performance, theres an article in maximum pc, has benchmarks for the ABIT Max, MSI P965 PLATINUM, and the ASUS striker EXTREME. The striker beats them in everything except FPS in FEAR(ABIT won that one).and the MSI board won the valve partical test They did these tests: 3Dmark01,03,05,06 tests done, PCMark tests done, and then Quake.
All 3 mobos had Intel Core 2Extreme 6800, 2GB of corsair dominator ram(ddr2 800) WD 400GB SATA, and GeForce 7900GTX
If your saying that the Abit is better for oc'ing, then you might be right, but barely. THe striker wins not by alot, but i remember the thread starter saying "the best, money doesnt matter."
so i guess this can be future reference for people who are wondering whats the absolute best.