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Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H Motherboard

August 22, 2009 | Asus, Component, Computer, Hardware | 2 Comments

When we took our first glimpse of the AMD 785G chipset in the form of the Asus V-M4A785TD EVO we were generally very happy. The 785G is not much more than beauty 780G chipset, but the new results. We would be pleased if the 785G which is the clock speed of 700 MHz the 790GX, rather than the speed of 500 he shared with the 780G, but we found the Asus board overclock to 700MHz quite easily. Meanwhile, the 785G supports Socket AM3 processors, graphics supports DirectX 10.1 and chipset contains two video decoders.

In our view, making 785G natural competitor for PCs and media center small, highly integrated desktop and home. We do not expect the number of people using the 785G for a gaming PC high-end, but it is interesting to note that ASRock has made a world record for overclocking its M3A785GXH/128M where Phenom X4 II 965, at 6095MHz.This led to one of our criticism of the Asus V-M4A785TD EVO that we do not see why we sent a size ATX model to examine whether a micro-ATX, it is more meaningful. In particular, as one of our readers commented, Asus has a micro-ATX 785G in its range.

Gigabyte has not made the same tactical error because we sent the MA785GMT-UD2H which is a compact Micro-ATX model, which measures 244mm x 244mm. This means that you do not receive the second feature PCI Express slot that you see on the Asus model but not a loss of the 780G and 785G do not support CrossFireX.

Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H

When you look at the presentation of the MA785GMT-UD2H it is clear that Gigabyte has worked hard to squeeze in a long list of features. On I / O panel, we get the title 785G chipset with HDMI, DVI and VGA products Radeon HD 4200 graphics. In addition, there are six USB ports, a PS / 2, a Firewire port, one eSATA, Gigabit LAN and a full surround sound, including optical audio S / PDIF.

Then we reach the largest group of internal connectors and slots. The four memory slots and DDR3 PCI Express x16, PCI Express x1 and two PCI slots take most of the available space. In addition, there are five SATA connectors vertically as if they might interfere with a graphics card. We connected a Radeon HD 4890 and found that the cables from the erasure from the map by a small margin to leave the five connectors available.It’sa similar story with the passive cooler on the Northbridge chipset on that looks awfully close to the PCI Express x1 slot. In fact, the fountain has been profiled to provide enough space for you to connect an expansion card as a TV tuner or sound card without any problem.

Down by the SATA connectors usual expansion headers are present and correct but you do not receive any brackets in the package so that you will be using the ports you have installed on your case. There are three USB headers support six ports USB and Firewire header for a second port which is very satisfactory. Head side of the board next to the memory and you will find the main power connector, ATA133 connector for legacy optical drives and one floppy connector. This looks like a house of expansion options, but Gigabyte has also added a header to a COM port and a second head of a parallel port. [via trustedreviews]