A top-four motherboard maker will drop out of the market....

2009-01-10 03:26:45

#1

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6679|Finland

A top-four motherboard maker will drop out of the market beyond three years, says MSI VP

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090109PD205.html

MY GAWD I hope it is MSI!

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2009-01-10 03:36:05

#2

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6728|cuntshitlake

Can't be Gigabyte or Asustek, and ECS's are so cheap someone will always buy them. Must be MSI

Last edited by DeathUnlimited (2009-01-10 03:37:57)

main battle tank karthus medikopter 117 megamegapowershot gg

2009-01-10 03:37:37

#3

Sydney: 2λчиэλ; +783|7108|Reykjavík, Iceland.

How come I've never heard about ECS? I have owned a mobo from ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI, but never even HEARD about ECS.

2009-01-10 05:25:50

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6462|Winland

Sydney wrote:
How come I've never heard about ECS? I have owned a mobo from ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI, but never even HEARD about ECS.

ECS is a cheap newcomer. Only a couple of years old, and with worse build quality than MSI.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-01-10 05:29:22

#5

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6679|Finland

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Sydney wrote:
How come I've never heard about ECS? I have owned a mobo from ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI, but never even HEARD about ECS.
ECS is a cheap newcomer. Only a couple of years old, and with worse build quality than MSI.

But their price is so low they sell just on the fact "hey... as long as it works"... means MSI is fucked as they cost more but certainly quality is almost on par with ECS lately.

edit: like the MSI X58 Eclipse board that costs over 300€ but went BOOM in the review at MuroBBS.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2009-01-10 05:30:46)

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

2009-01-10 05:30:16

#6

mikkel: Member; +383|6866

Freezer7Pro wrote:
Sydney wrote:
How come I've never heard about ECS? I have owned a mobo from ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI, but never even HEARD about ECS.
ECS is a cheap newcomer. Only a couple of years old, and with worse build quality than MSI.

Newcomer? ECS?

2009-01-10 05:38:25

#7

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6462|Winland

mikkel wrote:
Freezer7Pro wrote:
Sydney wrote:
How come I've never heard about ECS? I have owned a mobo from ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI, but never even HEARD about ECS.
ECS is a cheap newcomer. Only a couple of years old, and with worse build quality than MSI.
Newcomer? ECS?

I've only seen them the last couple of years.

EDIT: Ah, Wikipedia'd it. ECS only made OEM boards up to 2005. That's why I haven't seen them.

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2009-01-10 05:40:02)

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-01-11 00:38:41

#8

GR34: Member; +215|6810|ALBERTA> CANADA

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:
MY GAWD I hope it is MSI!

2009-01-11 01:25:08

#9

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6589|New Haven, CT

Article about a guy who failed Economics 101 wrote:
Additionally, shipments of motherboards and graphics cards have been on the decline since the third quarter of 2008 indicating that the market will not see any further expansion, Lu said.

I wonder if a recession might have anything to do with that, rather than a larger market trend. He apparently doesn't understand the concept of normal and inferior goods, and how the demand for normal goods might decrease when consumer incomes decrease.

Considering MSI hiring practices, if his prediction luckily becomes true, I don't doubt it would be them.

2009-01-11 01:34:06

#10

AussieReaper: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°); +5,761|6418|what

This isn't good news guys. We want more motherboard manufacturers so we have better competition and better products.

2009-01-11 01:39:36

#11

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6589|New Haven, CT

Yes, it is not good. Fortunately, since the guy is basing his entire premise that the motherboard market is tanking on a short-term economic fluctuation, it is very likely he is completely wrong.

2009-01-11 01:40:06

#12

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6679|Finland

TheAussieReaper wrote:
This isn't good news guys. We want more motherboard manufacturers so we have better competition and better products.

MSI products have zero impact on dropping the prices and especially not getting better quality.

Gigabyte and Asus are battling really hard together and that will keep the product evolution fast as well as keep prices reasonable.

MSI has dropped out of the quality bandwagon long time ago.

I keep hearing all the time how 'I have a problem. I have MSi...help?'

If they would disappear, there would be far less issues needing help.

3930K | H100i | RIVF | 16GB DDR3 | GTX 480 | AX750 | 800D | 512GB SSD | 3TB HDD | Xonar DX | W8

BF2S Forums A top-four motherboard maker will drop out of the market....

Sydney wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

Sydney wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

Sydney wrote:

mikkel wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

Sydney wrote:

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

Article about a guy who failed Economics 101 wrote:

TheAussieReaper wrote:

Board footer