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ASUS A7N8X nForce2 Mainboard Review (8)
In our tests, the overall performance of this board is above average compared to the KT400 boards we have tested so far. We tested the A7N8X in 3 different configurations all in aggressive timings. The first configuration is DDR333 512M (Corsair XMS3500C2). Second configuration is DDR400 2 x 256M of TWINMOS DDR400 CAS2.5 and the third is DDR333 2 x 256M of TWINMOS DDR400. We noticed that if you were to use SPD timings, the ram timings are set at timings e.g. 4-4-8 for stability. To my surprise, the boards run rock stable even at DDR400 CAS 2,2-2-5 timings even in a dual channel setup. In fact, the BIOS is default to 135.xx which is something which might have skew the results higher. One thing I can confirm is that the if you operate at dual ddr400 mode. Feature wise, this board has the necessary features including Dolby audio, SerialATA, Dual LAN, USB 2.0, AGP Pro (8x). The Dual LAN allows you to set up this machine as a router. With an unlocked AXP1900+, we clock it up to AXP2100+ which is 145Mhz FSB. There is also ASUS's own POST reporter, Q-fan technology and CPU overheating protection. We even managed to run the board at DDR400. Looks like nVIDIA got their DDR400 mode working properly compared to other chipsets that promised it but decided to remove it from its spec. Overall, the board based on the nForce2 chipset is something that kept to it's promise of Dual channel DDR400 support and it has done it. Although we don't find that it brought major performance gains when operating in this mode, we do noticed that DDR400 performance is already here on the nForce2 board. Retail price : NA Below, we list down some pros and cons of this board : Pros:
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Ratings Here are my ratings out of 10.
Highly Recommended |
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