Gigabyte has its 6-Dual Miracle, Abit has the Max 3

[poopeyhed2]

On July 25, 2003, Abit officially announced their IC7-MAX3, aimed towards enthusiasts. The Max3 board uses Intel's 875P chipset so it supports Intel's lastest 800 Mhz FSB, and like many of the Max series, it doesn't have the legacy I/O ports, but includes the newer technologies, like USB and Firewire.

This board incorporates Abit's OTES which was first seen on the Geforce 4 Ti4200. The OTES on this motherboard cools the 4-Phase power, which is probably first to appear on the market.

While Gigabyte has the Dual Miracle like Dual Bios, Dual Cooling, Dual Raide, Dual DDR, etc.

Abit has the Max which includes:

MAX3 will bring to your PC:
MAXimum Cooling
MAXimum Performance
MAXimum Storage
MAXimum Quality
MAXimum Security
MAXimum Overclocking
MAXimum Multimedia
MAXimum Engineering

More information can be found here.


Sounds pretty cool if you ask me. Innovative, Abit is trying very hard trying to stand out in the crowd when everyone looking alike.

[rourkchris]

Wow that's something different! Cooling for your mobo's PWM power regulation mosfets and capacitors. Would like to see more companies provide active cooling for the southbridge chipset though. Abit seems to be doing it differently and a little better with their innovative ideas.

[Manfordjinsen]

Looks like a pretty interesting board... hmmm I might have to order one in at work to play with...