Specifications

abit KV8-MAX3
Written by Chris Emry
Friday, 04 September 2009 10:39
Our last stop on the KV8-MAX3’s PCB is the rear I/O panel, and as you can see, the design is
very different from what can be found on the majority of boards on the market. The panel
consists of the OTES exhaust fan at the top, two PS/2 ports, two S/PDIF ports to be used with
the other five audio ports, one FireWire port, one RJ-45 LAN port, and finally four USB 2.0 ports.
..:: ABIT KV8-MAX3 System BIOS ::..
The KV8-MAX3 is equipped with ABIT’s popular SoftMenu III customized Phoenix-Award BIOS.
The images shown below are with the 1.6 version (updated using uGuru FlashMenu) and this
release was also used for all of our benchmarking, overclocking and torture tests. The images
below represent what the KV8-MAX3 can offer over a typical enthusiast BIOS.
All of the overclocking options for the KV8-MAX3 are located within the SoftMenu III section of
the BIOS, and the image above was taken with the highest settings available for each individual
overclocking option. I seriously doubt that anyone could possibly need more for their
overclocking adventures since the AGP and PCI clocks cannot be locked, and also taking the
infancy of the K8 core into account. The VCore selections can be adjusted in a rather unusual
way, to provide voltage to the processor in .01v increments. Focus your attention now to the
phrase at the very bottom of the SoftMenu III screen. It reads "Press F8 to OC on the Fly" and
we tried several times with numerous configurations, but pressing the F8 key did absolutely
nothing.
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