Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., November 12, 2003 - ABIT's MAX
Series continues to impress the hardware community with its dizzying array
of features, and performance that puts other motherboards to shame. PC.com
Malaysia's Adrian Tung had a chance to take the new IC7-MAX3 motherboard
for a spin, and liked it so much, awarded it with the magazine's Choice
Award.
ABIT's exclusive OTES cooling system was one of the first things noted
on the IC7-MAX3: "If you're currently shopping for a new motherboard
then ABIT's new Intel® Pentium™ 4 motherboard may catch your fancy...The
board itself has quite a number of interesting features. The most noticeable
part is the additional cooling fan which aims to provide better sooling
and airflow to the capacitors and circuitry right next to the CPU socket."
Good cooling is a definite advantage, but only when it backs good stability.
How did the IC7-MAX3 fare? "Stability and ease of installation
are both excellent. We never ran into any glitches or hiccups during our
tests, which include the installation of applications, running of benchmarks
and a bit of gaming too."
The verdict? "Overall we're quite impressed with this board.
It has a formidable set of features right out of the box, and doesn't
require much tweaking in order to get up and running at optimal performance."
For the full review, check out PC.com's November 2003 issue,
p.61.
For more information on ABIT and ABIT Engineered products, go
here:
http://www.abit.com.tw
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