Abit IP45 Pro image, spec and feedback of course !

[Ace-a-Rue]

I recently read that Abit will be getting out of the motherboard business depending on the sales of the P-45 boards. Is there any truth to this?

There was a whole thread on this nonsense. Anyway, here's the copy/paste for you:
This rumor has been denounced by abit. (Source.)

Thanks to Nelly for posting this @ the abit forums. Move along...nothing to see here.

it is amazing how this crap starts...if i were to venture a guess, it was proably a competitor trying to shake confidence in Abit's tenacity to compete...if you start hearing that they might get out of the board making business most likely people would possibly not buy the last board.

obviously Abit is putting the 'hurts' on one of its competitior especially after the success of the IP35 Pro...IMHO, it is the best P35 board out there!

[WrigleyVillain]

Abit should hire you Ace.

[Ace-a-Rue]

grin

[Nelly]

I wish Abit would actually post details on their website of the P45 motherboard range at least. How are they supposed to gouge interest in their products if their isnt any official details on their website.

Hell they havent even published on their website details for the Abit X48-Max yet, their marketing dept need replacing.

We dont even know exactly when any of the new products are going to be released, when is the X48-MAX, IP45-PRO, IP45-MAX etc going to be released?

I dont honestly know if I can be prepared to wait another month, two months, three months when other manufacturers are already releasing their motherboards.

[berk]

I'm not gonna change my mind on the current heat-pipe solutions.Under-performing, cosmetic crap springs to mind.
Hope the board overclocks quads well though,thats my next upgrade....

[Ace-a-Rue]

What do you think?
It should be available by the 1st week of July.

I wish Abit would actually post details on their website of the P45 motherboard range at least. How are they supposed to gouge interest in their products if their isnt any official details on their website.

Hell they havent even published on their website details for the Abit X48-Max yet, their marketing dept need replacing.

We dont even know exactly when any of the new products are going to be released, when is the X48-MAX, IP45-PRO, IP45-MAX etc going to be released?

I dont honestly know if I can be prepared to wait another month, two months, three months when other manufacturers are already releasing their motherboards.

i am hoping AbitUK is in the KNOW!

[Ace-a-Rue]

i just emailed Taiwan sales and marketing...asked them to come to this thread and give us some info.

here is my email:

SUBJECT: IP45 PRO AND IP45 GT3

over here in the USA and UK, many of us are getting impatient about the release dragging on with the two subject boards...please be more pro-active in getting out release dates to the USA.

if you can come over to FUGGER's forum website and post the expecting release dates for the UK and USA, i am sure that it would help with your sales and image.

here is the link to the IP45 Pro thread at Xtremesystems.org forum: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=1#post3069076

sincerely yours,

[Ace-a-Rue]

will Abit answer us?...that is the question of the day!

[SiGfever]

I look forward to the reviews on the IP45 Pro. But please, uncover the NB & SB so we can get some decent airflow on them.

My IP35 Pro runs 24/7 @3.51Ghz with all four cores fully loaded (WCG). This is one sweet board and my thanks to Ace for helping so many people get the most out of the Pro.

[alpha0ne]

well...your "soooo badly" assesment of the vdroop is overblowned for the IP35 Pro

Stop playing the Abit SHILL Ace and remember, your not the only one to have owned the IP35 Pro so enough of the condescending replies

[Leeghoofd]

Maybe Alpha one refers to Vdrop...

Vdrop: When you select a Voltage setting from the BIOS, and the real voltage applied is less than the selected voltage

Vdroop: If the voltage flunctuates from idle to load, then the difference between the idle & load voltage value is named after Vdroop

[chatmaster]

Really hanging out for the release of this board, Why are Abit the ones who are so poor with their marketing?

DFI have a x48 DK model that is supposed to be digital PWM and from the photos I cant see the controller chips like you see with the lanparty UT.

[AbitUK]

Man, you lot are vultures

I have been on the road for a couple of days and look what I come back to

I will read it properly tonight once I have finsihsed the day I am paid for

The general sensus I got was you want to know where our P45 range is.

Well, It is due to be released next week

I will be working on getting everyone up and running with images,specs and prices this week.

I have just chased our web team to find out why and when.

Speak later

Regards
Nathan

[tarantul]

Ok.i am waitng for info from Nathan. hurry up Abit!! we want this mobo in our hands. lol

[rusty]

need info on gt3 version and the price hopefully.

[shoman24v]

They really didn't need to make the SATA connectors parallel to the motherboard. They took a terrible design and carried over to the next model.

[Philly_Boy]

i don't think that is correct...the last i saw it is going to be IP45 GT3 as the ddr3 version...and...the ddr2 version will be the IP45 Pro...the MAX stays with X48 chipset unless they abandon making an X48 board.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=6430

Man, you lot are vultures

I have been on the road for a couple of days and look what I come back to

I will read it properly tonight once I have finsihsed the day I am paid for

The general sensus I got was you want to know where our P45 range is.

Well, It is due to be released next week

I will be working on getting everyone up and running with images,specs and prices this week.

I have just chased our web team to find out why and when.

Speak later

Regards
Nathan

Yes, I am also waiting on info for this. I didn't realize the PRO version worked with DDR2. This will replace my IP-35 PRO in my long term crunching #2 rig. I will ask June the Taiwan marketing rep tonight for info on release dates as well.

Ace - Did you hear back from your contact yet?

[Ace-a-Rue]

i am not on the inner circle of abit...in fact, not even in the "circle"...LOL

to answer your question, no reply on my email to sales and marketing in Taiwan...i see that AbitUK is going to give us some difinitive input very shortly after he gets over his surprise on how an angry group of hardware buffs can be!

[Ace-a-Rue]

Stop playing the Abit SHILL Ace and remember, your not the only one to have owned the IP35 Pro so enough of the condescending replies

man...a bit sensitive about my comment when you or whoever used the "soooo badly" phrase...don't you think that is a bit hypocritical!

[Philly_Boy]

i am not on the inner circle of abit...in fact, not even in the "circle"...LOL

to answer your question, no reply on my email to sales and marketing in Taiwan...i see that AbitUK is going to give us some difinitive input very shortly after he gets over his surprise on how an angry group of hardware buffs can be!

Dude...you are tops in my book for all you did to promote the IP 35 PRO....I actually got in trouble recently when I RMA'd a board and forgot to remove the bolt mod....had it there so long I thought that's the way they came...

[Heidfirst]

They really didn't need to make the SATA connectors parallel to the motherboard. They took a terrible design and carried over to the next model.

imo most people prefer it that way & certainly other companies seem to be doing it more too.

of course if you have a case that has little room & the HDDs are hard up against the connectors then yes, it's a pain but so is not being able to use ports because a gfx card covers them up ...

[Ace-a-Rue]

Dude...you are tops in my book for all you did to promote the IP 35 PRO

many thanks for the very positive words.

....I actually got in trouble recently when I RMA'd a board and forgot to remove the bolt mod....had it there so long I thought that's the way they came...

that is funny...but hey, abit finally figured out that you had your heart in the right place; you were just trying to maker the board better.

[tarantul]

any news about the release date?? i want this mb asap

[Philly_Boy]

any news about the release date?? i want this mb asap

My ABIT contact is saying 2 weeks...

[chatmaster]

All models released at the same time or 1 by 1.

I'm really hoping this will be able to handle the extra power of OC cpu's unlike the IX38.