Rubbishing any speculations of Abit going down with the motherboard business.. They are back with a bang with the upcoming P45 series chipsets. Lo & Behold - Abit IP45 Pro!.. hopefully this one could stir up a major competition between other stalwarts of the same kind 
. Wonder what price range it would fall in?
Specifications :
IP45 Pro
Intel P45 Based LGA775 ATX Mainboard, FSB1600
Dual DDR2 1200, Dual X8 CrossFire, SATA RAID, IEEE1394, HD 7.1,
Silent OTES & μGuruTM Tech, Vista Premium HW Ready
Specification:
CPU
Designed for Intel® latest 45nm processors with
1600MHz FSB
Support Intel Core 2 Extreme & Core 2 Quad &
Core 2 Duo & Pentium® Dual Core & Celeron
Dual Core
Chipset
Intel® P45 / ICH10R Chipset
Memory
4 X 240-pin DIMM sockets support max. memory
capacity 8GB
Supports Dual channel DDR2 1200/1066
Un-buffered Non-ECC memory
LAN
On board PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller supports
10/100/1000M Ethernet
Audio
On board 7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC
Optical S/P DIF Out, RCA Out
HDMI Audio ready header
Expansion Slots
2 x PCIE X16 (Support DualX8 CrossFire), 2 x
PCIE X1, 2 x PCI
Internal I/O
1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB
1 x ATA 133 IDE connector , 1 x FP-Audio
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connector
2 x IEEE1394, 2 x USB header (support 4 ports)
Back Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
abit OTESTM
1 x S/P DIF Out, 1 x RCA Out, 2 x eSATA
7.1 CH Audio connector (Front, Line-in, MIC-in,
Center/Subwoofer, Surround, Rear Surround)
8 x USB 2.0, 1 x RJ-45 LAN connectors
1 x IEEE1394
EZ CCMOS Button
Serial ATA
6 x SATA 3Gb/s offer by Intel® ICH10R support
Intel® Matrix Storage Tech(AHCI & RAID0/1/5/10)
2 x SATA 3Gb/s offer by JMicron® JMB363
support up to 0,1,JBOD RAID function
IEEE1394
Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394a at 400Mb/s
abit Engineered
abit μGuruTM Technology
abit Silent OTESTM
100% Low ESR solid capacitor
Quick Power/Reset button
EZ for CCMOS button
Right angle SATA connector
Form Factor
ATX form factor 305 x 245mm
PCB Color: Blue
RoHS
100% lead-free process and RoHS Compliant
Accessory
1 x Driver CD, 1 x English Manual
1 x Jumper Setting Label
1 x IDE cable, 1 x FDD cable, 6 x SATA cable
Other Variants :
Legit Reviews - ABIT IP45 MAX Motherboard Pictured at Computex
Abit Website : Universal abit USA - Products
Source : Abit IP45 Pro image, spec and feedback of course ! - XtremeSystems Forums
. Wonder what price range it would fall in?Specifications :
IP45 Pro
Intel P45 Based LGA775 ATX Mainboard, FSB1600
Dual DDR2 1200, Dual X8 CrossFire, SATA RAID, IEEE1394, HD 7.1,
Silent OTES & μGuruTM Tech, Vista Premium HW Ready
Specification:
CPU
Designed for Intel® latest 45nm processors with
1600MHz FSB
Support Intel Core 2 Extreme & Core 2 Quad &
Core 2 Duo & Pentium® Dual Core & Celeron
Dual Core
Chipset
Intel® P45 / ICH10R Chipset
Memory
4 X 240-pin DIMM sockets support max. memory
capacity 8GB
Supports Dual channel DDR2 1200/1066
Un-buffered Non-ECC memory
LAN
On board PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller supports
10/100/1000M Ethernet
Audio
On board 7.1 CH HD Audio CODEC
Optical S/P DIF Out, RCA Out
HDMI Audio ready header
Expansion Slots
2 x PCIE X16 (Support DualX8 CrossFire), 2 x
PCIE X1, 2 x PCI
Internal I/O
1 x Floppy Port supports up to 2.88 MB
1 x ATA 133 IDE connector , 1 x FP-Audio
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connector
2 x IEEE1394, 2 x USB header (support 4 ports)
Back Panel I/O
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
abit OTESTM
1 x S/P DIF Out, 1 x RCA Out, 2 x eSATA
7.1 CH Audio connector (Front, Line-in, MIC-in,
Center/Subwoofer, Surround, Rear Surround)
8 x USB 2.0, 1 x RJ-45 LAN connectors
1 x IEEE1394
EZ CCMOS Button
Serial ATA
6 x SATA 3Gb/s offer by Intel® ICH10R support
Intel® Matrix Storage Tech(AHCI & RAID0/1/5/10)
2 x SATA 3Gb/s offer by JMicron® JMB363
support up to 0,1,JBOD RAID function
IEEE1394
Supports 2 Ports IEEE 1394a at 400Mb/s
abit Engineered
abit μGuruTM Technology
abit Silent OTESTM
100% Low ESR solid capacitor
Quick Power/Reset button
EZ for CCMOS button
Right angle SATA connector
Form Factor
ATX form factor 305 x 245mm
PCB Color: Blue
RoHS
100% lead-free process and RoHS Compliant
Accessory
1 x Driver CD, 1 x English Manual
1 x Jumper Setting Label
1 x IDE cable, 1 x FDD cable, 6 x SATA cable
Other Variants :
Legit Reviews - ABIT IP45 MAX Motherboard Pictured at Computex
Abit Website : Universal abit USA - Products
Source : Abit IP45 Pro image, spec and feedback of course ! - XtremeSystems Forums