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Asus M3N78-EMH HDMI - Conclusion |
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Written by Jeff_Tom
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Monday, 14 July 2008 01:22 |
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Conclusion:
Overall we can see why Nvidia didn't have a huge launch for
the GeForce 8200 chipset as faced with competition from the 780G the
AMD chipset at least in regards to graphics performance looks much
better. In their Southbridge they are fairly even as AMD released at
last their SB700 chipset though Nvidia does come out on top here
with the GeForce 8200. We also note a few lack of overclocking
features in Asus' BIOS which usually they are excellent at providing
and also performers overall. We'd lay this more though on the
GeForce 8200 and likely more resources were spent towards AMD's
integrated chipset. That said the 780G and GeForce 8200 are a little
old now and GeForce 8300 products are now about to hit the market
and AMD's new 790GX both on the horizon we'll take another look at
those with our newer integrated graphics tests and also take a close
look at H.264 decoding abilities of both chipsets. If you're looking
though for a HTPC or IGP motherboard the GeForce 8200 definitely
isn't bad it's just facing some steep competition from the 780G.
Pricing:
The Asus M3N78-EMH HDMI comes in around
$90 which is a fairly good price but that is the exact same
price of
Asus' 780G offering which we'd be more likely to go with. Both
of these are prices taken from Newegg.
Score: 83%
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Last Updated on Monday, 14 July 2008 16:25 |