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Abit has earned a reputation over the years, as a builder of top-quality motherboards geared for high-performance enthusiasts and extreme overclockers. They've produced some exceedingly popular products in the past, like the legendary BX6 and long-time favorite the TH7-II RAID, and the company continues to innovate today. In our tenure here at HotHardware, we've taken a look dozens of products from Abit, and save for a few rare exceptions, they've all been very good and deserving of consideration. That's something we can't always say about a few other motherboard manufacturers.

Today, we're going to evaluate not one, but two motherboards from Abit, both based on NVIDIA's nForce 4 SLI chipset. First up, we have the top-of-the-line Fatal1ty AN8 SLI for the AMD platform, followed up but the NI8 SLI for the Intel platform. The Fatal1ty AN8 SLI is targeted squarely at hardcore overclockers with its actively-cooled VRM and well appointed BIOS and bundle. The NI8 SLI, while targeted at a similar audience, goes about things differently with its Q-OTES silent chipset cooling and more subdued accessory bundle. There's a lot to see on the proceeding pages, so let's get started.

http://www.hothardware.com/viewartic...leid=725&cid=3

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