AW9D-MAX Defies the Competition
"They leave nothing out"

November 5, 2006 – Driver Heaven took the AW9D-MAX through its paces in a recent three-way comparison of 975X chipset-based motherboards. Universal abit turned out to dominate with the awesome MAX series motherboard: "The abit AW9D-Max comes in a huge box which actually looks a lot cooler than the majority of motherboard boxes. Thankfully this isn't a case of all style and no substance and by flipping the lid we find notes explaining several of the main features of the product. The underside features further information on the motherboard which enables consumers to make an informed purchase."

"There is one thing that can be said about abit's bundle and that is that they leave nothing out. There will be no need to visit the local PC store if building a new system on this product."

abit is a leading manufacturer of quality products – a well known brand in the motherboard industry: "The product immediately gives of a feel of quality with the polished heatpipes and black PCB. Underneath the heatsinks we have the Intel 975 and ICH7 chipsets. This is of course a Socket 775 product and supports all of the recent processors released by Intel in the Celeron, P4 and Core 2 families."

abit constantly strives to innovate and lead the way, and one of abit's traditional strong points, the BIOS, continues to deliver: "abit continue their impressive showing with the AW9D-Max's BIOS. At first glance the BIOS looks pretty standard (Awardbios) however once we delve a little deeper we find an enthusiast dream."

"First up is the abit EQ bios section which gives us control over various fan settings and the ability to monitor more voltage and temperature options than any other manufacturer. Also present is the ability to control the boards LED setting. Along the edge of the product we have a number of blue LED's which can flash in various patterns. To some this will be a real plus point, especially case modders out there. For others it is something that will be immediately turned off. We think it's pretty cool. The other stand out feature is the µGuru screen which allows us to explore the boards overclocking potential. The options available on this screen are excellent, especially when compared to other 975 boards. CPU voltage reaches 1.725v, DDR2 volts are available up to 2.65 and MCH up to 2.00v."

"With options like these overclocking possibilities are plentiful".

"Of the three boards tested today the AW9D-Max is by far the most impressive performer and the bundle is exceptional. The ability to boot with memory set to DDR2-1066 is perfect for owners of high specification memory and this has a great knock on affect to overall system performance."

Driver Heaven ended their comparison by giving the AW9D-MAX its second Heavenly Hardware Gold Award!

For the full review, go to:
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/775moboroundup/index.php

For more information on the AB9 Pro, go here: Universal abit AW9D-MAX



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