New Abit Motherboards - Abit IP45-MAX

Nelly · 1 Jun 2008 at 14:53

http://www.abit.com.tw/computex2008/index.html

The IP45-MAX has a pair of x16 PCIe 2.0 slots, two PCIe x1 slots and two PCI slots. Around the back you'll find a PS/2 port, eight USB 2.0 ports, FireWire, two eSATA, 7.1-channel audio with optical and coaxial S/PDIF out, Gigabit Ethernet and a CMOS reset button. This board also has six SATA connectors, headers for a further four USB 2.0 ports and, of course, silent OTES chipset cooling and micro Guru BIOS. Finally, this board has four DDR3 memory slots with support for 1,600MHz DDR3 memory.

No pictures are available of these boards, but the IP45 will have an orange PCB, with the IP43 Pro having a blue one and the IP45-MAX having a black one.

mrk · 1 Jun 2008 at 21:35

No DDR2 support :O but finally, a CMOS reset that does not require opening up the case! though Asus' method is quite easy too, just let the mobo tell you you're doing it wrong then hit F1

fornowagain · 1 Jun 2008 at 21:52

http://forum.uabit.com/showthread.php?t=139127

Benihana · 1 Jun 2008 at 22:48

Is that scorpion shooting some sort of wiggly laser?

Cob · 1 Jun 2008 at 23:14

mrk said:
No DDR2 support :O but finally, a CMOS reset that does not require opening up the case! though Asus' method is quite easy too, just let the mobo tell you you're doing it wrong then hit F1

Abits IP35-Pro has a CMOS reset button on the back IO plate.

And I've lost count of the number of times I've had to manually reset the BIOS on my ASUS Maximus today.

BUFF · 2 Jun 2008 at 12:04

mrk said:
No DDR2 support :O but finally, a CMOS reset that does not require opening up the case! though Asus' method is quite easy too, just let the mobo tell you you're doing it wrong then hit F1

there will be DDR2 abit IP45s (just not the MAX) & there are quite a few current & past abit mobos with external clearCMOS - I think that the first was probably the AN8 SLI with the bundled uGuru panel which came out ~Spring 2005.
Even some ~£50 abit mobos have external clearCMOS switch.

bowza · 2 Jun 2008 at 17:20

its says 2x16 crossfire, i thought the p45 chip set was only x8 x8 in crossfire.

i get more confused the more i read

Bowza

BUFF · 2 Jun 2008 at 17:54

P45 can do dual x8 PCI-E 2.0 which is the same as dual x16 PCI-E 1.x.

Vir · 2 Jun 2008 at 18:48

BUFF said:
P45 can do dual x8 PCI-E 2.0 which is the same as dual x16 PCI-E 1.x.

lol, is that actually true? just bought a x38 because of that lol

BUFF · 2 Jun 2008 at 19:18

yes, but X38 has dual x16 PCI-E 2.0 so even more bandwidth (although there is nothing that needs that much yet).

TheOtherOption · 3 Jun 2008 at 14:55

Surely though 8 x 8 is fine for anything crossfire wise but say dual 3/4870X2's ?

Blackout · 3 Jun 2008 at 22:23

Like the look of that mobo. I didnt realise it was 2x8 PCI2 though. Nice spot

WJA96 · 3 Jun 2008 at 22:34

mrk said:
No DDR2 support :O but finally, a CMOS reset that does not require opening up the case! though Asus' method is quite easy too, just let the mobo tell you you're doing it wrong then hit F1

The J&W X48D2-Extreme has a simple push-button reset on the back panel.