I got a mail from Slim of Tech-PC. The Abit BD7 Review, here's a snippet:
"The inclusion of 3 onboard USB 1.1 ports instead of the standard 2 is another added bonus, plus the very useful error code display and onboard power and reset switches give this board some rarely seen features. However the decision to leave out USB 2.0, Firewire, on board LAN, and the fact that the i845D chipset doesn't allow ATA133 means I can't give all my praise to the included features list, saying that this board is meant to be an overclockers board not an all in one solution. Still some of the more advanced features would have been nice." The midrange DDR Shootout, XP1600 v P-IV 1.6 on DDR Platforms, here's a snippet:
"With Intel dropping the prices of their latest offering, the P4 Northwood, you can now grab a DDR P4 system for little more than the AMD counterpart, making it a tough decision from the buyer's point of view. So what do you go for? In this review I compare two DDR systems - AMD's XP1600+ and its direct competitor, the Intel 1.6GHz Northwood. On paper they look fairly evenly matched. AMD's PR+ rating system tells us to expect the performance of a 1600MHz processor, whilst Intel's Northwood is a true 1600MHz." Click on Read More... for direct links to read the whole reviews. Go here to read the Abit BD7 Review. Go here to read the DDR Shootout Review.
"The inclusion of 3 onboard USB 1.1 ports instead of the standard 2 is another added bonus, plus the very useful error code display and onboard power and reset switches give this board some rarely seen features. However the decision to leave out USB 2.0, Firewire, on board LAN, and the fact that the i845D chipset doesn't allow ATA133 means I can't give all my praise to the included features list, saying that this board is meant to be an overclockers board not an all in one solution. Still some of the more advanced features would have been nice." The midrange DDR Shootout, XP1600 v P-IV 1.6 on DDR Platforms, here's a snippet:
"With Intel dropping the prices of their latest offering, the P4 Northwood, you can now grab a DDR P4 system for little more than the AMD counterpart, making it a tough decision from the buyer's point of view. So what do you go for? In this review I compare two DDR systems - AMD's XP1600+ and its direct competitor, the Intel 1.6GHz Northwood. On paper they look fairly evenly matched. AMD's PR+ rating system tells us to expect the performance of a 1600MHz processor, whilst Intel's Northwood is a true 1600MHz." Click on Read More... for direct links to read the whole reviews. Go here to read the Abit BD7 Review. Go here to read the DDR Shootout Review.
