Dopo che AMD ha comunicato che dal prossimo anno supporterà il PCI-Express, Abit ha subito preparato la scheda madre AX8 con chipset K8T890. Di seguito le specifiche:
Processor
- AMD Socket 939 Athlon 64/64FX Processors with 2GHz system bus using Hyper Transport technology
- AMD K8 CPU Cool ‘n Quiet Technology
Chipset
- VIA K8T890 + 8237 chipset
Memory
- Four 184-pin DIMM sockets
- Dual DDR 400 non-ECC memory
- Supports maximum memory capacity up to 4GB
SATA RAID
- Supports 2-ch SATA RAID 0/1 by VT8237
2nd SATA RAID
- Supports 2-ch SATA RAID 0/1 by VT6421
- Supports SATA RAID 0+1 by 8237 and 6421
GbE LAN
- On board 10/100/1000M PCI controller
IEEE 1394
- Supports IEEE1394 at 100/200/400 Mb/s transfer rate
Audio
- On board 5.1 channels Audio CODEC
- Optical S/P DIF Input/Output
Internal I/O Connectors
- 1 x PCI-Express X16, 3 x PCI-Express X1 and 2 x PCI slots
- Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB
- 3 x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Connectors
- 4 x SATA 150 Connectors for SATA RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD
- 1 x FP-Audio header, 1 x CD-IN
- 2 x USB headers, 2 x IEEE1394 headers
Back Panel I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 1 x COM Port, 1 x Parallel Port
- 1 x S/P DIF Output, 1 x S/P DIF Input
- 2 x Audio connectors (Front, Surround, Rear Speaker, Line-in, Mic-in, Center/Sub)
- 2 x USB2.0, 1 x IEEE1394
- 2 x USB 2.0, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Connector
