Specifications
Mainboard | ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 |
CPU Support | All S939 processors |
Northbridge | Single nForce4 Ultra chipset |
Memory Support | 4 slots, non-ECC, DDR-1 only. Optimum support at DDR400 dual-channel. Maximum 4GB system RAM |
AGP | None |
PEG16X | One slot |
Southbridge | Single nForce4 Ultra (see above) |
Audio | Onboard 5.1-channel audio from nForce4 Ultra chipset. AC'97 only, run via Realtek ALC658 6-channel CODEC and AudioMAX board |
Audio Connectivity | Bundled audio card. 6-channel support |
PCI | 3x 32-bit 33MHz PCI 2.1 slots |
PCI Express | 2x x1 slots |
IDE | 2 ATA133 compliant ports from nForce4 Ultra |
IDE RAID | RAID0, 1, 0+1 from nForce4 Ultra's 2 ports |
SATA | 4 ports from nForce4 Ultra. Supports SATA2 RAID0, 1, and 0+1 |
Additional SATA | None |
Networking | Gigabit Ethernet via nForce4 Ultra and Vitesse PHY |
USB | 4x USB2.0 on I/O. Headers for 6 additional ports (3x2) |
FireWire | Texas Instruments TS43BAB22A 2-port controller |
I/O | OTES, PS/2, 4x USB2.0, 1x FireWire 1394a |
Other notables | ABIT µGuru monitoring/tweaking software |
Board dimensions | ATX form factor - 305mm x 245mm |
Street price | £120 |
The brunt of the feature-set is driven by NVIDIA's capable nForce4 Ultra chipset. ABIT's µGuru monitoring/tweaking hardware is an obvious inclusion. The specs. don't have the wow factor of some. Fatal1ty's strengths lie elsewhere, though.