abit launch Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI NF650i

[BUFF]

http://www2.abit.com.tw/page/en/moth...&fMTYPE=LGA775

looks to have a few improvements over the Asus P5N-E SLI
onboard power & reset buttons,
solid caps,
socketed BIOS
more heatsinks



pre-order £85 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=543993

[Steve B]

2 Ide?
is that a floppy i see before me
4 sata ports

[Flewis]

Yeah, saw the release details and looks nice. The fact it says fatal1ty on it puts me off.

[Clunk]

Have you got one of these Buff?

[Agent]

Interesting. The fatty AN8 was one of the best 939 boards around and clocked like mad (won a few HEXUS awards too IIRC).
To be honest, provided it delivers, I dont care about the branding
Although, I think im picking up a GT now Scan have them.

[BUFF]

Have you got one of these Buff?

No, but I might ditch the P5N-E SLI for it.
Will wait for the first reviews - I honestly don't expect big performance differences between any of the 650i SLIs (& I see that the MSI is in stock at DABs for £66)

The red PCB would go nicely with my ATI X1900XT & if I get a nice blue PCB 8800 (BFG?) that would go nicely with my QuadGT & I would get perverse pleasure out of running the ATI on nVidia chipset & the nVidia on Crossfire chipset.

[Clunk]

P5N-E SLI no good then, or is it just a sex thing?

[BUFF]

I see that Manchester must be close to Wales

No, the P5N-E SLI is OK.
Few things though:
soldered BIOS so a bad flash etc.= new board rather than replace a chip
only 6 mobo mounting holes & cutdown PCB = DIMM slots, ATX connector, IDE connectors etc. are all on a bit of PCB that flexes nicely when you push down ...
2 months later & they still haven't got a better BIOS than the shipping 1 which is slightly buggy.
Asus=Vdroop
No hs on sb or PWM

On the other hand it does have firewire which the abit looks to have dropped (I don't use it but some do)

& yes, I like abit boards (not so keen on fatal1ty though so hopefully they make a plain IN9 SLI).

[PeteBest]

oooh, only £85!! Things are looking good for the ultra edition (without SLI) being reasonably priced then

[jimborae]

I'd be very interested in one of these too as long as it clocks as well as the Asus P5N-E SLI.

As Agent said the AN8 was a cracking board so it would be nice to go back to Abit again. Asus with their crappy bios and v-droop are really begining to hack me off.