Does anyone use ASUS K8N....

[rollcage]

Does anyone have nforce3 based [ASUS K8N] motherboard.
for a AMD64 754pin 2800+
considering it wont require more than 2 usb, lan is not much req but as an option, i think 2 sata ports are sufficient.

[theraven]

ASUS ?
did someone say ASUS ?
i heard ASUS

theres no need to ask
ASUS= blindfold trust for mobos
go for it
ASUS is amongst the top performers for every mobo
i will push my fanboyism to the extent to say that ASUS forms a standard by which every mobo should be compared before being bought !
i could praise ASUS more .. but i think u get the point
ever since ive got brand info ive never looked back from asus
my last 3 pc's have had asus bards and my first assembled has asus board and an ASUS gpu .. riva tnt 16mb as i can remember

[delhibhai1000]

I second wat Raven said: get Asus...

[aadipa]

ASUS ASUS ASUS



btw I got same systemboard for a new rig. Just 2 days old

[darklord]

I had Asus K8N-E-Deluxe for few days,its really very nice.good performance.

[krisjr]

Originally Posted by theraven

ASUS ?
did someone say ASUS ?
i heard ASUS

theres no need to ask
ASUS= blindfold trust for mobos
go for it
ASUS is amongst the top performers for every mobo
i will push my fanboyism to the extent to say that ASUS forms a standard by which every mobo should be compared before being bought !
i could praise ASUS more .. but i think u get the point
ever since ive got brand info ive never looked back from asus
my last 3 pc's have had asus bards and my first assembled has asus board and an ASUS gpu .. riva tnt 16mb as i can remember

hey asus (would tat be appropiate).
well this A8N SLI mobo for AMD64 platform supports 2 pcie cards..Is that true.one isint enough now two.holly geez..how much impact will it make.

[theraven]

it makes a hell of a diff boss
actually the idea is very old... picked from the 3dfx voodoo series which nvidia had acquired
now its back in a new form
2 cards on one mobo
imagine that

[darklord]

SLI technology is awesome guys.You need to experience it to feel its power.Words fall short to explain the experience.

[blade_runner]

SLI is kinda usless if u dont have the processor to match the cards. Also Nvidia doesn't have SLI profiles for most of the newer games so say if a game like FEAR is released and Nvidia haven't added a SLI profile for it;then only one card will be used which kinda destroys the purpose of SLI. And given Nvidia's crappy driver cycles (Lotsa non WHQL drivers leaks ) i dunno what to say right now .............

Nvidia sez "We're working on it" ! And that is after most hardware enthusiasts and geeks have blindly placed their faith into SLI and purchased the h/w with their hard-earned money.

PS: No offence meant to anyone.

[krisjr]

Originally Posted by blade_runner

SLI is kinda usless if u dont have the processor to match the cards. Also Nvidia doesn't have SLI profiles for most of the newer games so say if a game like FEAR is released and Nvidia haven't added a SLI profile for it;then only one card will be used which kinda destroys the purpose of SLI. And given Nvidia's crappy driver cycles (Lotsa non WHQL drivers leaks ) i dunno what to say right now .............

Nvidia sez "We're working on it" ! And that is after most hardware enthusiasts and geeks have blindly placed their faith into SLI and purchased the h/w with their hard-earned money.

PS: No offence meant to anyone.

hey mate cud u plz explain at u just said above in plain english..i didnt get ur point..r u saying SLI based cards wont work as of now....

[liquid_nitrogen88]

Does anyone have nforce3 based [ASUS K8N] motherboard.

me...me....me............ ....but it aint no ASUS

If Yes, How is the performance?

It rocks yaar..... ......but the nforce4 is out so soon......

[blade_runner]

Originally Posted by krisjr

hey mate cud u plz explain at u just said above in plain english..i didnt get ur point..r u saying SLI based cards wont work as of now....

Well U see SLI has two modes of operation AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering) and SFR (Split FR), but games are which mode is to be used differs from game to game. Also if a certain mode is used in a game, Nvidia has to test out the whole game so as to chk for bugs and issues. Also if the drivers don't find a SLI profile for a particular game it doesnt use SLI mode at all, which means only a single card is used. Right now Nvidia only have profiles for 12-15 games and some benchmarks ( heheh ! they dint forget abt synthetic benchies). So for the rest of the games the cards dnnt work in SLI. Unless Nvidia doesn't make quick WHQL driver releases like ATi this SLI thing cud be in a whole lot of mess.

[[flAsh]]

hey ASUS SK8N is a gr8 mobo based on NForce3 pro 150 which has some technological limitations like lack of pci/agp lock, no native gigabiit ethernet, no native support 4 sata etc. else it is a very good mobo 4 940-pin FX and opteron processors. infact u can get a opteron 2.6 ghz processor 4 less than fx-55. (not much less)

[krisjr]

Originally Posted by blade_runner

Well U see SLI has two modes of operation AFR (Alternate Frame Rendering) and SFR (Split FR), but games are which mode is to be used differs from game to game. Also if a certain mode is used in a game, Nvidia has to test out the whole game so as to chk for bugs and issues. Also if the drivers don't find a SLI profile for a particular game it doesnt use SLI mode at all, which means only a single card is used. Right now Nvidia only have profiles for 12-15 games and some benchmarks ( heheh ! they dint forget abt synthetic benchies). So for the rest of the games the cards dnnt work in SLI. Unless Nvidia doesn't make quick WHQL driver releases like ATi this SLI thing cud be in a whole lot of mess.

hi there,
so considering ur above logic which agp based gfx should i purch(ATi or Nvidia based)...