ABIT AN8 32X

Gaming Performance - 2:

Performance in single card mode on the ABIT AN8 32X was a single frame per second slower than the frame rate returned by the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe. However, when we sat down and played the game, we didn't find that there was any difference in the highest playable settings. In dual card mode, the two nForce4 SLI x16 boards performed the same, while DFI's nF4 SLI-DR motherboard was two frames per second slower than the two SLI x16 boards.

The DFI nF4 SLI-DR is faster than the two SLI x16 boards in single card mode with the ABIT AN8 32X and the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe returning the same average frame rate. The two nForce4 SLI x16 boards returned a much higher frame rate than the DFI nF4 SLI-DR motherboard in SLI mode. The ABIT AN8 32X was around 0.5% faster than the ASUS board in SLI mode.

The tables are turned in Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, with DFI's LANParty nF4 SLI-DR returning a frame rate some 8% higher in SLI mode. It seems that this game doesn't take advantage of two full-bandwidth PCI-Express x16 slots. In single card mode, the DFI is still faster than both the ABIT and ASUS SLI x16 boards. ABIT's AN8 32X was slower than the ASUS A8N32, but was faster than the ASUS A8R-MVP board with a single BFG Tech GeForce 7800 GT OC installed.