June 2, 2006 – [H]ard|OCP took abit's AN8 32X motherboard to the testbench and examined what this feature complete PC platform has to offer. Built around the nVidia nForec4 SLI 16x chipset this board already integrates most of the vital components you can think of. All the users will have to supply is pretty much reduced to a CPU, some DDR memory and one or two graphics cards, and the board is ready to rumble.
The use of high quality components overall and in particular in conjunction with the unique abit engineered features has been of utmost importance for years now at abit. This is to ensure best possible stability and durability. How does this translate into the real world?
"… this board was truly rock solid beyond my wildest expectations and I give ABIT credit for building a board that can truly withstand lots of torture under extreme circumstances and keep on clicking. This motherboard is an excellent choice for the gamer that wants extremely long gaming sessions to be unhindered by needing to reboot or system lockups and application failures."
In order for a motherboard to attract the enthusiast user, who already knows very well what he wants, as well as the novice user, who is only slowly stepping into the subtleties of computing, it must be user-friendly, easy to use but at the same time leave enough room for customizable and tweakable features. And this is exactly what abit gets credit for once again:
"Working with the ABIT AN8 32X proved to be a joyful experience and the testing sailed along wonderfully."
Combining stability, reliability, ease-of-use and the many tuning features on the abit engineered AN8 32x motherboard, [H]ard|OCP's verdict is as clear as can be:
"ABIT markets this motherboard as the ultimate gaming platform and that is exactly what it provides: great performance coupled with insane stability even when overclocked a fair amount."
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HardOCP
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