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After our many misadventures with these three motherboards - starting with the Gigabyte, then going to the Epox and ending up with Asus - we arrived at the conclusion that the nForce4-SLI chipset is simply not yet ready to be used with the Intel platform. We therefore decided that we can no longer use this type of Intel-based motherboard for stress tests.
At this point the only solution left was to use a board with an Intel 955X chipset, which, although it is sold only individually, is supposed to run without problems. However, the use of an Intel component involves a clear limitation: the current Nvidia driver deactivates the SLI mode of the graphic card on all Intel boards.
Despite this, in order to continue to guarantee a fair comparison between AMD and Intel systems, we are now determined to use a complete Intel platform based on the 955X chipset. So we established new conditions: all benchmarks will be restarted and the counters simultaneously set back. The SLI mode in the AMD system will also be disabled.
The initial testing of an appropriate motherboard with this chipset had strange results: two of our very own boards, identical ones of the D955XBK type, were unable to work with the processors provided by Intel. The Asus P5WD2 Premium with 955X chipset is now being used.
And after all that, finally, the Intel platform is running again - after the replacement of a total of five motherboards within a single day!
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