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ECS A780GM-A Motherboard Review - AMD 780G Chipset

Manufacturer: Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS)
Product: ECA A780GM-A Version 1.0 Motherboard
Date: Fri, Apr 11, 2008 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Nathan Kirsch -
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The ECS A780GM-A Motherboard

ECS A780GM-A motherboard top

The ECS A780GM-A 'Black Series' motherboard is the first motherboard by the designers at ECS that uses the recently released AMD 780G and SB700 chipsets. Unlike the micro-ATX boards that we have looked at in the past, this is a full size ATX board. The A780GM-A has the usual laundry list that any 780G board should have with support for Hybrid Graphics, UVD 2.0, DirectX 10, PCI Express 2.0, HDMI/HDCP, Phenom support, HT 5200 MT/s with Hyper Transport 3.0 technology links and four memory slots that can handle DDR2 1066MHz memory kits. The board is impressive, but since we have already covered the AMD 780G chipset in another article, we will move on and take a look at this new board by ECS.

The Specifications:

ECS A780GM-A motherboard top

Let's take a look at the ECS A780GM-A motherboard layout.

Next Page - The Board Layout


Review Index
Page 1 - The ECS A780GM-A Motherboard
Page 2 - The Board Layout
Page 3 - The BIOS
Page 4 - The Retail Box and Bundle
Page 5 - The Test System
Page 6 - Sandra XII SP1 Memory Bandwidth
Page 7 - Cinebench R10 and Pov-Ray 3.7
Page 8 - Crysis, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. & World in Conflict
Page 9 - Hard Drive and Audio Performance
Page 10 - Power Consumption
Page 11 - IGP Overclocking
Page 12 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions