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Introduction & Specs

It’s always interesting to see how various motherboard vendors deal with a particular chipset. Over the past few weeks we have taken a look at Intel 915P implementations on a budget Chaintech V915P (reviewed here), and the super-connected Asus P5GD2-Premium (reviewed here). Today we are looking at the ABIT AG8 Intel 915P motherboard also supporting the LGA775 socket.

The AG8 weighs in at just over the $100 mark and sports some great enthusiast options that ABIT has become known for. Though both the ABIT AG8 and the Chaintech V915P use the same chipset and memory type, the ABIT package is a bit different and will appeal to a very different crowd.

Specifications

ABIT AG8 Specs
Chipset	Intel 915P / ICH6R
Bus Frequency	800MHz / 533 MHz
Memory	DDR 333MHz / 400MHz
Memory Slots	4 slots
Memory Capacity	4GB
Drive Connectivity	2x ATA100 IDE, 4x SATA IDE (RAID)
Audio	Realtek ALC658 (AC'97 Codec)
Analog Audio Connectivity	Front, Surround, Rear, Center / Subwoofer, Line-in, Microphone
Digital Audio Connectivity	SPDIF Optical Input and Output
Network	1 x Realtek RTL8110 Gigabit LAN controller
USB 2.0	8 connections (4x rear panel, 2x on bracket, 2x spare)
Firewire IEEE1394	3 IEEE1394A connections (1 rear panel, 2 on bracket)

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