ABIT announces AX8 (VIA K8T890)

ABIT has formally announced its AX8 motherboard, the first based on VIA's K8T890, a PCI Express chipset for 939-pin Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 FX processors. It includes one PCI-E x16 and three PCI-E x1 slots. Like other ABIT motherboards, it features the µGuru overclocking technology. AX8's main features are the following:

VIA K8T890 chipset with VT8237 South Bridge
1 GHz HyperTransport FSB
Dual channel DDR400/333/266 memory support
4x DIMM sockets (4 GB max.)
3x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 connectors
4x SATA 150 connectors for SATA RAID 0/1/0+1
On-board GbE LAN controller
6 channel AC’97 audio
8x USB2.0 ports
3x IEEE1394 ports
2x PCI slots
ATX form factor

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