Dfi expert vs Asus A8N32 board

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ok888kk

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I am thinking about going with either a

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert
Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI AMD Motherboard

or :mad: (VS)

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe

What are the good and bad about both and what would you recommend???

thanks
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I would suggest the DFI. I have it right now, and its beautful. One thing though, if you dont feel like spending hours configuring the bios on a board..dont get the expert....though its user freidnly, it is very picky...it took me long enough to get it stable with 2g duel channel ocz platinum ram.
 
i'd say it depends on your videocard setup, and how often you buy new cards. the asus uses the nf4sli32 chipset, which will give each card the full x16 interface (x32 altogether) while the DFI is like nearly every other SLI board in giving each card x8, for x16 altogether. you're only going to see about a 5-7% performance gain from the SLI32 chipset, but that could change with the next generation of videocards, like i said, it depends...
 
General rule of "if you have to ask, you're prolly not gonna notice much of difference" applies here:
- ASUS board is more technologically advanced (SLIx16 vs SLI)
- DFI board has the tried and true lineage of the entire generation of their NF4 boards, this ASUS board is the first board to really pull away from the relatively mediocre performance of their entire K8 lineup
- DFI board still holds the title for max vDimm although ASUS's board is still a respectable (3.4v i think?)
- DFI board has more itty-bitty-options (although Sapphire's RX200CF and ASUS's A8N32SLIDLX are right up there with it)


As for which board to take ... how much do you think you can overclock? And how much voltage do you think your RAM can handle (not that 3.4v isnt enough for some insnae memory clocks)

I would suggest the DFI. I have it right now, and its beautful.
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Id say it's strong selling point is performance :P

One thing though, if you dont feel like spending hours configuring the bios on a board..dont get the expert....though its user freidnly, it is very picky...it took me long enough to get it stable with 2g duel channel ocz platinum ram
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I didnt have to configure either my NF4Ultra-D or NF4SLI-DR ... how much you need to configure depends on what BIOS rev ships with the board. ALso, if you're considering these boards ... why WOULDNT you go over all the settings?. Sounds like you just needed a BIOS update (or to start off on 2T mode)

i'd say it depends on your videocard setup, and how often you buy new cards. the asus uses the nf4sli32 chipset, which will give each card the full x16 interface (x32 altogether) while the DFI is like nearly every other SLI board in giving each card x8, for x16 altogether. you're only going to see about a 5-7% performance gain from the SLI32 chipset, but that could change with the next generation of videocards, like i said, it depends...
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Indeed however at 100+ fps, i think most humans would be hard pressed to notice that difference :)
 
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