Viewing page 1 of 11 pages.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 NextAsus M4A785TD-V EVO vs. MSI 785GM-E65
August 10, 2009 by Lawrence Lee
|
Product
|
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO
AMD AM3 ATX Motherboard |
MSI 785GM-E65
AMD AM3 mATX Motherboard |
|
Manufacturer
|
ASUSTeK |
Micro-Star
International |
|
Street Price
|
US$100~$110 |
US$90 |
AMD's 785G chipset is the successor to 780G, possibly the most important integrated
graphics chipset in their history. The accompanying HD 3200 graphics chip was
the first onboard solution to support hardware acceleration for modern high-definition
video codecs and its 3D performance was far superior to anything that preceded
it. With the release of 780G, motherboards with integrated graphics were no
longer just cheap entry level products. The 780G chipset aged gracefully and now
is the defacto choice for value — 780G boards are heavy
on features and light on price compared to the competition — especially
Intel.
|
Package contents.
|
785G is an evolution of 780G, bringing minor improvements and support for the
AM3 socket with DDR3 memory. The onboard graphics chip, dubbed HD 4200, has
a few advantages over HD 3200 including support for DirectX 10.1 and HDMI 1.3
(but not multi-channel LPCM) and allows for the use of Sideport memory, which
provides a nice performance boost on the more expensive 790GX-based
boards. 3D performance should be similar though, as the number of stream processors
and the core frequency has not changed. The UVD (Unified Video Decoder) has
also been updated to version 2.0, allowing for decoding of multiple streams
(i.e. for picture-in-picture functionality while playing Blu-ray) and some extra
post-processing effects.
The Asus and MSI boards we are looking at today use the 785G chipset paired
with the new SB710 Southbridge chip. 785G bridges the gap between 780G and 790GX,
and SB710 is similar, a hybrid that takes the limited RAID support of SB700
(0, 1, 10, JBOD) and combines it with SB750's ACC (Advanced Clock Calibration)
feature, which aids in overclocking. The vast majority of 780G boards are paired
with SB700 to the dismay of some enthusiasts.
|
The box of the Asus M4A785TD-V EVO, an ATX 785G motherboard.
|
|
The box of the MSI 785GM-E65, a mATX 785G motherboard.
|
On paper, the two boards share almost the exact same feature set, with the
main differences being the number of expansion slots provided, a result of each
board's respective form factor.
|
|
|
Board
|
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO
|
MSI 785GM-E65
|
|
Chipset
|
AMD 785G/SB710
|
AMD 785G/SB710
|
|
Sideport Memory
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
CrossFire
|
Hybrid CrossFireX
|
Hybrid CrossFire
|
|
Memory
|
DDR3 800/1066/1333
DDR3 1600/1800 (O.C.)
|
DDR3 800/1066/1333
|
|
DIMM Slots
|
4 (16GB Max)
|
4 (16GB Max)
|
|
PCIe 2.0 x16
|
2 (16x/4x)
|
1
|
|
PCIe 1x
|
1
|
1
|
|
PCI
|
3
|
2
|
|
IDE
|
1
|
1
|
|
SATA
|
5
|
5
|
|
eSATA
|
1
|
1
|
|
RAID
|
0, 1, 10, JBOD
|
0, 1, 10, JBOD
|
|
VGA
|
VGA, DVI, HDMI
|
VGA, DVI, HDMI
|
|
Audio
|
8-channel High Definition, S/PDIF (optical)
|
8-channel High Definition, S/PDIF (optical)
|
|
LAN
|
Gigabit
|
Gigabit
|
|
FireWire
|
1 rear port, 1 internal
|
1 rear port, 1 internal
|
|
USB
|
6 rear ports, 6 internal
|
6 rear ports, 6 internal
|
|
Fan Headers
|
3
|
2
|
|
Form Factor
|
ATX
|
mATX
|
| Help support this site, buy from one of our affiliate retailers! |
|
