maximumpc.com Updated: 2011-07-30 01:28:05
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When Abit hit the financial skids and outsourced its motherboard production, enthusiasts turned their mirrors around, broke out the whiskey, and prepared to mourn. Well, mourn no more. Abit is still kicking and pumping out products for enthusiasts. Bas...
Tweakerfriendly BIOS is easy to use.
Realtek audio chip doesn’t fully support EAX.
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ABIT, which is now officially known as Universal ABIT, is recapturing is former glory. The ABIT AW9D-MAX motherboard is based on Intels top of the line 975X Express and ICH7R chipsets, packs in quite a lot to get excited about.
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The AW9D-MAX is abit’s latest 975X board offering support for Intel’s Core 2 Duo and quad core based LGA 775 processors. The board is built around the Intel 975X chipset, which has been out for awhile now, but is still king of th...
I really liked the fast stock performance of this board. The sleek white and black look of this board is carried over from the PCB to the BIOS. The only place I could really find this board lacking was in the expansion department. One PCI slot does not...
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xbitlabs.com Updated: 2011-07-30 01:28:21
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One of the ancient Chinese curses says: shall you live in the epoch of change. It doesn’t seem to be that scary at all… if you never really lived in that epoch. People tend to strive for security, reliability and stability in everything, and...
All in all abit AW9D-MAX mainboard leaves a very good impression: it offers great features and functionality, rich set of accessories, convenient and informative BIOS settings. abit mainboards haven’t lost anything from their former glory. Only the...
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cluboc.net Updated: 2011-07-30 01:28:24
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I remember the first abit board I ever owned. It was the legendary BH6. It was the first real overclocking board I owned and it was the first time that I saw this thing that abit called Soft-menu. It seems that abit had come up with a way to m...
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When it comes to chipsets no one can deny that Intel has by far the most stable chipsets on the market when it comes to LGA 775 platforms. When a motherboard is powered by an Intel chipset consumers can rest assured that their system is going to fun...
The abit AW9D-MAX Motherboard can overclock with the best of them and has enough features to make even the most picky people jump with joy...
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Computerpoweruser.com Updated: 2011-07-30 01:28:41
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AW9D-MAX $239 Abit www.abit-usa.com SPU Rating: 3 Specs: Socket LGA775; Intel 975X; Max memory: 8GB DDR2-800/667; I/O: 7 SATA 3Gbps, 1 e-SATA, 2 IEEE 1394, 1 Floppy, 1 IDE; Audio: 7.1 CH HD AudioMAX; Dual Gigabit Ethernet; Multi-GPU support: ATI CrossF...
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Abit has a long history of producing top notch motherboards for overclockers and enthusiasts. Their new AW9D-MAX is designed for Intels Core 2 platform using the i975X chipset. On the feature list there is everybody you could find useful: Dual Gigabit...
Very good performance, Lots of features, UGuru, Quiet, only passive cooling, Dual Gigabit Ethernet, Only quality capacitors used, Looks great...
Maximum FSB may not be high enough, Only one PCI slot, Not cheap, No Parallel/Serial ports...
Since I have been using an ABIT IC7 for the last years in my main work system I was very curious if this could be another board of this caliber.After the initial setup and realizing how amazingly fast Conroe is compared to anything else seen before I w...
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hardwareheaven.com Updated: 2011-07-30 01:29:04
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Back in January Intel introduced the world to the D975XBX motherboard which was the first retail board based on the 975X chipset. Since then motherboard manufacturers have been releasing their own boards based on the same chipset. Two of the most recen...
Intel If there is one thing Intel do well it is making products which are 100% stable, 100% of the time and the D975XBX is no exception to this rule. We have been using this board as our primary socket 775 board for some time now, pushing it really ha...
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MotherBoards.org Updated: 2011-07-30 01:29:15
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It was only a few short months ago that Intel launched the Core 2 series of CPUs with a full lineup of top to bottom CPUs. Along with the Core 2 launch, Intel released a new motherboard chipset, the 965P, which has made its way into the mainstream mark...
Intel is set shortly to announce their first Quad Core CPUs, according to their roadmaps. abit has assured me that the AW9D-MAX will support the Kentsfield CPUs. The AW9D-Max is an interesting mix of a 975X motherboard performance-wise, plus the specia...
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Abit have had a fairly rough recent history but despite their financial woes of the past year, they have managed to stay quite competitive. With the introduction of Core 2 Duo this summer many enthusiasts in fact were looking towards Abit in anticipati...
The Abit AW9D MAX is certainly a very interesting board, clearly aimed at performance enthusiasts. I really liked some of its features, namely: POST LED display - helps with trouble shooting micro switches on the motherboard for power & reset DRAM vol...
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abit seem to be producing better and better motherboards now after their revamp. With Conroe a name on most of the enthusiast's lips, abit seem to have produced a bit of a corker with their latest motherboard: the AW9D Max. Based on socket 775 975x chi...
abit have made an absolutely smashing board for Intel Core2Duo on socket 775 . This board seems to call to enthusiasts from all over the world that abit are back and they mean business. Having owned what is considered one of the best 975x boards out (an A...
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viperlair.com Updated: 2011-07-30 01:29:50
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Abit sends over their flagship 975X motherboard. Loaded to rim, the features dont disappoint, but will the performance be as impressive?...
Abit is certainly a welcome sight on our lab bench after all this time. The AW9D-MAX was very impressive throughout testing. It was the fastest overall Intel motherboard weve tested in the past 18 months at stock speeds and one of the best overclocki...
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We recently previewed the Abit AB9-Pro motherboard based on the P965 chipset and were impressed with its stock performance even though we had difficulty overclocking it with the early production BIOS. Abit has released a new performance oriented BIOS a...
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bonafidereviews.com Updated: 2011-07-30 01:30:20
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The name Abit is as close to a household name as any when it comes to motherboard brands Abit has been around for quite some and has delivered some really stellar products in their past. The IC7-MAX3 was one such product that was a home run for Abit a...
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Abit's new AW9D-MAX follows in a long line of "MAX" boards, which have offered the must-have features for overclockers since the first IC7-MAX3 based on the 875P chipset. We took a sneak peek at this board and were excited with the Abit had employe...
Abit has made a stable board with excellent features and looks and laid solid foundations for a an excellent enthusiasts motherboard. Many will not appreciate the expansion slot layout and the MCH voltage limited overclocking, despite the fact it overc...
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hardwarezone.com.sg Updated: 2014-01-19 04:55:26
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Ever since their last big tie up with gaming prodigy Fatal1ty in 2004, ABIT has been lurking around the backwaters losing ground in the motherboard market not only to long time competitors ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI, but players like Foxconn...
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