Similar to Gigabyte MA785GPMT-UD2H, this motherboard supports the next
generation AMD AM3 CPU and unlike MA785GPMT, this board supports dual channel
DDR2 1200 memory. But you'll get DDR2 1200+ with the combination of AM2+
processor only. So you should check out the memory support list first, incase
you are looking for higher frequency memory. This is because DDR2 1066 above
speed is only supported by 1 dimm/channel. This motherboard also has dual
hardware BIOS, and integrated ATI Radeon HD2400 graphics card, supporting direct
10.1. Also, it supports Blue-ray playback and has integrated HDMI/DVI interface
for full HD.
The overall performance was good. For benchmarking, we used the same
configuration as that for Gigabyte A785GPMT-UD2H. We ran the tests under default
settings. In 3DMark, the score ticked to 1885 which was much lower than Gigabyte
MA785GPMT, but better than ECS A780 GM-A Ultra Motherboard. The motherboard
scored 6967 in PCMarks which is good as compared to its own sibling, but
slightly lower than ECS A780. In POVRay and Cinebench, the performance was
almost similar in comparison to Gigabyte MA785GPMT. In UT3, the frame rates were
approximately same.
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Bottomline: Overall, this motherboard performed well and considering
the price and features, you can buy it.