Fatal1ty AN8 SLI receives Editor's Choice from The Tech Zone!17 August 2005
The Tech Zone; one of the largest hardware tech sites on the net recently reviewed the ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI motherboard and gave it an editor choice. Let's hear what Tech Zone has to say about the ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI motherboard "The Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI is an update to the award winning Fatal1ty AN8. The biggest change is, of course, the upgrade to NVIDIA SLI technology, which enables gamers to run two NVIDIA based video card for the ultimate performance setup. The Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI is among the most feature rich enthusiast motherboard we have ever seen."
The Dual OTES technology not only offers the best cooling possible, the fan speed is also auto adjusted to provide users an absolute quiet environment. "The first thing you'll notice on the Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI are the two big OTES cooling fans. This is an overclocker's motherboard and everything about it has been gear to give gamers the highest performance possible. Not only does the Fatal1ty AN8 offer OTES cooling but there is also SLIpstream to cool the video card( s ) and the chipset cooler is made from pure copper, which draws heat three times more efficiently than conventional aluminum coolers."
Another great feature that ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI offers is the OTES SLIpstream VGA cooling system. "New to the Fatal1ty motherboard series is the ABIT-designed OTES SLIpstream VGA cooling system. This ABIT-designed cooler sits above the PCI Express graphics cards, and effectively cools both video cards for rock-solid stability during those intense gaming sessions. OTES SLIpstream is easily installed, automatically controlled via uGuru, and can be configured to move air in one of two directions, allowing users to maximize airflow in their case."
Guru Panel is the most amazing feature that bundles with the ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI motherboard. "Abit's uGuru Panel allows you to access and select system performance while playing games, listening to music, browsing the Internet or using office applications in full screen. And you can do all this without the need to stop or close the application you are running. In addition, uGuru Panel displays OC levels, H/W monitoring status, room temperature, warning notice, and even notify you once some one want to talk with you by MSN or when you receive new e-mail messages - all from its convenient LCD display."
Overclocking and conclusion. "With the Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI, performing overclocking can be done in a couple of different ways. First you can kick it old school by going directly into the BIOS. The Abit BIOS gives users a multitude of control options geared for getting the most performance from the motherboard. For those new to overclocking and don't want to fool around with the BIOS setting, Abit offers the uGuru software and Guru Panel. The OC Guru AutoDrive allows you to set overclocking speed depending on the application being run! So you can crank it up for those hard hitting 3D games and then back it down when surfing the web. The Fatal1ty AN8 SLI proved to be one super stable platform for gamers and overclockers. With it magnitude of Front Side Bus and voltage adjustments for CPU and RAM I had no problem pushing an AMD 3200+ all the way to 2.4GHz. This is something we were not able to achieve with the recently reviewed ECS KN1 Extreme. Abit pretty much invited the overclocking motherboard and they clearly still lead the pack."
ABIT is honored to receive the Editor Choice award from The Tech Zone.
The Good
Very high performance
Super stable - perfect for overclocking
Tons of overclocking features like uGuru and the Guru Panel
Good price
The Bad
Better late to market than never
Rating: 9.5/10
For the full review, go to: http://www.thetechzone.com/?m=show&id=323&page=1
For more information on the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI, go here: http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=246
About ABIT
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Source: I-Newswire
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