Before nForce2 boards were released, there were two manufacturers that everyone had their eyes on- Abit and Epox. While we reviewed the Epox 8RGA+ a couple of days ago and were happy with it, the original version of the nForce2 by Abit disappointed some due its lack of higher voltages and other options. Today, we’ll find out if Abit went back to the drawing board and added features that one expected from their original nForce2 board. Lets take a look at v1.2 of the Abit nForce2 NF7-S motherboard.
CPU:
Supports 200/266/333MHz System Data Bus AMD Duron and Athlon CPUs
6-Channel AC 97 CODEC on board Professional digital audio interface supports 24-bit S/PDIF Out Supports real time AC-3 Encode by Soundstorm™ Technology
IDE/SCSI:
Supports Dual Ultra ATA/133 ATA/100,Ultra ATA/66,Ultra ATA/33 channels supporting 4 devices On board Serial ATA PCI Controller Support SATA data transfer rates 150 MB/s (1.5G bps)
I/O Connectors:
2 x PS/2, 2 x Serial, 1 x Parallel, 1 x SPDIF, 1 x Media, 4+2 x USB, 2 x 1394, 1 x RJ-45
Expansion Slots:
1 x AGP, 5 x PCI
Additional Features:
Abit SoftMenuIII Hardware monitoring - Including Fan speeds, Voltages, System environment temperature
