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i just ordered an asus sli motherboard from monarch yesterday. And today i just saw the sli mobo roundup on anadtech.com and the results show that the msi and the dfi one are better. should i cancel the order on the asus board? what do you guys think and why?

If it's not too late, I would say yes. The MSI is the board to get, IMO. It overclocked just shy of the DFI, there's no stability issues being discussed (that I'm aware of), and had a richer feature set.

That Anandtech article had me take DFI off of my planned upgrade and consider MSI as the frontrunner.

ya u should cancel if possible. The msi packs a solid punch against competition.

what if i dont plan to oc (cause i have a newcastle core already)?is it worth it to cancel then?

Yes, the MSI had killer stock performance. The A8N-SLI is not a 'bad' board by any means, but the MSI is the better option IMO.

ahh it's too late they'll probably ship tomrrow
am i screweD?

no. the msi is just a bit better. In most games you will only see max 5 fps increase its nothing big.

well i jsut tried calling but it closed already. so i emailed them a request to change it but it will probably ship before they read the email.

here's what i said:

i just ordered a BFG 6800GT pcie and an Asus SLi
deluxe motherboard.

Is there way i can change the Asus Sli Deluxe to the
MSI SLI K8N Neo 4? or will that cost extra and delay
the shipment?

I am Sorry for this inconvience

If you can't change it, don't stress. As mentioned, the A8N is a fine board. I personally have a love affection with Asus, regardless of my open affair with MSI.

hahaha infidellity of motherboards


alright im happy then regardless if i dont get the msi board.

yup it's too late the asus one is comming...
should i return it ???
or is the assus not all that bad?

I dunno, I have seems some Asus A8N-SLI "Kick Ass" awards aver the net, in fact the SLI Gigabyte motherboard has got slightly better reviews then the MSI one.

didnt soeone say like in order to have 1000mhz fsb or something like that you have to set the multiplier to 5x or something ? should i do that right when i get my board for a boost in performance?

Ahh you might wanna check what the best-of-the-best motherboard is in the current issue of MPC

You may want to read this, which came out yesterday:

Anantech Link

Again, Asus is not a bad choice, but MSI has the better option.

You should just keep the asus board now. The msi is just tad bit better its no biggie.