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Would you pay $300+ for a Mobo?

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Whitedog

Diamond Member
Image if, when NV30 hits the market - NVidia offered a mobo with Built In:
NV30 graphics w/128(256?) MB of dedicated Graphics memory.
Dual Channel DDR400 memory slots
An "extra" AGP8x slot
Built in 1GBit ethernet
Built in killer sound
....etc....etc....

Are you getting my point?

Most of the time, when people upgrade, they end up buying a lot of stuff, and end up spending WAY more than $300 (not counting the CPU)

What if something like that did come out... would you buy it?

Would you think that would be a worth while thing for manufacturers to produce?

I've heard such boards will be coming out. Don't know the exact specs... but how much would you be "willing" to spend on an All in one board?

Interesting. I believe I would do it, if it held it's own to similar systems using "cards".
 
the market for a $300 consumer grade motherboard with an integrated high end vid card is almost non existant.

i myself would spent $150 on a motherboard with built in lan, sound, and a decent video card. nforce2 is perfect for the market, they just need to release the boards...
 
If it offers significant cost savings over buying all the components separately, I'd consider it. Otherwise I'd go with the separate component route... easier to divvy up and resell and upgrade piece by piece.
 
yes. anyone and everyone would. but dude. the Geforce fx is going to cost 499 by itself. there is no way it hell you will see a price even close to that. a Mobo like that would cost about 700 at least. so keep dreaming bud. i know i will.
 
With this, people who are interested in top-notch performance would not buy it, because they will always want to upgrade. Upgradation also poses a problem, because even with the added AGP slot, you would not be able to pluck out your old card, sell that, and then replace it with the newest... Also, motherboard manufaturers (or chipset makers) are not going to bring out a board with the latest graphics core integrated, because the latest and greatest technology is always targetted at a niche market, and is where most manufacturers make their money. Integrating components can mean cutting corners to keep margins up.....
 
Perhaps not when it FIRST comes out, but comparing the cost/performance to 300.00 worth of "components"

In other words... if you could buy a mobo w/video TODAY that had the performance of a ti4600 for $275, and buying the components seperately would cost you $375, would you consider it?

Nowadays, Mobo's with built in graphics have the performance of a $50 video card... What if a mobo had the video performance of a $200 video card? That's what I'm talking about.
 
Originally posted by: Whitedog
Perhaps not when it FIRST comes out, but comparing the cost/performance to 300.00 worth of "components"

In other words... if you could buy a mobo w/video TODAY that had the performance of a ti4600 for $275, and buying the components seperately would cost you $375, would you consider it?

Nowadays, Mobo's with built in graphics have the performance of a $50 video card... What if a mobo had the video performance of a $200 video card? That's what I'm talking about.
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If it had just the video performance of a $200 video card, I think it would probably cost much more than $300.
 
Originally posted by: rbV5
they have them, its called X-box.
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lol there is your answer😉

i wouldn't simply because you may get the parts but where would they "skimp" to keep costs down?no thanks i'll just pay more to get what i want seperately


mike
 
If the board had a built in 256-bit 64MB+ 300MHz+ shared buffer between the system and the video then I'd be all for paying $300 for it this year.
 
The yield on NV30 is not all that high so you would be wasting that much more wafer each time if you had to put a whole motherboard around it. I doubt anything like this could be sold for anything less than 800-1000 dollars if they want to make money on it.
 
If it would save a bit of money as compared to buying the card separately, then I would consider it. As long as the AGP slot is there for future expansion.
 
Originally posted by: UlricT
With this, people who are interested in top-notch performance would not buy it, because they will always want to upgrade. Upgradation also poses a problem, because even with the added AGP slot, you would not be able to pluck out your old card, sell that, and then replace it with the newest... Also, motherboard manufaturers (or chipset makers) are not going to bring out a board with the latest graphics core integrated, because the latest and greatest technology is always targetted at a niche market, and is where most manufacturers make their money. Integrating components can mean cutting corners to keep margins up.....
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Heh, "Upgradation" 🙂
 
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