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Computex 2008 Day One
Computex 2008 Day One
Date: June 4th, 2008
Topic: Trade Show
Manufacturer: ASRock
Author: Gary Key
 
 

We spent the majority of today going from private suite to private suite at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Taipei where several companies are showcasing their latest products. These suites offer a distinct difference from the hustle and bustle of main halls by offering a more casual and intimate atmosphere to discuss current product trends and technology. That said, let's run through a few of the many products we touched today.

ASRock

One of the more interesting motherboard companies we visit at Computex each year is ASRock. Their product line typically consists of previous generation chipsets targeting the budget sector. That focus has changed and ASRock will be offering the latest chipset technology at product launch now. However, what has not changed is their emphasis on providing the best possible performance to price ratios. Their primary lineup for Computex is featuring several variations of boards based on the Intel P45, G43 and P43 chipsets. They also had a working version of the new AMD 790GX chipset and SB750 Southbridge.


The G43 Twins-FullHD features the upcoming G43 (GMA X4500) chipset that is basically a G45 without hardware acceleration for VC-1 or H.264 formats. Also included is the ICH10 Southbridge, DDR3/DDR2 combo memory setup, Realtek ALC888 HD codec, and a DVI-Display Port card. This board should be available next month.


The ASRock P43R1600 Twins-110dB is based on the P43 chipset and features a DDR3/DDR2 memory combination setup. Also included is the ICH10R Southbridge, Realtek ALC890 HD codec, eSATA2, and PCIe Gigabit LAN.


The P45 TurboTwins2000 board features the P45/ICH10 combination along with four DDR3 and two DDR2 memory slots. AMD CrossFire is available with a 2x8 electrical configuration.

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Pages 3 on not working. by yyrkoon, 535 days ago
Like the subject says . . .

Anyhow, it would be really cool *if* the two Asrock motherboards with 6 memory slots would both take DDR2, and DDR3 at the same time. Somehow I suspect though this will n0t be the case. Would be cool to have a desktop board that was capable of hosting more than 4 DIMMs for obvious reasons ; )

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RE: Pages 3 on not working. by JarredWalton, 535 days ago
Yeah... something is up with our admin engine that caused Gary to lose P3. He's in meetings right now, so I'm pulling the document until we get the text and images in there....

Or I suppose I can just delete page 3 for now (it's empty) and Gary can add it when he gets a chance.

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RE: Pages 3 on not working. by JarredWalton, 535 days ago
Yeah... something is up with our admin engine that caused Gary to lose P3. He's in meetings right now, so I'm pulling the document until we get the text and images in there....

Or I suppose I can just delete page 3 for now (it's empty) and Gary can add it when he gets a chance.

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RE: Pages 3 on not working. by Griswold, 534 days ago
DDR2 and DDR3 in the same slot? Despite same number of pins, I dont think you'll see the day that happens for various reasons...

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RE: Pages 3 on not working. by gmoney7771, 534 days ago
I think what he meant was use DDR2 in the DDR2 slots and DDR3 in the DDR3 slots at the same time. For example, 2GB DDR2 and 4GB DDR3 would equal 6GB total system memory. That would be pretty cool but I still don't think it would happen.

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MSI good job by Pok3R, 535 days ago
MSI the best so far...


Thanks for the pics, great job.







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Why PCI still? by Freddo, 535 days ago
I wish moderboard manufacturers would start making motherboard without any PCI slots. They are starting to become quite old and I have no need for them anymore.

Not that they should remove the PCI on all their cards, but I would like to see a few without them.

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RE: Why PCI still? by Gannon, 535 days ago
Many business's still use PCI slots for a wide variety of hardware to save money. Any old technology is going to be supported until the majority of the market catches up to it, that's just a fact of life. Many peripheral manufacturers were making PCI cards (and still do) like TV tuners.

Not to mention there's the issue of other countries that don't upgrade anywhere near as often still needing that support for when they do.

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RE: Why PCI still? by imaheadcase, 535 days ago
There are a few things motherboard makers should remove, PCI slots now, IDE slots are still on some boards, etc.

I would hate to drop $200 on a board with "old" technology still attached to it myself. :P

You would what would be cool, if you can order custom motherboards, like you can with a whole computer. That would be badass, i would pay a slight premium to not have some stuff and replace it with something else useful to me :D yes i know never happen..

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