Last year, in Jan 2007, AMD/ATi has a successful launch of their integrated DX9 graphics core, the RS690. The chipset performed well and had a good head start against it's competitor the NVIDIA MCP68 series. In fact, the AMD 690G has created a miracle in 2007 as one of the most successful integrated chipsets for the AM2 platform.

The Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2h is the next generation IGP board supporting AMD AM2+ Phenom/ AM2 Athlon64 series processors. With the integrated DX10 graphics core. Based on the AMD 780G + SB700 First DX10 UMA chipset on AMD AM2+ platform. It supports PCI-E 2.0 graphics interface with ATI Hybrid Graphics™ support. 6 SATA 3Gb/s & RAID 1, 0, 0+1, 12 USB ports.

This board comes with the capability to display outstanding quality and playing back of HD contents with the best audio capability of the Realtek ALC 889A codec. The Realtek ALC 889A audio codec with DTS Connect support, features 106 dB Signal to Noise ratio and enables Blu-ray and HD DVD high quality Full rate Lossless Audio playback.

The rear I/O back panel also comes with D-sub port, DVI/ HDMI port, SPDIF out, eSATA port, USB, LAN, 6 audio jacks and 1394

For overclockers, there are options for you to adjust the multiplier, cpu clk, ram timings, voltages and also the GPU CLK.

Specs

Model GA-MA78GM-S2H
Chipset AMD 780G + SB700
Int. graphics ATI Radeon HD3200+ATI Hybrid Graphics
GPU Clock TBD (DX10)
Memory Dual-Ch 4 DIMM DDR2 1066/800/667MHz
Graphics Slot 1* PCI-E 2.0 x16
Display port RGB, DVI/ HDMI with HDCP
PCI Slot 2
PCI-Ex1 Slot 1
Storage 6 SATA 3Gb/s (1 for eSATA port), 1 PATA
RAID 0, 1, 0+1
LAN 1*GbE LAN
1394 2 (TI 1394a, 1 by cable)
USB 2.0 12 ports (8 by cable)
Audio 8-Ch ALC889A HD audio w/ DTS connect
BIOS Virtual Dual BIOS
Form Factor Micro ATX (244x244)
 

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