Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., May 27, 2002 - Hardware enthusiasts are raving about
the legacy-free, feature-packed IT7 MAX. [H]ard|OCP, the top hardware enthusiast
website, has taken a close look at it, and gave the ABIT IT7 MAX its highest
honour: the [H]ard|OCP Top Pick Award!
Steve Lynch was immediately impressed with how the IT7 distinguished itself from other
motherboards: "Today I am looking at the first motherboard in years that even
comes close to being "Revolutionary", the IT7 from ABIT. What makes this
motherboard qualify as "ground breaking" when compared to the hundreds of
motherboards we have looked at over the years "Two words...legacy-free."
Being an ABIT board, the IT7 is designed with the enthusiast in mind. "Overclocking
the IT7 is nothing short of awesome. After backing the bus speed down a few
notches to 160MHz, we found the sweet spot on the motherboard and CPU at 2.90GHz
and a 640MHz data rate."
Steve had no problem recommending the IT7 due to its outstanding features, performance
and value: "ABIT did their homework, and it shows, from the layout and design to
innovative new features. The performance of the IT7 is nothing short of
fantastic. This combined with the great overclocking ability of this board,
features and outstanding flexibility, makes the IT7 not only the easiest board
to recommend to anyone looking for a Pentium4 board, but the easiest board to
recommend to anyone buying a new motherboard, regardless of platform."
"The highest honour we can give this board isn't the [H]ard|OCP Top Pick branding,
which it clearly earned today, but the highest honour I can give the ABIT IT7
MAX, is a home in my personal system. I am enjoying it there now.
For the full review go to http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MjkzLDE
For more information on ABIT and ABIT Engineered products go to www.abit.com.tw | 
