Abit NI8 SLI: nVidia SLI for the Intel Gamer

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• TheInvincibleMustard - Saturday, October 8, 2005 - link

  Thanks for clearing that up, Wesley ... here I was thinking that AT had gone off their rockers for a moment :D
  
  -TIM

• jojo4u - Friday, October 7, 2005 - link

  A new Forceware was also used in the gaming tests.

• smn198 - Friday, October 7, 2005 - link

  Agreed. This is not a motherboard test.

• TheInvincibleMustard - Friday, October 7, 2005 - link

  QFT ... what's the point in testing a new board while conveniently slipping a new processor into it as well? That's akin to "Let's compare this Accord versus this Corolla, oh and by the way, the Accord has nitrous, aftermarket shocks, aftermarket brakes, aftermarket muffler ..."
  
  Thanks for an article that shows that dual-core is better than single-core in multi-threaded applications ... funny, I thought Anandtech did one of those articles a while back ...
  
  -TIM
  
  PS -- WTF is up with no Firewire on this board? Mobos http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82...">less than $80 shipped have IEEE1394 connectivity for cryin' out loud ...

• TheInvincibleMustard - Friday, October 7, 2005 - link

  Err ... well ... I tried to QFT, but apparently it didn't work? Whatever, I still agree with you guys.
  
  -TIM

• ksherman - Friday, October 7, 2005 - link

  Man, I REALLY like the passively cooled chipset... wish DFI did that in the nF4 boards...

• mongoosesRawesome - Friday, October 7, 2005 - link

  eh, not so impressed myself. what ABIT did looks expensive and it doesn't get the job done adequately. DFI includes temperature controlled fans in their BIOS, which makes their fans bearable. A nice thing about Nforce 3/4 boards is that you really only have one chip to cool.
  
  Who exactly is Abit targeting with this board? Who games with Intel? A64s are cheap, nforce 4 boards are cheap, and they perform better. I realize that in the corporate world, there are people out there that only use Intel, but I figured gamers were different. I just can't see this board really being that popular.

• KristopherKubicki - Friday, October 7, 2005 - link

  ASUS did it first with the "Premium" series stuff.
  
  Kristopher

• emc2-1955 - Sunday, August 29, 2010 - link

  I got an Abit NI8 SLI with an extreme processor and 4 gig of ram. The problem is that to takes forever to load. I've tried it with windows xp pro and windows 7 can anyone tell me what I chould check any tips