2010-07-24, 16:21
It's rather disturbing that the micro-atx 8200/8300 MB's (AMD) are disappearing fast. Asus has EOL the commercial M3N78-VM MB, Gigabyte dropped them (For about 10 months now) and Zotac seems to be the only one with a good offering but only in the mini-itx platform.
The 9300/9400 Intel MB's seem to be dwindling also. I've not kept up with hardware accelerated IGA's other than for NVIDIA. Does anyone know if the HD Accelerated IGA is dying a slow death, or is there a replacement chipset in the works? (i.e. NVIDIA 210/220, etc.)
It seems that Intel and AMD/ATI is trying to corner the marketplace with inferior solutions, am I wrong or what’s up? The MB companies I sent emails to verify the EOL many of their MB's with these chipsets and no information on replacements. Hell, I thought maybe they were coming out with USB3.0 and sata 6 MB's with HD IGA's, but I can't get the Manufacturers to answer.
The 9300/9400 Intel MB's seem to be dwindling also. I've not kept up with hardware accelerated IGA's other than for NVIDIA. Does anyone know if the HD Accelerated IGA is dying a slow death, or is there a replacement chipset in the works? (i.e. NVIDIA 210/220, etc.)
It seems that Intel and AMD/ATI is trying to corner the marketplace with inferior solutions, am I wrong or what’s up? The MB companies I sent emails to verify the EOL many of their MB's with these chipsets and no information on replacements. Hell, I thought maybe they were coming out with USB3.0 and sata 6 MB's with HD IGA's, but I can't get the Manufacturers to answer.