Abit Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI Motherboard Review

Motherboards/Intel S775 by geoffrey @ 2007-06-24

Abit released its latest Fata1ty product, being the FP-IN9 SLI. As a member of the Fatal1ty line this board is specifically designed for the hard-core gamers out there. SLI and First packet technology for less than €120, is it possible?

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Introduction & Specs

Introduction

Abit recently released its latest Fatal1ty product, being the FP-IN9 SLI. As a member of the Fatal1ty line this board is specifically designed for the hard-core gamers out there. The 600 series chipsets from NVIDIA provides support for LGA775 Pentium 4 as well for Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad cpu's, and with SLI, EPP and Firstpacket technology this board has some nifty performance features. By adding Dual DDR2-800, 7.1 Channel HD Audio, 1Gb LAN and onboard RAID Abit has a potential deadly mix in its hands, but for now have a look at their appealing package:

Madshrimps (c)


Specifications

Madshrimps (c)


CPU
  • Supports LGA775 Intel® Core™2 Duo, Core™2 Quad, Core™2 Extreme, Pentium® Dual-Core, Pentium® Extreme Edition, Pentium® D & Pentium® 4 Processors with 1066/800MHz FSB

    Chipset
  • NVIDIA® nForce® 650i SLI™

    Memory
  • 4 X 240-pin DIMM sockets support max. memory capacity 32GB
  • Supports Dual channel DDR2 800/667/533 Un-buffered Non-ECC memory

    Lan
  • Native Gigabit Ethernet controller supports 10/100/1000Mbit LAN connections

    Audio
  • 7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC
  • Supports Auto Jack Sensing and optical S/PDIF Out

    Expansion slots
  • 2 x PCI-E X16, 2 x PCI-E X1, 2 x PCI

    Internal I/O
  • 1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB
  • 2 x ATA 133/100/66/33 IDE connectors
  • 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connector
  • 2 x USB header (supports 4 additional ports)
  • 1 x FP-Audio
  • Quick Power On & Reset buttons
    Back panel I/O
  • 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse
  • 1 x S/P DIF Out
  • 7.1 CH Audio connector (Front, Line-in, MIC-in, Center/Subwoofer, Surround, Rear Surround)
  • 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x RJ-45 LAN connector
    Serial ATA
  • ® NF430: 4 x SATA 3Gb/s supports NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID with SATA RAID 0/1/0+1/5 and JBOD
    RoHS
  • 100% lead-free process and RoHS compliant


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    Comment from Cranox @ 2007/06/25
    Nice review Geoffrey.
    Comment from geoffrey @ 2007/06/25
    Thx
    Comment from sandstorm @ 2007/07/01
    Nice review idd. Wouter will be pleased
    Comment from Sidney @ 2007/07/08
    May be Abit could let us know any forthcoming BIOS update. That would be nice
    Comment from jmke @ 2007/07/08
    We're waiting for an answer since release of review
    Comment from geoffrey @ 2007/10/10
    BIOS 14 still latest available so I've heard. Here is how I added a fan to my NB heatsink:

     

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