Computex 2006: 300W GPUs, Conroe, HDMI Video Cards and Lots of Motherboards
by Anand Lal Shimpi on June 5, 2006 10:24 PM EST- Posted in
- Trade Shows
ECS Delivers Affordable SLI and CrossFire
Last but not least we've got ECS and its showcase of the three usual suspects: a P965, nForce 590 SLI and CrossFire 3200 motherboard.
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ECS' P965 motherboard is passively cooled, which proves that you can now get passive cooling at all price points of motherboards.
We were particularly interested in ECS' nForce 590 SLI and CrossFire 3200 motherboards, because according to ECS the street price on both of those products should be around the $120 mark. While we're still skeptical that we'll find a 590 SLI at such a low price point we'll have to wait and see what happens in the coming weeks as these platforms hit etailers.
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We're happy to see eSATA on both of these motherboards:
Final Words
We've got a lot more coming tomorrow, so check back later for even more from Taiwan. You may just be treated to a bit of a surprise...
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Missing Ghost - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
wow, all I can say is wow. I am quite impressed with Gigabyte desktop motherboards. From the pictures it looks like a better design than even what DFI would do. Also the ASUS socket F board looks excellent. Quite impressive since I am used to think that ASUS' server boards are inferior to like supermicro/iwill/tyan.krwilsonn - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Page 18 of the article seems to be mixed up since the Albatron boards are showing up instead of the Asrock.Regs - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Actually consider what AMD is doing at all. Boy times have changed! ;)I'm a life long AMD fan too. Short life, but life long.
bob661 - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Where have you been? It's been like that for quite a few years now. Remember when DDR2 was actually on the market? Who wasn't using DDR2 then?bob661 - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Figures.bob661 - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Interesting. Looks like Conroe's may come at a premium until Intel can increase production.shabby - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
I dont get it, what is the point of sending audio to the monitor?
Furen - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
It's meant to be sent to an HD TV. Monitors can just use DVI for digital signaling.shabby - Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - link
And whats the point of that too? Its supposed to go to the reciever not the tv.OrSin - Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - link
Do you even know why hdmi exist. Most HDTV that have HDMI connects also has audio out.YOu connect everything to your tv and send out only singles you need. My guess is you don't have a HDTV.