26 October 2006 – HotHardware compares a competitor to the AB9-Pro and nominates abit the winner: "The abit AB9 Pro represents a return to abit's roots as a creator of cost efficient, high performance, overclocking-friendly motherboards. The AB9 Pro performed well in all of our tests, claiming the top spot again and again. Like many Abit boards before it, the AB9 Pro is no slacker when it comes to overclocking … abit's µGuru chip and associated utilities make overclocking safer and easier than ever."
abit 's tradition of quality and durability shines through: "…ultimately the AB9 Pro's great functionality and performance shines through … it fields an impressive ten SATA ports and dual gigabit ethernet ports … according to Abit, it will run quad core processors."
The AB9 Pro is built with a clear focus on the budget end-user where abit is giving just a little bit extra bang for your buck: "From cutting out legacy ports to the efficient low profile cooling system, everything about this board screams efficiency. Abit has done a good job of tossing less important features in order to bring the price down while keeping all the goods that an enthusiast would appreciate. This translates into one of the lowest price tags of any P965 board, and it is the cheapest P965 board that uses the ICH8R southbridge , as opposed to the plain ICH8 which lacks RAID, AHCI and native command queuing (NCQ). The HotHardware PriceGrabber has the AB9 Pro for as low as $143. Considering that the AB9 Pro is a well featured, decent overclocker, that's a good deal."
In conclusion: "While we thought the Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 is a great motherboard, it simply can't beat the Abit AB9 Pro's amazing value. This is why we are awarding the Abit AB9 Pro a 9 on the HotHardware HeatMeter and declaring it the winner of this comparison."
For the full review go here:
http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=874&cid=3
For more information on the AB9 Pro , go here: Universal abit AB9 Pro |