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Can someone tell me if there would be a noticeable improvement in graphics performance with a ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard versus a A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard running SLI. The A8N32 has the X16 mode versus the X8 mode on A8n-SLI running SLI.
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Yes and no
NO, with 1 card the 8x bus in not yet fully saturated!
Yes, with a true SLI set up there is a small improvement.
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"There is more to the story though. While we can't fully explain why it is faster, we did find the Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe to be as much as 8% faster on the newest games that we tested in SLI mode, and up to a whopping 17% faster in single video mode with single/dual 7800GTX video cards."

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So the 32 is even faster in single mode!!!
I stand corrected and learned another tid bit!
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Wow only an 8% increase in sli mode. Would love to have that board but only 8% over what I have already have wouldn't be enough to justify getting one.

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