Abit KV8-Pro (K8T800 Pro) Review
Omega65
Philadelphia, Pa
GamePC takes a look at the Abit KV8-Pro S754 motherboard which sports the freshly minted VIA K8T800 Pro chipset.
Source: GamePC
Looks like Abit rushed this board to market. VIA's reference K8T800 Pro mobo has a working PCI/AGP lock while the Abit version doesn't. Wait for the inevitable v2 revisionFor a board of this price, Abit still has an impressive list of onboard components, such as Gigabit LAN, 5.1 Optical S/PDIF Audio In/Out, 6 Channel Analog Audio, Serial ATA/150 RAID, and support for up to eight USB 2.0 ports. The only major feature which is missing from this platform is Firewire, which will no doubt be added when Abit releases a "Max3" variant of this K8T800 Pro platform - as the silk-screens for Firewire ports (and an additional SATA RAID controller) are on the board layout for the KV8 Pro, but are simply left empty.
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The overclockability functions of this board are just dying to be exploited, but without a working AGP / PCI clock lock function, heavy overclocking on this board will get into risky territory. Abit does a good job of allowing the user to lightly overclock their CPU and memory speeds (between 5-10% higher than stock), so if you’re looking for a little extra performance boost without any real work, this board can do the job.
Source: GamePC
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