ABIT AW8D i975X [Archive] - XtremeSystems Forums

Hazzan

04-19-2006, 03:25 AM

I see in the website ABIT :

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/motherboard/motherboard_detail.php?fMTYPE=LGA775&pMODEL_NAME=AW8D

http://img.techpowerup.org/060419/aw8d_angle_800.jpg

I hope this board good for overclocking !!

Cooper

04-19-2006, 03:58 AM

I like layout - so clean.
Hmm...this thing has only 4-pin power connector instead of 8-pin...strange

Bar81

04-19-2006, 04:14 AM

On the other hand the expansion slots are piss poor. No PCI-E if you use crossfire and only one PCI. In their defense they have moved away from their usual blindingly garish color scheme.

freecableguy

04-19-2006, 05:36 AM

I like layout - so clean.
Hmm...this thing has only 4-pin power connector instead of 8-pin...strange

8-pin power is a gimmik. good from them. this board will support Conroe. i want one ASAP. :)

eiceman

04-19-2006, 05:44 AM

any info about conroe on this board?

[XC]Atomicpineapple

04-19-2006, 05:55 AM

I agree with Bar81. The slot layout is useless. Cases have 7 PCI slots for a reason. Put a PCI-E 1x slot above the 1st 16x so it can be used with a dual card config. Also having to lose a PCI slot for onboard audio sucks. It'd be much better if they did it properly and bundled a PCI soundcard with the board and replaced their special connector with a PCI slot, cos then we'd have 2 PCI slots, which is infinitely more useful that 1 PCI and 1 thing we can only use for their attempt at sound.

Still at least theyve made a better job of the colour scheme, has plenty of fan headers, and they havnt turned it into another load of Fatal1ty branded :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:.

Wiggy McShades

04-19-2006, 06:16 AM

they put a molex conector on the bottom of the board again :stick: other than that though im excited about this i used to love abit they made great intel boards.

edit: no conector for floppy drive either

Kunaak

04-19-2006, 07:48 AM

the PCI Express ports are too damn close to deal with.
unless you run low profile cards...
which these days, no top card is low profile.
sucks especially for watercoolers...

this is of course assuming one was using Crossfire with top cards in there.

I like that the PCI slot is dying out from motherboards.
manufacturers need to get off thier but and start making PCI-E devices.
as of today, I only know a few raid cards, and 2 NIC cards are PCI-E.
nothing else.
be nice when they start actually trying to use this technology instead of it sitting there useless on our motherboards for the last year or so.

however, in the end.
Abit still makes good Intel based boards, so I'd be curious to give this board a try, especially after Hipro gets one and posts 100 mods for it, haha.

(think of his AS8 and IC7 Posts)

MaxxxRacer

04-19-2006, 10:13 AM

Well it sucks for SLI/CF and you only get one PCI slot which is idiodic.

But I do have to agree with kunaak that it would be nice to start seing some PCIE devices like NIC's and SOUND CARDS!! But until that happens, we need more than just one PCI slot.

And the back panel leaves alot to be desired. How about 5 USB ports and one GB Ethernet.. NO ONE uses both of them, and if you are using both you shouldnt be..

ahmad

04-19-2006, 10:40 AM

No more floppy and 1 IDE. I guess this is the trend now..

|3ourne

04-19-2006, 12:33 PM

No more floppy and 1 IDE. I guess this is the trend now..

if you take a look at the lower left right hand corner of the boar pic , there are traces on the pcb for a floppy connector which makes me thing that it will surely have one. I mean , how else can we give windoze our sata drivers while loading the OS ?? Although i agree with the single ide port , abit has been doing that since their 925xe boards.

I however for the first time in my life actually like the look of the abit board. DFI started a great trend of black pcb with their NF2 Lanparty series and then asus and msi went black as well. Looks great and clean. Hopefully it should perform well and help abit break the hold asus has over the intel ocing market.

Greenhead

04-19-2006, 06:07 PM

I like that the PCI slot is dying out from motherboards.
manufacturers need to get off thier but and start making PCI-E devices.
as of today, I only know a few raid cards, and 2 NIC cards are PCI-E.
nothing else.

how about a tv tuner?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815117802

my bro has it in his dvr machine. pretty decent picture

FUGGER

04-19-2006, 06:13 PM

First week of May ETA for USA.

nn_step

04-19-2006, 06:25 PM

Am not liking the placement of the Ram but then again this is an Intel board... and the lack of PCI and IDE is not going to make some people happy.

incurable

04-19-2006, 11:23 PM

Crap layout, IMHO. For starters, Abit should begin by using the 7 defined expansion slots of every full ATX board/case, the following arrangements seem to make the most sense right now:

PCIe 16x - PCIe whatever - PCIe whatever - PCIe 16x - PCI - PCI - PCI and maybe, once more PCIe add-in board become availabe,
PCIe whatever - PCIe 16x - PCIe whatever - PCIe whatever - PCIe 16x - PCI - PCI

PS: I like the lack of OTES fan, though

OmegaMerc

04-19-2006, 11:49 PM

Good looking board, stuff that i'd like to get rid of:

Floppy, IDE 1 and 2, SATA I

Stuff that I'd like to see more of:

Good SATA II placement, RAID 5, 3 PCI slots, proper spacing between PCI-E slots, digital regulation of v's, spaced RAM slots.

Hazzan

04-20-2006, 03:30 AM

Issue this board external clock cannot run FSB 340 ! Now no problem with higher fsb 340 this bios revision 11, I hope anybody testing for this motherboard !:) :)

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/download/download_bios_detail.php?pFILE_TYPE=Bios&pMAIN_TYPE=Motherboard&pTITLE_ON_SCREEN=AW8D&pSOCKET_TYPE=LGA775

Vassili

04-20-2006, 03:39 AM

No more floppy and 1 IDE. I guess this is the trend now..
How to install the s-ata controller when you install Windows XP?:slap:

Plaicd

04-20-2006, 03:40 AM

First week of May ETA for USA.

Any idea of the price?

DriveEuro

04-20-2006, 07:27 AM

I know that I'll sound a little bit nostalgic... But ... just 1 PCI slot?!?! Wouldn't be able to use my XFI and PCI raid card. (8 SATA hard drives)

And what the heck is the bottom PCI-1X slot there for? Almost resemble a CMR slot since its up closer to the edge of the mobo.

axlrose75

04-21-2006, 01:04 AM

ABIT IS BACK !!!!

But probably this board has not support for Conroe.Anyone know somethingh about it??

And also anyone know where I can find Intel 965 XE cpu?

Thank you !!

Hazzan

04-21-2006, 02:25 AM

I ll wating for this board next weeks !

IluvIntel

04-21-2006, 02:36 AM

I like the look of this board, forward thinking and not hanging back with legacy stuff. But to install Raid drives with F6 when setting up XP puzzles me..

LoKi2k

04-21-2006, 03:25 AM

damn, i dont like those headpipes... i will not be able to take the board with my v1000... only, if i change the coolers... but the board looks nice!

i would like ti know, if it supports conroe...

Starscream

04-21-2006, 07:57 AM

nn_step

04-21-2006, 08:44 AM

How to install the s-ata controller when you install Windows XP?:slap:
USB Floppy drive.. they only cost $10;)

Plaicd

04-27-2006, 03:57 AM

Is there a way to tell if motherboard is capable in the future of running conroe from bios cpu voltage adjustments?

eva2000

05-01-2006, 11:37 PM

Yum.. yum

looks like Abit went back to plastic pegs for NB attachment instead of the AW8-Max's use of screws.

http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/abit/AW8D/1/photos/AW8D_003.jpg

http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/abit/AW8D/1/photos/AW8D_006.jpg

http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/abit/AW8D/1/photos/AW8D_007.jpg

http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/abit/AW8D/1/photos/AW8D_010.jpg

seems to have more copper strips at the back than the AW8-Max
http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/abit/AW8D/1/photos/AW8D_018.jpg

seems like the AW8D is much better this guy beta tested one with Celeron 356 clocked to 5.1ghz on air and 6.2ghz on phase http://www.chip.co.id/forum/showthread.php?t=28949

Xassius

05-02-2006, 02:16 AM

oooOOOooo Nice :D

freecableguy

05-02-2006, 07:44 AM

i'll tell you right now, they are screwing this board up, those caps are way too close to the socket for phase cooling. That's going to cause problems.

eva2000

05-02-2006, 07:49 AM

hmm now ya mention it.... it is pretty close sigh

but this guy managed 6.2ghz on phase on AW8D http://www.chip.co.id/forum/showthread.php?t=28949 in post #7 http://www.chip.co.id/forum/showpost.php?p=333547&postcount=7

[XC]Atomicpineapple

05-02-2006, 10:35 AM

Can anyone confirm Conroe support for this board? Need to make sure before I get one of these!

freecableguy

05-02-2006, 10:46 AM

Can anyone confirm Conroe support for this board? Need to make sure before I get one of these!

I wouldn't worry too much. You're in no danger of being able to buy one of these anytime soon. Rumor from those that know is, yes, this board will support Conroe from first release. In fact it is being "respun" right now for just this purpose.

-FCG

[XC]Atomicpineapple

05-02-2006, 10:50 AM

Thanks FCG, www.aria.co.uk has an odd entry in its mobo listings. They say its an AW8D, in stock, correct pic, correct specs, but says i955x chipset in the title (says 975x in specs obv) and is also priced at AW8 levels. I emailed them today asking what was going on but I wont ge ta reply till tomorrow now cos its 7:45pm here in the UK.

NickS

05-02-2006, 11:11 AM

ABIT IS BACK !!!!

I sure hope so.

The board itself look's very impressive. Loving the color scheme, etc. Good placement, idc about the lack of one of the IDE ports as I only use one atm, but lack of floppy wtf? Sure, I don't have one in my riggy but when I install XP I rig one outside for RAID drivers.

Nick

rozzyroz

05-02-2006, 11:14 AM

thats an odd place for the floppy, at the bottom middle of the board...
http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/abit/AW8D/1/photos/AW8D_007.jpg

Dubz

05-02-2006, 11:32 AM

I was just told by an Abit marketing rep that only the MAX and the Fatality versions of this boards will support the Conroe. And the regular version, if that is what to call it, does not.

This is just what I was told.

[XC]Atomicpineapple

05-02-2006, 12:11 PM

If thats true, damn. The Max had better be good, because I'm not buying anything with that :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: Wendels "cool" gaming name all over it.

NickS

05-02-2006, 01:41 PM

Hehe, sound's like teh return of the Abit MAX series :p: (yes they've been around since the IC7-G Max but they've all blown after that board).

Fatality = gay... IMO

Nick

lapdog

05-02-2006, 03:10 PM

I thought the new Intel based mobos have really good onboard sound? One PCI slot is a big problem, I want at leasts two.:nono:

DeToNaToR.cl

05-02-2006, 03:36 PM

mmm why Abit Keeps using those Useless Heatpipes heatsinks? get Some good heatsink over them just like Asus Boards and i will be happy :)

axlrose75

05-04-2006, 11:13 AM

Anyone knows where to find this motherboard ???

Abit as always announce their boards but they are impossibile to find.....:mad:

Plaicd

05-05-2006, 07:58 PM

Anyone knows where to find this motherboard ???

Abit as always announce their boards but they are impossibile to find.....:mad:

Havent seen one available retail yet anywhere in the world.
Thought it was supposed to be available in US 1st week of may *shrug*

3NZ0

05-06-2006, 06:04 AM

Anyone knows where to find this motherboard ???

Abit as always announce their boards but they are impossibile to find.....:mad:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Abit_176.html

K404

05-06-2006, 06:13 AM

I`ve had 1 Abit board...a Wendy SLI and it really put me off Abit but this does look like it has *some* promise.

Was the Wendy SLI a 1-off disaster on Abits part? Can this motherboard support Conroe? (evidence preferred over theory, no offense)

Thanks

K

Hazzan

05-06-2006, 07:10 AM

Nosfer@tu

05-06-2006, 03:18 PM

So Now we just need the MAX and fatalaty versions online to order :(

FischOderAal

05-10-2006, 09:46 AM

Can anyone confirm Conroe support for this board? Need to make sure before I get one of these!

Abit PR told me that only the AW9D Max will do so. I asked two days ago and they were very quick ;)

but I'm not allowed to post anything of this eMail :(

€: so for all those who don't believe me. I replied and asked if I may public the email...