<br><blockquote><i>Taipei, Taiwan; Oct 22, 2004 – During NVIDIA’s nForce4 launch event on Oct 20, 2004, NVIDIA announced a stunning 3D benchmark score achieved by ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard. The ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe has achieved 10,118 points on the latest 3DMark05. This is the first motherboard in the world to break 10,000 points on 3DMark 2005. In addition, ASUS is the only motherboard maker capable to provide NVIDIA with working SLI motherboards for its worldwide press tours.<p>
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe<br>
The ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe is a dream gaming platform with dual-graphics card and dual-channel memory design that supports the K8 939 CPU. Designed with extreme performance in mind, the A8N-SLI Deluxe excels in speed, and conquered many 3D rendering challenges. <p>
Besides supporting two PCI-express graphics cards and numerous exclusive ASUS SLI design, this powerful solution also features the popular ASUS AI Proactive features such as AI NOS and AI Net2. And this is not to mention a list of top specifications such as Serial ATA 2.0, 8 Serial ATA ports, 1394 interface, 10 USB Connections and 8-channel audio.<p>
New Record on 3DMark05<br>
3DMark is one of the most popular and respected 3D benchmark programs among editors and enthusiasts worldwide. 3Dmark 2005, newly released on September 29, 20004, represents the most rigorous 3D testing program yet. Over the previous versions, it usually takes as long as over a year to break the 10,000 points barrier. However, on this latest installment of 3DMark, the brand new A8N-SLI Deluxe was able to surprise the industry by breaking the 10,000 mark within 10 days! The 10,118 record was set on NVIDIA’s press tour in Munich, Germany on October 7, 2004. The result was achieved with ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard with AMD Athlon FX55 CPU and two NV45 Ultra Graphics Cards.</i></blockquote><p>
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