Foxconn to close doors on end user market? - Page 2

jmke · 18th October 2008, 10:37

there is no scenario here where less competition is better for the end user

Massman · 18th October 2008, 10:41

I didn't say 'better', I said 'less worse than you make it sound'. There are still other players on the high-end overclocking market and they will definitly try to take control over the market that used to be Foxconn's.

jmke · 18th October 2008, 10:58

does all this have anything to do with VR-Zone owner no longer getting a VISA to get into the country to work for Foxconn?

Massman · 18th October 2008, 11:18

Shamino was evicted from Taiwan because his Visum expired and Foxconn didn't warn him. After the eviction, he argued with his boss about the ideology behind the QF series, which is supposed to be for overclockers, but in the end needs to sell as well. He left Foxconn and now works for EVGA.

Saaya, member of XS, still works for Foxconn though and there is a new X58 Quantum Force almost ready to be send to their overclocking R&D team, which consist of overclockers all over the world giving feedback, similar to what they've done with the BlackOps.

I reckon it might have something to do with the problems with Shamino, but I'm not sure. Has this message been confirmed yet or is this the only source?

jmke · 18th October 2008, 11:24

only source I've seen so far. their X58 looks nice:

Massman · 18th October 2008, 11:27

That's the QF board, notice the 3 memory slots (instead of 6) and awefully placed PCIe slots.

This is the Digit-Life X58:

geoffrey · 18th October 2008, 12:01

Is that a speaker on top of the chipset?

19th October 2008, 05:05

Foxconn and Biostar were never in the same class... Not seen anything to convince me Biostar is anything beyond a budget enthusiast offering.

As far as Abit goes... if I hadn't seen their own X58 board I would've counted them out already. From what I've heard they already are suffering end-user support issues, especially with BIOS updates.

Edit: Third Foxconn X58 board is the Renasisannce: http://www.dvhardware.net/article27681.html

Massman · 20th October 2008, 19:12

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=205245

jmke · 20th October 2008, 19:52

there is no info there!

18th October 2008, 10:37	#11
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	there is no scenario here where less competition is better for the end user __________________

18th October 2008, 10:41	#12
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	I didn't say 'better', I said 'less worse than you make it sound'. There are still other players on the high-end overclocking market and they will definitly try to take control over the market that used to be Foxconn's. __________________

18th October 2008, 10:58	#13
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	does all this have anything to do with VR-Zone owner no longer getting a VISA to get into the country to work for Foxconn? __________________

18th October 2008, 11:18	#14
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	Shamino was evicted from Taiwan because his Visum expired and Foxconn didn't warn him. After the eviction, he argued with his boss about the ideology behind the QF series, which is supposed to be for overclockers, but in the end needs to sell as well. He left Foxconn and now works for EVGA. Saaya, member of XS, still works for Foxconn though and there is a new X58 Quantum Force almost ready to be send to their overclocking R&D team, which consist of overclockers all over the world giving feedback, similar to what they've done with the BlackOps. I reckon it might have something to do with the problems with Shamino, but I'm not sure. Has this message been confirmed yet or is this the only source? __________________

18th October 2008, 11:24	#15
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	only source I've seen so far. their X58 looks nice: __________________

18th October 2008, 11:27	#16
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	That's the QF board, notice the 3 memory slots (instead of 6) and awefully placed PCIe slots. This is the Digit-Life X58: __________________

18th October 2008, 12:01	#17
geoffrey [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,127	Is that a speaker on top of the chipset? __________________

19th October 2008, 05:05	#18
Kougar Posts: n/a	Foxconn and Biostar were never in the same class... Not seen anything to convince me Biostar is anything beyond a budget enthusiast offering. As far as Abit goes... if I hadn't seen their own X58 board I would've counted them out already. From what I've heard they already are suffering end-user support issues, especially with BIOS updates. Edit: Third Foxconn X58 board is the Renasisannce: http://www.dvhardware.net/article27681.html Last edited by Kougar : 19th October 2008 at 05:08.

20th October 2008, 19:12	#19
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,466	http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=205245 __________________

20th October 2008, 19:52	#20
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	there is no info there! __________________

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