Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., May 21th, 2003-
The ABIT IC7-G continues to rack up awards and accolades and the
review from Extreme Overclocking.com is no exception. They show how this board
got a straight 10 out of 10 score on all of their criteria.
Price and Features - 10
The ABIT IC7-G has loads of features. Dolby 5.1 support, IEEE 1394 FireWire, and
S/PDIF in and out connections makes this board good for multimedia use. The
Gigabit LAN, Serial ATA, along with the performance makes it worthy for
workstations and servers. We also like that there are not many extra peripheral
cards, since the connections are provided on the rear I/O ports. This way all
the PCI slots on the case are not going to be crowded by accessories. The price
tag on the board is competitive with other 875P motherboards with the same
common features. Also ABIT has the IC7 (not G), which is much cheaper than the
IC7-G. The IC7 does not have Gigabit LAN or the extra two SATA ports and costs
around $150 USD.
Performance - 10
In a majority of the tests, the IC7-G scored higher than the Chaintech 9CJS. The performance of the 875P chipset is still amazing even though we have had weeks to play with it. The ABIT board performs very well at stock speeds but the 875P gets most of the credit for the performance. ABIT has done a nice job with the Canterwood chipset and the IC7-G will perform on par with any of the other boards based on the same chipset.
Stability - 10
This motherboard is rock solid in terms of stability. We did not have any problems with the board at stock speeds even at over 1 GHz FSB. This shows that the IC7-G is a high quality motherboard built with quality components. The drivers are all on the CD and help to make sure that we had all the proper tools the run the system stable. We did not have many complaints at all when talking about stability.
Support - 10
ABIT''s support is fantastic. Users can go directly to ABIT''s support page for
help or question on products. All of the drivers, BIOS, and manuals are
downloadable at the their site. Also they have one only direct manufacturer to
end-user RMA services. Consumers may fill out an eRMA form here. Overall, there
is nothing that cannot be found on the ABIT website. Buyers do not have to worry
about lack of support on ABIT products.
Overclocking - 10
Two words, Soft Menu. The Soft Menu in the ABIT is one of the most overclocking
friendly menus that can be found on current motherboards. Overclocking the IC7-G
was easy and achieving 1 GHz overclock is amazing. Our CPU was holding us back
from going further but there is definitely more left in the board since we were
just at the beginning of the voltage options. The memory voltages could have
been a tad bit higher but 2.8V seems to be the max on most of the Canterwood
boards. Imagine what results a Prometeia on our P4 2.4C might bring.
Overall - 10/10
ABIT has once again done another great job. The IC7-G is a well rounded
motherboard that can easily satisfy all enthusiasts. Overclockers, gamers,
average users, servers, etc. all will not be disappointed with the IC7-G. The
price is very good compared to the other Canterwood boards and there is also the
IC7 for people on a tighter budget. We are pleased with how easy the IC7 was to
work with and cannot wait to see what else ABIT has in the future.
For the full review please go here:
http://www.extremeoverclocking.com/reviews/motherboards/ABIT_IC7-G_1.html
For more information on the ABIT BH7 motherboard, please go here:
http://www.abit.com.tw |
