Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe

"Packed with features and performance potential from DDR500 support to the 16X SLI chipset the Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe has thrown down the gauntlet for the other boards that follow."

"In the end, we still have some reservations as to whether Dual x16 makes any difference at all in video performance. It certainly appears to improve performance greatly in the latest, greatest, and most demanding games, but we will need to dismiss other potential explanations before we become a true believer. We do not, however, have reservations about the A8N32-SLI Deluxe. This board is a definite keeper."

"The ASUS A8N32-SLI is a fantastically stable motherboard, much like any other ASUS motherboard we've had the pleasure of using. In general, it was no slower than the DFI LANParty nF4 SLI-DR, and it was faster than it in some instances - like Doom 3. While NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI x16 chipset doesn't bring performance on leaps and bounds, we feel it is one for the future with plenty of performance left to unlock."

"...the board has proved very powerful and multifunctional: it offers full-featured support for the SLI (two slots with 16 lines in each), two Gigabit LAN controllers, support for USB2.0 (10 ports), 8-channel audio and six SerialATA II channels (owing to installation of an additional RAID controller)."

"While the A8N32-SLI Deluxe's performance is nothing short of excellent, I have mixed feelings about recommending a board that has features people can't really use or don't work. For example, the external SATA connector really depends on the popularity of external SATA enclosures in the near future. I also don't like the fact that the PATA controller doesn't work in RAID mode, or that cross controller RAID functionality is broken as well. Of course, people who purchase these boards may not encounter these issues but I sure did in my tests. I hope that ASUS addresses these issues and releases an updated BIOS to correct these problems. If ASUS can address these issues, they will have a very strong product that I'd be comfortable recommending to anyone and everyone looking for a stable, high performance motherboard."