Asrock Fatality

[stevebarnes15]

I was quite surprised to see this video,as arock are usually quite reserved in there motherboard designs,and have been pretty quiet on the performance board market of late.

[media]http://www.asrock.com/news/events/2011fatal1ty/index.asp?c=YouTube[/media]

From what i've seen the board doesn't look to bad,does anyone have one,and what are the specs like?

 

[tinytomlogan]

Just an asrock with stickers to get n000bs to buy them. I wouldnt touch it with a bargepole

 

[stevebarnes15]

Personally i think it's an attempt at re-entering the the high end market,but as you say i've never been a fan of asrock boards myself.I've found them cheap and boring to be quiet honest.

Having fatality branding, and and a pro gamer to endorse it,is a bit pants really.

If it were a decent board,why not just let the hardware do the talking.

Kudos to them for trying though.

 

[wotevajjjj]

Why is everyone always so hard on asrock,ocz and thermaltake here ? you should try it before saying it's bad

 

[hmmblah]

Why is everyone always so hard on asrock,ocz and thermaltake here ? you should try it before saying it's bad

Past experience. Also, thermaltake products remind me of high schoolers who mod their honda civics using spray paint and 2x4s.

 

[INMATE183]

only ever buy Gigabyte...but im stuck in my ways

 

[stevebarnes15]

I think if this fails for asrock,it's gonna be a big blow to them,with other manufacturers way ahaead in terms of design,and functionality.

Asrock have always been a budget type board,ok for those looking for a bit of the norm,but for enthusiasts just doesn't cut the mustard.

I'd rather pay the extra,and get a good performing board,with a nice look,and feature set, to suit my case.

That's one of the reasons i've steered clear of them in the past,as they just don't offer this.

The reason i opened the topic,was to see how well it performs,and if asrock really are paying attention to the market,and trying to give a better quality product to us, the customer.

 

[Stryker64]

The motherboard from what I've read is a decent motherboard, but overpriced. It's price is onpar with the MSI P67A GD65, but it's priced a good $50 over it. At least where I live.

Also why would anyone need a 500Hz USB port for their mouse? and don't bring up the 'It's Fatal1ty's preferred poll rate, pay attention' argument, because any half decent gaming mouse will have a driver that will let you set the poll rate to 500Hz.

EDIT: The bios screen has Fatal1ty staring at you for a background =D, it's certainly different from the old fashion blue background, but it's just weird imho.

 

[Luger718]

yea tom hate ocz and asrock

ive heard the ftality mobo is decent

OT: those vertex 3s look awesome

 

[SnW]

I had a Asrock VSTA board and it was decent but for overclocking a BIG fat laugh,

what i hate is this "Fatality"

you pay 20Euro extra for that POS name