An excellent motherboard with a few (minor) caveats.
Written: Mar 26 '03
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Pros: Fast, Stable, AGP 3.0, Dual Channel DDR.
Cons: Very little linux compatability.
The Bottom Line: An awesome board for a windows system; think again if you use linux...
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| pr0xy's Full Review: ASUS A7N8X Motherboard |
This is a great board. The deluxe version (~ $140) boasts Serial ATA Raid, Dual Channel DDR400, dual LAN cards, 5.1 channel sound, Firewire, and one of the fastest 166Mhz FSB chipsets around. Asus has an excellent track record for stability and performance, and this motherboard holds true. Driver installation in windows is a snap, and I have experienced fewer crashes than with any motherboard prior to buying my A7N8x.
Yet there is one issue: and that is Linux Drivers. While chipset drivers for linux DO exist, standard agpgart support DOES NOT; nVidia bundles an nvagp driver with their software, but it is useless unless you have an nVidia video card as well. Glibc 2.3 is NOT supported, so newer distros (red hat 8/9, mandrake) are pretty much useless. If you plan on running linux on this board, wait until driver support exists, or you've nothing but a headache in store.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 140
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Member: Joe Mattie
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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