New 785G Chipset out

I think its kinda funny, after Gigabyte went to blue on there boards everybody else followed about a month later.
 
I think its kinda funny, after Gigabyte went to blue on there boards everybody else followed about a month later.

Did ASUS used to make a lot of green motherboards? I liked the red color motherboards more. Too bad my older red Foxconn 6100K8MA-RS motherboard was a defective piece of junk.
 
My exact thought when I opened the page:D



Normal people don't spend hours per day on Newegg like you:P LOL You are the resident Newegg expert...when I do my next build, you are aware that you are picking all my parts right?
Lol, but yes that asus motherboard does look sweet.

Edit: Whoa, that asus board only uses a 4pin cpu power connector.
 
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Tech Report had an 11 page article on the 785G chip on Aug 3rd

conclusion page said:
Conclusions
The 785G is undoubtedly an important integrated graphics chipset, particularly as we enter the back-to-school season and anxiously await Windows 7's launch, but I'm finding it hard to muster what feels like an appropriate level of excitement. Yes, the 785G will find its way into droves of budget systems powered by Microsoft's latest operating system. And yes, enthusiasts will probably snap up a good number of boards to build home theater PCs for themselves or basic desktops for friends and family. But the 785G isn't a radically new product. The integrated Radeon HD 4200 isn't much of an upgrade over the old 3200, and it's still woefully inadequate if you want to play the latest games at reasonable resolutions and detail levels. AMD hasn't fixed its south bridge AHCI drivers, allowing the plague of poor Vista and XP performance scaling to infect Windows 7. Support for multi-channel LPCM output over HDMI hasn't been added, either, despite the fact that integrated graphics chipsets from Intel and Nvidia are both up to the task. Really, beyond some new features for the UVD and support for Socket AM3 processors, little has changed since the 780G.

I suppose I'm not looking at the 785G from the proper angle, though. This is a budget chipset meant for $80 motherboards, so it's probably not meant to dazzle with new hotness. Instead, the 785G does what a modern budget chipset should: it combines more than enough I/O connectivity for the average user with a competent graphics core that can easily handle light gaming and high-definition video playback. Add in WHQL-certified drivers for Windows 7 months before the operating system's official release, and you have a solid foundation for just about any system short of a gaming rig.

So the 785G is a subtle refinement of the 780G, one that hasn't addressed some of the rough edges of the original. But then the 785G isn't exactly entering a market teeming with stiff competition. The only integrated graphics chipset that I can think of that's more capable than the 785G is Nvidia's GeForce 9300, but it's a bit of a power hog and nearly impossible to find on sub-$100 mobos. If you want to build a system with integrated graphics on the cheap, the 785G really is your best bet.

As for the motherboards we've looked at today, the Asus MA785GTD-V EVO and Gigabyte MA785G-UD3H both offer commendable flexibility, sporting not only integrated graphics processors, but also the ability to run two-way CrossFire configs. I think that also makes the boards a little confused, but it's hard to complain about having more options. After all, the presence of these full-sized ATX models isn't going to dampen the number of more focused Micro ATX designs based on the 785G. Plus, both have solid layouts and decent arrays of BIOS-level overclocking and tweaking options.
Gigabyte MA785G-UD3H
August 2009

But which one is best? That's an easy call, actually. The UD3H is $10 cheaper, yet it has the best audio feature set, a much faster Firewire chip, lower idle power consumption, more PCIe slots, and support for older processors and DDR2 memory. Sure, DDR3 prices have fallen dramatically over the last year, but DDR2 is still less expensive. When you're dealing with budget systems, every dollar counts.

To Asus' credit, the EVO is a faster 785G implementation than the UD3H, in part thanks to its 128MB of sideport memory. Speed isn't the only consideration at this end of the spectrum, though. The UD3H is a better all-around board, and although I wouldn't put one in my primary desktop, it'd be just about perfect for my next home theater PC. For me, that's good enough for Editor's Choice distinctio

http://techreport.com/articles.x/17328
 
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Toms Hardware had an extensive 17 page analysis on the new chipset too

Toms Hardware conclusion said:
Here's the bottom line: the 785G is a welcome update to a highly-regarded IGP, but with no more raw power than the 780G it will replace. The 785G is essentially the 780G chipset re-introduced with a number of attractive features, and it looks even better beside AMD's value-oriented Phenom II and Athlon II processors.

Is the 785G the best IGP out there? The answer is going to depend on what the PC will be used for and whether the apps you want to run work better with a Phenom II or Core 2 processor. With this in mind, let's examine a few of the primary reasons someone would want an integrated chipset, and specific recommendations for those applications.

Home Theater PC:

Which IGP is the best in a home theater PC? At this point I would have to say Nvidia's GeForce 9300/9400 and the 785G are running a close race, with the G45 slightly behind both due to a lack of picture-in-picture acceleration and a lower video playback quality (we'll explore this HTPC Blu-ray playback on these IGPs in a dedicated article in the very near future). Despite the update that 785G does not, in fact, feature eight-channel LPCM audio output, this remains a feature limited to a certain class of HTPC enthusiasts who run more complex speaker setups.

If money is a factor and eight-channel LPCM isn't necessary, then the 780G is the way to go at prices far below the GeForce 9300/9400.

Low-Cost Gaming PC:

For this specific use, I'd recommend skipping IGPs altogether and opting for a non-IGP motherboard of your choice in addition to a discrete graphics card. The Radeon HD 4350 is far more powerful than all of these IGPs, and can be found for under $35 online, while $50 gets you into Radeon HD 4650 territory and true 1280x1024 gaming. If you really don't have the $35 to spend, I'd recommend the 780G with a solid overclock to the graphics chipset. If you can't afford a discrete card today but plan on multiple cards in the future, the 790GX is the way to go with its dual-card CrossFireX capability.

All-Purpose PC

As a general, all-purpose PC for the home, I'd recommend the 780G or 785G, and not because of the chipset so much as the low cost of solid CPUs that drop into them. The Phenom II X2 and Phenom II X3 really do offer a great deal of performance for the price right now.

While Intel does offer its own low-priced Core 2 and Pentium dual-core gems, the G45 trades off too much in the graphics power department to be attractive, and the GeForce 9300/9400 motherboards are inexplicably expensive. The cheapest 780G motherboard is $45 less than the cheapest 9300 motherboard we can find, which is almost the cost of a discrete Radeon HD 4650.

In the final analysis, the 785G is a fine addition to AMD's chipset portfolio, and is perhaps most compelling for home-theater enthusiasts.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-785g-chipset,2381.html
 
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