August 19th, 2005 - PC Perspective; one of the most well known hardware review sites; PC Perspective recently reviewed the ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI motherboard and gave it an gold award. Let's hear what PC Perspective has to say about the ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI motherboard "For the first time since we have started looking at and hearing about the Fatal1ty line of products coming from Abit, we can honestly say that this is the ultimate gamer and enthusiast motherboard on the market."
ABIT engineered feature Dual OTES not only provides maximum cooling performance for the users, the fan speed is also controllable via BIOS. "The rear panel of the Fatal1ty AN8-SLI is mostly comprised of the OTES cooling solution that is responsible for controlling temperatures of the MOSFETS inside the shroud and also helps remove some of the hot processor air out of the system. The speed (and thus the noise level) of these fans is controllable via BIOS options which we will show you later."
PC Perspective was really impressed with the Guru Panel that came with the ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLI motherboard "Many Under this little flap is a small red button that does a reset on your BIOS; this is the first time we have seen an external CMOS reset button on a motherboard, and I tell you what: I couldn't be more amazed we didn't see it earlier! This is a fantastic feature that overclockers will no doubt fall in love with once they use it."
Conclusion. "It has all the right features, including an excellent BIOS and overclocking potential, but without all the bloat that some manufacturer's include on their top level boards. The added features such as the OTES cooling fan for SLI configurations as well as the unique uGuru panel with CMOS reset button add a lot of the overall prestigue to the product."
ABIT is honored to receive the Gold award from PC Perspective.
For full review go here: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=163&type=expert&pid=1
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