Asus A8r32

4x0n · 20-March-06, 04:38 PM

I'm in the process of putting together a computer and am leaning in favour of CF instead of SLi so that puts me between a rock and a hard place concerning mobos. So I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this? I'm not going to try and overclock much, if at all, so that con is not much of a worry for me. Dual lan could come in handy and 3 PCI slots are nice. But the BIOS bug is a big turn off. Any other pros and cons that I'm missing? Any info on something that is due that will be better? I'm all ears (well eyes to be specific).

El Doug · 22-March-06, 11:13 AM

that is a fine motherboard if you are DEFINATELY going crossfire. However if youre not, the A8N-SLI Premium should be your motherboard of choice.

The ATI chipsets right now are, well, kinda suck. So if you do not need them for CF, its best to avoid them. You will not get any better performance with a single ATI card on their chipset over nforce4 - in fact u will most likely lose out.

but of all CF mobos, you chose the cream of the crop - tell us how it works out

4x0n · 22-March-06, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by El Doug


	that is a fine motherboard if you are DEFINATELY going crossfire. However if youre not, the A8N-SLI Premium should be your motherboard of choice. The ATI chipsets right now are, well, kinda suck. So if you do not need them for CF, its best to avoid them. You will not get any better performance with a single ATI card on their chipset over nforce4 - in fact u will most likely lose out. but of all CF mobos, you chose the cream of the crop - tell us how it works out

Well, I'm not going to buy just yet, exams in about 3 weeks, and they last over a month

Hopefully ATi will have revised the current CF chipsets. And the reason I want a CF board is that I'm 100% sure of getting an ATI card and want the option to go CF to be available (if I don't go straight to CF).

MRZOMBIE · 22-March-06, 02:06 PM

I am with El Doug. The Crossfire chipsets are not that great. Nvidia is making a better chipset in my opinion. As a former ATI card owner I dumped them and went with a Gigabye GA-K8N-SLI board with Nvidia 4 chipset and a EVGA 6800GS video card. I can tell you the performance with that setup is AMAZING and that is without 2 SLI'd. The new Nvidia cards are awesome compared to the the ATI's

El Doug · 22-March-06, 02:09 PM

when the ATI RD580 finally comes out, i will be thrilled. i dont know the ETA, but its long past due :S

i suppose if you really want to leave the CF option open, then get that board... but id recommend sticking the kickass ATI card in the nf4 board. youll be happier, i promise

4x0n · 22-March-06, 02:22 PM

I'm still hoping that they release a new chipset before May, then I'll certainly be a very happy camper

Zaltan · 22-March-06, 03:01 PM

RD580 us out, and its really good its does everything that nForce SLI X16 does. Crossfire owns SLI in benches normally and game performance is normally very similar with high end cards. The A8R32 is supposed to be a pretty decent board.

Personnally I think that Crossfire and SLI is a waste of money...

20-March-06, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
4x0n Proud New Daddy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reykjavík, Iceland Posts: 2,067	Asus A8r32 I'm in the process of putting together a computer and am leaning in favour of CF instead of SLi so that puts me between a rock and a hard place concerning mobos. So I was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this? I'm not going to try and overclock much, if at all, so that con is not much of a worry for me. Dual lan could come in handy and 3 PCI slots are nice. But the BIOS bug is a big turn off. Any other pros and cons that I'm missing? Any info on something that is due that will be better? I'm all ears (well eyes to be specific). __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad."

22-March-06, 02:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
MRZOMBIE Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 47	I am with El Doug. The Crossfire chipsets are not that great. Nvidia is making a better chipset in my opinion. As a former ATI card owner I dumped them and went with a Gigabye GA-K8N-SLI board with Nvidia 4 chipset and a EVGA 6800GS video card. I can tell you the performance with that setup is AMAZING and that is without 2 SLI'd. The new Nvidia cards are awesome compared to the the ATI's __________________

22-March-06, 02:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
4x0n Proud New Daddy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Reykjavík, Iceland Posts: 2,067	I'm still hoping that they release a new chipset before May, then I'll certainly be a very happy camper __________________ "Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put one in a fruit salad."

22-March-06, 03:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Zaltan Apex Tech God Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 2,400	RD580 us out, and its really good its does everything that nForce SLI X16 does. Crossfire owns SLI in benches normally and game performance is normally very similar with high end cards. The A8R32 is supposed to be a pretty decent board. Personnally I think that Crossfire and SLI is a waste of money... __________________ *E6600 @ 3.6GHz/P5B-Deluxe/TeamXtreem 667MHz 21GB/HD4670**

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22-March-06, 11:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
El Doug Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 158	that is a fine motherboard if you are DEFINATELY going crossfire. However if youre not, the A8N-SLI Premium should be your motherboard of choice. The ATI chipsets right now are, well, kinda suck. So if you do not need them for CF, its best to avoid them. You will not get any better performance with a single ATI card on their chipset over nforce4 - in fact u will most likely lose out. but of all CF mobos, you chose the cream of the crop - tell us how it works out

22-March-06, 02:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
El Doug Apex Advanced Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 158	when the ATI RD580 finally comes out, i will be thrilled. i dont know the ETA, but its long past due :S i suppose if you really want to leave the CF option open, then get that board... but id recommend sticking the kickass ATI card in the nf4 board. youll be happier, i promise

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