Advantages: Plethora of Connectivity options, powerful on-board IGP (HD3200), future proof Disadvantages: No heatsinks for Voltage Regulators
...The motherboard GA-MA78GM-S2H from Gigabyte is based on the 780G chipset. Apart from the obvious feature of it being one of the first ever IGP supporting DX 10 and Hybrid Crossfire support, it has a plethora of connectivity options, that’ll be keeping most of the customers happy. This board has the standard PCIe x16 2.0, PCIe x1 2 X PCI
1 IDE (supporting 2 IDE devices)
5 X 3Gb/s connectors
1 ... ...0, 1, 10, JBOD
1 X Floppy drive connector
2 IEEE 1394a ports ( 1 on back panel + via header)
12 USB 2.0 ports
The IGP supports the Displays in DVI-D, D-SUB & HDMI. It supports dual displays except for the DVI-D + HDMI config. Being a micro ATX form factor board, it measures 24.3 cm X 24.3 cm, easy to fit into any HTPC case.
The board is majorly targeted towards the HTPC segment. It has lower power consumption. There ...
Morpheus5000 06.11.2008
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