MSI Making "Ruggedized" Motherboards, Graphics Cards
MSI Making "Ruggedized" Motherboards, Graphics Cards
Posted 09/10/2010 at 7:27am
| by Paul Lilly
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We've been hearing chatter that MSI is getting ready to roll out a line of ruggedized motherboards and videocards, though details beyond that are disappointingly sparse.
We're not entirely sure how you supe-up a mobo or videocard so that it qualifies as rugged, but we're eager to find out. Maybe they'll come encased in rubber or coated in unobtanium.
Either way, MSI is hoping these new products will help spur sales. The company reported August revenues of around $203.72 million, down nearly half a percentage point sequentially. MSI's graphics card business has been especially brutal, with MSI expecting global shipments to drop by 10-15 percent on year in 2010.
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leorick
September 11, 2010 at 4:43am
I love MSI. I prefer to use MSI motherboards and this new rugged thing might come out real nice.
What i don't like are those people posting and trying to sell stuffs here on MPC like shoes, shirts, etc. Can't anybody filter them out? I almost see them on all articles lately.
Thursday
September 10, 2010 at 12:56pm
I totally want to be able to run my parts over with my van a few times and then put them back together...and actually have them work! How effing cool would that be?
DOOMHAMMA
September 10, 2010 at 9:52am
Can't tell you how many times my mobo shattered when I ran it over with my car :/
SEALBoy
September 10, 2010 at 12:12pm
I once had a pickup truck almost run over my videocard. Don't ask how it happened.
elo231
September 10, 2010 at 9:38am
them Asus board>
Aren't they rugged?
The concept Marine Cool and the retail Sabertooth 55i
Peanut Fox
September 10, 2010 at 8:48am
Maybe by rugged, they mean motherboards and graphics cars that can handle high voltages and thermals for extreme overclocking. If all they are aiming for are motherboards and video cards that can handle high physical stresses (heavy graphics cards and CPU coolers), then that's a bit of a disappointment.
SEALBoy
September 10, 2010 at 7:58am
Maybe this is to prevent mobo's from breaking under the stress of a gigantic cooler + 3 videocards? I don't think that happens very often, but who knows?
Personally, I'd be more interested in this if I was building a PC without a case.
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