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CardJoe · 6th Mar 2008, 10:40

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/03...ter_outlook_/1

CeBIT 2008: Abit shows us the new MAX and Pro range of mobos. But we discovered that UK RMA's now go to the Netherlands.

BlackMage23 · 6th Mar 2008, 10:48

I hda a problem once with an abit board and was able to take tothere office in stevenage and get it changed in one day. They were great help there. I don't think there is anyway I will be able to have the same level of service as that now.

Oh and have they given any reson as to why they lost all but one of their staff?

[USRF]Obiwan · 6th Mar 2008, 10:49

why are the AMD boards ugly and the Intel boards cool looking...

BlackMage23 · 6th Mar 2008, 10:51

cus Intel is the "cool" brand for enthusiasts at the moment.

Kierax · 6th Mar 2008, 11:17

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Originally Posted by [USRF]Obiwan

why are the AMD boards ugly and the Intel boards cool looking...

I've put it down to making it appeal to the mass market more, I wonder if more money is spent on the Intel variants, since the enthusiast and home computer market seem intent on Intel based computers at the time being.

naokaji · 6th Mar 2008, 11:57

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Originally Posted by BlackMage23

Oh and have they given any reson as to why they lost all but one of their staff?

they went through lots of financial trouble and are still trying to recover... so people most likely left in search for a job with a smaller risk of the company going down.

BUFF · 6th Mar 2008, 12:56

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Originally Posted by [USRF]Obiwan

why are the AMD boards ugly and the Intel boards cool looking...

the AMD mobos will be about £50 I would guess, the IP35XE, IP45 Pro & GT3 & IX48-MAX will all be well over £100 I would imagine.

As for the office being down to 1 person I suspect that it's down to abit Europe cost-cutting rather than people voluntarily leaving - shame as UK tech support/RMA was very good.

Cupboard · 6th Mar 2008, 14:12

A board that can do crossfire and SLI? Cool! Not that its really much help to me

naokaji · 6th Mar 2008, 14:42

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Originally Posted by Cupboard

A board that can do crossfire and SLI? Cool! Not that its really much help to me

your referring to this part?

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Abit’s mainsteam range is still alive too – it has the new Nvidia 8200 and AMD 780G IGP motherboards which both come with HDMI, Hybrid SLI or CrossFire

it says its two different boards and the hybrid doesnt mean it supports both sli and crossfire, but that it supports hybrid sli (which is mixing nvidia onboard graphics and nvidia dedicated graphics).

Jipa · 6th Mar 2008, 15:09

My two weeks old IP35 suddenly feels mediocre

Damn you, new hardware!

Krikkit · 6th Mar 2008, 15:53

I must say, I've always had a love for the MAX series - nice to see it return.

MonkeyNutZ · 6th Mar 2008, 16:12

W00t mATX AM2+!

Primoz · 6th Mar 2008, 20:23

ABit is taking care of the enthusiasts real well. DFI is doing a simmilar job but Foxconn taking their engineers didn't help them. Though they are turning out new boards like mad. Now only Asus is still quite a weird company.

BUFF · 7th Mar 2008, 09:46

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Originally Posted by MonkeyNutZ

W00t mATX AM2+!

yup, I may just have to get 1 ...

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I do worry about us being left only with Asus, Gigabyte, MSI, ECS & Foxconn for mainstream retail mobos though (I even have doubts about MSI).
Look at all the others that have gone (Soltek, Soyo etc.), retreated into a niche (Shuttle, Albatron etc.) or are hard to find (at least in the UK Biostar & DFI).

wuyanxu · 7th Mar 2008, 15:27

ah, the iP45 Pro looks soooo cool. 8-phrase....... more OC for my quad

so did Richard ask my question: have they get their act together and caught up with Asus/Gigabyte with I/O stability and speed?
(eg, front panel USB don't seems to be able to supply my portable HDD enough power even WITH 2 USB ports. and front IO seems slower than rare IO pannels)

but boooooooo for now UK RMA, this was one of the reason i bought Abit

Bindibadgi · 9th Mar 2008, 09:12

wuyanxu · 9th Mar 2008, 09:59

wow, ace heatpipe! looks like it will be a cool motherboard, both in looks and temperature.

not sure about sideways, but im sure a TRUE will fit vertically.

many, many thanks Richard!

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wuyanxu quad fuelled, GTX200 powered Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: in a room near Soton Uni. UK Posts: 3,939	wow, ace heatpipe! looks like it will be a cool motherboard, both in looks and temperature. not sure about sideways, but im sure a TRUE will fit vertically. many, many thanks Richard! __________________ Death to consolification !!!Core i7 860 @ 4Ghz Cooled by Corsair H50 // Asus P7P55D Deluxe // 8GB of Corsair Dominators @ 1528Mhz 8-8-8-24 // BFG gtx260+ OC2 MaxCore 216SP 896MB // Samsung 64GB SSD // WD Raptor 74GB + Black 1TB + Green 1TB // Corsair Hx620w // Antec p182 // Samsung 24" T240