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Old 07-06-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default [INQ] AsusTek Hypocrisy About Copper
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...oz-copper-lead

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IT WOULD APPEAR the INQ has uncovered a little bit of hypocrisy from the Asus family when it comes to 2oz copper printed circuit boards (PCBs). 2oz copper PCBs have been a Gigabyte flagship feature since September of last year; an expensive, yet daring move by the firm's CEO to try to innovate its way out of the economic crisis. But not everyone is a fan. Or are they?

A while back, Asus' little sister, Asrock, sent out a plethora of PowerPoint presentations to press, decrying the evils of using so much copper, in such wanton wasteful fashion, saying it would damage the environment and be the eventual downfall of the human race - or something along those lines.
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But as the mudslinging campaign finally settled down, and the last few quarters saw Gigabyte's motherboard market share growing yet again, the Asus family appeared to forget their conscientious objections to environment polluting copper. With no fuss, fanfare, press releases, videos or even a demo at Computex, Asus quietly released three 2oz copper PCB motherboards: the Intel P5P43TD PRO, P5P43TD and AMD M4A77TD PRO.
AsusTek = Asus + Asrock.

Basically, Asrock said that extra copper on the motherboard was pointless and they cheated to show that their mobos were cooler than Gigabyte's. Now Asus is producing mobos with extra copper.
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Wow Asrock must be trying to cover up for there crappy boards they make...
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Did the author try to be funny? I think they did. :/
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Asus... pffft.
I've always prefered Gigabyte when it comes to everything, especially mobos.
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Asus... pffft.
I've always prefered Gigabyte when it comes to everything, especially mobos.
No kidding Asrock is junk compared to Gigabyte. But Asus boards are still abit better to me then Gigabyte. The only reason I'm saying this is Ive had two Asrock boards die on me right after RMA.
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I always saw the extra copper as a total gimmick. But now it will start showing up everywhere....
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I find it funny that Asus is using the same tech and terminology as Gigabyte. Why didn't they do 3oz Copper?
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