Abit launched its AW9D and AW9D-MAX motherboards this week, supporting the new Intel Core 2 Duo microprocessors. Both boards are described as "quad-core ready". Prices were not announced. The MAX version includes upon the basic AW9D by including seven internal SATA connections, capable of being configured in either RAID 0, 1, 0+1, or 5 configurations. The basic board includes just four internal SATA connections. In addition, the AW9D-MAX adds an external SATA connection, which the basic board lacks.