Our sample of the Gigabyte GA-8N-SLi Royal might not be quite retail ready, but it put in some impressive benchmark numbers in the tests that I managed to run. The board also has a wide range of features apart from the SLi core – just make sure you need the complete feature set before putting down a wad of cash.
Update
We've been contacted by Gigabyte with regards to the U-PLUS D.P.S power module and the poor fitting of it. As this was a pre-production board, the module supplied will not be the same as the one that will ship with final production boards. A module will be designed specifically for the GA-8N-SLi Royal which won't cause any installation problems.Read full review
Overall
8/10
By Lars-Göran Nilsson
Reviewed 26 April 2005
Updated 05 February 2011