no original amd mb?

[singaporeboy]

when intel has ?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

AMD chooses to license out manufacturing of chipsets and motherboards on a broad scale to allow a wide market range.

I think it's a smart idea - motherboard manufacturers know about making them, CPU makers don't.

- M4H

 

[theMan]

amd doesnt have as big of a production capacity as intel, and they dont want to waste their time and cash on other stuff. its smart.

 

[neutralizer]

intel mbs suck anyways, they're stable but have no performance features.

 

[Zepper]

Actually there have been AMD chipsets - the 760/761/762, etc. Some mobos are still based on them.

.bh.

 

[imported_whatever]

Originally posted by: Zepper
Actually there have been AMD chipsets - the 760/761/762, etc. Some mobos are still based on them.

.bh.

in fact, the AMD chipsets were very high performance chipsets for their time - I managed to get a AMD761 based mobo up to 180FSB from 133 - the only problem was no PCI lock and therefore lots of HDD corruption.

 

[Continuity27]

As it has been said, AMD used to make motherboards as well, chipsets included.. but they don't anymore. I don't see it as a problem though, I wouldn't buy either AMD nor Intel motherboards because they are ususally stable but rigid in features.