ABIT Unleashes Fatal1ty SLI Motherboards
Dual graphics platforms engineered for the pro gamer

May 5, 2005 – ABIT's first Fatal1ty motherboards, the Fatal1ty AA8XE and the Fatal1ty AN8 have quickly been recognized as two of the best gaming boards available today, setting standards by which others are judged. Hot on the heels of these award winning products are not one, but two new Fatal1ty boards. Today ABIT is pleased to announce the latest additions to its Fatal1ty Hardware Series, the AMD supporting Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and the Intel supporting Fatal1ty NI8 SLI; the first Fatal1ty motherboards to offer dual graphics card support.

Based on the NVIDIA® nForce™4 SLI and nForce™ 4 SLI Intel Edition chipsets and built with ABIT Engineering, the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and Fatal1ty NI8 SLI deliver an unprecedented gaming experience with Dual OTES™ and OTES SLIpstream™ cooling, ABIT AudioMAX™ sound, and the power of dual NVIDIA-based graphics card support.

ABIT Engineered for an Extreme Gaming Experience

Engineered by ABIT. Game-tested and approved by Fatal1ty. The Fatal1ty Hardware Series represents the culmination of ABIT Engineering with the gaming prowess and experience of Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel, the world's most recognized professional gamer. The result of this collaboration is a gaming platform with no equal, specifically engineered for the gamer that demands nothing less than the very best.

Both the Fatal1ty A8 SLI and Fatal1ty NI8 SLI come fully equipped with the latest technologies to help gamers turn up their game. The Fatal1ty AN8 SLI begins with the NVIDIA® nForce4 SLI chipset, which features support for 939-pin AMD® Athlon™ 64/64FX CPUs, a 2GHz system bus with Hyper Transport™ technology, and up to 4GB of DDR 400 memory. Included with the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI is the ABIT Engineered µGuru Panel™ front panel accessory. The µGuru Panel conveniently slides into one of your PC's spare drive bays, and interacts with ABIT's µGuru Technology to provide a bevy of features to take your gaming rig to the next level. The large backlit LCD display gives you up-to-date system information including fan speeds, temperatures and voltages, and even notifies you if you receive a new e-mail or MSN message. Front-mounted USB, Firewire, headphone, and microphone ports make it easy to get set up at your next LAN party. Overclock your system for maximum performance without having to quit your game, and if there's ever a problem, clear your BIOS settings with the specially-designed CMOS reset button. The µGuru Panel - another ABIT Engineered innovation to keep you at the top of your game!

Based on the NVIDIA® nForce4 SLI Intel Edition chipset, the Fatal1ty NI8 SLI supports the latest Intel 90nm Pentium 4 LGA775 processors, a 1066MHz front side bus, and up to a whopping 8GB of high-speed DDR2 667 memory. The built-in Sil 3132 PC Express SATA controller means that the Fatal1ty NI8 SLI comes with 6 SATA ports, each capable of data transfer speeds of 3Gb/sec. Also included is support for IEEE 1394b, which enables users to connect to today's hottest multimedia peripherals with 800Mb/sec of data throughput.

Engineered with NVIDIA's SLI Technology, the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and Fatal1ty NI8 SLI deliver the power of two GPUs on a single PC. Compatible with NVIDIA-based video cards, ABIT's Fatal1ty SLI motherboards offer earth-shattering visuals, scaling your gaming performance—on over 60 top games—by up to 2x a single GPU configuration. NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet provides the highest network throughput with the lowest CPU utilization. Integrated NVIDIA SATA RAID delivers RAID 0, 1, 0+1, and JBOD for excellent storage flexibility and a 3GBb/s transfer rate doubles bus bandwidth and provides blazingly high disk performance. NVIDIA Firewall protects your PC from intruders by filtering unauthorized traffic with instant-on capabilities. With the NVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset as a base, the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and NI8 SLI boards provide gamers with blistering performance and peace of mind.

Both Fatal1ty SLI boards feature ABIT's exclusive µGuru™ technology, which integrates OC Guru™ overclocking, ABIT EQ™ hardware monitoring, FlashMenu™ 1-click BIOS updating, and BlackBox™ diagnostic technology into a user friendly Windows-based interface. With OC Guru, users can tune front side bus speeds and CPU voltages on-the-fly through Windows. ABIT EQ lets users monitor fan speeds, system voltages and temperatures at-a-glance, and FlashMenu™ 1-click BIOS update makes it easy to keep the system running in absolute peak condition. If a problem arises, BlackBox™ automatically detects your hardware configuration, and allows it to be sent to ABIT tech support for fast, friendly e-service. With µGuru, gamers have the most comprehensive suite of system utilities ever to power a desktop motherboard. Audio performance is also top-notch with 7.1 channel audio backed by ABIT's AudioMAX technology. By using a separate daughter card for audio connectors, ABIT Engineers have greatly reduced the amount of noise caused by high frequencies generated from the motherboard.

Originally found on the Intel-based Fatal1ty AA8XE, Dual OTES™ delivers twin fans and a heat duct that efficiently channels heat from the inside to the outside of the case. New to the Fatal1ty motherboard series is the ABIT-designed OTES SLIpstream™ VGA cooling system. This ABIT-designed cooler sits above the PCI Express graphics cards, and effectively cools both for rock-solid stability during intense gaming sessions. OTES SLIpstream is easily installed, automatically controlled via µGuru™, and can be configured to move air in one of two directions, allowing users to maximize airflow in their case. The Fatal1ty AN8 SLI also features an all-copper chipset cooler, which draws heat three times more efficiently than conventional aluminum coolers. For the optimal balance of thermal and acoustic performance, all fans are automatically controlled via µGuru. With these exclusive ABIT technologies, the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and Fatal1ty NI8 SLI deliver impressive thermal performance for the serious gamer right out of the box.

The Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and NI8 SLI use the trademark red and black color scheme found on the original boards, a real head turner in a modded case. Especially when seen in a darkened environment, the red LED backlights outlining the motherboard with a warm crimson glow.

With ABIT Engineering and the gaming insight of Fatal1ty, the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and NI8 SLI motherboards deliver the speed and stability that gamers like Fatal1ty demand on the professional gaming circuit.

Built with Bulletproof Technology

Like all ABIT products, the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and Fatal1ty NI8 SLI are built with Bulletproof Technology – a new standard in terms of Quality, Reliability, Stability, and Engineering. Bulletproof Technology begins with selecting the highest quality components available. ABIT uses only Japanese-made capacitors on ABIT branded motherboards and graphics cards – capacitors that cost several times more than regular capacitors. While others try to cut components, ABIT puts quality first. Bulletproof Technology also means stability, and the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and Fatal1ty NI8 SLI have passed the Torture Test, a series of looping demos and benchmarks designed to tax the hardware far beyond normal use. Add to all of this exclusive ABIT Engineered features, and the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI and Fatal1ty NI8 SLI raise the bar by which motherboards are judged.

For more information on the Fatal1ty AN8 SLI motherboard, go here: ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI

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