Intel Corp. has quietly launched its own-brand desktop mainboard based on ATI RADEON XPRESS 200-series core-logic. This is the first time in the recent history when Intel decided to officially promote a third-party core-logic, which is a result of the company’s recent shift in manufacturing of low-margin core-logic sets for desktops.
Intel Desktop Board D101GGC is a part of Intel’s Essential series of desktop mainboards and us aimed at mainstream users who require not very high price. The mainboard supports Intel Pentium 4 and Intel Celeron D processors with 533MHz and 800MHz processor system bus, complies to 05A and 04A platform compatibility guide (PCG), supports up to 2GB of single-channel DDR memory, integrates RADEON X300-like graphics core, features a PCI Express x16 graphics slot in addition to one PCI Express x1 and two PCI slots. Input/output (I/O) capabilities of the mainboard include Intel high definition 5.1 audio, 8 USB 2.0 ports, 4 Serial ATA-150 ports, integrated 10/100Mb/s Ethernet and so on.
Intel D101GGC mainboard is currently available for orders from different stores across the world. For instance, a German online store offers the mainboard for approximately $90 (€74), a Canadian online store is also selling the product.
Earlier Intel said it had refocused production capacities of entry-level chipsets to higher-margin products, which eventually resulted in boosted chipset shipments by VIA Technologies.
While Intel decided to shift from entry-level low-margin core-logic products, it still sells its affordable microprocessors to customers, which requires the company to take care of appropriate infrastructure, which means that the company may continue to push third-party chipsets in future. Intel’s stamp of approval on this chipset should be a big advantage to ATI Technologies, notes AnandTech web-site, which claims that the selection of the RADEON XPRESS 200 is notable, as Intel’s mainboards are known for their stable operation.
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That's kind of funny. If you can't produce enough of your own, produce mobos based on someone else's chipset right? And you wouldn't want to use Nvidia because, well it might actually look better than your own, so use someone for whom you are sure yours are superior. Enter ATI...
I'm trying to think if there is anywhere Intel hasn't gone lacking in the last year or so. Maybe mobile chipsets... maybe that too will change, who knows!
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If you'll look at where these motherboards are aimed at (low end market, Intel dropping out of low end chipsets) then the ATI Xpress200 chipset fits perfectly.
Not only is it a very stable chipset (not to mention great overclocking), but its cheap, and has very good integrated X200 DX9.0 graphics, which is only slightly slower then nVidia's integrated 6100 with the new Xpress200 Bios update.
nVidia's chipset just could not fit in this segment as well as the ATI chipset, in my opinion.
And also, nVidia nForce4 Intel Edition is not very good at all, and if anything, they don't want to use it because its so much worse then what they're chipsets are expected of.
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