Abit NF7-S nForce2 Motherboard Review

ToshiroOC · Mar 7, 2003, 12:54 PM

Abit has proven themselves in the enthusiast market more than a few times and because of that has become one of the more successful and popular motherboard brands on the market. While their pure sales numbers pale in comparison to rivals such as Asus and ECS, Abit is going after a much smaller market segment. They were the first to push the overclocking arena into the hands of the users and since then, every motherboard manufacturer has followed in stride.

For the past three years or so, the AMD market has been of particular interest to Abit as it was the stronghold of the majority of the enthusiast community. In the past 6 months or so, the resurgence of Intel in the market has forced Abit to spread its resources to cover both areas equally. Does this mean that Abit is going to let their name down when it comes to the latest and greatest from the AMD chipsets, the NVIDIA nForce2?

I think we both already know the answer to that one…

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There is no doubt that the Abit NF7-S and NF7 are both good additions to the line of AMD motherboards. The NVIDIA nForce2 chipset is proving itself to be a true winner when it comes to supporting the Athlon XP processors in both 266 and 333 MHz front-side buses. The five motherboards that you saw compared in this review today all perform very well and are very similar to each other in that respect. Until we start to see more chipsets like the KT400A from VIA and the SiS 746FX reach the mainstream motherboard market, there will really be only be a few differences to compare when it comes to choosing an AMD motherboard: Bios and Features.

--By Ryan Shrout, source: AMDMB

Article can be read here.

DriveEuro · Mar 7, 2003, 05:09 PM

Damn fine board, 'cept SATA in a RAID array still will not run.

Mar 7, 2003, 12:54 PM	#1
ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Abit NF7-S nForce2 Motherboard Review Abit has proven themselves in the enthusiast market more than a few times and because of that has become one of the more successful and popular motherboard brands on the market. While their pure sales numbers pale in comparison to rivals such as Asus and ECS, Abit is going after a much smaller market segment. They were the first to push the overclocking arena into the hands of the users and since then, every motherboard manufacturer has followed in stride. For the past three years or so, the AMD market has been of particular interest to Abit as it was the stronghold of the majority of the enthusiast community. In the past 6 months or so, the resurgence of Intel in the market has forced Abit to spread its resources to cover both areas equally. Does this mean that Abit is going to let their name down when it comes to the latest and greatest from the AMD chipsets, the NVIDIA nForce2? I think we both already know the answer to that one… ... There is no doubt that the Abit NF7-S and NF7 are both good additions to the line of AMD motherboards. The NVIDIA nForce2 chipset is proving itself to be a true winner when it comes to supporting the Athlon XP processors in both 266 and 333 MHz front-side buses. The five motherboards that you saw compared in this review today all perform very well and are very similar to each other in that respect. Until we start to see more chipsets like the KT400A from VIA and the SiS 746FX reach the mainstream motherboard market, there will really be only be a few differences to compare when it comes to choosing an AMD motherboard: Bios and Features. --By Ryan Shrout, source: AMDMB Article can be read here.

Mar 7, 2003, 05:09 PM	#2
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