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why the abit is to sloOoOoOowly... i am so tired to waiting ip45 pro. what the stupid marketing strategy to wait more than 1 month since the new P45 chipset was released.
all major competitors already have In stock their line-up.. and abit like always waiting for something. but i am waiting with abit. LOL
Saving the best for last? ;)
Well the first week of July is just about over and no word, vaporware???? as with the IX48-Max???:down:Quote:
Originally Posted by AbitUK
my local store has posted on their site that it should be available (in stock) 01-07-08, and you can pre book it now. What's today's date again??
edit: LOL, I just checked the site now, and it's been changed to 01-08-08
that was the estimate in early June & as always subject to change, afaik the latest estimate that Nathan has mentioned recently is mid-July.Quote:
Originally Posted by dctokyo
cant wait for retail tests :)
ffs... i've destroed my abit :mad:
i've tried to deinstall backplate from Tuniq Tower to install Waterblock and damaged the PCB paths around socket..what a noob i am :rolleyes::rolleyes:
now i need new mobo.. what shell i do?? wait for abit (but how long) ot buy something another? i need an advise..:confused:
abit please.. hurry up. i so much need ip45pro..
Just RMA it, had a similar problem with an old 478 board. Abit kicked up a stink but I didnt back down and they RMA'd it for free. If they want to be cheap skates and put a ton of traces right behind the CPU socket not my problem. (or yours in this case)Quote:
Originally Posted by tarantul
anyway tomorrow i will try to repair it. i hope the "workshop will help me.Quote:
Originally Posted by chatmaster
otherwise i will look for smth from asus.. and i don't wanna do this. but i don't have a choice.
Just a heads up..... the Ip35 Pro is getting harder to find in the U.S. Newegg lists only the XE unless you want an open box. MWave still has them, but the rebate has expired. Anyone heard anything about the price of the 45 Pro?
abit sure isn't making it easy for a poor man to build a computer.
the XE is just the latest version of the Pro, I'm sure that they are no longer making the Pro V1.1.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChuckM
It's been suggested to me (subject to confirmation) that IP45 may appear as soon as this week & IP45 Pro next week.
Preorder prices here have the IP45 Pro only 1 or 2% dearer than the IP35 Pro XE is currently selling at.
that is why i NEVER remove the protective film covering the sticky tape on those 3rd party backplates so you can easily remove them if you want to change cooling solutions.Quote:
Originally Posted by tarantul
in the future i will never do this. thx for the advise. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
i remebered one time that i almost did it thinking that i would not try to change out..but..that ugly thought popped into my mind on what you experienced...i was like this close to removing the film covering the sticky tape to attach the back plate...shew!;)
Whats with this board, first they post the new board on their website then they pull it. Are you trying to go out of business?
Sick of this on again off again attitude, probably get something else in the next fortnight.
If this thing doesn't live up to the IP35 pro and surpass or at least match Biostars I'm gonna be a saaad Panda. Is there any new news?
still there as far as I can see? http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/mothe...&fMTYPE=LGA775Quote:
Originally Posted by chatmaster
also at http://www.uabit.com/index.php?optio...ge=1&model=428
any USA leads for the IP45 Pro board?
I hear August for us.. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
gary, oh man, that is horrible news...i was hoping in another week!:eek:
thanks for the info...i know i can take that to the bank!;)
Massive Abit fan and I see this as encouraging in the industry. The board obviously has problems so they won't release it. The way it should be.
And anyone would be brave to buy this thing when it gets released.
Asus and Gigabyte etc. would have had the 3 months of beta testing from hundreds, thousands of geeks. This Abit thing .. a few. :(
I'll buy the board next year when everyone's beta tested it.
i can't see it having problems unless the way abit wants to lock the MCHBAR which could cause problems with manipulating the bios...i've seen other P45 boards using PL11 thru 15 to get a workable overclock...normally, abit does not let you have access to that setting...so...that might be part of the problem.
seems to be really some problems with this mobo..:(:confused:
anyway where is AbitUK?? say something m8! we are waiting for this mobo.. please, provide us with some offcial information.
forget it!..he is new...he is not going to stick his neck out any further...to do that might jeopdarize his job.
maybe you right.. anyway i've got at this moment ip35-e, replaced my broken pro version. i am still happy with p35 family .:yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
the ip35-e is a good board.
I don't see why or how you & tarantul jump to concluding that the board has problems?Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyuk32
I know of no evidence for that.
Maybe they realized that fans suck and they are going to scrap them ha
if a delay has been built in i tell you right now it has to do with the bios and abit's obsession with locking the MCHBAR; that has implications of freezing certain settings like Performance level...the typical P35, X38/X48 boards dealt with PL of 6, 7, 8 or 9...now...i am seeing 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 for overclocking success....my gut tells me it has to do with this as a minimum...i presume there is more.
The board looks good, but i'm happy with my P5E :D
I'll wait till the Intel Price drops come into effect i.e. July 20th >, I'll need a motherboard so I'm hoping it's released by then.
IP45 Pro doesn't have any fans ...? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Glow9
hmmmm..do you think abit might be trying to coincide the release with the intel price drop?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelly
Could be, but I believe they would still be better off getting the board out so you guys can start tweakin' on it first.:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
I just wish, when it does finally come out, that it would have an Optical/In and an onboard Dolby Decoder. Then I could lose my X-Fi which I use for audio for my Xbox 360. One less PCI card.
Well thats all I'm waiting for now, when I buy my Q9450/Q9550 I will have a new P45 motherboard one way or another Abit or no Abit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
And it just so happens Asus are not using soldered on bios chips with the Asus P5Q Deluxe, also it has two bios chips so if the first bios fails on an update it reverts to the backup so you can reflash, can even swap them both over to update both bios chips.
So cutting the Bulls***! first week in July? Week 26 which was 2nd week in July & well it's the 4th week in July next week which should be the imminent price drop of the Intel CPU's.
Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, Jetway, ECS, Foxxconn, DFI, Biostar spoilt for P45 chipset choice, where is Abit? yes thats right no where to be seen.
The rumors about Abit ceasing motherboard production not true, they havent even started yet I bet. :rofl:
Anyone got any good jokes, apart from Abit?
i heard via some scuttle bud at another website that abit went from 4 bios engineers down to 2...sounds like they are in to austere times and therefore, board production dates are taking a hit.
you know china is hoarding all the oil and diesel for the olympics...prices will drop right after the olympics is over.
I think you could be on to something, but I think that China is hoarding all the Abit motherboards, that`s why we are not seeing anything from them here :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
i heard the hoarding rumor on the foxnews business channel...makes sense since they do not want anything to go wrong when they premiere their country as the host of the summer olympics....this is a big thing for them...monumental, in fact!Quote:
Originally Posted by dctokyo
[QUOTE=Ace-a-Rue;3147702]i heard via some scuttle bud at another website that abit went from 4 bios engineers down to 2...sounds like they are in to austere times and therefore, board production dates are taking a hit.
just like to say hi first ace i heard via abit tec that they got help outside abit with an independent with the bios as abit engineers could not fix the bios on two boards IX48-MAX and the IP45-Pro. if you want news on abit boards on their bios site two new bios is on their uk site IX38-GT3, IX48-GT3 and no bios for the IP45-pro or IX48-Max if they are going to release p45 the bios whould be on the site as first release. and hi to all on xtreme
When is this comming out? I'm really disappointed with the local distributor of Abit. :( It used to be a best seller here but due to some bad business decisions its presence is hardly felt. :(
This takes far too long, sadly.
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Originally Posted by DevastationQuote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
just like to say hi first ace i heard via abit tec that they got help outside abit with an independent with the bios as abit engineers could not fix the bios on two boards IX48-MAX and the IP45-Pro. if you want news on abit boards on their bios site two new bios is on their uk site IX38-GT3, IX48-GT3 and no bios for the IP45-pro or IX48-Max if they are going to release p45 the bios whould be on the site as first release. and hi to all on xtreme
thank you for the update...lets hope the outside bios engineer contractor can solve the IP45 Pro and IX48 Max problems.
any idea on when the IX48 GT3 (DDR3) will come out?
That ties in with Buff's reply here Buff is Moderator over on Universal abit USA Forums I wondered how he could be so upbeat about boards which frankly I thought were scrapped.Quote:
i heard via abit tec that they got help outside abit with an independent with the bios as abit engineers could not fix the bios on two boards IX48-MAX and the IP45-Pro. if you want news on abit boards on their bios site two new bios is on their uk site IX38-GT3, IX48-GT3 and no bios for the IP45-pro or IX48-Max if they are going to release p45 the bios whould be on the site as first release. and hi to all on xtreme
It does leave me with a nagging doubt about ongoing Abit Bios support.
Edit:
Abit IX38-GT3 In stock
you know, i am having a problem here!...i am trying to find the reason why abit is releasing an X38 chipset board even though it is DDR3
Well that one i would have thought is too late :) X48 still makes sense, better late than never , but the X38 is what about 8months behind original date.
Exactly!:shrug:
Have to wonder what's really going on with abit. It's the nvidia chipset boards that are absent too. The IN9 32x max all but disappeared so I have to assume they're just getting rid of whatever existing stock there may be. And nothing around 780i or 790i. Then there's the intel line-up which of course should be the bread and butter. The models to choose from are getting less as existing stocks of those disappear too. They gave us the regurgitated p35 pro XE and there's really nothing else out there any more. If it's financial, not producing boards isn't the solution. :D
i guess that we wait and see what they do.
the two motherboards IX38-GT3 & IX48-GT3 are DDR3 up to 1333mhz and i have found out that the IP45 is out in the eu one or two weeks :up: and the IX48-Max more like october :down: thay are still having probs with the bios :mad: and IX38-GT3 & IX48-GT3 two to three weeksQuote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
I have freind in ABIT.....this board soon launching.....all FAE engeneering ABIT still work tweak some bios because now ABIT IP 45 series use AMI BIOS...not PHONIX again :):)
That is good news!
My order of the IP35 Pro was cancelled due to it went out of stock; it seems that the IP45 Pro have a nice price here in Norway, 200$ incl. VAT.
Hopefully the reviews will be swarming the net just a day or so after release.
just heard back from HPM
Abit IP45 Pro
&
Abit IX48-MAX
are expected end of july/beginning of august
this makes sense about the outside bios engineer consultant..AMI, to me, has a tendency to be a bit more complicated to use from an end user stand point; at least when i enter my Asus P5B setupQuote:
Originally Posted by Hazzan
ALL-RIGHTY-THEN!...role them OUT!:rofl::ROTF:Quote:
Originally Posted by Supershanks
I suspect that they already had or were contracted to have the chipsets in a certain quantity & no doubt most of the engineering had been done already.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
to be fair lots of mobo mfrs skipped 780i & there still aren't many 790is (other than reference).Quote:
Originally Posted by loonym
maybe it would be better to take a lost on the chipsets and move on...why sink more money into building a board...kind of hard to come to a rational thought pattern on that one.:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Heidfirst
who knows but with margins so thin in mobo market & assuming that they were committed/contracted to purchase I doubt that writing off $x00,000s if not $x,000,000s would be an option - better at least to make & sell the boards at cost than lose that kind of money.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
& given that X38 chipset is significantly cheaper than X48 to buy from Intel that should translate into a handy price differential at retail for people who may want dual x16 PCI-E 2.0 but don't need/want the extra overclocking ability of X48.
well...i am not on your wave length of thought pattern...i think it is a lose, lose situation.
how can at least recovering your money rather than taking a hit for probably millions of $ be a lose?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
how do you know it will be millions????Quote:
Originally Posted by Heidfirst
if they go forward with manufacturing the board and associated accessories coming with it in a box; shipped to distributors..then according to your millions estimate...it will be tens of millions lost if the board is a bust!
Well, I have to admit that no matter how much I loverd my IP35-Pro, I clicked the BUY button and have a P5q-Deluxe on the way. I really wanted the Abit but I went with what looks like an extreemly good board for this round. If it holds up as well as my A8n-SLI premium I will be a happy o/c'r.
See ya all in the P5Q thread :beer/:
well...i read through the P5Q3 thread and i due believe you are in for a ride of frustrations...i hope it treats you well.
The DDR3 board seems to have issues with Ram (P5Q3 Deluxe) I woudnt be surprised if its fixed in a revision as they dont seem to be having any luck with bios updates - Asus have a habit of doing revisions anyone remember the A8V Deluxe Revision 1 & 2? AGP/PCI locks Fix :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
The DDR2 board (P5Q Deluxe) is the one he seems to have bought looks to be a great motherboard, still mulling over buying one myself - do I wait for the Abit IP45 Pro for the sake of Abit uguru or get the Asus P5Q Deluxe with 2 replaceable bios chips (1 backup) & loadline calibration feature with a more mature bios. :shrug:
I don't but I'm just surmising.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
Iirc X38 costs ~$80 from Intel & I can't imagine them making less than 10,000 mobos so that's $800,000 straight off.
I would also expect that other than the actual nb, the external packaging, the manual & a sticker over the printing on the PCB on 1 or the other of the IX38/IX48 QuadGT3s that the BOM is absolutely identical.
If that's the case then making the IX38 QuadGT3 should also actually lower the cost of production for the IX48 QuadGT3 (or vice versa).
If they price it right it will sell, after all P45 & X48 don't really bring much to the vast majority of people over an X38 & it would be cheaper than some P45s & equivalent X48s.
that's the point...how do you know what revision you will get unless you have a store to buy it from or online retailer who can give you that information.:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelly
as to 2 bios chips...the gigabyte X48(T)-DQ6 (both DDR versions) have 2 bios chips and the 2nd one is suppose to take over if the first one fails to do its job...well...good old gigabyte bios engineers released a BAD bios and the people who flashed it had failures...the 2nd bios never took over until one user found a bios recovery procedure by googling it...it required shorting out two pins to force the 2nd bios to come on-line....SO...my point: make sure the asus board bios has a manual jumper method to select the 2nd bios...a strict "Auto" method, that denies the user any manual intervention, is not a fool proof system!Quote:
The DDR2 board (P5Q Deluxe) is the one he seems to have bought looks to be a great motherboard, still mulling over buying one myself - do I wait for the Abit IP45 Pro for the sake of Abit uguru or get the Asus P5Q Deluxe with 2 replaceable bios chips (1 backup) & loadline calibration feature with a more mature bios. :shrug:
Ace, I actually have read the P5Q-Deluxe thread, well at least half of it. I am not getting the DDR3 version and like Nelly said, the DDR2 board is working fine. The loss of OC Guru is fine as I didn't use it much any way and there are other ways to do basically the same things anyway. I just picked up an early model 8400 and this looks like the board to put it in. There may be better but not in this price range. And if I want to use my Quad it will handle the power way better than my IP35-Pro has. Nothing against Abit, I love my Pro board. And lets face it, as most others around here do, if it doesn't work out, buy another. :up:
right...just thought to bring some attention to the board since the board is basically the same except for memory type...good luck...i understand you are tired waiting on Abit to produce the IP45 or the IX48...it's kind of pathetic about abit's lackluster approach to marketing their boards.
It's too bad abit doesn't seem to realize or care that they're losing followers everyday. The 35XE is down to $150 at Newegg.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
a mistake in my mind to come out with it...when you have a good thing (IP35 Pro), keep doing it until it doesn't sell anymore.
this will put a spanner in the works the X58 chipset to be released early sept boards to be released in oct that is what i herd from abit tec Netherlands
new LGA 1366 socket and sli and crossfire X16 X2 have a look at the links i hope thay work. may be abit are gearing up fore the X58 boards !!!
http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/60444...crossfire.html
http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?..._cpu_pricing/1
well if that's the case, then why post p45 pro and the x48 max on their website?
Does anyone believe that p45 pro is coming out soon, and does anyone care?
Sorry to give you bad news, but abit is going out of businessQuote:
Originally Posted by Devastation
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9878/u...aff/index.html
Universal abit lays-off more staff
Published: 30th July 2008 @ 11:20 AM
Author: John Freeman
According to several sources both inside and outside Universal abit Motherboard Company; abit has laid off many staff from various departments within its HQ based in Taiwan. This follows a move from the previous HQ address in Nei-Hu to new premises in Nan-Gang to reduce expenses just last month.
Universal abit lays-off more staff
The beleaguered company has been down on its luck ever since the then CEO fiddled with the public companies stock prospects according to allegations. The subsequent investigation and resulting court cases have not yet been finalized, however, the abit brand was sold to Universal Scientific Industrial and the proceeds were used to level off some of the debt the public company had incurred.
Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. is a DMS/ODM/OEM manufacturer in 4C (Computing, Communications, Consumer Electronics and Car Electronics) industries, which means other companies employ them to design (in some cases) and manufacture for them. Brands they have dealings with include HP, Dell and ASUS, Since USI is part of ASE, one of the largest Semiconductor manufacturers in the world today, which was purported to be under consideration for a partnership with the Carlisle group not too long ago. One has to question what the purpose to buy abit was. However since they bought abit in a bid battle between several big players, rumoured to be ECS, Foxconn and Asus, most of the original abit support and admin staff were laid off. The marketing team remained, as did the PM team with all the key engineers needed to continue making high-end to mainstream motherboards. That was in early 2006.
As of the end of July 2008, most of the Research and Development team have been laid off, and between 3-4 people from almost every engineering department from Quality Control to Field Application Engineers too. Everyone from the previous PM team who designed the likes of the MAX and Fatal1ty series that many enthusiasts grew to love have all moved on over the last year. There doesn’t seem to be much left of what was once a prosperous and productive team well worth recognition. Some of those PM members went to Biostar, and others went to Foxconn. Both companies have seen a marked improvement in enthusiast level products recently, with abit’s offerings becoming more and more mediocre. The irony was that many times abit could not use USI resources as they charged too much, or did not have the Quality Control in place for the enthusiast sector. Pretty strange considering that USI is supposed to own abit and ideally help it’s underling to achieve better products with better results. The bottom line is that USI never understood the brand and never leveraged it as it could have. The abit GM who had stood firm and resolutely as he handed over control to the new masters eventually left for personal reasons, leaving a new person in charge who had no experience in the enthusiast sector. That person hailed from another semi-conductor firm, and has been applying those threadbare methods of lower margins, but higher volumes. While some would say these methods are slowly crippling the enthusiast aspect of the abit brand, the subsequent loss of faith in the abit brand by the public at large has resulted in warehouses being full and few if any buyers lining up.
Looking deeper at the USI acquisition of abit, one has to question in which direction are they headed? Recent shows and events such as CeBIT and Computex suggest the motherboard line-up was still pretty strong. I’m guessing the resulting orders have not been what were required and as such the lay-off stands to reason. Does this mean an end to abit? Or simply an end to the motherboard segment, while the company does a subtle shift to align itself more closely with what USI can make easily, namely: notebooks, UMPC’s and photo frames. Dare I ask if the photo frame can be overclocked?
i remember back in 1999 that i had a connection to IWill board maker out in the LAX area...he told me then that Abit was financially in trouble back then and could possibly end "belly up!"...abit was taken over but it has been struggling to find the right niche...i thought their IP35 Pro was a "SUPER" good board...i was a bit taken back when they tried putting out the IP35 Pro XE model...idiotic move in my mind...when you win accolades and awards, you keep that board coming until they stop selling...why try to re-invent the wheel just for the 1600 system bus!:shrug:
Please don't add any more fuel to the fire, they could be down sizing to keep costs down during this difficult economic time. If they were going out of business, why even move to new premisise and the shutdown?. I think we'll see the ip45 boards but after that who knows.Quote:
Originally Posted by dctokyo
Dave
aaah, moves are made for cost cutting but the ink could be drying as we speak...my company moved to a smaller building while in financial difficulties and it was like six to twelve months later, the company was declaring bankruptcy.
I picked one up myself, a P5Q Deluxe (DDR2) last week. I am going to get a few Thermalright goodies for it before I replace my trusty IP-35 Pro. Good that their HR-09's fit on the Asus. I was also attracted to the socketed bios chips, a feature that the Abit had with it's one chip. It will be fun to give loadline calibration a shot, a lot of vdroop on my Abit so that may help the overclocking stability somewhat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nelly
Let us know if you go the same route, Nelly:)
Well said:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pntgrd
[QUOTE]i spoke to abit tec in the Netherlands thay said thay are not going out of business it is just another rumour.the IP45 is out with in the next two weeks IX48-MAX may be canned because of the IX58-MAX he said that head office as not confirmed it yet we will see what goes on that is his words ? also i have found on the IP45-PRO on advanctec.co.uk i don't know if it is instockQuote:
Originally Posted by dctokyo
http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/ABIT_775.html
[QUOTE=Devastation;3189556]Yeah ok :rolleyes: This has all been heard before. The first post in this thread said first week of July. That came and went and we got a third party excuse that pushed it toQuote:
i spoke to abit tec in the Netherlands thay said thay are not going out of business it is just another rumour.the IP45 is out with in the next two weeks IX48-MAX may be canned because of the IX58-MAX he said that head office as not confirmed it yet we will see what goes on that is his words
Then various people stating end of July-beginning of August. :rofl::ROTF::rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Heidfirst
Any statements made by anyone at this point about when or if this comes to market should be greeted with 'show me'. :shakes:
This board is taking so long. Not going to happen.
So long Abit, its been nice.
yeah it's just one delay after another at this point, looks like I am no longer waiting, you dropped the ball big time on this one abit!
no kidding:D:yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by loonym
i couldn't wait any longer...i decided to go over to the Biostar TPower I45 board...it has a record for the highest FSB; probably on DICE or LN2
i give it a work over to see, and by the time i'm finished with it, the IP45 Pro will possibly make it to the street!:rofl::ROTF:...i love to dream!;)
i hope Abit comes thru with something, anything at this point.
:shakes:
actually, i want to see them survive also...the IP35 Pro has been a "Stud" among the P35 boards!
I want them to survive and bring back their vintage best!
I'm also a realist, if they cant come to market with these its good night. shame.
[QUOTE=Devastation;3189556]Have you been keeping up with the news of abit boards???? :rofl:Quote:
i spoke to abit tec in the Netherlands thay said thay are not going out of business it is just another rumour.the IP45 is out with in the next two weeks IX48-MAX may be canned because of the IX58-MAX he said that head office as not confirmed it yet we will see what goes on that is his words ? also i have found on the IP45-PRO on advanctec.co.uk i don't know if it is instock
http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/ABIT_775.html
The IX38-Max was canned because of the IX48-MAX coming out, so now you tell me that the IX48-MAX is being canned because of the IX58-MAX coming out :confused: Well I have news for you, the IX58-MAX will be canned because of the IX68-MAX coming out and then the IX68-MAX will be canned because of the IX78-MAX coming out and so-on and so-on...... all I am hearing from the abit marketing department is BS:rofl:
and now before someone from the abit forums chimes in here and says that I sound like a broken-record. all I am doing is stating the facts that I have heard here in Japan....... and don"t worry, will not be posting on the abit forums anymore, I have move over to Asus, really got tried of vapor-motherboards that never or will come out from abit :down:
[QUOTE=dctokyo;3191774]:rofl: LOL :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Devastation
[QUOTE=dctokyo;3191774]Sorry I'm late..... but you do sound like a broken record.....:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Devastation
[QUOTE=Devastation;3189556]mm, here they said available back in july, and then it was changed to end of july, then shifted into august and now it says the 15th with approximately 20 boards on the way in. . .Quote:
i spoke to abit tec in the Netherlands thay said thay are not going out of business it is just another rumour.the IP45 is out with in the next two weeks IX48-MAX may be canned because of the IX58-MAX he said that head office as not confirmed it yet we will see what goes on that is his words ? also i have found on the IP45-PRO on advanctec.co.uk i don't know if it is instock
http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/ABIT_775.html
Sure.
After reading about all the layoff's, I'm guessing that they just move whatever stock they have left, and then quietly slip outta the mobo market.
it is a no win situation for abit...once they start laying off across the board, the writing is literally on the walls in regards to them extracting themselves out of the enthusiasts mobo market....they might do generic mobo's for system makers...that coud be a possibility!
Not exactly the same but I worked for a company that reduced the workforce as part of restructuring also selling a branch that wasnt doing much business.
When a company goes into administrative recievership even the directors will basically lie to your bare face, as they are told by administrators not to say anything till an announcement is actually made even on the actual day itself, they carry on as if everything is normal.
All I'm saying is with this speculation, it woudnt surprised if within a year or two time that Abit will be nothing more than what was in terms of being a motherboard manufacturer.
Look at Soyo moved into other areas & ceased motherboard manufacture, also Soltek just disapeared without trace & Epox ceased trading but formed a new company Supox.
I hope it doesnt happen, but I've had the experiance of this happening twice to me before as an employee for two companys.
Also in light of the lack of motherboards being released it does look like the workforce as been reduced, I don't really buy the reduction in bios engineers as the sole reason.
Plus all the Bull**** of motherboards being released on dates - yeah right! :censored:
Looking forward to the next few weeks, Intel price drops meaning I buy my new rig & P45 motherboard, too bad Abit have left it way too late even for me so I'll have to purchase from another manufacturer. :(
you want a good motherboard for the PRICE and PERFORMANCE?...buy a Biostar TPower I45..i have one right now and it is GREAT!...supposedly, it was reported that some of Abit's engineers went over to Biostar....
My Biostar thread: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=196973
I wish I could as I've been struggling to find an e-tailor in the UK that sells it over the last few weeks :shrug: not keen on the idea of purchasing the motherboard from Europe. Would rather be protected by UK Consumer Laws, if anything goes wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
do you want me to see how much it would cost to send you one from here?
Would be interested to see cost, works out around £122 ($237) inc shipping from Belgium.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue
@Nelly..check your PM inbox;)
[QUOTE=Lvcoyote;3194438]don't shoot the messenger i just give the info that abit tec tells me anyway i have got feed up with waiting for abit so i have gone for an Asus Rampage Extreme Intel X48 the link is in Chinese but good pics of the board on nordichardware.com ASUS R.O.G. Rampage Extreme reaches 710MHz FSB and 2516MHz memory frequencyQuote:
Originally Posted by dctokyo
http://www.xfastest.com/viewthread.php?tid=11417#zoom
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7931.html
Honestly, I fricking loved my ip-35 pro, probably the best board I ever tried, and I really mean when I say that, it was stable as a rock, and overclocked like hell, I would grab the ip-45 in a heart beat, actually abit made a future customer out of me, but one can only wait so long, I really don't get why they would just exit out, I thought they sold quite a few ip-35 and ix-38 mobos, I actually seriously think that they might just be done and stepping out.
I heard it will come this week, maybe someone can confirm or deny :P