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07-26-2006, 08:59 AM
Charles Wirth

Abit is back in the game

Looks like Abit may be coming back strong. They have been active lately and gearing up to be a front contender again for the enthusiast market.

Marketing has been restarted and you will see an Abit banner go up on the front page as well as new products hit these forums first.

I will lay the AB9-Pro on you guys in a few days.

Just an early nudge reminding you guys we will have another Conroe board entry in the mix very soon.
07-26-2006, 09:02 AM
Chuck232

Quote:

Originally Posted by FUGGER

Looks like Abit may be coming back strong. They have been active lately and gearing up to be a front contender again for the enthusiast market.

Marketing has been restarted and you will see an Abit banner go up on the front page as well as new products hit these forums first.

I will lay the AB9-Pro on you guys in a few days.

Just an early nudge reminding you guys we will have another Conroe board entry in the mix very soon.

Sure it may be a (relatively) cheap board, but how do you explain that atrocious layout?

I am keeping my mind open however as I'm planning on getting a case that inverts the motherboard anyways (<s>P180</s> or Lian Li V series) but for most users...???
07-26-2006, 09:06 AM
[XC]melymel

Can't wait for the AB9 review FUGGER. I hope they can pull back their old overclocking greatness and with it their lost reputation, do you know if they will make a max series board for conroe anytime soon? I don't ever remember a bad board from the max series :p:.

:toast:
07-26-2006, 09:08 AM
Gun_Strife

looking forward to it
we sure need more boards than what is out now

and yeah the layout of there boards are funky
07-26-2006, 09:09 AM
Owen1978

Incidently I was re-evaluating the Abit mobo's today for conroe, i will not go for the pro, but have noted down the non pro version on my specs sheet, heres hoping for a good review.
07-26-2006, 09:09 AM
charlie

we'll see.

After KX7-333R and IC7-G I'll give them ONE more chance.
07-26-2006, 09:12 AM
cupholder2.0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chuck232

Sure it may be a (relatively) cheap board, but how do you explain that atrocious layout?

I am keeping my mind open however as I'm planning on getting a case that inverts the motherboard anyways (P180 or Lian Li V series) but for most users...???

" Abit has stated that the layout was created in part to provide better quality power signals to the various areas of the motherboard. "

Abit did do this, the boardd can do 4.7+ Ghz on the PD805 which means it has a very strong VRM and power regulation.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2799&p=1
07-26-2006, 09:12 AM
updawg

Chuck232 - The P180 mobo layout isn't inverted the power supply is just at the bottom
07-26-2006, 09:35 AM
Chuck232

Oops, yeah, that's my bad on the P180.

Hey, if they can show that overclocking on this board can make up for the layout quirks, I think I can deal with it.
07-26-2006, 09:40 AM
Nazu

The AB9 Pro isn't that great overclocking board based on the Anandtech review. Max fsb was 380MHz if I remember correct, altough the power regulation seems to be quite good cos many have been able to clock their Pentium D's quite high with that mobo.
07-26-2006, 09:45 AM
cupholder2.0

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nazu

The AB9 Pro isn't that great overclocking board based on the Anandtech review. Max fsb was 380MHz if I remember correct, altough the power regulation seems to be quite good cos many have been able to clock their Pentium D's quite high with that mobo.

Its using a beta bios..
07-26-2006, 09:55 AM
-Mentor-

"Abit is back in the game"

+475fsb and 150$ pricetag, would underline that statement for sure.
07-26-2006, 09:58 AM
burningrave101

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nazu

The AB9 Pro isn't that great overclocking board based on the Anandtech review. Max fsb was 380MHz if I remember correct, altough the power regulation seems to be quite good cos many have been able to clock their Pentium D's quite high with that mobo.

Anandtech hasn't been doing real hot overclocking any of the boards they have tested so far and they've overclocked on several of them. Maybe its just the early BIOS versions they are using or their Conroe samples suck or they just don't know much about what they are doing because there have been plenty of guys here getting a lot higher results on the same boards.
07-26-2006, 10:07 AM
Gun_Strife

Quote:

Originally Posted by -Mentor-

"Abit is back in the game"

+475fsb and 150$ pricetag, would underline that statement for sure.

ur simply stating that +475 would be nice right, not saying uve seen this board do that right??
07-26-2006, 10:09 AM
-Mentor-

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gun_Strife

ur simply stating that +475 would be nice right, not saying uve seen this board do that right??

Option 1
07-26-2006, 10:29 AM
d@rkn1ko

I HOPE :rolleyes:
07-26-2006, 11:21 AM
vapb400

I was hoping you had this baby in your hands
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5391/aw9dmax2ez.jpg
cant wait to see what you can do with the ab9pro
07-26-2006, 11:34 AM
JoeBar

I would also like to see a review of AW9D, cause AB9Pro just don't have it.
However, in my opinion, it's a bit early to jump on the Abit train right now, i'll wait for the next gen. Unless of course AW9D is an ace in their sleeve... ;)

It's good to have them back though. :)
07-26-2006, 11:44 AM
Super Nade

It's always good to have more manufacturers jumping into the enthusiast fray. Steve over at ocforums, mods the ABIT Forums, so he's been keeping folks posted about ABIT's recent improvement of financial health.
07-26-2006, 11:52 AM
xgman

Yes the AW9D is looking quite interesting. Wonder when we will see that one?
07-26-2006, 11:53 AM
burningrave101

Abit AB9 Pro for $148.32 over at eWiz right now. Just ordered mine. I think this will be a better overclocking board then the Gigabyte DS3 and they are in the same price range. It will tide me over till something better comes out anyways.

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-AB9-PRO
07-26-2006, 11:55 AM
burningrave101

Quote:

Originally Posted by vapb400

I was hoping you had this baby in your hands
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5391/aw9dmax2ez.jpg
cant wait to see what you can do with the ab9pro

Does that thing only have one PCI slot? Well crap that, i couldn't even use that board if i wanted to.
07-26-2006, 12:04 PM
TurboDiv

I really hope that ABIT can come up with a nice stable clocking board. If its true that ABIT promised anandtech that they are developing clocking board with 450+FSB than that would be one hell of a board and surely will win a lot of fans... :toast:
07-26-2006, 12:17 PM
party animal

Cant wait to see that review, i was hoping you had the AW9D Max though. Its nice to hear that ABIT is back. Lets let the numbers do the talking though. ;)
07-26-2006, 12:19 PM
mine

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlie

we'll see.

After KX7-333R and IC7-G I'll give them ONE more chance.

my latin friend

hope that not :

ut desint vires tamen est laudandum voluntas
07-26-2006, 12:42 PM
charlie

Quote:

Originally Posted by mine

my latin friend

hope that not :

ut desint vires tamen est laudandum voluntas

lol... I think the POWER and the WILL will be there in AMPLE quantity.
07-26-2006, 12:47 PM
Heidfirst

Quote:

Originally Posted by xgman

Yes the AW9D is looking quite interesting. Wonder when we will see that one?

end of August
07-26-2006, 12:55 PM
Kunaak

that AW9D looks interesting.

however the AB9-Pro has been review twice by anandtech.
the preview and the official bios reviews, and in neither review was the review all that inspiring...
07-26-2006, 01:45 PM
Millyons

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hehe mabey not the right thread to post this but i have to.
This is after their "all quality components" anouncment haha. not a big deal but lol who can spot the "quality worksmanship" on these pictures, i really hope they are seriously gonna try to get back up cause i didnt see this kind of stuff even on pc-chips :)
07-26-2006, 02:25 PM
dicecca112

how its not like there aw8D board, no higher than 250FSB. Which is terrible IMO, for us overclockers. As far as I know most of there high end boards have one PCI slot. Its a PITA. the AW9D layout its atrocious. I wouldn't buy the AB9-pro, becuase with the inverted mobo tray of the lian li, I'd have to get a northbridge and a southbridge cooler
07-26-2006, 02:35 PM
Eastcoasthandle

wow only 1 pci slot, interesting none the less. Thanks for the heads up Fugger.
07-26-2006, 02:47 PM
burningrave101

Quote:

Originally Posted by dicecca112

how its not like there aw8D board, no higher than 250FSB. Which is terrible IMO, for us overclockers. As far as I know most of there high end boards have one PCI slot. Its a PITA. the AW9D layout its atrocious. I wouldn't buy the AB9-pro, becuase with the inverted mobo tray of the lian li, I'd have to get a northbridge and a southbridge cooler

The AB9 Pro should be hitting 400-450MHz+ FSB soon if not already with the current BIOS. This looks to be a good overclocking board. The AB9 Pro has two PCI slots unlike the AW9D. And why would you need to get both a northbridge and southbridge cooler just because you're putting it in a lian-li with an inverted tray? Mine is going in a V1000B as soon as it gets here.
07-26-2006, 03:54 PM
hicookie

i'd buy AW9-MAX, looks pretty good mobo

http://img.oc.com.tw/f30775/20067277...726510461.jpeg

interesting, it's has the front pannel, and a specially button for "clean bios"

http://img.oc.com.tw/f30775/2006727747441589909973.jpeg
07-26-2006, 04:25 PM
cupholder2.0

Wow, the guru pannel looks very kick ass.
07-26-2006, 04:46 PM
Heidfirst

Quote:

Originally Posted by Millyons

This is after their "all quality components" anouncment haha. not a big deal but lol who can spot the "quality worksmanship" on these pictures, i really hope they are seriously gonna try to get back up cause i didnt see this kind of stuff even on pc-chips :)

I can show it to you on an MSI & I'm sure that others could show it to you on other makes - when you make millions a few will slip through.
07-26-2006, 05:14 PM
mdzcpa

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlie

we'll see.

After KX7-333R and IC7-G I'll give them ONE more chance.

Hell, I'll add the KA7-100, KG7, and KR7A to the list as well:D

I'd love to see Abit back in the game with a strong contender.
07-26-2006, 05:24 PM
Charles Wirth

The guru is pretty slick, notice the cmos reset button.
07-26-2006, 05:30 PM
dicecca112

Quote:

Originally Posted by burningrave101

The AB9 Pro should be hitting 400-450MHz+ FSB soon if not already with the current BIOS. This looks to be a good overclocking board. The AB9 Pro has two PCI slots unlike the AW9D. And why would you need to get both a northbridge and southbridge cooler just because you're putting it in a lian-li with an inverted tray? Mine is going in a V1000B as soon as it gets here.

the heatpipe doesn't work inverted
07-26-2006, 05:45 PM
Evilsizer

go fugger! hopefully you have some contacts in abit to help with better bios for ocing. would really like to see at least 400mhz fsb, would be really sweet to see 425-460mhz 24/7 use.

i dont know why people are complaining about the layout the mobo would work great in a btx/ inverted atx case.
07-26-2006, 05:49 PM
burningrave101

Quote:

Originally Posted by dicecca112

the heatpipe doesn't work inverted

Why wouldn't it work and what does it have to do with the Southbridge when the Southbridge isn't even connected to the heatpipe? I doubt the Southbridge gets all that hot does it.
07-26-2006, 05:53 PM
grimREEFER

Quote:

Originally Posted by dicecca112

the heatpipe doesn't work inverted

it should if its built properly
07-26-2006, 05:55 PM
mdzcpa

Quote:

Originally Posted by dicecca112

the heatpipe doesn't work inverted

Most heatpipe applications of this nature are not affected by gravity. They have mesh wick in the inside the draws the recondensated fluid back to the heat chamber. This is why heatsinks used in laptops and PCs are unaffected by physical orientation.

Just FYI.

Sorry for the OT. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
07-26-2006, 06:15 PM
tvdang7

I am also an abit fan.
07-26-2006, 06:33 PM
burningrave101

Abit does have a Windows BIOS flash utility don't they? I would hope so since i don't have such things as a floppy drive any more.
07-26-2006, 06:44 PM
cupholder2.0

Quote:

Originally Posted by burningrave101

Abit does have a Windows BIOS flash utility don't they? I would hope so since i don't have such things as a floppy drive any more.

As far as I know, they do.
07-26-2006, 06:49 PM
warlockza

abit is back..:-)

abit is trying very hard to win back the hearts and minds of its fans. We've invested alot of time and effort doing research into different user profiles. Some of you may remember a few short months ago we did the abit end user survey, giving away 50 motherboards in a bid to extract valuable feedback from our fans. Over 80,000 people stood up and answered the 50 question survey and the information we've gleaned has set us on the right track.
Firstly our branding strategy is much more in tune. We focus on the gamer with our Fatal1ty series (durable, stable and compatible). Of course as mentioned our max series is definitely a winner (extreme, fully featured, durable). Admittedly the AW8D should have more PCI slots. :slap:, but that should be addressed in the next version of MAX. Our Guru series for the mainstream is doing well now too with the AB9-PRO. Rest assured our guys are working day and night to keep the quality and standards better than ever before. :toast:
07-26-2006, 06:51 PM
Sanuska

hicookie - Any more info on the AW9-Max? I looked around but couldn't find much.
07-26-2006, 06:53 PM
bigdaddy25fb

Woohoo! I loved my Max3 and IC7-G!!!! Abit FTW!
07-26-2006, 07:00 PM
cupholder2.0

Quote:

Originally Posted by warlockza

abit is trying very hard to win back the hearts and minds of its fans. We've invested alot of time and effort doing research into different user profiles. Some of you may remember a few short months ago we did the abit end user survey, giving away 50 motherboards in a bid to extract valuable feedback from our fans. Over 80,000 people stood up and answered the 50 question survey and the information we've gleaned has set us on the right track.
Firstly our branding strategy is much more in tune. We focus on the gamer with our Fatal1ty series (durable, stable and compatible). Of course as mentioned our max series is definitely a winner (extreme, fully featured, durable). Admittedly the AW8D should have more PCI slots. :slap:, but that should be addressed in the next version of MAX. Our Guru series for the mainstream is doing well now too with the AB9-PRO. Rest assured our guys are working day and night to keep the quality and standards better than ever before. :toast:

Wha? Where did you get all of this :eek: ? You work for Abit or something?
Anyway I am definatly willing to go Abit for my next board after I see some more benchies and OC results and I want that damn guru pannel!
07-26-2006, 07:01 PM
burningrave101

Quote:

Originally Posted by warlockza

Rest assured our guys are working day and night to keep the quality and standards better than ever before. :toast:

Sounds great! Have em keep at it with working on improving the BIOS on the AB9 Pro and other new Abit boards so as to improve FSB overclocks and memory performance. Here at Xtreme Systems i'm sure everyone wants boards that will easily do 400MHz+ FSB with their new Conroe processor.
07-26-2006, 07:13 PM
bugeyes

The Abit NF7-Sv2.0 was one best boards I've ever used, hell yes I'll try another Abit product!
07-26-2006, 10:49 PM
VictorWang

AW9D-Max should add 8pin atx power but not a 4pin :(
07-27-2006, 12:12 AM
CRUSH-ER

I used to heart Abit... they went downhill though... :(

Long live the BH6 and BX6.
07-27-2006, 01:25 AM
Max Tractor

Quote:

Originally Posted by bugeyes

The Abit NF7-Sv2.0 was one best boards I've ever used, hell yes I'll try another Abit product!

Spot on, the best board I ever used, although my epox 9npa is making a play for my #1 slot
07-27-2006, 02:12 AM
vudoodoodoo

Quote:

Originally Posted by FUGGER

The guru is pretty slick, notice the cmos reset button.

!!!!!! :cool:
07-27-2006, 03:12 AM
MrGarrison

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictorWang

AW9D-Max should add 8pin atx power but not a 4pin :(

Isn't the only difference more power with 8pin? If so, isn't that unnecessary for Conroe, considering that it draws a lot less power than P4/PD?
07-27-2006, 03:21 AM
scooby609

considering this board myself to go with a E6600

anyone know if ...

the board will hit 400FSB via bios ?

raid issues reported on the abit forums have been fixed ?

will support the 7950 gx2 vid cards ? know some P965 boards will some wont ATM.

thanks
07-27-2006, 03:39 AM
VictorWang

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrGarrison

Isn't the only difference more power with 8pin? If so, isn't that unnecessary for Conroe, considering that it draws a lot less power than P4/PD?

you forgot kentsfield :p:
07-27-2006, 04:42 AM
dicecca112

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdzcpa

Most heatpipe applications of this nature are not affected by gravity. They have mesh wick in the inside the draws the recondensated fluid back to the heat chamber. This is why heatsinks used in laptops and PCs are unaffected by physical orientation.

Just FYI.

Sorry for the OT. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

these don't. I know first hand, confirmed it at the Abit forums, with Abit help, and the Abit RMA guys on the Abit forums. Besides, there heatpipe cools terribly. Even a passive sink works better
07-27-2006, 04:48 AM
Owen1978

Its between Abit & MSI for me whoever can do at least stable 400fsb or more will get my money!
07-27-2006, 06:25 AM
tictac

Quote:

Originally Posted by dicecca112

how its not like there aw8D board, no higher than 250FSB. Which is terrible IMO, for us overclockers. As far as I know most of there high end boards have one PCI slot. Its a PITA. the AW9D layout its atrocious. I wouldn't buy the AB9-pro, becuase with the inverted mobo tray of the lian li, I'd have to get a northbridge and a southbridge cooler

:toast:
6.1GHz
http://hyem.org/unordinary/index.php...7&topic=1548.0
07-27-2006, 06:31 AM
TrancëJay

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeBar

I would also like to see a review of AW9D, cause AB9Pro just don't have it.
However, in my opinion, it's a bit early to jump on the Abit train right now, i'll wait for the next gen. Unless of course AW9D is an ace in their sleeve... ;)

It's good to have them back though. :)

http://www.cpu3d.com/index.php?optio...id=418&limit=1
07-27-2006, 10:09 AM
JoeBar

I've read this review already but if u noticed, it's about AW8D... ;)
07-27-2006, 10:16 AM
Supertim0r

Quote:

Originally Posted by VictorWang

you forgot kentsfield :p:

the p5w dh is 4 pins
07-27-2006, 12:03 PM
Shpoon

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2799&p=6

Review of the Abit AB9 Pro
07-28-2006, 06:56 AM
uOpt

The moment I heard "uGuru hardware" I was out. To puke.

"uGuru" in practice in the past meant specialially designed chips on the board for no good reason that they then don't document so that you can only use them from some of their toy Windose utilities, not even from standard Windows utilities. In the past they did goofs like connecting all temperature sensors to their "uGuru" chips, making the board pretty much useless for professional use.
07-28-2006, 06:59 AM
uOpt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shpoon

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2799&p=6

Review of the Abit AB9 Pro

369 max FSB.

E6600 = 3.3 GHz. Although the CPU should be good for at least 3.6.

Matches the DFI offering almost by the MHz.
07-28-2006, 07:16 AM
bingo13

Quote:

Originally Posted by burningrave101

Anandtech hasn't been doing real hot overclocking any of the boards they have tested so far and they've overclocked on several of them. Maybe its just the early BIOS versions they are using or their Conroe samples suck or they just don't know much about what they are doing because there have been plenty of guys here getting a lot higher results on the same boards.

It could be due to the fact their boards are not modded, must pass a test course that throws around a 100+ applications at the board, and run a various mixture of hardware with most of the slots populated. ;) All I know is they are waiting another bios that should enable the board to reach the 450FSB level at this time.
07-28-2006, 07:23 AM
Vric

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdzcpa

Most heatpipe applications of this nature are not affected by gravity. They have mesh wick in the inside the draws the recondensated fluid back to the heat chamber. This is why heatsinks used in laptops and PCs are unaffected by physical orientation.

Just FYI.

Sorry for the OT. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Most Heatpipe on Motherboard are cheap and don't use wick. They aren't working upside down. They are only there to give a false feeling of hi-end. Most of the time, a passive cooling will work as good. (but hey, it give the option to ask more money for the board since it's a "great" feature..)
07-28-2006, 09:10 AM
burningrave101

Quote:

Originally Posted by bingo13

It could be due to the fact their boards are not modded, must pass a test course that throws around a 100+ applications at the board, and run a various mixture of hardware with most of the slots populated. ;) All I know is they are waiting another bios that should enable the board to reach the 450FSB level at this time.

Yeah but look at the kind of the overclock they got with the Gigabyte DQ6 and the other boards they've tested. They highest they've gotten was with the Asus P5W DH and that was like barely over 400MHz. There are plenty of people here on the board hitting 450MHz+ FSB and i think the Abit AB9 Pro will be one of them doing it as soon as more people get the board. Anandtech was probably limited by the settings they were using in the BIOS or the multipliers of these Conroe processors. People are having trouble getting over 400MHz FSB with the E6600/E6700 multipliers. We may need some form of enhanced cooling above stock for the Northbridge though when trying to hit 450MHz+.
07-29-2006, 09:30 PM
jaguarking11

whats going on with the review?

I'm waiting anxiously.

I own a mediocre abit now give me a decent one.
07-29-2006, 09:53 PM
Evilsizer

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaguarking11

whats going on with the review?

I'm waiting anxiously.

I own a mediocre abit now give me a decent one.

well im waiting for aug 7th so they can ship my :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ing cpu... wish i actually caught the zzf e6300 for 199 but if i did i wouldnt have been able to spare the funds. with a more mature bios im expecting ab9 to :slapass:
07-29-2006, 10:49 PM
jrw

I would add a "?" to the title of this thread...

If they are in fact back in the game, the trip there will be uphill, and I for one need to see some really convincing results to jump the Abit-gun instead of waiting for DFI RD600...
07-30-2006, 01:44 AM
NXds

Yea, if Abit really wants a Big Slice of the Conroe board sells they need to release there updated bios before Aug 7. A lot of people are waiting to see what this baby can do, me included. This is the only reason i haven't put my order in for a DS3 yet the modding community for Abit is all about the :fact: .
07-30-2006, 07:27 PM
jaguarking11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evilsizer

well im waiting for aug 7th so they can ship my :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ing cpu... wish i actually caught the zzf e6300 for 199 but if i did i wouldnt have been able to spare the funds. with a more mature bios im expecting ab9 to :slapass:

I cant wait.

Keep us updated
07-30-2006, 07:38 PM
HRPufnStuf

I'm pretty anxious to see the results from Fugger too - I still use my IC7-Max 3 and NF7-s 2.0 daily. Being an old fan of ABIT, I'd like to see them put something good together before I jump into a new Core2 box.
07-30-2006, 07:40 PM
mike

Quote:

Originally Posted by tictac

:toast:
6.1GHz
http://hyem.org/unordinary/index.php...7&topic=1548.0

looks nice! With auto-overclocking????
07-30-2006, 09:56 PM
Hazzan

ABIT its Back man !! I ll waiting this update.
07-30-2006, 10:57 PM
Xptweaker

Will there be conroe support for the Aw8d MAx ?
07-30-2006, 11:56 PM
kiner

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xptweaker

Will there be conroe support for the Aw8d MAx ?

NO
there will be conroe support for AW9D MAX and AW9D :D
07-31-2006, 12:11 AM
Xptweaker

but the problem is that the AW9D MAX and AW9D sucks ^^ only 1 pci slot
07-31-2006, 12:15 AM
Gun_Strife

Quote:

Originally Posted by hicookie

i'd buy AW9-MAX, looks pretty good mobo
interesting, it's has the front pannel, and a specially button for "clean bios"

any more news on this one it looks pretty sick
07-31-2006, 12:15 AM
kiner

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xptweaker

but the problem is that the AW9D MAX and AW9D sucks ^^ only 1 pci slot

:p: I will never use sli, and 1 pci slot is ok for me
07-31-2006, 12:57 AM
hicookie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gun_Strife

any more news on this one it looks pretty sick

gets news from abit's pm, AW9-max will release within 2weeks, he told me, maybe this week, if have not any problem.:D
07-31-2006, 01:06 AM
fhpchris

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xptweaker

but the problem is that the AW9D MAX and AW9D sucks ^^ only 1 pci slot

How about PCI sucks?
07-31-2006, 01:06 AM
Gun_Strife

Quote:

Originally Posted by hicookie

gets news from abit's pm, AW9-max will release within 2weeks, he told me, maybe this week, if have not any problem.:D

ooooooooooooooooo:cool:
that sounds good
07-31-2006, 06:37 AM
burningrave101

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiner

:p: I will never use sli, and 1 pci slot is ok for me

Out in the country dial-up is all i can get outside of satellite so i need one PCI slot for a 56k modem and then i have my X-Fi which takes a PCI slot and then if i ever wanted to add something else like a TV Tuner then i would need another PCI slot unless i found one that was PCI-E. At this stage a motherboard needs no less then two PCI slots until there has been more time for manufacturers to transition to PCI-E.
07-31-2006, 06:43 AM
[XC]melymel

Quote:

Originally Posted by burningrave101

Out in the country dial-up is all i can get outside of satellite so i need one PCI slot for a 56k modem and then i have my X-Fi which takes a PCI slot and then if i ever wanted to add something else like a TV Tuner then i would need another PCI slot unless i found one that was PCI-E. At this stage a motherboard needs no less then two PCI slots until there has been more time for manufacturers to transition to PCI-E.

You can just buy a 56k external modem and route the network cable to your computer. It's senseless limiting your motherboard choice for the sake of what i guess would be about $5.

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Originally Posted by hicookie

gets news from abit's pm, AW9-max will release within 2weeks, he told me, maybe this week, if have not any problem.

:woot: prefect timing for me and I hope that FUGGER's review of it goes well, now I just got to pray the UK gets them soon and prices them correctly. :toast:
07-31-2006, 06:54 AM
burningrave101

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Originally Posted by melymel2789

You can just buy a 56k external modem and route the network cable to your computer. It's senseless limiting your motherboard choice for the sake of what i guess would be about $5.

Most external modems are junk, especially the cheap ones. That's not saying much for a 56k modem but i have to have something that is somewhat reliable.
07-31-2006, 08:14 AM
tictac

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Originally Posted by mikeguava

looks nice! With auto-overclocking????

yeah.... they used ABIT uGuru software to pass 6ghz :toast:
07-31-2006, 10:39 AM
JoeBar

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Originally Posted by Xptweaker

but the problem is that the AW9D MAX and AW9D sucks ^^ only 1 pci slot

Why, AW8D has more...? ;)
07-31-2006, 11:02 AM
3NZ0

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Originally Posted by fhpchris

How about PCI sucks?

i think most people would like to use the sound they own at the same time as xfire/sli. :stick:

Come on abit, im rooting for you! :banana:
07-31-2006, 11:20 AM
Raja@ASUS

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Originally Posted by burningrave101

Yeah but look at the kind of the overclock they got with the Gigabyte DQ6 and the other boards they've tested. They highest they've gotten was with the Asus P5W DH and that was like barely over 400MHz. There are plenty of people here on the board hitting 450MHz+ FSB and i think the Abit AB9 Pro will be one of them doing it as soon as more people get the board. Anandtech was probably limited by the settings they were using in the BIOS or the multipliers of these Conroe processors. People are having trouble getting over 400MHz FSB with the E6600/E6700 multipliers. We may need some form of enhanced cooling above stock for the Northbridge though when trying to hit 450MHz+.

According to Gary Key, Anandtech stopped getting their boards directly from manufacturers after the problems with the review of Asus A8R32-MVP. Many sites including Anandtech were slated for not picking up on a gaming freeze issue. Gary told me that boards were now supplied from retailors, to avoid any kind of cherry picking. That's why you are seeing mediocre performance in comparison to some of the results here, for the record we already know that not all boards of the same model overclock to the same level. The Asus Conroe supporting board proves this.

regards
Raja
07-31-2006, 11:25 AM
killzone

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Originally Posted by 3NZ0

i think most people would like to use the sound they own at the same time as xfire/sli. :stick:

Come on abit, im rooting for you! :banana:

i agree completely, this will influence my decision big time
07-31-2006, 11:38 AM
Raja@ASUS

Hi,

I assume none of the guys here have any review samples of the AW9D Max yet, otherwise we would have an idea how well it should overclock..

Most of the current Crossfire supporting boards are showing inconsistency over 400fsb, especially without hard mods.

I would love a board that can hit 450fsb consistently with Crossfire and Raid 0 running at the same time.

regards
Raja
07-31-2006, 04:18 PM
Evilsizer

hey tictac have you heard of any new bios's coming out anytime soon to address proper timings set in the bios. a guy over at ocforums said that when in bios timings set to 4-4-4-12 would actually be 4-4-4-10. this was a issue with the lg-81 mobo i have until about the last bios release for it i think.
07-31-2006, 04:31 PM
Zebo

Quote:

Originally Posted by raju

Hi,

I assume none of the guys here have any review samples of the AW9D Max yet, otherwise we would have an idea how well it should overclock..

Most of the current Crossfire supporting boards are showing inconsistency over 400fsb, especially without hard mods.

I would love a board that can hit 450fsb consistently with Crossfire and Raid 0 running at the same time.

regards
Raja

Wait for RD600/SB650 maybe... http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/ati/rd600/g1.htm
08-02-2006, 06:48 PM
jaguarking11

Bump.

Any updates?
08-02-2006, 08:59 PM
JamesBong420

ABIT ftw:woot:
08-02-2006, 09:33 PM
burningrave101

I've been testing out this Abit AB9 Pro tonight and it definitely needs another BIOS update. Serios memory related issues. I can't get both sticks of this OCZ PC2-6400 XTC Platinum to run together in dual channel. It just boots to a black screen and hangs. I got it to work with just one stick though. BIOS detected voltage at 1.8v but i changed that to 2.1v and that's not the problem. Seems this board has issues with DDR2 800 anways. I'm in windows now and it works alright at stock speeds but it wont let me overclock this E6300. The memory will run at 2:3 400MHz at default but i switch to 1:1 and try a FSB of like 320MHz or something and its unstable in Windows. Looks like more then just one or two issues with this board at the moment but hopefully a BIOS update will fix them real soon and i'll post a thread with overclocking results once i can actually do something with this board.

I installed my first TT Big Typhoon on this thing today and i was a little freaked at the fact i think i warped the top of the motherboard around the socket area just a little bit with tightening the bolts down to the board lol. I guess it wont hurt anything. Seems to be working fine in that regard anyways.

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