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Tim S · 15th Aug 2008, 12:19

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...r-ii-formula/1

Asus takes Nvidia's nForce 780a to the next level with its second generation CrossHair motherboard. Does Hybrid Graphics cut the mustard? Does Asus make another Republic of Gamer masterpiece? We went off to find out.

kenco_uk · 15th Aug 2008, 13:03

Is the 'hybrid' 8200 able to be used as a Physx 'card'?

Nuffenburger · 15th Aug 2008, 13:24

yum

naokaji · 15th Aug 2008, 13:50

I'd rather see hybrid sli on a no thrills matx board than this feature loaded beast, sure, the mainboard has "everything", but if you are going for an amd cpu it wont be a attempt to build a high end gaming system anyway.
good job on the review though.

Bindibadgi · 15th Aug 2008, 13:51

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Originally Posted by kenco_uk

Is the 'hybrid' 8200 able to be used as a Physx 'card'?

Hmm, nice idea. I'm not sure actually, it eats up a lot of memory bandwidth so it could be too slow.

ChaosDefinesOrder · 15th Aug 2008, 15:30

anyone else find it slightly amusing that crosshair motherboards aren't crossfire compatible?

Ninja_182 · 15th Aug 2008, 15:37

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Originally Posted by ChaosDefinesOrder

anyone else find it slightly amusing that crosshair motherboards aren't crossfire compatible?

Not as amusing as the little lights everywhere that signify 'normal', 'high' and 'crazy'

ComputerKing · 15th Aug 2008, 22:24

HOT HOT! Freaking HOT!

Guys Asus are the sexist thing you can get in this planet.

Very dam cool . I can't wait for x58 :P

sl1xx · 16th Aug 2008, 03:07

ever mobo just looks the dogs gonards nower days dunnit i think its a pritty gd mobo not 2 steep on the £cedits either id still go with a p45 tho for tha price..

M4RTIN · 16th Aug 2008, 10:18

looks for once like its the same price in the uk as the us

Bindibadgi · 16th Aug 2008, 10:34

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Originally Posted by sl1xx

ever mobo just looks the dogs gonards nower days dunnit i think its a pritty gd mobo not 2 steep on the £cedits either id still go with a p45 tho for tha price..

What language is this

sl1xx · 16th Aug 2008, 17:23

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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

What language is this

scouse...get with the programme lad !

ComputerKing · 16th Aug 2008, 18:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bindibadgi

What language is this

and I thought my English was bad

Bindibadgi · 16th Aug 2008, 20:39

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Originally Posted by sl1xx

scouse...get with the programme lad !

Ah, I can understand Mancunian, but Scouse and Jordie is beyond me

Boogle · 17th Aug 2008, 09:28

I had that board for a while, and could run dual monitors with Hybrid SLI

Was nicer than dual monitors with normal SLI because the change between SLI / Hybrid worked 99% of the time instead of 80% of the time.

Unfortunately the Phenom CPU (which I got to 2.9Ghz too) is hopelessly slow. It was slower (actual playing wise, not benchies) than my Intel Quad (3.4Ghz - I know not a 'fair' comparison) with a single GPU. Not a little slower either, the difference was staggering since the Intel system was smooth, while the Phenom though it had the FPS, had constant stutters. Mini-stutters very often, and a big stutter/pause every 10 seconds or so. It made games unplayable if you value great accuracy, such as MOH:Airborne when using a rifle. Incidentally I never had a stutter problem when I ran dual P4 Xeons with SLI.

Can't fault the board though, I thoroughly enjoyed using it and shall remain one of the favourite boards I've ever had. It's not perfect, but it has plenty of character and just keeps on giving. If the AMD Phenom was a great deal faster, there is no question I would be running Phenom with that board.

Madness_3d · 20th Sep 2009, 22:35

Have had the board for a while now with a Phenom II 940 and found it to be simply superb.
On air I can get the Northbridge up to 2640Mhz with a 264Mhz FSB and 10 mulit The HT link is running at 2112Mhz and is Rock Stable
Also is 100% stable with a 14x Multi and 3.7Ghz.
Memory Bandwidth and benchmarks are superb this board really does make sense when paired with a Black Edition 9** series

15th Aug 2008, 12:19	#1
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17th Aug 2008, 09:28	#15
Boogle Multimodder Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: UK Posts: 157	I had that board for a while, and could run dual monitors with Hybrid SLI Was nicer than dual monitors with normal SLI because the change between SLI / Hybrid worked 99% of the time instead of 80% of the time. Unfortunately the Phenom CPU (which I got to 2.9Ghz too) is hopelessly slow. It was slower (actual playing wise, not benchies) than my Intel Quad (3.4Ghz - I know not a 'fair' comparison) with a single GPU. Not a little slower either, the difference was staggering since the Intel system was smooth, while the Phenom though it had the FPS, had constant stutters. Mini-stutters very often, and a big stutter/pause every 10 seconds or so. It made games unplayable if you value great accuracy, such as MOH:Airborne when using a rifle. Incidentally I never had a stutter problem when I ran dual P4 Xeons with SLI. Can't fault the board though, I thoroughly enjoyed using it and shall remain one of the favourite boards I've ever had. It's not perfect, but it has plenty of character and just keeps on giving. If the AMD Phenom was a great deal faster, there is no question I would be running Phenom with that board.

20th Sep 2009, 22:35	#16
Madness_3d Refugee of CPC Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London UK Posts: 121	Have had the board for a while now with a Phenom II 940 and found it to be simply superb. On air I can get the Northbridge up to 2640Mhz with a 264Mhz FSB and 10 mulit The HT link is running at 2112Mhz and is Rock Stable Also is 100% stable with a 14x Multi and 3.7Ghz. Memory Bandwidth and benchmarks are superb this board really does make sense when paired with a Black Edition 9 series __________________ XFXScorpio911 ¦ PHENOM II X4 940 @ 3.92Ghz ¦ XFX GTX 260 XXX 896MB¦ ASUS CROSSHAIR II FORMULA ¦ 4GB OCZ REAPER 1066 5-5-4-8 2T¦ SAMSUNG 1000GB F1 ¦ Windows XP 32bit** ¦