IC7-MAX3 vs. IC7

aug1516

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The extra cooling on the Max3 could potentially give it a higher stable speed when overclocking but from the results that I have seen on the forum the only difference between the two boards is features.
 
Personally I do believe there is a performance difference. On www.Xbitlabs.com I remember them saying something to the effect of increased performance going from IC7-G Max II to Max III.

In another review site it had the Asus P4C800-E beating the Abit Max II, and now the Max III beats the P4C800-E.
 
They use the same chipset, the only difference is the features on the board and some extra cooling. With that, it would be just about impossible for there to be a performance difference between the two boards. Like I mentioned before there could be a difference in overclocking capability which would then effect the end performance result but even that has not been demonstrated consistently. Both boards seem equally capable of running at high FSB speeds, my own IC7-G running at 300mhz FSB.
 
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