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ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE i925XE Mainboard
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Thoughts, HEXUS.awards & HEXUS.right2replyAdvertismentThoughtsABIT's brief with the Fatal1ty AA8XE was to create the highest-performing, gamer-orientated LGA775 motherboard currently available....
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| ABIT Fatal1ty AA8XE | | CPU Support | All LGA775 processors (except dual-core models) | | Northbridge | Intel i925XE | | Memory Support | 4 slots, DDR-II only. Supports DDR2-400MHz, 533MHz, and 600MHz at 200MHz FSB. 4GB max, dual-channel | | AGP | None | | PEG | x16 from i925XE | | Southbridge | Intel ICH6/R | | Audio | 8-channel high-definition feed from ICH6/R to Realtek ALC880 CODEC | | Audio Connectivity | 6-port add-in audio card, optical S/PDIF input/output | | PCI | 2x 32-bit 33MHz PCI 2.1 slots | | PCI Express | 2 x1 slots | | IDE | 1 ATA100 compliant port from ICH6/R | | IDE RAID | None | | SATA | 4 ports from ICH6/R | | SATA RAID | RAID0, 1 and 0+1 from ICH6/R (Intel Matrix Storage Technology) | | Additional SATA RAID | None | | Networking | Dual LAN Ethernet Controllers. Intel Gigabit (82541) and 10/100 (82562) | | USB | 8 USB 2.0 ports from ICH6/R. 4x I/O USB 2.0 and 4x onboard | | FireWire | 3 ports from Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 3-port controller, 1 on I/O, two via supplied bracket | | Other I/O | PS/2 (no legacy ports) | | Onboard connectors and pin headers | Audio daughter card, floppy port, ATA100 port, 2x USB2.0 (4 ports), 2x FireWire400. 4x SATA1, 1 unused fan header | | Form Factor | 305mm x 245mm, ATX | | Expected price | ?50 | | Additional features | OTES cooling. RAMFlow cooling, debug LED, power on/off buttons |
The Fatal1ty name derives from one Johnathan 'Fatal1ty' Wendel, master gamer and endorser of the Fatal1ty range of boards from ABIT. The design brief is simple; engineer the fastest, highest-performing motherboard that will appeal to die-hard gamers looking for ultimate performance. That's why, even though this is a premium i925XE chipset-based motherboard, additional RAID and WiFi support have been omitted in favour of enhanced board cooling in the form of OTES. The premise, I suppose, it to allow enthusiasts to dial up the FSB and still experience rock-solid stability. This will be put to the test later.
Other than special board-specific cooling, ABIT incorporates Dolby Digital Live into the Fatal1ty AA8XE, which provides for real-time Dolby Digital encoding (5.1) from any audio signal, much in the vein of MVIDIA's SoundStorm technology integrated into select nForce2 chipsets.
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