But is this because of the inherent nature of a motherboard with
integrated peripherals or because most such motherboards are lower-end
in design and construction or possibly because they are chosen because
they are cheap and, as a result, are not as well-engineered?  There are
lots of factors to be considered.  The trend is to integrate all
functions into as small a space as possible which should eventually lead
to all common peripherals being integrated as well.

----- Original Message -----
From: Ultra <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] all in one mobos


> 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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