Asus SLI with dual 16x is it that much faster

[Nicness]

I see that the new Asus SLI board has 2 16X with true 16x instead of the 2 slots running at 8x each. Is it that much faster?

 

[addiarmadar]

I see that the new Asus SLI board has 2 16X with true 16x instead of the 2 slots running at 8x each. Is it that much faster?

There is nothing out there that would actually require this perk. 8x and 16x wont do anything.

 

[mpjesse]

I see that the new Asus SLI board has 2 16X with true 16x instead of the 2 slots running at 8x each. Is it that much faster?

It would be nice if someone did some benchmarks though. Still, I think the guy who posted above me is right. I doubt they'll be any real performance gains going from 8x to 16x. And for the price of that board... no thanks.

mpjesse

 

[Beowulf021]

Here is a review of the said motherboard: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2589


Please decide for yourselves...

 

[mpjesse]

Here's another review of that board:

http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx

There's a very very small performance gain, about 5% when compared to the Asus A8N SLI Deluxe. And that's only with 4x FSAA. Anandtech recorded an overall gain of about 4.4%.

The problem with anandtech's review is they reviewed the A8N32 SLI Deluxe against a DFI board with 8x PCI-E slots. Why is that a problem? Different board manufacturers do different crap to their BIOS's and boards. If they had pitted the A8N32 SLI against the A8N-SLI Deluxe, I think we would have gotten an more accurate depiction of performance.

All in all, there's no question that the Asus A8N32 SLI is the fastest board for SLI gaming

But an extra 5% in performance is not worth the extra $100 in my opinion.

 

[DRAGoNX]

Didn't anandtech say they got like a 20% boost in performance with only a single card though?

But seriously, in reality, there really isn't a difference, there will only start to be a difference at like 2048x1536 with 4xAA and other sh!t like that.

-dragonx

 

[mpjesse]

Yeah, but only on 1 benchmark. I took the average performance gains across the board (in games) and came up w/ the 4.4%.