ASUS - ASUS A7N8X DLX review @ AthlonXP.com

AthlonXP.com have reviewed the Asus A7N8X Deluxe.

The review is pretty good, and is one of the few that not only shows both the pros and cons regarding the A7N8X DLX, but is one of the few reviews I’ve seen where the reviewer actually had problems with setting up his board, but managed to fix them.

Overall, very balanced. Kudos go to Tom Burnette for an excellent review!
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Also, thanks to Solofly for pointing this review out.

A7N8X DLX Review @ athlonxp.com“The A7N8X Deluxe comes with a virtual cornucopia of features, thanks to it’s nForce2 chipset. I’m not going to go into the ins and outs of the nForce2 chipset, as it’s been covered time and again on numerous other sites. I imagine by now most of you reading this review have a good idea of the technology behind this chipset. Suffice to say the board uses the SPP North Bridge and the MCP-T South Bridge for a whole host of cool schtuff”

“I’ve had this system for about 2 months now and I’ve had no stability issues at all. I’ve stressed this system as hard as I could and I’ve only had it lock up only one time, while I was in the BIOS with the system overclocked past the point of stability. I’ve run this system day and night for the entire time I’ve had it at 180Mhz FSB and it runs extremely stable. I’ve run benchmarks, games, office apps and more and this system just breezes through everything. It may not be the “fastest” system in every way, but I don’t have anything bad to say about the stability of this chipset.”

“It has a very nice list of features, and it is fast and stable. I have to say that the nForce platform has certainly matured. NVIDIA should be commended for the strides they have made between the original nForce chipset and the current nForce2 chipset. While I don’t see it as the hands down fastest platform for AMD CPU’s, it’s certainly a comparable solution and it’s more future proof. The ability to run the newer 333Mhz FSB CPU’s and possible support for the Barton cores makes this the chipset to invest in if you’re looking for a new motherboard.”