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ASUS A8N Sli Premium
The new NForce 4 Sli Mobo from the ASUS stables

Looks gr8 to me

Well some Images to satify you

The Main Mobo
A8NSLI-PMain.jpg


CpuZ Screenshot
A8NSLI-PCpuz.gif


The Pericom BIOS Switch
A8NSLI-Ppericom.jpg


SLi Bios Secection Option
A8NSLI-PSlibiosselec.jpg


Windows Sli Selector
A8NSLI-Pwindowssliselector.gif


Accessories
A8NSLI-Paccesories.jpg


Connecting 2 SATA Drives Externally
A8NSLI-Pexternalsata.jpg


Whats new
- No crappy SLi selector card , its now integrated in BIOS
- Pericom BIOS switch:- According to the press release published on this
subject by Pericom, Asus A8n-sli Premium should be able to offer
performances increased thanks to its controller who would allow to reduce
the latency times to the level of the bus PCI-Express train.
- Well hoping that the 250 1T issue is solved yet noone has confirmed
- New Mobo HSF , looks gr8
CeBit Pic shows old HSF
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Cebit2005/Day2/

Press release from Pericom on the ASUS-SLI Premium
http://www.pericom.com/press/pr.php?prid=92

Check the Anand Tech Forum Discusion here
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=29&threadid=1532953&enterthread=y

Check this clear image of the mobo at HardOCP
http://www.hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTEwOTc5MTU4ODhCS0RtSzMzTUJfMV8xX2wuanBn

New BIOS for this
Download BIOS and Manual Here
http://www.asus.com/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A8N-SLI Premium

Check the review here at Toms Hardware
http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20050323/index.html

Hope you guys enjoy this

If ASUS has fixed the Overclocking Issue i will be getting this instead of
Delux , I have lots of time i will be getting my new Rig in July.

Hope ASUS comes out with this mobo by then
 
well features are still the same.
And with 1006 bios( 1007 and 1008 are crap for overclocking ) i am able to do 270 @1T on my a8n sli deluxe.
The problem seems to be with the memory sticks used. I have 2x512GB single sided and these work great. Put double sided chips in there and 1T wont work above 250.
The sata IDEA asus has implimented is the thing i love about this mobo now i keep my 160GB HDD outside :D
 
IT looks really good but still nothing to beat the black and yellow of the DFI.

And the external SATA ports is something really cool. Very very helpful.
 
funkymonkey said:
well features are still the same.
And with 1006 bios( 1007 and 1008 are crap for overclocking ) i am able to do 270 @1T on my a8n sli deluxe.
The problem seems to be with the memory sticks used. I have 2x512GB single sided and these work great. Put double sided chips in there and 1T wont work above 250.
The sata IDEA asus has implimented is the thing i love about this mobo now i keep my 160GB HDD outside :D
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Hey buddy its a complete new mobo with completely new BIOS no 1006 and 1007

So dont be dissapointed we can expect this Mobo to have solved the 250 1T issues

@nikhilb2008 - you said it , nothing beats DFI on looks
 
But the Asus board is much more stable in overall operations.
DFI is a purely Enthusiasts board.
If price difference between Deluxe and Premium isnt much,i might get it
 
@Quad ---- Call me Nikhil. Plain And Simple. though now that I think abt it, there is no other Nikhil here, so I wish I had chosen Nikhil itself as my name at TE.
 
nikhilb2008 said:
@quad ---- Call me Nikhil. Plain And Simple. though now that I think abt it, there is no other Nikhil here, so I wish I had chosen Nikhil itself as my name at TE.
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you can put up a name request chage and i beleive mods will do it for you...
 
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Check this out for another Review
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/cpu_mobo/asus/amd/s939/a8nslipr/

Overclocking
We inserted the A8N-SLI into our Koolance PC3-720SL and turned on the fans to the max. We were able to take the system to a very nice 302FSB overclock, but in order to do so, we needed to run only one 6800GT. In SLI mode, we had some issues at that speed, but lowering the FSB to an even 300MHz remedied that issue. We should also point out that we were only able to hit the 300MHz range with the board running two sticks of 512MB Corsair PC3200XL. With four sticks, the system only reached 222FSB

Final Words

ASUS did a fine job with the nForce 4 SLI with their ASUS A8N-SLI Premium motherboard. The A8N-SLI was very reliable for the most part, and performed quite nicely. Add all the extras ASUS puts into the package, and the board becomes quite a bargain.

To get the downsides out of the way first, our test sample was very picky with the hard drives we used. Our typical setup procedure for testing is to first install Windows XP (slipstreamed with SP1, post-SP1 hotfixes and DirectX 9C), followed by the chipset drivers, then the video drivers and sound drivers. On our Seagate 7200.7 120GB and Maxtor 120GB SATA (first-gen) drives in single drive mode via the NVIDIA SATA1, at totally random intervals, the system would blue screen during the boot process. Once in Windows, things ran fine, but one out of every three or four boot or reboot attempts, the system would blue screen. We did not experience these issues with a PATA based Western Digital SE and a SATA Seagate 7200.7 160GB, so we're at a loss to explain why we had these problems. We're still awaiting an answer from ASUS on this matter, but be sure to checkout their support forums to see if your primary hard drive is being reported as troublesome.

Other than the hard drive issues, we experienced no problems with the board. Once up and running, the A8N-SLI handled all our stress tests with aplomb in a stock and overclocked state. What we were able to do with the A8N-SLI which we were never able to do with our K8T890 boards was to run four 512MB sticks of ram at once. The ram modules were Corsair PC3200 ProSeries, and although the memory controller is integrated into the CPU die, we've found getting all the modules to work at once has always been a crapshoot. Not so with the A8N-SLI Premium, though overclocking was limited with this ram setup.

While we'll be posting a more detailed look at SLI very soon, we have to say that we're sold on this technology. Yes, not all games support SLI (that is, not all of them get a boost), but NVIDIA is committed to increasing support with each new driver release. Furthermore, for games that do support SLI, the improvement in performance is very impressive. We also liked the retention tab for the SLI bridge as it does a good job of keeping the SLI configuration secure.

We did not talk much about some of the other features, such as ActiveArmor and NVRAID as we've covered them in our nForce4 AMD and Intel overviews, but for those who are concerned with security (and who isn't), the A8N-SLI's network and storage features will make your PC one of the most secure at the next LAN party, and the SLI component will make it one of the fastest.

Pros: Great performance, ActiveArmor, impressive storage options, SLI, good overclocker and stable. Good software utilities.

Cons: May have some issues with first gen SATA drives. Status still unknown.

Bottom Line: In single card mode, the race is close with the A8N-SLI Premium taking most of the application tests, and flip flopping with the K8T890 in the gaming tests. Turn on SLI though, and the race will not even be close provided your games can make use of it.

This is what Viper Lair have to say about ASUS A8N SLI Premium

Forum Discussions
http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=4389

http://www.viperlair.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4638

http://forum.pcstats.com/showthread.php?p=248760#post248760


PreOrder Link

http://www.computerhq.com/ASUS_A8N-...-SLI_Premium/products/partinfo-id-533549.html

It is available for $299 @ computerhq.com


Currently this is the update on this Mobo which i have got.
 
aha well its gona be as it sounds i guess. Premium, price too.

About the all 4 slots occupied. Even Deluxe did not had any problems with that. I could load windows fine even with mixed chips of D43 and Geil. Overclock to 2.3Ghz with 2 gig. but as always with winchester, mobo will set back to DDR333 by default.
venice and SD is supposed to fix this, lets see.
They still did not say anything regarding 1T issue with double sided RAM though.
 
yes they are available.
I have D43 single sided 512MB modules.
I think it costs little more for single sided D43 but its worth that extra.
 
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