Abit IP45 Pro image and feedback of course

I think the 11th July was mentioned as the release date, so maybe a couple of weeks before it's in the shops.
 
Correct me If I am wrong but there is no need what so ever to upgrade if you have a p35 board until nehalam ? what benefit is there of the p45 chipset over a p35.
 
HighlandeR said:
I like this board but yeah am feeling theres a need to ditch floppy ports, ps2 ports and serial/parallal ports if it has... totaly not needed by todays standards tbh.
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Ditch floppys ? erm I wouldn't flash my board or gpu bios with anything else quite frankly
 
you don't need to use a Windows based programme to flash from floppy, USB memory stick or on some mobos HDD .
 
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I flash from a HDD, but in a clean DOS envronment. I also would prefer not to flash in Windows!
 
C64 said:
Correct me If I am wrong but there is no need what so ever to upgrade if you have a p35 board until nehalam ? what benefit is there of the p45 chipset over a p35.
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for the sake of upgrading if you ask me, P45 is a total non-runner imo as if you want to clock an expensive Yorkfield as far as possible you will look @ X48.

for the rest save some cash and buy one of the better P35 boards at a bargain price.
 
Actually P45 will clock a Yorkfield just as well, if not better than X48.

But C64 is pretty right in assuming that P45 is a pretty pointless upgrade from P35.
 
marscay said:
for the sake of upgrading if you ask me, P45 is a total non-runner imo as if you want to clock an expensive Yorkfield as far as possible you will look @ X48.

for the rest save some cash and buy one of the better P35 boards at a bargain price.
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I'd have to disagree with that - none of the X48 boards I have will clock a Quad-core as well as the one P45 board I have. But you're talking about 485FSB vs 510FSB and neither are actually properly stable at those extremes.

If you only want 1 graphics card, P45 is a pretty decent chipset, but for extreme graphics performance, you're definitely looking at an X48 board.
 
Any new on when these boards will be around?
Somebody posted that they'd be around on the 11th, but quite clearly they were wrong! :P
I 1z t3h w4nt 1!
 
Being honest not sure why abit are bothering i mean there is missing the boat and missing the boat. IF this board see's the light of day and yes there are rumours floating around about abit it is too litle too late as most people have already gone for the boards they want. Shame i was looking forward to this board but couldn't wait any longer for abit to get their ass in gear.
 
well thats ugly - all i can say is that its about time

good to see they didnt bother with the pointless 3rd pcie lane
 
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