The ASUS PEG Link Mode Guide Posted! - Page 2

carreragtr · 11th Sep 2005, 06:08 AM

I recently got a ASUS a8n sli premium mobo.When i benched it i got distinctly lower scores than my old a8n-e.The decrease was in the range 12-18% in 3dmark03 and 3dmark05 and 5-10% in games. I started to look for culprits.All the hardware and software was the same as the previous setup including the drivers.The only thing i could locate was the peg link mode in bios.In my a8n-e it was set to auto, but i had disabled it in the new mobo.I set it to auto and benched again.The socres jumped back to their original values.Since 15% is not a small amount i ran all the tests again.I was able to reproduce the scenario again without even a small change.I know rojakpot carried an article in the subject, but 15% is not a tiny amount by any standards. I will do some further tests and post later. Can anyone who has peg link mode in their bios please check if this is happening to them?

PS: The results are reproducible to the last decimal.Its identical even after 5 runs.Something weird is definitely going on here.

Chai · 11th Sep 2005, 04:38 PM

It's nothing weird actually. We have alreayd tested and found the reason for the performance boost.

11th Sep 2005, 04:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 28,125 Reputation: 4649 Rep Power: 82	It's nothing weird actually. We have alreayd tested and found the reason for the performance boost. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

11th Sep 2005, 06:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
carreragtr Newbie Join Date: 11 Sep 2005 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	I recently got a ASUS a8n sli premium mobo.When i benched it i got distinctly lower scores than my old a8n-e.The decrease was in the range 12-18% in 3dmark03 and 3dmark05 and 5-10% in games. I started to look for culprits.All the hardware and software was the same as the previous setup including the drivers.The only thing i could locate was the peg link mode in bios.In my a8n-e it was set to auto, but i had disabled it in the new mobo.I set it to auto and benched again.The socres jumped back to their original values.Since 15% is not a small amount i ran all the tests again.I was able to reproduce the scenario again without even a small change.I know rojakpot carried an article in the subject, but 15% is not a tiny amount by any standards. I will do some further tests and post later. Can anyone who has peg link mode in their bios please check if this is happening to them? PS: The results are reproducible to the last decimal.Its identical even after 5 runs.Something weird is definitely going on here.