# Are all Motherboards pretty much the same?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-motherboards-pretty-much-the-same/77492>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-motherboards-pretty-much-the-same/77492 "2001-08-22T05:10:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2001, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-motherboards-pretty-much-the-same/77492/21 "2001-08-23T14:12:18Z")

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Hehe… no offense, but the thread title made me squirt tea out of my nose. 🙂

I think your question has been answered, but a little advice if you’re in the market to buy a new board: Wait for the [NForce](http://www.nvidia.com). Good G-d that board is gonna friggin’ dominate if it lives up to even half the hype about it.

🙂

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