680i SLI is too expensive? Asus as the solution : P5N32-E SLI PLUS

[Thomas Olivaux]

Yop yop

I've not seen any post about the brand new P5N32-E SLI PLUS, do you know about this card?

The nForce 680i SLI is a great chipset... but really expensive. Asus makes two nForce 680i SLI boards, the Striker and the P5N32-E SLI. I've just received a new one, the "PLUS" version of the P5N32-E SLI. On the box, no indication about the chipset. When you read the manual, it's only written "nVidia DUALX16 MCP" with no more precision.

The answer is giver by CPU-Z : Asus bypassed the nVidia 680i SLI solution by using in the same time a low coast 650i SLI and a 570 SLI. Waow





Now, we have to test it to see if the chipset performs great. As far as i've played with the mobo, the BIOS is the same as the P5N32-E SLI, it can use EPP memory or activate Linkboost.

See you,

Thomas

[newls1]

cool, where to buy it? Can you even buy it yet?

[Thomas Olivaux]

Note : I don't know the price yet... hope it will be less expensive than the P5N32-E SLI

It's arriving in shops, yes.

[Naughtyboy]

Got my Plus yesterday...very happy with it so far...!!

Take a look HERE

[irev210]

plus is = to p5n32-e sli cept a few more solid caps.

edit:

eh, per ddung i am wrong, big difference in northbridge!

[Thomas Olivaux]

Well, that's right, the VRM is more "solide" on the PLUS, but on the "normal" P5N32-SLI, it's written 680i SLI chipset on the box, on the manual and on CPU-Z. With the PLUS, it's not written 680, there's no "known" name for the chipset.

[Heidfirst]

http://support.asus.com/faq/faq.aspx...Language=en-us

in stock in the UK
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=531222

[Thomas Olivaux]

Sorry, it's not a scoop at all :p

[Naughtyboy]

there's no "known" name for the chipset.

Yes, there is...C55=650

Did you look at the linke I provided above..??

[Thomas Olivaux]

Yes I took a look.

When I write no known nvidia chipset written... I mean in the user manual of the P5N32-E SLI PLUS. But I agree, in the Asus link provided by Heidfirst, it's clearly written C55 (without XE).

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Tom

[John44]

Anyone played around with the SLI memory option in the bios and found it useful??

[Naughtyboy]

Anyone played around with the SLI memory option in the bios and found it useful??

Well....I don´t have any SLI certified memory...but I belive if you do..then it would be somewhat useful...giving you the option to set different OC profiles or something like that...

[Pyr0]

pci-e link width x8 ?

[Naughtyboy]

pci-e link width x8 ?

U got one PCI-E 16x thru the 650i NB and the other thru the 590SLI SB...so there is full 2*16x PCI-E support.

[John44]

Well....I don´t have any SLI certified memory...but I belive if you do..then it would be somewhat useful...giving you the option to set different OC profiles or something like that...

Thanks Naughtyboy, If you hear of it helping post it. How do you people like this new board. I have the P5N-E SLI and its a blast. You have to make sure there is plenty of cooling on the NB it gets really hot when overclocked. The SB does too.

Here a shot of my best clock. Good Luck

http://img177.imageshack.us/my.php?i...uz485x83on.jpg

[bro20000]

This is a widkid board the most stable stable board have ever had!

[DDTUNG]

Asus is getting funny with the name on this one.

P5N32-E SLI = 680
P5N32-E SLI Plus = 650

Buyers beware.

DDTUNG

[tomb18]

Thomas,

How far can you get the fsb with a lower multiplier on your quad? Most of the nvidia can't make it above 300 Fsb.

Perhaps ASUS is distancing themselves from the 680?

[Pyr0]

U got one PCI-E 16x thru the 650i NB and the other thru the 590SLI SB...so there is full 2*16x PCI-E support.

hi nb,
i know the board is supposed to have dual x16 slots as mentioned in the manual (and numerous times on the web )
my comment/question was actually directed to the original poster with reference to the screenies posted

[DDTUNG]

Thomas,

How far can you get the fsb with a lower multiplier on your quad? Most of the nvidia can't make it above 300 Fsb.

Perhaps ASUS is distancing themselves from the 680?

I managed 340 FSB with a Q6600/P5N32-E SLI without trying very hard. Others have done similar.

DDTUNG

[Thomas Olivaux]

I don't know yet for the PCI-E rated "only" 8X. I'm using Vista, there are no nForce 6xx driver for this OS, but I don't think it's the pb.

For the max FSB, i'll try today (sorry, I live in Luxembourg, it's not the same "time" as the most of you :p). I'm trying to get the max of my quad core for the moment, by increasing the multiplier only (QX6700 installed right now). When I'll know is best, I'll try the FSB test

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Thomas

[zert]

in terms of raw chipset performance this board shouldn't lag behind on the P5N32-E SLI and the P5N-E SLI as all boards use the same C55 northbridge, only the southbridge is different. and this shouldn't change the chipsets memory Characteristics or overclocking capacity

[zbogorgon]

has anyone tried 0402 beta bios

[Naughtyboy]

has anyone tried 0402 beta bios

Thats the one I´m using ATM..

[Thomas Olivaux]

Without fine tuning (Auto voltages for chipset), I have a max to around 350 FSB. Won't pass the BIOS at 355. This is with stock cooling for the chipset.

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Tom