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ABIT AA8 and AG8 - Intel Socket 775 in Style

Author: Shane Baxtor SUMMARY: It is ABIT’s turn in the spotlight today as we provide a look into two of their newest motherboards, the AA8 and AG8. Each are designed specifically to work with Intel's new Socket 775 processors along with DDR (on the AG8) and DDR-2 memory (on the AA8). After taking a look at both motherboards we compare the performance of each to determine which the best choice is. Intel 915 or 925X? Let’s find out now!
Editor: Cameron Wilmot
Category: Motherboards
Published: 17th November 2004

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Introduction

While ABIT isn’t the biggest manufacturer of motherboards, there is no denying that in most enthusiasts’ hearts they certainly are. If you’re looking at updating to the new 775 Prescott processor from Intel you’re going to have to get a new motherboard to go with it. There are going to be a few decisions you have to make when it comes to upgrading to the 775 processor as you now have a few options to choose from.

We have seen a lot of new technology being introduced with the latest Intel chipsets and it will be up to you if you want to jump on them all straight away. When it comes to graphics cards you now have the option to upgrade to PCI-E but some people may feel that it’s not much of an upgrade at the moment since the massive potential of PCI-E cannot yet be taken fully advantage of due to other parts of the new system (latencies).

DDR2 is another new technology that you might want to upgrade to though at the moment it is quite expensive with it being almost twice the price of normal DDR memory. We will be looking at the ABIT AA8 and the AG8 today; one utilizes the Intel 915 chipset and the other the Intel 925.

The difference between the two motherboards here today is that the AA8 uses DDR2 and the AG8 uses original DDR. ABIT as usual have also implemented features to make each motherboard stand out from the competition. Let’s not delay it any longer and have a look at both of the new motherboards on offer from ABIT today.







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