Intel is the undisputed king when it comes to high performance processors and the chipsets that support them, and they
have been the major player in the industry for the past two decades. Intel is a sleeping giant, and with recent price
drops in both their P4 processors and their Rambus memory, Intel has once again become a serious contender in the
affordable desktop environment.
You can bet your money they are aiming at taking back the desktop marketplace by storm with this CPU and chipset
combination. Anyone not familiar with the Intel name is either from another planet, a hermit, or has been sleeping under
a rock for the past thirty years to have not heard of this milestone and trend setting company.
The D850GB (codename Garibaldi) is the latest motherboard in the 850 chipset series of motherboards from Intel and is
a well made and full-featured motherboard for the high-end desktop marketplace where it is aimed. Featuring both onboard
sound and an onboard Ethernet adapter makes this a serious choice for the server or office situation, and with Intel
engineering and their known stability system integrators will be all over this motherboard to use in their
configurations. Read on for a complete rundown of this P4 powerhouse.
