Abit Nforce 4 supports socket AM2

WE KNEW it is possible and Abit finally proved that you can build a Nforce 4 motherboard with an AMD socket AM2.

If you think about it, the memory controller is in the CPU so you should not have any trouble getting the new socket supported even by older chipsets. We proved that this theory works.

Nvidia wanted to make everyone believe that you need a new Nforce 5 to make it work but actually you don't. Nforce 570 and 590 are nice chipsets but the good old Nforce 4 can do the job as well.

Abit branded its board KN9 and the board happily makes use of the Nforce 4 chipset. It supports all socket AM2 CPUs, has four memory slots capable of handling dual DDR 2 at 800MHz, one PCIe 16X graphic slot, two PCIe 1X and three PCI slots.

The board also comes with 4 SATA raid ports and a single ATA 133 channel, two firewire ports and ten USB 2.0 ports. It has an integrated Gigabit LAN card uses Abit Silent Otes cooling and supports 7.1 audio with SPDIF.

The board is ready now and should be available shortly and it should have a really attractive price. µ