Abit K9N-SLI The Abit K9N-SLI was the least problematic and most feature loaded motherboard of this roundup. Of course, it was slightly more expensive than the other two. However for 20€ more you get dual LAN, Firewire and SLI support. It also has a...
Abstract: One thing I have noticed in this group test is how much better companies are spacing the expansion slots these days. There are obviously two PCI Express slots for graphics, with two x1 slots in between. Having this two slot spacing between the cards gives them more room to breathe. However, there are also two PCI slots at the bottom..
The nForce 570 SLI chipset is analogous in many ways to the previous nForce4 SLI chipset. There are 28 PCI Express lanes available to the chipset, meaning that x16 x16 SLI is not an option for this motherboard and the board does x8 x8 SLI. As to whethe...
Aggressive pricing, a passively-cooled design and decent stock performance all count in the KN9 SLIs favour but its difficult to feel any respect for a product that seems to have been nursed through teething problems. It may be that the next BIOS re...
NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI, SLI ready, Well price, Good board layout
For its first AM2 motherboard, Abit has opted for NVIDIAs nForce 570 SLI chipset. As the SLI in the boards name suggests, it supports twin graphics cards from Nvidia, defaulting back to x8 operation when actually running both cards. Abit has includ...
abits KN9 SLI ran a 9-hour burn-in test in our labs without any trouble, along with a further barrage of tests and burn-ins under different configurations. However, we are somewhat concerned with its POSTing issues with DDR2-800 RAM and USB devices, ...
