ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 (nForce4 Ultra) Motherboard Review

With the nForce4 Ultra’s impressive feature set, generally competitive performance, and extensive BIOS-level tweaking, monitoring, and overclocking options, the Fatal1ty AN8 proves to be an excellent Athlon 64 motherboard. But it’s not a cheap one. With a street price hovering around $187, the board is $40-50 more expensive than enthusiast-oriented nForce4 Ultras like DFI’s LANParty UT NF4 Ultra-D. That’s quite a price premium to pay considering the Fatal1ty board’s relatively thin assortment of extras. At that price, we’d expect a better bundle, a second networking option, another PCI-E x16 slot, or maybe even an nForce4 SLI rather than Ultra chipset.

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