Pogo Linux: 1GHz for under $1000

An ASUS enthusiast

Just as AMD has brought us affordable performance in the CPU industry, NVIDIA has done the same in the graphics market. The test Altura system that Pogo sent us featured an ASUS V7100 GeForce2 MX.

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There is nothing too special about the V7100, it's a fairly standard GeForce2 MX with TV output courtesy of the Chrontel CH7007A-T output chip. Chrontel has historically offered superior TV output for games and ASUS has made it a point to be one of the very few manufacturers that continues to use Chrontel-manufactured solutions.

While it would seem that Pogo has a close relationship with ASUS as the motherboard and video card are manufactured by them, the relationship isn't quite exclusive. Since there's not much difference between the various GeForce2 MX cards, Pogo now offers the default Altura configuration with an ELSA MX card instead.

For those of you that want a little more power, Pogo does offer a 64MB ASUS V7700 GeForce2 for an additional $235. With the NV20 and next-generation ATI Radeon on the horizon however this option isn't too attractive.