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By Patrick Schmid published 8 December 2004

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Page 1: Abit's Fatal1ty AA8XE Motherboard Family Goes Premium
Page 2: Motherboard Details
Page 3: OTES
Page 4: Red LEDs At The Bottom Of The Board
Page 5: Overclocking Is Limited By The CPU!, Continued
Page 6: Test Setup
Page 7: Benchmark Results
Page 8: DirectX 9
Page 9: DirectX 9, Continued
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Page 11: Conclusion: Fatal1ty Is Looming Large

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