Hi all,

We have just published an early look at two of Asus' P45 motherboards -
*the P5Q3 Deluxe WiFi-AP ( -at -) n and the Maximus II Formula*. If you could
post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated.

*Link:*
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/05/16/first-look-asus-p5q3-maximus-ii-formula/1


*Picture:*
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/05/first-look-asus-p5q3-maximus-ii-formula/fp_img.jpg


*Quote:
*/"Even though it's a P45-based Republic of Gamers board, it's curiously
not fallen under the Blitz branding that was used for the P35-based RoG
boards -- Asus is changing things around slightly by slotting all
Intel-based boards under either the Rampage or Maximus nomenclature,
with the Striker branding saved for Nvidia chipsets on Intel platforms.

When Derek Yu, RoG Product Manager, produced the first sample of the
Maximus II Formula, my jaw dropped quite literally. I'm finding it
difficult to describe it without swearing, but the Maximus II Formula
looks like a simply //gorgeous piece of hardware. In comparison to what
we have here, the original Maximus now looks like a lump of mish-mash
and we now realise Asus was aware of this. In light of this fact, the
company has completely revamped the styling to make it about a million
times better.

It's got oodles and oodles of features too -- the entire heatpipe array
is screwed down with ten screws. Derek laughed as he told this to the
small gaggle of hacks -- apparently, manufacturing was none too pleased
because push-pins are much easier."/
*

*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley
www.bit-tech.net