Asus A8N-SLI Premium Triggers SLI In Software

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In article <casd41ln5h70e2ncmkjh1neocdf5148ke2@4ax.com>, Ed
<nomail@hotmail.com> wrote:

> The A8N-SLI Premium is another offering in the Asus line of nForce4
> motherboards, and it is designed to simplify SLI handling. The new board
> allows the special dual-graphics mode to be enabled or disabled within
> the BIOS setup program, or by using a little Asus utility in Windows XP.
>
> http://www20.tomshardware.com/moth [...] index.html
>
> hth,
> Ed

Hmm. Uses a Pericom part to handle the switching of the PCI
Express lanes (and I cannot find a datasheet for the "P12PCIE" ).
I like the layout of the copper tracks - no 90 degree corners,
and what could be rounded corners on the signal tracks. That is
due to the high frequencies carried on those diff pairs.
The layout person for that board must have worked a few 12 hour
days to do that.

Cool tech, but is it really necessary ? How often do you
reconfigure graphics cards ?

Paul

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In article <t95e41d99cjs9svcd490re1dcvtnt4vv7e@4ax.com>, Ed
<nomail@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:41:55 -0500, nospam@needed.com (Paul) wrote:
>
> >In article <casd41ln5h70e2ncmkjh1neocdf5148ke2@4ax.com>, Ed
> ><nomail@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The A8N-SLI Premium is another offering in the Asus line of nForce4
> >> motherboards, and it is designed to simplify SLI handling. The new board
> >> allows the special dual-graphics mode to be enabled or disabled within
> >> the BIOS setup program, or by using a little Asus utility in Windows XP.
> >>
> >> http://www20.tomshardware.com/moth [...] index.html
> >>
> >> hth,
> >> Ed
> >
> >Hmm. Uses a Pericom part to handle the switching of the PCI
> >Express lanes (and I cannot find a datasheet for the "P12PCIE" ).
> >I like the layout of the copper tracks - no 90 degree corners,
> >and what could be rounded corners on the signal tracks. That is
> >due to the high frequencies carried on those diff pairs.
> >The layout person for that board must have worked a few 12 hour
> >days to do that.
> >
> >Cool tech, but is it really necessary ? How often do you
> >reconfigure graphics cards ?
> >
> > Paul
>
> Once every 3 years or so.
>
> Another Asus 1st?
> Pentium M to Pentium 4 Socket Adapter
> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipse [...] spx?i=2382
>
> Ed

It'll make a dandy "summertime" computing solution.
But the performance is a little uneven, and the
processors will have to drop a lot in price, before
I'd be interested.

That is the problem now, with all the different variants
and Intel vs AMD - it is hard to recommend a processor,
without there being a weakness somewhere. Like the
"H.W. Stockman" threads above, he bought a 3800+, but
for his application it is performing more like a 2600.
My P4 2.8C Northwood is slightly faster than his 3800+
It is easy to spend a wad of dough, and get a nasty
surprise.

I think a primo application for the Pentium-M is this
Media Center motherboard. Cool in every respect:

http://club.aopen.com.tw/news/News [...] ge=English

Paul