Abit NF7-S review

[Big B]

AMDMB's Ryan Shrout takes a look at Abit nForce 2 motherboard, the NF7-S.

The majority of the bios features that you will want to edit as an enthusiast and overclocker can be found in one menu, the Soft Menu III. Abit has gone a long way to make a bios that is very easy to use and to provide all the possible options you might need or want. To start with, the CPU frequency can be changed from 100 MHz to 200 MHz in 1 MHz increments and then has a series of jumps that increase the maximum FSB to 237 MHz. There are 14 steps between the 200 and 237 setting so you should be able to find a good overclocking point for your processor in there. The multiplier can be adjusted up to 22x and the NF7 is able to unlock the multiplier of the processor without any kind of hardware modifications, so this makes pushing the Athlon XP even easier. The AGP Frequency is able to be set anywhere from 66 – 99 MHz and the DRAM frequency is set via ratios. There are lots of options in the menu (see the images below) so you should be able to find the optimal CPU/DRAM settings for your machine.

Sounds pretty good, eh? Well, considering it is AMDMB, that's no surprise to me, and I recommend reading the review if you're in the market for a new Socket A motherboard and looking at the nForce 2 chipset.

The whole review can be had here.

 

[Sniper]

looks impressive!