| Performance |
We repeated the configuration from our previous 650i platform review so that anyone who wants to see how the two test platforms compare to the older 680i chipset can refer to those previous charts.
| Testing System Configuration | |
| Motherboards | Asus P5N-E SLI ECS NF650iSLIT-A |
| Video card | 2x Foxconn 7900GS 256MB |
| RAM | Super Talent T800UX2GC4 PC2-6400 |
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz |
| Hard Drive | Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 SATA 3.0Gb |
| Optical | NEC ND-3500A |
| PSU | Antec EarthWatts 500W |
| OS | Windows XP Service Pack 2 |
| Drivers | nVidia nForce 9.53 chipset nVidia ForceWare 93.71 graphics |
Asus obviously has a killer overclocker in its P5N-E SLI, but can it outperform its cheaper ECS-made rival at stock speeds?
Slight gains for the P5N-E SLI in Sandra 2005 Arithmetic Bench -- actually, the gains are smaller than the between-run differences we typically see in testing.
In Sandra Multimedia, the P5N-E SLI performance gains are again present, but still barely noticeable.
The smallest of difference in Sandra Memory Bandwidth scores again puts the P5N-E SLI in the lead.
Most DirectX benchmarks benefit from the added performance of Asus' P5N-E SLI, but by less than 1 FPS.
A back-and-forth struggle in Open GL between the P5N-E SLI and the NF650iSLIT-A finishes with the P5N-E SLI owning a slight lead overall.
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