OCAddiction Gives ABIT NF7-S the "OCA Essential Hardware" Award.

Taipei, Taiwan, April 8, 2003- Overclocking webstite OCAddiction recently reviewed the ABIT NF7-S and gave it an OCA Essential Hardware award. See why:

"ABIT has for years been known not only as an industry leader, but a technology leader in the PC enthusiast market. The first to bring you a truly jumperless AND configurable motherboard, ABIT has not slowed down since. Already known for their stellar Pentium4 and Via based AMD motherboards, ABIT has again raised the bar with their NF7 lineup.

It's not surprising considering features such as 5 Bit Frequency ID and 3 Phase Power. With ABIT's 5-bit FID Override technology, users can get a variety of CPU overclocking presets. For example, if you have an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ CPU by 133MHz (FSB)x15(Multiplier)= 2000MHz(CPU/DDR=133/166), you can only adjust the FSB to overclock. But with the 5-bit FID override technology, you can adjust the frequency to 166MHz x12=2000MHz (CPU/DDR=166/166) or 100MHz x20=2000MHz (CPU/DDR=100/100) to get the best performance.

"This basically means that they've not only given the ability to have the CPU for all intent and purpose "unlocked", but that they've given us a boat load of multiplier settings to play with. We've messed with this quite a bit and sure enough, the AthlonXP 2100+ that we've been testing with will run at any multiplier x FSB setting we can throw at it. This feature absolutely rocks and gives me a flat out warm and fuzzy about ABIT and their dominance of the performance motherboard market."

What is the benefit of 3-Phase power? When using an AMD Athlon XP 2700+ on and ABIT board you need 68.3W of power (Vcc voltage=1.65V, Processor Current=41.4A). If you are a power user and you want to overclock, you need more Vcc voltage (maybe 1.75V), that means you must raise the systems power up to 72.5W (1.75V x 41.4A=72.45W). This is more than 2-phase power which is under 50W. ABIT's 3-Phase power will apply more stable power for the CPU during overclocking.

"The bottom line here being cleaner, more stable, more efficient power to your CPU when you need it most, and that's when you're overclocking your system and pushing the envelope. Is this a mandatory feature? Not really. I can say though that there are other manufacturers already following ABIT in their footsteps and releasing similar technology, so you be the judge."

And for even more stability in the power system. ABIT has taken it a step further. "The first thing I noticed about the board was the inclusion again (they do this in their KD7 and AT7 series boards as well) of the 4 pin, traditionally P4, power connector. Straight from ABIT on why this is included. The connector is actually called the "ATX2" connector, and it clearly states in the manual that connecting to it is 'not required', meaning that if you don't have a newer style ATX power supply that you don't need to run out and buy one."

The current Power Supply Units apply to a P4 specification requirement. ABIT constantly utilized this option on the AT7-MAX2 and KD7 boards providing stable 12V voltage.

"So basically their logic is that it can't hurt to have an additional source for a clean 12v path to the power supply. In talking to several KD7 series users I have run across some that claim it actually assisted them in stability to utilize it...props to ABIT for utilizing every resource available."

"My conclusion is to buy this board. Buy one, buy two, whatever, but if you're in the market for an AMD motherboard, this is the one to have...For LESS than $130 (depending on where you buy it) this board offers everything but the kitchen sink. Even if you forget about the bag full of bells and whistles, the sheer overclockability of this board ranks it among my favorites to date...this should be a board that delivers what you are looking for.

"I'm proud to stamp this board with The "OCA Essential Hardware" award"

For the full review please go here:
http://www.ocaddiction.com/reviews/mobos/abit_nf7s_12/

For more information on the ABIT NF7-S motherboard, please go here:
http://www.ABIT-usa.com

About ABIT
ABIT Computer Corporation designs and sells a complete family of award-winning mainboards and multimedia products that support industry-leading technology and provide leading quality and performance for system integration of computer components supporting a broad range of PC applications, such as e-commerce, e-business, entertainment and education. Corporate headquarters are located in Taiwan. For more information, visit the Company's web site athttp://www.ABIT.com.tw  ABIT USA Corp. Web Site: http://www.ABIT-usa.com



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