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Tim S · 1st Dec 2005, 15:45

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...an8_sli/1.html

adam197 · 1st Dec 2005, 15:57

NVIDIA’s nForce4 SLI chipset with two PCI-Express x16 slots (in either 16x1 or 8x8 configuration), SATA2 RAID, IEEE 1394a Firewire and Gigabit Ethernet.

That right? It says the same on down in the specs

RotoSequence · 1st Dec 2005, 16:12

I never saw any mention of overclocked performance or what this board can achieve...

Tim S · 1st Dec 2005, 16:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by adambrennan

NVIDIA’s nForce4 SLI chipset with two PCI-Express x16 slots (in either 16x1 or 8x8 configuration), SATA2 RAID, IEEE 1394a Firewire and Gigabit Ethernet.

That right? It says the same on down in the specs

Yes, that's right. When SLI mode is enabled, you get two x8 lanes.

Tim S · 1st Dec 2005, 16:20

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Originally Posted by RotoSequence

I never saw any mention of overclocked performance or what this board can achieve...

Overclocking and stability is at the bottom of page 4.

Fr4nk · 1st Dec 2005, 16:40

I have to say it does seem to be ripping off the asus a8n, but still looks like a decent board.

Tim S · 1st Dec 2005, 16:46

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Originally Posted by Fr4nk

I have to say it does seem to be ripping off the asus a8n, but still looks like a decent board.

In what way? The Q-OTES cooling solution?

ABIT has used that technology for quite a while now.

Shadowed_fury · 1st Dec 2005, 16:56

Indeed, IIRC ABIT have been doing stuff like that for ages.
Much longer than ASUS.

Bindibadgi · 1st Dec 2005, 17:06

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Originally Posted by Fr4nk

I have to say it does seem to be ripping off the asus a8n, but still looks like a decent board.

It's hard to define "ripping off" when everyone tries to do different things to a different degree. ABIT have had OTES since Geforce 3 Ti200.

adam197 · 1st Dec 2005, 17:09

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Originally Posted by bigz

Yes, that's right. When SLI mode is enabled, you get two x8 lanes.

Surely it would make more sense as 8x2 then. Or 8+8

Bindibadgi · 1st Dec 2005, 17:12

Ok, 8+8 or 16+1 then. It's two x8 slots, or one x16 and one x1. I was using "8x8" as an abbreviation of 8by8.

atanum141 · 1st Dec 2005, 17:25

im just wondering is this a non-blingbling version of the fatility board avail by abit? coz it looks mighty similar??

Bindibadgi · 1st Dec 2005, 17:48

Yea it's the version in between the bling bling two fan'd Fatality AN8 SLI and the no frill KN8 SLI. The fatality edn offers a lot more over this one though.

Shadowed_fury · 1st Dec 2005, 17:57

Plus the Fatality version has a red PCB, compared to the browny orange of this one

Reaper_Unreal · 1st Dec 2005, 20:15

You know, I really like this board, it's got a price point that I can agree with and it's pretty much targeted at someone like me.

I still don't understand why you guys gripe about the lack of dual ethernet. I've NEVER had to use more than a single ethernet port. The only reason I could see two be needed is to use the computer as a router. In which case, what does it need SLI for? Also, what do you need more than 4 SATA ports for? We lived with 4 PATA ports for a long time without problems. So in my eyes 4 SATA + 4 PATA = a whole lot of hds and dvd burners.

If I hadn't already bought an ASUS A8N-E, I would buy this one immediately.

Bindibadgi · 1st Dec 2005, 21:33

It's just the competition offers it so why does ABIT? Or why isnt it significantly lower priced then? or offer a better bundle?

Nature · 2nd Dec 2005, 11:56

Bigz your new avatar is more offensive than your last

I see the overclocking segment on Pg. 4, but it be nice to see some apples2apples/percentage graphs though.

Malfoleo · 2nd Dec 2005, 12:20

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Originally Posted by Reaper_Unreal

I still don't understand why you guys gripe about the lack of dual ethernet. I've NEVER had to use more than a single ethernet port. The only reason I could see two be needed is to use the computer as a router. In which case, what does it need SLI for?

They're useful when you are on two networks. A while ago I had an internal network and an external one (external was connected to the internet). On my internal I would open my computer right up and allow permissions so that any other computer connected to the same network could communicate. On the external network I had everything locked down so alls you could do was go online.

Dual ethernet can be very useful

Hell, my current board (A7N8X-E) has three ethernet connections (well, one gigabit, one 10/100, and one wifi), so you never know what kind of crazy connections you can have going

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Originally Posted by Reaper_Unreal

Also, what do you need more than 4 SATA ports for? We lived with 4 PATA ports for a long time without problems. So in my eyes 4 SATA + 4 PATA = a whole lot of hds and dvd burners.

I personally feel limited by only 2 sata, and once I upgrade my system I'm going to be running 4 sata drives, so having a bit of breathing room to add in more drives would be very nice (since my case can handle 8 without issue). Normal IDE just isn't fast enough in today’s gaming world, so that is out of the question for HDD's.

Bindibadgi · 2nd Dec 2005, 14:30

Thing is also, when Nvidia decide to include RAID5 onto their chipset you've got 3 SATA drives used up just there. If you want, say, a RAID0 boot you're stuffed. It's the problem with ICH7R.

Reaper_Unreal · 2nd Dec 2005, 16:12

I admit that RAID5 + RAID0 would be awesome, but on this motherboard it would make no sense, the target market doesn't spend that kind of money.

I hadn't really thought of the 2 separate networks thing, seeing as how I only have 1 network, but that would make sense.

As for the PATA being so much slower, last I heard, there was no performance gain by switching to SATA. Also, do you really think that the target market of this board would have use for more than 4 SATA drives and 4 PATA drives?

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1st Dec 2005, 15:57	#2
adam197 Supermodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 505	NVIDIA’s nForce4 SLI chipset with two PCI-Express x16 slots (in either 16x1 or 8x8 configuration), SATA2 RAID, IEEE 1394a Firewire and Gigabit Ethernet. That right? It says the same on down in the specs

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1st Dec 2005, 17:48	#13
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,259	Yea it's the version in between the bling bling two fan'd Fatality AN8 SLI and the no frill KN8 SLI. The fatality edn offers a lot more over this one though. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

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Shadowed_fury Natural Born Chaos Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Telford Posts: 7,133	Plus the Fatality version has a red PCB, compared to the browny orange of this one __________________ Steam: kev_fury New Frag Video - Gigabyte EP43-DS3L - E8200 - XFX 4870 1GB - 4GB Kingston - - Steel Series 7.1s - Logitech G11 - Razer Diamondback 3G - 2209WA -

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Reaper_Unreal Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 380	You know, I really like this board, it's got a price point that I can agree with and it's pretty much targeted at someone like me. I still don't understand why you guys gripe about the lack of dual ethernet. I've NEVER had to use more than a single ethernet port. The only reason I could see two be needed is to use the computer as a router. In which case, what does it need SLI for? Also, what do you need more than 4 SATA ports for? We lived with 4 PATA ports for a long time without problems. So in my eyes 4 SATA + 4 PATA = a whole lot of hds and dvd burners. If I hadn't already bought an ASUS A8N-E, I would buy this one immediately. __________________ If you made a Venn diagram, there would be two non-overlapping circles, one of which was labeled, “Times when I am truly happy” and the other of which was labeled, “Times when I am logged in as root, holding a cable, and have the case open.”

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Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,259	It's just the competition offers it so why does ABIT? Or why isnt it significantly lower priced then? or offer a better bundle? __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

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Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,259	Thing is also, when Nvidia decide to include RAID5 onto their chipset you've got 3 SATA drives used up just there. If you want, say, a RAID0 boot you're stuffed. It's the problem with ICH7R. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

2nd Dec 2005, 16:12	#20
Reaper_Unreal Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 380	I admit that RAID5 + RAID0 would be awesome, but on this motherboard it would make no sense, the target market doesn't spend that kind of money. I hadn't really thought of the 2 separate networks thing, seeing as how I only have 1 network, but that would make sense. As for the PATA being so much slower, last I heard, there was no performance gain by switching to SATA. Also, do you really think that the target market of this board would have use for more than 4 SATA drives and 4 PATA drives? __________________ If you made a Venn diagram, there would be two non-overlapping circles, one of which was labeled, “Times when I am truly happy” and the other of which was labeled, “Times when I am logged in as root, holding a cable, and have the case open.”