Computex 2003 - Day 2: Motherboard and Video Coverage

Epox

As per tradition, Epox is sticking to what they know best; desktop motherboards. Their entire range of products is pretty much focused around dozens of Athlon XP, Athlon 64, and Pentium 4 platforms.

Pictured above is Epox’s hotly anticipated nForce3-based 8KDA+ motherboard. Feeding off of their nForce2 success, Epox is gong ho about their nForce3 150 motherboard. They believe that Athlon 64 will be very popular with gaming and hardcore enthusiasts, and that they think nForce3 is probably the best route to go for that area.

Epox hasn’t expanded into the video card channel yet, but they have shown an interest in the SFF (Small Form Factor) market that Shuttle has made exceedingly popular the last year or so.

Above is Epox’s VIA K8T800 motherboard. Epox is one of the motherboard manufacturers that believes that nForce3 has the edge on VIA’s Athlon 64 chipset. However, Epox still believe there’s a very real market for this product, especially the ones that demand low cost motherboards that AMD will need to push Athlon 64 mainstream sometime in 2004.

Pictured above is Epox’s latest SFF based on Intel’s 865PE chipset. Like some other SFFs, Epox’s SFF uses a knob for overclocking and radio capabilities.

The above picture is Epox latest and greatest P4 motherboard based on the PT880 chipset. This is yet another highly anticipated chipset that motherboards makers are still undecided about. We will have a sample of Epox’s PT880 motherboard in the next few weeks, as Epox (and every motherboard maker for that matter) work out the kinks in VIA’s first dual DDR P4 chipset.