Asus A8V-E Deluxe (VIA K8T980)
JC 22.02.2005 - 09:34 2373 7
JC
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Review @ GamePCThe Asus A8V-E Deluxe VIA K8T890 board is priced at roughly the same level as many motherboards based on nVidia’s nForce4 Ultra chipset. K8T890 boards appear to be a little more expensive compared to previous generation K8T800 Pro boards and nVidia’s nForce4-4x based boards, but are certainly less expensive compared to nVidia’s high-end nForce4 SLI based platforms. For most, the decision will come down to K8T890 versus the nForce4 Ultra.
If it was up to us, we would choose nVidia’s nForce4 Ultra, as it delivers twice as much Serial ATA connectivity and at twice the maximum throughput speeds, as the nForce4 Ultra supports four ports of SATA-II/300, while the K8T890 supports two ports of SATA/150 connectivity. In addition, many nForce4 Ultra boards utilize nVidia's excellent Gigabit Ethernet engine and hardware Firewall, which the K8T890 does not have. That’s not to say the dual PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet ports on the A8V-E Deluxe motherboard are not impressive in their own right, but if given the choice, we would prefer nVidia’s hardware GigE with TCP/IP offloading.
Performance wise, we found the nForce4 chipset to be a little faster when utilizing nVidia's latest 6.39 Forceware drivers, but we're talking miniscule differences. Since the Athlon64 has an embedded memory controller, there are only small differences in performance between various chipset At most, we see about a 2% advantage towards nVidia, nothing even noticeable in day to day work. However, when you throw the "slightly better performance" on top of the better features of the nForce4 series, it's hard to find any redeeming factor for recommending the K8T890 over the nForce4 at this time.
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Rag3
Little Overclocker
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du postest ja nur halbe sachen: However, the fact that we like the nForce4 better does not diminish the fact that the K8T890 is a very solid, very high performance chipset. We have no qualms with the chipset in its current implementation, although the limitation of two Serial ATA ports will most certainly frustrate power users, especially with the emergence of Serial ATA optical drives and RAID configurations.
The A8V-E Deluxe is a very good board, all around, and is a worthy follow-up to the very popular AGP-based A8V Deluxe. The new A8V-E Deluxe adds PCI Express x16 connectivity, another dedicated Gigabit Ethernet port (PCI Express based instead of 32-bit PCI on the previous generation board), PCI Express x1 expansion slots, and integrated 802.11G Wireless LAN connectivity, all for roughly the same price of their previous generation platform. We do not like that Asus moved to an actively cooled Northbridge (the previous generation board has passive cooling, meaning less noise), but this is a fairly minor complaint for an overall very positive design.
We like the K8T890, and it does exactly what we expected it to, delivering terrific performance and the ability to run PCI Express graphics cards along with Socket-939 Athlon64 / FX processors. However, it lacks much of the "umph" of nVidia's nForce4 platforms, which simply are better than the K8T890 in terms of overall functionality. Add in the fact that the nForce4 already has a terrific word of mouth reputation and is already popular in the enthusiast communities, and the delayed K8T890 chip may have a hard time getting off the ground and remaining as popular as their previous Athlon64 chipsets. Nevertheless, it’s solid and it works. das gehört dazu und schafft das bild, was ich auch von dem mobo hab: stabil und schnell! Die 2% merkt doch keiner !
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Rag3
Little Overclocker
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Review das ist der link, bin dem nur gefolgt.ka wie alt der is
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Wurmi
Bloody Newbie
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Steht eh drüber is anscheinend von heute,.... 
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Viper780
ModeratorEr ist tot, Jim!
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tja nur leider hat Asus die produktion eigestellt.
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Rag3
Little Overclocker
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jo, verstehe auch ned warum, is echt klasse das board! Und startprobleme hatte auch das a8n, bis bios updates kamen!
Im Tempo steht das a8v dem a8n, wenn überhaupt nur unwahrnehmbar nach!
ps: würde mich mal über n neues bios freuen, denn beim 1002er funzt pci-e16x und s3 ned, beim 1003er funzt s3, aber dafür nur pci-e8x...
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Wurmi
Bloody Newbie
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also bei funzt beides" mit dem 1003Bios
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Rag3
Little Overclocker
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hab auch keine ahnung wieso das nicht geht,aber s3 scheint von data_scramling abzuhängen, dass muss ih ja bei 1003 deaktivieren, um von 8x pci-e auf 16x umzuschalten!
naja bis (hoffentlich) ne neue biosversion released wird, komme ich auch mit s1 aus!
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