Blade_Runner said:Vicky, the Inq report is prolly BS and its dated 2002 Chk this out
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20050708174700.html
Dated: 7/8/2005
Hmmmmn lot of confusion ,,now this can be only solved by the company share reports or by shooting a mail off to asus or asrock,, i did email asrock america and global lets see , what they respond?
and dude ,,, >>>>>>>call me me VIKING :tongue: :bleh: .. okay dude and atleast got something great in that report .......
atleast my search for good quality low cost boards will be answered by their omega serious"""HOPE SO"""
fingers crossed:S
Darklord said:Well there are many reasons why it can be said that it is an Asus subsidiary.
Think,Asrock does NOT have any boards based on high end chipsets like NF4 Ultra,SLI,945,955,925....
Now dont tell me they cant make it or are not technically that superior.Their USP is low end.BUT if it was an entirely different entity, who wouldnt like to earn a few extra dollars out of high end boards ?
Anyways this is my thinking.If you dont believe me, check out Asrock and Asus mobo line up,very very few models compete each other,think about it.
well it could even be that still there is some agreement binding, them both from the days of inception,, that they each other would not cannabilize into the product lines of each other respectively,,Thus asrock aint getting into that market segment due to legal compulsions or as u said low end is their USP,, like blueberry in mobiles(they never come up with any camera fones)
,,,,,,THEY just dont want to dilute their market share or take unnecessary risks..
But even u cud be right ,i dont deny that point, but why has not asus come big time on this,,, bragging about it or smthin ????,, well whatsoever whosoever owns asrock lemme tell ya ,,few years down the line they are going to be popular in low end markets like india,russia and china,,
as very few ppl outta here(india) are computer enthusiasts, and this ppl (asrock) get the same work done with an innovative twist??
howsoever even via has come up with various low end options, but never really clicked ?