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More info?)
"Viet-Nam Veteran" <vietnam_vet@swpa.net> wrote in message
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| JT <spam@dcplus.dyndns.info> wrote in message
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| > On 2 May 2004 07:37:33 -0700, vietnam_vet@swpa.net (Viet-Nam
Veteran)
| > wrote:
| >
| > >My supplier says that PC Chips just bought
| > >elitegroup.
| > >
| > >Any truth to this?
| >
| > Elite and PC Chips have been connected for years. It is very
confusing on
| > the organization of the Taiwan, Chinese computer industry. There
have been
| > some interviews and stories on Toms hardware, including a factory
tour.
| > Elite Group manufacturs for a number of companies including ABit,
HP, and
| > PCChips. There are different levels of QA for each customer from
what I
| > read. I think that Elite is actually a part owner/member of the
PCChips
| > consortium, but I might be confused there.
| >
| > JT
|
|
| O.K., so if Elite Group is the manufacturer then why are their
| Motherboards so expensive, relatively? I heard from this guy
|
http://swpa.net/BTD.html
| that it was HP who was causing all if the problems.
| Look here
http://www.belka.com/index.php?what=motherboardsduron
| and you can see their motherbords are MORE expensive than PC Chips
| ???????
You're comparing apples and oranges there, the boards listed all use
different CPUs, with the ECS boards coming with higher priced CPUs
compared to the PCChips board.