Intel P965: Foxconn P9657AA- 8KS2H @ AnandTech

Vikingod · Dec 28, 2006, 01:49 PM

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Foxconn has been around for several decades and is one of the largest manufacturers of electronics components in the world. They have provided motherboards for many OEMs in the past, but it has only been more recently that they began to offer their boards on the retail market. Given their OEM provider roots, it's not too surprising that the initial Foxconn motherboards failed to cater to the enthusiast community. Over time, Foxconn worked to correct this perception, and they have released several motherboards using their "WinFast" branding that attempted to cater to this market. Unfortunately, as we stated in a previous review, merely saying a product has "extreme performance" does not make it so. However, they made amends to the performance oriented crowd with their excellent C51XEM2AA motherboard based on the NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI chipset during the AMD AM2 launch last May.

Dec 28, 2006, 01:49 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Intel P965: Foxconn P9657AA- 8KS2H @ AnandTech Source: AnandTech __________ Foxconn has been around for several decades and is one of the largest manufacturers of electronics components in the world. They have provided motherboards for many OEMs in the past, but it has only been more recently that they began to offer their boards on the retail market. Given their OEM provider roots, it's not too surprising that the initial Foxconn motherboards failed to cater to the enthusiast community. Over time, Foxconn worked to correct this perception, and they have released several motherboards using their "WinFast" branding that attempted to cater to this market. Unfortunately, as we stated in a previous review, merely saying a product has "extreme performance" does not make it so. However, they made amends to the performance oriented crowd with their excellent C51XEM2AA motherboard based on the NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI chipset during the AMD AM2 launch last May.