ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 First Look

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03-04-2005, 05:29 PM
tictac

:lol: ok keep us posted... ;)
03-04-2005, 06:48 PM
hurtz777

Will someone with a vanilla AN8 please check and see what revision nf4 chipset they have? If it is A3 I think it will definitely bridge mode into ultra or sli chip mode. I bought the AN8 today thinking it had the ultra chipset since I didn't even know a regular nf4 chipset existed which means no SATA2 support. SATA2 really isn't that important right now but it might be down the line therefore I would like to see if the nf4 can be modded to nf4 ultra.
03-04-2005, 06:52 PM
tictac

post your NF4 chipset here.... ;)
03-04-2005, 07:18 PM
chew*

I seem to have read that somewhere to however dont you really wanna know what revision chip the ultra is? that way if its same chip then you know it can be done.
03-04-2005, 07:55 PM
hurtz777

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You can check your nf4 chipset revision in CPU-Z so you don;t even have to take the hsf off of it. I will attempt to mod mine when I get it. I will just break out the pencil and mod that extra bridge to make it an ultra. The only reason why it wouldn't work is if the core is different. Check out those pics and you can see the only difference between the regualr nf4 and nf4 ultra chip is the close bridge on the upper right of the nf4 ultra chip. Can someone please try this mod with their vanilla AN8 with a A3 chip? See all 4 different flavors of the nforce 4 chipset in the attachment below. From left to right it is nforce4 4x, nforce4, nforce4 ultra, and nf4 sli. It has been confirmed now that all Vanilla AN8 nforce4 chipsets have to be revision A03 since A03 is the only stable 1000Mhz HTT revision of the chipset. This means that there is a very good chance that by closing the two extra bridges on the nforce4 A03 you will have a nforce4 ultra chip. By closing all three extra bridges you will have a nforce4 sli chip which would be useless on the vanilla AN8 anyways without the extra PCIe 16x slot that the DFI Ultra D boards inlcuded against Nvidia's will. I will be getting my vanilla AN8 tomorrow or Tuesday and try the mod myself.
03-12-2005, 07:38 AM
tictac

ABIT AN8 SLi ready ;)

http://forum.abit-usa.com/attachment...&postid=525680

Any comment? :p:
03-12-2005, 07:59 AM
althes

It better have more vdimm.
A working bios of the bat.
And it better not cost over 230.
03-12-2005, 10:07 AM
situman

all it needs is more vdimm, but yet they refuse to after the AI7. and even that it wasnt too impressive.
03-12-2005, 05:44 PM
chew*

i dont like cmos battery placement or nf4 placement
03-13-2005, 06:12 PM
chew*

Quote:

Originally Posted by chew*

So far we have this.

pros
looks good
5.1 audio daughter card(nf4 audio is its weakpoint IMO)
Rock stable at stock
Stable voltages(not alot of fluctuating)
Northbridge has good placement(If you read around people are having trouble using aftermarket heatsinks/waterblocks due to vid card interference.)
Temps appear to be accurate.(**update there are reported issues of temps innacurate after third reboot after resetting bios**)
Pci and Pci-E locks are working

cons
Max vdimm 1.85
an8 and fatality max vcore 1.75 with winnie 1.85 with newcastle(If anybody reaches higher without mods let me know ill update this)
floppy ide is not a desirable location

If anyone is wondering why I'm including both boards just look at the pics. It looks like the same pcb layout and I believe the boards are identical minus NF4 ultra chip and I believe that the fatality bios will work on this. If it doesnt i will start a seperate thread on AN8.
Anyone with Issues please feel free to post as I will eventually start a AN8 Bugs tips tricks mods thread as we get more info.

Max clock to date on fatality an8
3500+ @ 2550 memory topped out at 255(note this just may be memories max not boards)
Max clock to date on vanilla an8
3200+ @ 2350 10X235 cpu topped out at 240(note this may be cpu's max not the boards)
Max Htt at this time with fatality an8 is 375.

Edit
some new additions

Max stable fsb reached to date is 385mhz async
Max fsb into windows 399mhz to date
Cpu multiplier 5x is buggy and unstable( i booted at 6X385 and 4X385 fine 5x cpu multi would not work I'm attributing this to the fact this is the multi AMD has reserved for there cool and quiet technology.)
03-16-2005, 01:14 PM
noremacyug

hey guys. just wondering what the final verdict is on the an8 fatal1ty. i just sold my k8n neo2 plat. to go to pci-e and nforce4. from what ive read of this review it looks good to me. would my money be well spent on the fatal1ty, or is there a better o'cl:banana::banana::banana::banana:ing board out. i really love abit and love all thier products ive owned in the past and present.
03-16-2005, 01:33 PM
chew*

If your gonna run high fsb and want to run bh5 high then no however if you plan on using memory that doesn't require over 2.8 vddr then fatality seems to be the most stable/overclocking rig out there that works out of the box.

See this thread
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=56099
03-16-2005, 01:49 PM
noremacyug

i have a gig of pqi turbo platinum pc3200 (tccd chips)..... so it sounds like its a go then.
03-16-2005, 02:40 PM
jjcom

yeah, its not a bad board, just not good for BH-5, but TCCD should work well. Alittle over priced IMO (unless the price has dropped from 200)

jjcom
03-16-2005, 04:05 PM
noremacyug

good deal. i just ordered it from amazon ($190, which was about as cheap as i could find it). now all i have left to get is my x850xtpe and ill be set. thanks guys.
03-16-2005, 04:09 PM
mdzcpa

My buddy and I just tried the Abit Fatality in his rig. It does fine for low and modest overclocks, but it couldn't keep up with the DFI NF4 Ultra he had in there. He is switching back to the DFI.

Again, not that it makes the Abit a bad mobo...just that the DFI has much more OC potential.
03-16-2005, 04:42 PM
chew*

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdzcpa

My buddy and I just tried the Abit Fatality in his rig. It does fine for low and modest overclocks, but it couldn't keep up with the DFI NF4 Ultra he had in there. He is switching back to the DFI.

Again, not that it makes the Abit a bad mobo...just that the DFI has much more OC potential.

As far as memory I will agree however I've had a cbbid 0502 crap OC'er to 385ht on that board stable........

Maybe he didn't rub the board the right way or check the tips page for overclocking with it.

The High HT isn't really impressive however it was done at default volts cept for cpu and ddr and i doubt any of you have a need to run at or above 385 HT.

Also your buddy might want compare performance versus speed cuz at the end of the day its scores that matter not how high you can go as shown here.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=56339
03-16-2005, 05:08 PM
Richie

nice setup here man!!

also can you fit the ram-o-flow on your ram with the vapochill??

i wanna see it in action :)
03-16-2005, 05:21 PM
chew*

Honestly the otes ramflow is useless the rear otes mosfet fans are far more efficient than the ramflow ones. Maybe due to the fact that the ramflow ones operate at 4000rpm and rear exhaust runs at 5500 full speed.
I'm thinking of just removing the ram flow anyway. Good air circulation in case will probably do better than the ramflow does but it looks cool....
03-17-2005, 12:17 AM
thesaucier

Quote:

Originally Posted by tictac

ABIT AN8 SLi ready ;)

http://forum.abit-usa.com/attachment...&postid=525680

Any comment? :p:

Were did you get that pic tictak??

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