AMD/Intel Hybrid Motherboards Hit the Market

17 Oct, 2005 at 12:31pm ET Article published in Tech

Hardcorware.net has a review up of a new motherboard compatible with both Intel and AMD CPUs, the ECS PF88.

Nobody would have guessed that the merger of two of the most boring motherboard companies ECS and PC Chips would produce anything other than even more boring OEM products. But ECS is taking this merger as an opportunity to show off their ingenuity and engineering skills.

Source: Hardcorware.net

Comments

17 Oct 2005 ~ 12:56pm Garg It's neat from a demonstration standpoint, but I don't think I would find it useful.
17 Oct 2005 ~ 1:00pm deicist I don't get it, you can only use one or the other right? So why would you buy this board at all?
17 Oct 2005 ~ 1:06pm TheSmJ It's kind of cool that they were able to put one together, but it's entirely impractical.
17 Oct 2005 ~ 7:29pm mmonnin It makes a good test bench though.
17 Oct 2005 ~ 11:58pm danball1976 Eeewwww.... Its PC Chips....
18 Oct 2005 ~ 12:18am Leonardo

Eeewwww.... Its PC Chips....

That's exactly what I thought! So, PC Chips and ECS, the largest makers of low end and OEM motherboards merged, and this new board is their technology demonstration project. OK, I'll reserve judgement until they've had time to get 'enthusiast' boards on the market and the boards are reviewed by owners.

After, when I first heard the brand/model name "DFI Lanparty", I thought to myself, "What a juvenile name. Is that supposed to attract pimply adolescents?" Definitely a rush to judgement. Boy was I wrong about a company that makes some of the highest performance motherboards one can buy. DFI Lanparty. Hmm, still sounds like the male counterpart to the Easybake Oven.
18 Oct 2005 ~ 4:25am Thrax Hooray, products that do neither task well, all so cheap-ass consumers can save a few dollars to obtain components that will inevitably break vastly sooner than they would have if the customer was less frugal and more discerning.
18 Oct 2005 ~ 8:48am GHoosdum ...or just as frugal and still more discerning. Such as myself.
18 Oct 2005 ~ 10:42am profdlp This board would possibly appeal to a medium-sized company which had computers of both types and wanted to stock a few universal spares. What mmonnin said about making a good test bench board is a good idea, too, assuming it's stable enough.

The main reason for making such an oddity? Ask yourself this question: When was the last time there was so much buzz in the forums over a board from PCChips and/or ECS? If and when they come out with something more practiical it is possible that some people will think of them as the company that released that unique MB a while back, not merely as the company which has been making lousy parts for years.