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Asus Crosshair
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Asus Crosshair
80.0 Very Good
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Pros
  • A tweakers delight, great for overclocking
Cons
  • Very pricey, especially if you do not need frills
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Pricing - Very Expensive $249 (1/22/07)
Full Specifications

Performance - Very Good: 83

WorldBench 5 overall score - Very Good: 134

WorldBench 5 component results (in seconds)

ACD Systems ACDSee - 419
Adobe Photoshop - 289
Adobe Premiere - 316
Ahead Nero - 184
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX - 238
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL - 258
Microsoft Office XP - 505
Windows Media Encoder - 243
Mozilla - 295
Multitasking - 366
Musicmatch Jukebox - 416
Roxio VideoWave - 236
WinZip - 247

Graphics tests (frames per second)

Doom 3 1024 by 768, 32-bit - 125
Doom 3 1280 by 1024, 32-bit - 122
Doom 3 1024 by 768, 32-bit (with antialiasing) - 102
Doom 3 1280 by 1024, 32-bit (with antialiasing) - 89
Far Cry 1024 by 768, 32-bit - 150
Far Cry 1280 by 1024, 32-bit - 145
Far Cry 1024 by 768, 32-bit (with antialiasing) - 137
Far Cry 1280 by 1024, 32-bit (with antialiasing) - 108

Features - Very Good: 84

Chip set - nVidia nForce 590 SLI chip set
RAM sockets - 4
Maximum installable RAM - 8GB
Memory type - DDR2 800
Expansion slots - 2 PCIe x16, 1 PCIe x4, 3 PCI
Dual-graphics support - SLI dual-graphics support (16X)
Storage connectors - 6 SATA, 1 PATA ports
RAID support - 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD
Back-panel USB ports - 4
Back-panel FireWire ports - 1
Back-panel eSATA ports - 2
Ports on bundled brackets - 2 USB, 1 FireWire
USB ports on optional breakout panels - 6
FireWire ports on optional breakout panels - 1
Back-panel legacy ports - 2 PS/2
Gigabit ethernet adapters - 2
7.1-channel (192-kHz/24-bit) integrated audio chip - ADI 1988B
Back-panel digital audio connections - Coaxial/optical out
Parts/labor warranty (years) - Three/Three
Weekday support hours - 15.5
Weekend support hours - 9
Toll-free support - No

Design - Superior: 91

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