Hard|OCP on the ABIT AG8
"This is definitely the board to get"

July 22, 2004 – When it comes to stability under stress, there's no beating an ABIT motherboard built with BulletProof Technology. PC enthusiast website Hard|OCP recently had a chance to test the new AG8 motherboard from ABIT. Also positioned as a mainstream board, Hard|OCP editors quickly learned that the AG8 is a Pentium 4 platform with teeth.

Hard|OCP had an absolute field day with the number of voltage options available on the AG8: "With the Voltages Control option within the OC Guru screen set to User Define, all BIOS configurable system voltages becomes user definable. The CPU Core Voltage option controls the amount of power going to your power hungry CPU. The CPU voltage ranges from 1.575v to a beefy 1.9250v. Unless you've got some serious cooling though, I wouldn't try to max this setting out. The board is just as liberal with the DDR SDRAM Voltage setting, with a more than adequate 3.20v maximum. In order to use that much voltage through that killer DRAM of yours, you must use some type of active cooling with it. ABIT continues this amazing voltage trend with the NB Voltage option, allowing for a maximum of 2.05v."

The AG8 is designed with the enthusiast in mind: "The board itself was very easy to setup and get working, with as good a layout as I've seen in a long time. ABIT obviously spent some time perfecting the design of the board. Between the impressive µGuru implementation and the onboard diagnostic LED to the sheer amount of space between items on the board itself, I am very impressed...This is definitely the board to get if you are itching to upgrade. Coupled with the stability and performance of the board, the raw potential present makes this a definite one to watch."

The [H]ard conclusion: "What can I say, ABIT's done it again. This board definitely beat my expectations going into this review. Given the fact that the AG8 is slated as the mainstream solution, I wasn't prepared to set my bar too high for fear of being let down. The fact that this board was able to easily match performance with the more advanced, as well as more expensive, i925X chipset solution speaks volumes on its own...The ABIT AG8 looks to be another very stable and feature-packed motherboard product from ABIT for those wishing to find out what the latest and greatest Pentium4 CPUs from Intel are all about."

ABIT's Advanced Durability brings greater responsibility to the motherboard manufacturers in creating durable products with quality, reliability and stability engineered for long-term, problem-free use. All of ABIT motherboards are Advanced Durability tested and approved. ABIT looks to all motherboard makers to make a similar durability commitment to the end-user.

For the full review, go to:
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjM0

For more information on the AG8, go here:
ABIT AG8

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