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ABIT AN8 32X nForce4 SLI X16 - TechAmok
ABIT AN8 32X nForce4 SLI X16 - [hardware] 06:05 PM EDT - Apr,24 2006 - post a comment
PCPerspective
takes a took the ABIT AN8 32X nForce4 SLI X16 motherboard:
Our look at the motherboard BIOS showed a lot of features for overclocking
including voltage regulation, multiplier adjustment and fan speed customization.
Since Abit pioneered the overclocking bios from day one it makes sense that they
would have a quality showing here. Our overclocking results are pretty good
but did not come close to knocking off the leader and HyperTransport bus
overclocking, the A8R32-MVP using the ATI Xpress 3200 chipset. Getting a 278
MHz HTT bus is still pretty good though and should provide enough flexibility
for most enthusiasts looking to overclock their system.
This motherboard has all the features any enthusiast could want including
enough USB FireWire and SATA connections for just about anyone. The onboard
audio definitely underperforms so I would recommend looking for an external
sound card at any cost. Even the $30 Diamond Xtreme sound card in our budget
hardware leaderboard would do the job better. The AN8 32X only has a single
Ethernet port though for most people that shouldn't be a problem. The board
does feature silent cooling which is a big plus for anyone worried about
noise and the heat pipe technology also kept the components cool. SLI is a big
plus for anyone looking at gaming seriously and doesn't mind spending a lot of
money on graphics cards.
One point of contention from NVIDIA for their SLI technology is that it
offers a much better complete platform solution then ATI's CrossFire. Their
argument is that in general SLI is a much better option for the end-user; you
have more motherboard choices, more graphics card choices, easier installation
and better software support. It is hard to argue against this point as SLI has
at least an 18 month advantage in development time allowing NVIDIA's engineers
and software developers time to perfect and tweak the software to their liking.
ATI has been playing catch-up with Crossfire since day one and they are still
behind, and with NVIDIA's upcoming Quad-SLI releases it looks like ATI may fall
even further back in the race.
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