Abit IP45 Pro image, spec and feedback of course !

[Nelly]

Any news yet, IX48-Max still not in shops anywhere.

I'm interested in the Abit IP45-MAX, but if the Abit IP45 Pro is released sooner, I'll stick with DDR2 besides DDR3 is pretty much a waste of money.

Ace. . . did you get a reply from Abit, I bet you didnt they never reply when I've e-mailed them in the past.

Keep this up Abit & most people will get fedup & buy alternative motherboards.

[Nelly]

Just got this bit of info, not sure if its accurate.

Nelly, here is the answer that I got form the UK Abit Rep.

Hi Doc_D,

I have only been with Abit for 5 weeks now so my knowledge is limited.

As I see it, we had many issues with the BIOS of X48 and whilst we continued to work on it, P45 became our focus and we had to put X48 to the back of the queue.

I am sure you can appreciate that P45 will outsell X48 many times over and so this decision had to be made.

I still believe we will endeavour to release X48

Clunk is very lucky to have people from as far away as Japan attending the forum.

Regards

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source
http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/rants...-ix48-max.html

[Ace-a-Rue]

Any news yet, IX48-Max still not in shops anywhere.

I'm interested in the Abit IP45-MAX, but if the Abit IP45 Pro is released sooner, I'll stick with DDR2 besides DDR3 is pretty much a waste of money.

eeeeh, i think DDR3 is faster; maybe slightly, but faster.

Ace. . . did you get a reply from Abit, I bet you didnt they never reply when I've e-mailed them in the past.

Keep this up Abit & most people will get fedup & buy alternative motherboards.

NO!..no reply...typical i guess.

[gilgamesh1]

Just got this bit of info, not sure if its accurate.

I have official word.
release date of ip35 pro (ddr2) has been put back to week 26 (2nd week in July) max version one month after

Ehup Nelly!

gilgamesh

[Heidfirst]

Ace. . . did you get a reply from Abit, I bet you didnt they never reply when I've e-mailed them in the past.

Keep this up Abit & most people will get fedup & buy alternative motherboards.

No company is going to tell an individual consumer things that they aren't willing to release more publically as well.

[Nelly]

Just noticed this, I'm guessing this is Pre-Order:-

http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/ABIT_775.html

Abit IP45 Pro 775 FSB1600 DDR2 Dual X8 CrossFire SATA RAID IEEE1394 7.1 Snd Motherboard
Manufacturer Code: IP45 Pro
Price: £91.00 (£106.93 Inc VAT)

eeeeh, i think DDR3 is faster; maybe slightly, but faster.

Yeah your right, about 2-3 fps in games & thats if your using 1600 MHz (PC3-12800) anything less is a waste of money, as a comparison - Here in UK:

1066MHz PC2-8500 (DDR2) - £74.73 Inc VAT ($148.52)
1600MHz PC3-12800 (DDR3) - £182.07 Inc VAT ($361.86)

2.1 volts vs. 1.8 volts, around 10 Watts difference, no big deal there either.

To put things in context, I could sell my 8800GTX & buy an ATI HD 4870 for the above price difference & gain between 10 - 40 FPS in games at 1920x1200 resolution.

No company is going to tell an individual consumer things that they aren't willing to release more publically as well.

It's not that, they could have acknowledged Ace's e-mail with a reply even to say they don’t have the info yet out of pure curtsey.

I have official word.
release date of ip35 pro (ddr2) has been put back to week 26 (2nd week in July) max version one month after

Ehup Nelly!

gilgamesh

lol, I'll believe it when I see it *waits impatiently*

I wasnt waiting for the Abit IX48-MAX but it's been a total shambles in terms of them releasing this.

[chatmaster]

2nd week in july... whats the hold up?

[AbitUK]

Hi all,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

It looks like you have the answers now from Gilgamesh,,,,thanks mate.


Not a moan...

For those of you that think contacting HQ will get you anything but frustrated, take a word of advise from someone who has been working for Chinese and Taiwanese companies for around 7 years now.

DON'T DO IT!

If you haven't got a working relationship with us, it's not happening, if you have got a working relationship with us, your under NDA!

Like heidfirst said, no-one is ever going to tell someone outside of our company on a whim, what our strategy is.
You could be anyone. We may have an issue. There are many more reasons but I best stop there.

Next time try saying your Bill Gates, that might work!!

Anyway, I understand your frustration, please be patient, I am sure most of you are waiting on the reviews to come out and I can assure you that reviews will be posted here within days of their arrival.

Sorry for the delay

regards

Nathan

[Ace-a-Rue]

Hi all,

For those of you that think contacting HQ will get you anything but frustrated, take a word of advise from someone who has been working for Chinese and Taiwanese companies for around 7 years now.

DON'T DO IT!

If you haven't got a working relationship with us, it's not happening, if you have got a working relationship with us, your under NDA!

Like heidfirst said, no-one is ever going to tell someone outside of our company on a whim, what our strategy is.
You could be anyone. We may have an issue. There are many more reasons but I best stop there.

i am sorry mate but that is weak tit excuse for a piss poor company strategy for lack of communication and marketing!...i appreciate your trying to make us understand but it falls on MANY deaf ears here in XS!

[krille]

The thing I most dislike about heatsinks these days--they all have a "top" cover. I think it looks stupid and it interferes with airflow directly on the board. /.../ I would personally prefer if those "top covers" were removable

My first thoughts as well.

^^
Agreed, why can't companies stop looking at pretty and start looking at function. Use an old fashioned cooler that we can screw a fan into or God forbid, have the company do it that way and not a wimpy fan but something of substance.
/.../If you want to have that plate for the masses that use the board stock then fine but attach it in a way where it can be removed.
Maybe some nylon hold downs that can be cut and tossed..

NOISE ≠ FUNCTIONALITY
Try to look beyond yourself and XS. You should take a walk over to SilentPCReview.com forums to get some perspective.

Abit has the best BIOS fan controller for a reason.

I agree completely with the non-bold parts however.

[ChuckM]

This is now on abit's site, glad I couldn't get the Ip35 Pro yet.
http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/mothe...&fMTYPE=LGA775

[Ace-a-Rue]

glad they finally got the message from their customer base.

[Pntgrd]

I can see this is going to be an expensive year for 'puter parts. !st had to ditch the Tracers after 4 rma's. Then I just had to get 2 wd6400AAKS's to do the Matrix thing. And then ATI just had to release the 4870. And now I read this. Oh well, you gotta spend your $$ somewhere

[Ace-a-Rue]

perfect way to spend your stimulus check

[Pntgrd]

perfect way to spend your stimulus check

That would be great except my Wife already spent Her's and Mine . Only thing about this board I question is that the pciE slots only do 8x in Xfire. Is that the same on the X48's? I ask since maybe one 4870 can lead to another down the road. It seems to some that the 8x will bottleneck the 4870's.

[mop231]

can I get one for tests ? can I ? say I can gimme gimme

[Glow9]

Why aren't they releasing a x48 board?

[LogAn'sRun]

if it's on ABIT's website, does that mean retailers have gotten stock, or is it just a teaser and won't be released fro a couple more weeks?

[mop231]

I've seen it in one shop was cheap like p35 but now its @ "normal" price

[JuliM]

That would be great except my Wife already spent Her's and Mine . Only thing about this board I question is that the pciE slots only do 8x in Xfire. Is that the same on the X48's? I ask since maybe one 4870 can lead to another down the road. It seems to some that the 8x will bottleneck the 4870's.

PCIe 2.0 has double bandwidth as PCIe 1.1, so dual PCIe 8x is quite the same as dual PCIe1.1 16x. There won´t be a bottleneck.

[Pntgrd]

PCIe 2.0 has double bandwidth as PCIe 1.1, so dual PCIe 8x is quite the same as dual PCIe1.1 16x. There won´t be a bottleneck.

That is really too bad I am trying to find some reason to not HAVE TO get one of these.

[Ace-a-Rue]

Lol

[Bobsama]

I think u will find that the top covers on heatsinks are there for legal reasons...

What legal reasons?

My first thoughts as well.

NOISE ≠ FUNCTIONALITY
Try to look beyond yourself and XS. You should take a walk over to SilentPCReview.com forums to get some perspective.

Abit has the best BIOS fan controller for a reason.

I agree completely with the non-bold parts however.

I just dislike it--and open-top heatsinks allow for both top-down heatsinks and larger fans to be used. I would rather not have to pop 40mm fans into my case just to get better airflow over the Northbridge. Seriously--how hard is it to use simple heatsinks that go with both airflows of top-down coolers and tower coolers?

By the way--Movieman is a cruncher--basically every computer he has is running 24/7/365 doing WCG. HE has different needs. If I was in his position, I'd still want all open-top designs! They're simply more functional for all types of systems.

^^
Agreed, why can't companies stop looking at pretty and start looking at function. Use an old fashioned cooler that we can screw a fan into or God forbid, have the company do it that way and not a wimpy fan but something of substance.
All my boards have fans on both NB and SB and no heat issues.
If you want tgo have that plate for the masses that use the board stock then fine but attach it in a way where it can be removed.
Maybe some nylon hold downs that can be cut and tossed..
Other than that nice looking board..

Yep--I dislike boards that come with a fan at stock (remember initial nForce i780 boards? Ref designs had active NB cooling). I wouldn't have such a problem if you have a choice and it works pretty well either way.


Anyways--I've never bought replacement cooling for anything but processors--and when I did it was something good.

[hokiealumnus]

It's alive...It's ALIVE!

[Ace-a-Rue]

so far, no show in the USA...i checked newegg, motherboardpro, clubit and ZZF.