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9:07 AM - March 4, 2008 by Bert Toepelt
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: amd, 780g, chipset
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Test Setup

System Hardware
Component	Name
AMD Platform AM2+ (AMD 780G)	Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H (Rev.1.0) AMD 780G, BIOS: F3
AMD Platform AM2 (AMD 690G)	Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H (Rev.1.0) AMD 690G, BIOS: 1001 (03/13/2007)
Memory	2x 1 GB A-Data DDR2-1066+ Vitesta Extreme Edition
Blu-Ray ROM	LG GGC-H20L, SATA150
Graphics Card I	Asus 2600XT GPU: 800 MHz Memory: 256 MB DDR3 (700 MHz, 128 Bit)
Graphics Card II	MSI X1300 GPU: 450 MHz Memory: 128 MB DDR (200 MHz, 128 Bit)
Graphics Card III	MSI X1300 GPU: 600 MHz Memory: 256 MB DDR2 (500 MHz, 64 Bit)
Power Supply	Coolermaster RS850-EMBA ATX 2.2, 850 W

Sapphire Radeon X1300

Asus X2600XT

ATI HD3450

Coolermaster RS850-EMBA

Western Digital WD3200AAJS

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rockwell73 05/18/2008 5:29 AM

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I would like to know can i run a video card with this mother board,with all the high demand for great video quality in these new video games such as Crysis, BioShock, Jericho and many others that require a high end video card how am i suppose to play these games without one

Deleted profile 05/23/2008 4:12 AM

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You just put in any PCI-E video card in the X-16 slot. With the appropriate processor and beefy enough video card, games are not a problem. The real beauty is that the onboard video is plenty for casual, older games at acceptable rates and also makes for a great low power HD media center computer.

dotroy 06/18/2008 12:39 PM

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I do not get it, how come 2600XT is more faster than 3450 ? I thought 3450 is newer than 2600XT. Please explain

gerro1977rm 06/20/2008 1:36 AM

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What about the northbridge overheating issue everyone is talking about? I've bought this board only to find out it has idle temps of 80C at the northbridge. I'm planning on buying an after market cooler to stabilize it.

Deleted profile 06/23/2008 7:12 AM

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gerro1977,

What revision is your board? I just received this board and it's the new revision 1.1 which has a bigger heatsink (you can see the pictures from the gigabyte site for both revisions 1.0 and 1.1). I am getting my CPU soon and want to also check the northbridge temperatures. What can I use to measure the temps?

Thanks

Deleted profile 07/10/2008 5:56 AM

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I'm cooling my G780 on GA-MA78GM-S2H rev1.0 with additional pentium 3 box coller heatsink (fits perfectly) and radeon 3450 with p3 box fan

- it works fine

Deleted profile 07/16/2008 9:12 AM

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Does anyone know if the radeon HD4850 works on this board with hybrid graphics and crossfire.

gerro1977rm 07/21/2008 9:30 AM

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Deleted Profile 06/23/2008 7;12 AM,

Unfortunately, I'm using the rev 1.0 board. I fitted it with an HR05 heatsink from thermalright and its now just warm to the touch not hot. I'm using everest to monitor my temps. Aux now registers at 37 C, though I'm not really sure if its the NB temp. You can also use riva tuner among others.