abit announced the latest motherboard for the gaming enthusiasts, the AN78GS. Featuring stunning graphic performance, the AN78GS motherboard supports NVIDIA® Hybid SLI Technology, NVIDIA® PureVideo HD, and NVIDIA® nView® multi-display Technology, providing you an unprecedented gaming experience. Supporting NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI Technology for improved 3D graphic performance, the AN78GS motherboard is based on NVIDIA® GeForce8200 and the chipset is integrated with GeForce 8 series graphics supporting DirectX10 with Shader model 4.0 for greater and more clarified graphic performance. The AN78GS motherboard supports AMD AM2+/AM2 processor running HT3.0 up to 5200MT/s. Four 240-pin DIMM sockets offer a maximum of 8GB memory capacity for Dual Channel DDR2 1066 modules. 1 x PCI-EX16 supporting new generation PCI Express2.0, 2 x PCI-EX1, and 3 x PCI slots hold enough potential for further expansion and system upgrades with different add-on cards.

The AN78GS supports NVIDIA’s latest Hybrid SLI technology, introducing the “GeForce Boost” and “Hybrid Power” features. The “GeForce Boost” enables maximum graphic performance enhanced by an add-on VGA card. The “Hybrid Power” provides flexibility to switch off the add-on VGA for power saving operations. It is much easier to enjoy the high definition multimedia. NVIDIA’s fourth-generation GPU architecture built for Windows Vista® offers the best possible experience with the Windows Aero 3D graphical users interface. The GPU video processor can offload 100% Blu-ray and HD DVD H.264 video decoding from the CPU. PureVideo™ HD technology lets you enjoy stunning HD DVD and Blu-ray movies with superb picture clarity, low CPU utilization, and low power consumption. The NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 is the world’s first GPU video processor to offload 100% Blu-ray and HD DVD H.264 video decoding from the CPU. The PureVideo™ HD technology lets you enjoy stunning HD DVD and Blu-ray movies* with superb picture clarity, low CPU utilization, and lower power consumption.

Other than the graphics performance, the AN78GS is equipped with outstanding abit Engineered. Featuring high quality solid state capacitors, the 4 phase PWM provides sufficient power and great stability to AM2+ CPU. Moreover, through the unique abit engineered Silent-OTES™ heat-pipe design, heat generated by the chipset can be efficiently and noiselessly dissipated. AMD Phenom™ FX Processors are the True Quad-Core Processors which allow cores to communicate on the same piece of silicon using Direct Connect Architecture with caches and core performance enhancements. With the Hyper Transport 3.0 Technology, systems with Socket AM2+ processor can support data rates up to 5200MT/s. Users are able to get a faster and better PC experience due to the Integrated Dual Channel DDR2 Controller with up to DDR2 1066 support which allows dramatic application performance improvements with greater system throughput and lower latency

NVIDIA®’s nView technology enables you to use two monitors at a time. You can either use each monitor for displaying different content, or use two monitors to show the same content. Instead of a second monitor you can also, for example, use a projector. The 4- phase PWM layout provides sufficient power and great stability for AM2+/AM2 CPU and offers higher over-clocking potential. With the high quality capacitors, this additional 1 phase PWM can enhance the voltage stability delivered to DDR2 memory modules. Through this unique abit engirneered Silent-OTES heat-pipe design, heat generated by the chipset can be efficiently and noiselessly dissipated.

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