Abit crap

Pete · May 28, 2008, 18:43:37 PM

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9524

Hot off the press, Digitimes is reporting that ABIT may begin phasing out its motherboard business after evaluating the success of its forthcoming Intel 4 series lineup of motherboard products. ABIT shipped three million motherboards in 2007 and while that may sound like a large number, it's a mere fraction of what the likes of ASUS and GIGABYTE ship. It had a goal of shipping six million motherboards this year but has since reduced its forecast.

Mongoose · May 30, 2008, 13:45:49 PM

death of a titan.

Still fondly remember my KT7

shofty · May 30, 2008, 14:18:18 PM

Quote from: MongooseStill fondly remember my KT7

you need to get out more

I think I had a KT 7 in all seriousness, dont remember hugging it or anything!

Rivkid · May 30, 2008, 14:59:06 PM

my nf7-s still going stronng in my secondary rig. Its a beast of a board and has been one of my best ever computer purchases.

Shakey · May 30, 2008, 15:12:10 PM

I too remember the awsomeness of the NF7. Ive yet to see any motherboard with onboard sound to match the soundstorm.

Shaun · June 02, 2008, 21:14:03 PM

It is a real shame tbh I have fond memories of all the boards listed above

Abit were never the same after they lost there BIOS engineer to DFI.

Mongoose · June 02, 2008, 23:45:52 PM

Quote from: bytejunkie
Quote from: MongooseStill fondly remember my KT7

you need to get out more

I think I had a KT 7 in all seriousness, dont remember hugging it or anything!

lol

well my first Abit board was actually a PX-5, so I could have been a shade or two more geeky if I tried.

Anyway, this is a computer hardware board, Im allowed to be geeky here!

Leon · June 03, 2008, 00:17:21 AM

Quote from: ShakeyI too remember the awsomeness of the NF7. Ive yet to see any motherboard with onboard sound to match the soundstorm.

Awww the days of the NF7... I remember when anyone would ask "What do you recommend for upgrade" and everyone would post more or less the exact same spec with this board as the base, still got mine sitting in a case in the loft at home with all my watercooling gear.

Bacon · June 03, 2008, 01:02:52 AM

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/05/30/abit-launches-hybrid-gamer-mobo

Mongoose · June 03, 2008, 11:59:44 AM

Quote from: Dooms
Quote from: ShakeyI too remember the awsomeness of the NF7. Ive yet to see any motherboard with onboard sound to match the soundstorm.

Awww the days of the NF7... I remember when anyone would ask "What do you recommend for upgrade" and everyone would post more or less the exact same spec with this board as the base, still got mine sitting in a case in the loft at home with all my watercooling gear.

I remember being symultaniously impressed and vaguely irritated by the NF7, because it made overclocking so easy that any script kiddie could do it. Not that it was exactly hard before, but there was a certain sense of adventure in pushing your FSB when you knew you were pushing the RAM and PCI/AGP busses just as hard.

Rivkid · June 03, 2008, 15:30:40 PM

Quote from: Dooms
Quote from: ShakeyI too remember the awsomeness of the NF7. Ive yet to see any motherboard with onboard sound to match the soundstorm.

Awww the days of the NF7... I remember when anyone would ask "What do you recommend for upgrade" and everyone would post more or less the exact same spec with this board as the base, still got mine sitting in a case in the loft at home with all my watercooling gear.

Is it still in that blue Chieftec Matrix case from when we built those systems for the LAN parties? Im still running mine - its in my bedroom hooked up to my 37" LCD TV mainly as a media streamer. You never bothered with yours for long I seem to remember but mines been an absolute work horse!!

adam2975 · June 03, 2008, 17:15:07 PM

Mine is still going strong as my mates only rig, it runs BF2 really well on his 17" tft.

XP3200
2gb Crucial pc3200
Abit NF7-S V2
160gb Maxtor IDE HDD
Nvidia 6600GT
Old Lian Li Case

I used to run an XP1700 @ 2.3ghz on it and the good old XP2500 barton at 3200 speed on it, magic bit of kit that.

What a shame.

M3ta7h3ad · June 03, 2008, 18:30:46 PM

Mines just got canabalised to go in something not that much better but more stable

and not nearly as fkin loud!

XP2500+
1.5GB pc3200 (Crucial/Kingston Mix)
NF7-Sv2
several hds
Chenbro Gaming Bomb case in Orange.
9800Pro

Now running:
2.8Ghz Pentium 4 with HT.
2GB mixed ram
750GB seagate + 120gb western digital
ATI HD2600pro
Dell poweredge 400sc (hence the 2.8 pentium

case and motherboard and cooling system (its bloody silent!)

AbitUK · June 06, 2008, 10:15:51 AM

Quote from: sdphttp://www.tweaktown.com/news/9524

Hot off the press, Digitimes is reporting that ABIT may begin phasing out its motherboard business after evaluating the success of its forthcoming Intel 4 series lineup of motherboard products. ABIT shipped three million motherboards in 2007 and while that may sound like a large number, it's a mere fraction of what the likes of ASUS and GIGABYTE ship. It had a goal of shipping six million motherboards this year but has since reduced its forecast.

Hi all,

Sorry for the delay in signing up to the forum. I have been at Abit UK for a month now and of course, the rumours spread fast as always but if you have seen our replies on hexus, Clunk and OC workbench this should put your minds at rest. I beleive we have also issued a full press statement but as Computex is taking place right now we have more important jobs at hand.

Please let me know if there is anythign I can do to help.

regards
Nathan

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