following: "get something for fun, i want to try it, it just has to have some kind of performance increase."

yeah im dumb lol, prolly gonna wait until GT is like 160 or something and get another one ^^

I7Iz490N · #2009 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:06 pm

2005 · #2010 Post by **2005** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:04 pm

Well hey, if you have the extra money, knock yourself out. A 17% increase isn't that big a deal... you could probably OC that much or more.

Its your choice.