ABIT AN8 32X

Gaming Performance - 1:

The AN8 32X performed inline with the competition in single card mode - it was faster than the A8R-MVP, and as fast as the A8R32-MVP Deluxe. Both the A8N32-SLI Deluxe and the nF4 SLI-DR were faster than it, but the deficit is less than 1%.

The tables turned in Quake 4, as the AN8 32X was second to the ASUS A8R32-MVP - the A8N32-SLI, which is based on the same nForce4 SLI x16 chipset, was two frames per second slower in single card mode. SLI showed a slight performance drop in this CPU-limited scenario, but the frame rates were slightly higher on the two nForce4 SLI x16 compared to the DFI nF4 SLI-DR board.

Lost Coast also showed a performance drop at CPU-limited resolutions and detail settings. Interestingly, the AN8 32X was some 5% slower than the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard in single card mode, and dual card mode was no different.