With a feature set second to none, the Asus A8N-SLI is a highly integrated NVIDIA nForce4 motherboard with an impressive set of features ideal for high-end tweaking. The ATX design affords better airflow to the processor, along with an innovative heatpipe design that transfers heat to a small thin-finned cooler around the CPU socket; this is supported by the airflow from an adjacent heatsink and fan assembly. Heat dangers from overclocking are much less of a problem with this excellent, quiet, system.
This innovative board takes full advantage of SLI technology, supporting a maximum of 4 GB DDR RAM with performance potential nearly double that of a single graphics card. The back panel sports dual Gigabit Ethernet ports courtesy of state-of-the-art Marvell controllers in combination with NVIDIA's built in Gigabit MAC with NV Firewall and ActiveArmor intrusion detection features.
This powerful and feature-rich board fully exploits SLI’s myriad opportunities afforded, and is an excellent offering as we’ve come to expect from ASUS.
- NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ChipsetThe NVIDIA nForce4 SLI media and communications processor (MCP) delivers unbelievable graphics performance with NVIDIA SLI technology and cutting-edge features including SATA with RAID support and NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet with TCP/IP acceleration and NV firewall. The NVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset ensures maximum PC performance with future-proofing features for the demands of tomorrow.
- Ultimate Gaming Performance with NVIDIA SLI TechnologyNVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture and features intelligent hardware and software enabling a pair of GPUs to deliver earth-shattering, scalable graphics power, approaching twice the performance in certain applications.
- AI Cool-PipeAI Cool Pipe provides heat dissipation performance comparable to that of cooling fans without annoying fan noise for whisper-quiet operation and low system temperatures.
- Dual SATA RAIDThe nForce4 SLI Chipset and onboard Silicon Image Sil3114 provide a great solution to your RAID requirements by supporting RAID 0/1/0+1 on 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports and 4 additional SATA interfaces allowing RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0 and RAID 5 respectively.
- Dual Gigabit LANThe integrated dual Gigabit LAN design allows a PC to serve as a network gateway for managing traffic between two separate networks. Dual Gigabit LAN means rapid data transfers from WAN to LAN without any added arbitration or latency.
- AI NET2ASUS AI NET2 remotely detects cable connections when powering up. Any faulty connections within 100 meters will be reported at an accuracy of up to 1 meter.