May 28, 2007 – [H]ard|OCP took abit's AB9 QuadGT motherboard through their strenuous test suites trying to give this high-quality components based board a hard time. The AB9 QuadGT is based on Intel's 965 Express chipset supporting Core™ 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo processors and DDR2 800 memory. As it turned out abit engineered features like 100% Japanese made solid state capacitors, digital PWMs, abit's patented Silent OTES™ heatpipe cooling and the unique µGuru™ technology for system monitoring and tuning impressed the [H]ard-Team.
"abit has done it again with the AB9 QuadGT motherboard. They've successfully delivered a high performance, high stability solution pushing the technological envelopes as well. The board comes standard with high performance all metal-solid state capacitors, as well as digital power regulation circuitry for the CPU. The board layout and heat pipe design were well thought out as well, with the rear panel CMOS switch, onboard power and reset buttons, and 2-digit diagnostic display as added in gravy."
For a motherboard to attract the enthusiast user, who already knows exactly what he wants, as well as the novice user, who is tentatively stepping into the subtleties of computing, it must be user-friendly, easy to use but at the same time leave enough room for customizable and tweakable features. And this is exactly what abit gets credit for once again:
 "abit's µGuru chipset technology allows for real time monitoring and tweaking of various motherboard parameters from within the Windows environment. The µGuru application works in tandem with the onboard µGuru chipset to receive data concerning hardware health, as well as to implement changes in current hardware settings such as FSB and voltage. Note that µGuru version 3.0.3.7 is shown below."
Combining stability, reliability, ease-of-use and the many tuning features on the abit engineered AB9 QuadGT motherboard, [H]ard|OCP's verdict is as clear as can be:
"The abit AB9 QuadGT is a Core 2 Quad ready enthusiast motherboard that is truly worthy of the abit legacy. It has a tremendously stable and solid build and is a motherboard that we would not hesitate to use ourselves."
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For more information on the motherboard, go here: abit AB9 QuadGT | 
