ECS GF8200A Black Edition Motherboard Review

[RobRich]

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See, this 70 USD/EUR mainboard comes with Hybrid graphics, (integrated GeForce 8200), VGA output, HDMI output, HD audio integrated, Gigabit Ethernet, PCI-Express 2.0, Serial ATA (RAID 0,1,10) DDR2 memory up-to 1066 MHz and all that for a price hovering at roughly 70 bucks! That's just electrifying. Say you want to build a HTPC capable of decoding 1080P Blu-Ray. Well, purchase this mainboard, slap some memory on it and get a budget processor. Because the integrated graphics core will handle the HDMI and even media VC-1/h.264 decoding for you (Blu-ray / HD-DVD). This is just a very cheap alternative.

Source: Guru3D

[MrGamer3D]

Question I like to ask? Does the BIOS Support to disable the on-board video card or on-board graphics card?and also does the BIOS support more flexible memory timming? such as (CL) 3 to 18 setting CAS# 3 to 18 setting, (tRCD) 3-18 setting (tRP), 3-18 setting, (tRAS) 3-18, (tRC) 3-18 ,and (CR) 1-2 or able to fix your timming table to the memory on the BIOS?

[pullmyfoot]

Wow. I might just actually get this and a nice souldcard and slap on my old 3600+ X2 to make me a nice HTPC for the living room just for the heck of it. My setup needs some upgrading anyways. Come to think of it I have everything else needed