> What about north bridge, south bridge etc?

The X1000's Nemo board doesn't have a northbridge as its functionality is built into the PA6T chip. The southbridge on the Nemo board is the ATI/AMD SB600 chip.

> The only speed reports I have heard from people at shows were that
> it is dog slow running applications (5fps Quake 3 or something).

How old are those reports now?