ABIT AG8
| ABIT AG8 | |
| CPU Support | All LGA775 processors |
| Northbridge | Intel i915P 'Grantsdale' |
| Memory Support | 4 slots, DDR400, 4GB max, dual-channel |
| AGP | None |
| PEG16X | One slot |
| Southbridge | Intel ICH6/R |
| Audio | Realtek ALC658 from ICH6/R feed |
| Audio Connectivity | 6 port backplane speaker, 2 S/PDIF optical input and output |
| PCI | 2 x 32-bit 33MHz PCI 2.1 slots |
| PCI Express | 3 x 1X slots |
| IDE | 1 ATA133 compliant port from ICH6/R |
| IDE RAID | None |
| SATA | 4 ports from ICH6/R |
| SATA RAID | All 4 ports using Intel Matrix Storage |
| Networking | Realtek 8110S-32 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, 10/100/1000Mbit |
| USB | ICH6/R, 2 x backplane USB2.0, 4 x I/O USB2.0 |
| FireWire | FireWire400, 1 backplane port, 2 x I/O (one powered, one unpowered) from Ti TSB43AB23 OCHI controller |
| Other I/O | PS/2, Parallel, 1 x Serial |
The feature jiggling mentioned on the previous page is evident in the specification list. It's an AA8 with DDR-supporting northbridge and ALC658 audio, nothing more, nothing less. It retains the six supplied USB2.0 ports, three FireWire400 ports and the Realtek 8110S GigE. PCI Express capabilities are unchanged too with one PEG16X slot and a triplet of 1X slots.
Intel's Matrix Storage controller lets you setup a flexible four disk SATA setup, including combinations of RAID types on a single volume, mixed in with the ability to runs disks standalone alongside.
The ALC658 has 20-bit resolution when doing a digital to analogue conversion (on its outputs), supporting 6-channels of audio in that way. The inputs are 18-bit and you're limited to two stereo pairs there, but that's perfectly fine for most uses. It's no ALC880 with a HD Audio feed, but it's more than competent for onboard audio.
A decent spec, given the AA8 base. Let's see if that AA8 base extends to how ABIT have laid out the AG8.
