Best 785G motherboard!

DeDeRa · Post by **DeDeRa** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:16 pm

My question is very simple and short.

Which is the best 785G motherboard?
I was thinking about Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-UD2H, but is there any other board faster and better than this? I want to use its IGP and i want to see my HD movies in nice quality. Maybe also some games, with no pretentions.

Thank you. Good luck. Cheers!

incorrect · Post by **incorrect** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:17 pm

well if that's all you're after, then i dare say any 785g board would be fine

i'm leaning towards the gigabyte ga-ma785gmt-ud2h myself, but my needs may be different.

DeDeRa · Post by **DeDeRa** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 12:51 am

I saw is some reviews that the IGP performance differs between motherboards. I want to find the best IGP!

incorrect · Post by **incorrect** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:32 am

you'll get the best igp performance from a board having 'sideport memory', preferably ddr3. if a board has that, the only difference to another board will be igp clock speed, which most of these boards will let you change anyway. at any rate the difference is not that great.

all of these 785g boards will be outclassed by a *very* cheap current-gen video card.

DeDeRa · Post by **DeDeRa** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:41 am

One more little question. Which GPU should i choose to make a hibrid crossfire on 785g?

hybrid2d4x4 · Post by **hybrid2d4x4** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:27 am

DeDeRa wrote:One more little question. Which GPU should i choose to make a hibrid crossfire on 785g?

AFAIK, only the 34x0 cards will work, but to really answer your question- you shouldn't choose any card for hybrid crossfire because unless your goal is to run simple/older games at slightly higher settings than with just the IGP, the benefit is almost negligible. (Or unless you need to run dual DVI monitors)

As 'incorrect' mentioned above, every on-board graphics solution is outclassed by an order of magnitude by a low-end modern card such as the 4650, which you can passively cool.

DeDeRa · Post by **DeDeRa** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:19 am

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?M ... 85GXH/128M

Is this motherboard any good? I found it at a very low price and i'm thinking that i should buy it. Is it a good motherboard?

loimlo · Post by **loimlo** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:28 am

Though I never use Asrock 785G board before, A780GM-LE/128M gave me a pretty decent experience given its price, features, and performance. That said, I would still get ATi 4670 for better performance regardless.

jhhoffma · Post by **jhhoffma** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:20 am

You won't have any problems with HD material, given the right codecs, with any 785G board. The board you mentioned originally was a 780G not 785G.

If you don't have the right codecs, your CPU will be doing all the work, which any recent CPU won't have a problem with.

For games, don't plan on doing much with them. The GPU is better than most IGPs, but for most games that you'd want to see at 1080p, it's not going to be enough horsepower.

HammerSandwich · Post by **HammerSandwich** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 4:10 pm

I can't tell you what's best, since I've not tried all of the 785G boards. But I'm pretty happy with my new Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H (and the earlier 780G version). One significant drawback for SPCRers: the fan-control options stink.

BillyBuerger · Post by **BillyBuerger** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 5:33 pm

I have the GIGABYTE GA-MA785GMT-UD2H and it's great for me. It doesn't have the sideport memory though. But I jumped on the 785's the minute they came out. The GIGABYTE GA-MA785GPMT-UD2H came out a couple days later with sideport. Oh well, I'm using a Sapphire HD4670 Ultimate fanles GPU anyways so it doesn't matter. The biggest thing I like about this board is that the hardware voltage control is relative. Set the CPU to -0.2V and instead of 1.0-1.35V I get 0.8-1.15V and don't have to mess around with any software tools. Downside, like most Gigabyte boards I've seen, it runs the memory 0.1V above normal. My 780G board runs it's DDR2 at 1.9V instead of 1.8V and this 785G runs it's DDR3 at 1.6V instead of 1.5V. Or at least that's what's reported by the board. Maybe it just reads high for some reason?

HammerSandwich wrote:I can't tell you what's best, since I've not tried all of the 785G boards. But I'm pretty happy with my new Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H (and the earlier 780G version). One significant drawback for SPCRers: the fan-control options stink.

The fan control isn't adjustable at the BIOS level and I don't think it works with SpeedFan, but the EasyTune 6 software seems to do a good job with the CPU fan and has decent controls for it. And ET6 is way better than the ET5 crap on my 780G board. That thing is ugly.

Greg F. · Post by **Greg F.** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:53 pm

Here is a comparison test of some 785G boards. Make of it what you will.
http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardw ... up/16.html

HammerSandwich · Post by **HammerSandwich** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:51 am

BillyBuerger wrote:The fan control isn't adjustable at the BIOS level and I don't think it works with SpeedFan...

It does now! The new 785G review holds the secret:

SPCR wrote:SpeedFan can fully control both the CPU_FAN header and SYS_FAN headers using either 3-pin or 4-pin PWM fans. To enable fan control, select the "IT8718F" chip in the Advanced tab of the Configuration menu and set all the PWM modes to "Software Controlled." Doing so will unlock the Speed01 and Speed02 controls.