Asus P5N-E SLI Nvidia nForce 650i SLI

Test System Details Specifications and Revisions

•   Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz) Processor
• 2 x Corsair XMS DDR2-800 Memory (2 x 1 GB, CAS 4-4-4-12)
• 1 x Nvidia GeForce 7900 GT 256 MB (Nvidia 93.71 Driver)
• 1 x Maxtor DiamondMax 10 Serial ATA Hard Disk
• 1 x Plextor PX-755SA DVD+/-RW Drive
• 1 x Corsair HX620W 620W Power Supply
• Windows XP Professional SP2 (32-bit)

   

• Asus P5N-E SLI Nvidia nForce 650i SLI Chipset (0304 BIOS)
• Asus Striker Extreme Nvidia nForce 680i SLI Chipset (701 BIOS)
• Asus P5NSLI Nvidia nForce 570 SLI Chipset (0903 BIOS)
• Asus P5W DH Deluxe Intel 975X Chipset (1707 BIOS)
• Asus P5B Deluxe Intel P965 Chipset (0804 BIOS)

Synthetic CPU and Memory Benchmarks SiSoft Sandra XI

CPU benchmarks show the P5N-E SLI right on target with other high-end boards in terms of CPU performance - and that our healthy overclock can improve performance by quite a lot. Memory performance of the nForce 650i SLI is a smidge worse compared to the nForce 680i, but in comparison to Intel's competing P965 chipset, the nForce 650i provides more bandwidth at lower latencies,  a definite win.