ABIT - ABIT NF7-S Review @ Digital-Daily

Digital-Daily has reviewed Abit’s top-of-the-range nForce2 motherboard, the Abit NF7-S (nForce2 SPP/MCP-T). Benchmarks compare results taken from DD’s recent EPoX 8RDA+ (nForce2 SPP/MCP-T) review. Here’s a snippet:

“Abit presented 3 models straight away all built on the nForce II chipset. The first two - NF7 and NF7-S - are built on the nForce II SPP and differ only by the South Bridge: the NF7-S features a more “extended” version - MCP2-T(urbo). Besides, the NF7-S model has a SerialATA controller onboard and is shipped in a rich package bundle. Of course, it’s just that model that is of most interest to us, and we’ll be looking into it now. By the way, many details of the nForce II SPP chipset have been disclosed in detail in the Epox 8RDA+ motherboard review.

Another board, NF7-M, is based on the ‘nForce2 IGP + MCP2′ combination, i.e. has integrated graphics of GeForce4 MX class. This specimen is an order of magnitude less attractive because of its high price and outdated, as per today’s standards, level of graphics. But after the first enthusiastic responses the users gradually became aware that the chipset has its peculiarities, and not all its potentials have been implemented to the full. Well, we are still learning through experience, and this time meet Abit NF7-S.”

Abit NF7-S (nVidia nForce II) Motherboard Review @ digital-daily.com


If you’re about to splash out on one of these boards make sure you get hold of version 1.1. This revised version has an improved layout, including four heatsink mount holes, and an orange-coloured PCB…