GIGABYTE GA-MA785GMT-UD2H... Your Thoughts?

[freedomfighter87]

Okay heres the deal. I am trying to build a multi-purpose system on a budget. I was looking for a board with decent onboard video for HTPC use and moderate gaming. After a bit of research I found this:

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-MA785GMT-UD2H AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards

It has onboard Radeon HD4200 graphics, and has d-sub, dvi, and hdmi. It does have a 16x slot for future video upgrades (although I did want to use it for a sata raid controller). I know that onboard video generally uses up the system ram to operate and all that, but I plan to use 8GB of DDR3, so I really don't think that's all too much of an issue. What I do not know is the performance of the HD4200 graphics. From what I've gathered, it should be pretty good. As I said before, I will be doing moderate gaming, but nothing super intensive. Probably just counter-strike and battlefield and similar games. Do you think this motherboard would fit my needs? What performance bracket would you say the HD4200 is in?

[Aaron_8015]

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Originally Posted by freedomfighter87

Okay heres the deal. I am trying to build a multi-purpose system on a budget. I was looking for a board with decent onboard video for HTPC use and moderate gaming. After a bit of research I found this:

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-MA785GMT-UD2H AM3 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards

It has onboard Radeon HD4200 graphics, and has d-sub, dvi, and hdmi. It does have a 16x slot for future video upgrades (although I did want to use it for a sata raid controller). I know that onboard video generally uses up the system ram to operate and all that, but I plan to use 8GB of DDR3, so I really don't think that's all too much of an issue. What I do not know is the performance of the HD4200 graphics. From what I've gathered, it should be pretty good. As I said before, I will be doing moderate gaming, but nothing super intensive. Probably just counter-strike and battlefield and similar games. Do you think this motherboard would fit my needs? What performance bracket would you say the HD4200 is in?

Its on-board so gaming on it is useless (unless the games you are playing are 6+ years old..... It will proberly run counterstrike (@800x600 all settings on low/off). Performance bracket will be with the low-end market, among 7200's etc.... You may as well throw in a 4670 which will do the job...

EDIT:- In relation to your other thread pick up a board with two PCI-E slots like.....

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-MA790XT-UD4P AM3 DDR3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards

Good for 'OC' if you ever feel the need also.

[simran123]

It's a very good mobo at teh same time it has GIGABYTE Easy Energy Saver technology, GA-MA785GMT-UD2H is able to provide user friendly computing, reach the maximum system performance easily while still able to save the power and environment in real life at the same time. It also offers complete compatibility with future operating system from Microsoft, Windows 7. The motherboard offers a PCB layer copper doubled part of many innovations identified by the Ultra Durable 3 Classic. In fact the cooler has been profiled to provide enough room for you to plug in an expansion card such as a TV tuner or sound card without any problem. For more informationread this article Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H Motherboard