Speak from my exp (I build a lot of all in one mobo), they are a bit slow,
especially when speaking to the onboard video and modem, I had to add some
good internal 56k modem (real modem) at cost price because the customers'
complain. They are good for office tasks, and low end games. If you'd like
to play high end games and heavy internet usage, they are not recommended.

Jun Qian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roberto Safora" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 12:35 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] all in one mobos


> Until last year most of people believe that integration in motherboards
> caused lost in performance, as the CPU and other components had to loose
> time and resources to control the integrated stuffs. They were cheap,
shared
> video memory...
> As far as as I can see Motherboards design trends to incorparate video,
> audio, modem, lan, etc.
> new i815 also  integrates video, etc.
> Now that we are almost ending year 2000, is it still so?
> Even the mobos designed to support the latest Intel  fastest chips are all
> in one ?

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