Asus A8N-VM CSM: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Finally Arrives
by Wesley Fink on December 1, 2005 12:04 AM EST- Posted in
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General Performance, 3D Graphics & Encoding
The same cannot be said for the 3DMark benchmarks. We retested several times because we didn't believe our results at first, and even did a complete fresh install, and went so far as to run benchmarks with the earler 81.26/81.33 drivers and optimized profiles for each benchmark. No matter what we did, 3DMark05 and 3DMark03 were lower on the Asus A8N-VM than on either the Biostar 6100 or the ATI RS482. Perhaps the Biostar BIOS is better optimized for the 3DMark benchmarks. Whatever the reason, the 3DMarks do not correlate well with our other real-world tests.
The same cannot be said for the 3DMark benchmarks. We retested several times because we didn't believe our results at first, and even did a complete fresh install, and went so far as to run benchmarks with the earler 81.26/81.33 drivers and optimized profiles for each benchmark. No matter what we did, 3DMark05 and 3DMark03 were lower on the Asus A8N-VM than on either the Biostar 6100 or the ATI RS482. Perhaps the Biostar BIOS is better optimized for the 3DMark benchmarks. Whatever the reason, the 3DMarks do not correlate well with our other real-world tests.
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Wesley Fink - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
The Asus DOES include HD Audio with the AD1986 codec - the same codec used for HD on the recently reviewed A8R-MVP. However, SPDIF is provided by an optional SPDIF module and TV out is also an optional module. That means you will need to buy optional modules to fully use these features.Donegrim - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
or if they are just headers, solder some wires onto the approriate points. Well, you might save some money.TowerShield - Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - link
Doesn't it have HD Audio? Is the on-board sound not real HD?bob661 - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
After looking through the manual for the board it appears that you have to buy a seperate S/PDIF (fiber optic) module in order to get the true 5.1 surround audio. Also, in order to get the TV Out (S-video) you have to buy that seperately too. 5.1 is not standard and neither is the TV Out. That sucks a bit. Why not include at least the optical out as standard considering most motherboards have it?LoneWolf15 - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
I agree, ASUS made a big mistake in not including a TV-out +SPDIF (preferrably coax and optical) on a single backplate and including it with this mainboard. This looks like an incredible board for an HTPC product --and that one simple mistake takes it from perfect to missing the mark.bob661 - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
It DOES have the HD Audio module but you won't be able to get true 5.1 sound without the optical out.