Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H

INTRODUCTION

Our previous review with the MSI 785G-E65 has shown that the AMD 785G may just be the best budget chipset with integrated graphics. It has proven to be a very nice option for those who wish to setup and HTPC or a budget system.

As we eluded in the review, we will be comparing board with and without the SidePort memory to see the performance difference from the SidePort. Today, we shall reveal our findings as we compare the MSI board (with 128MB SidePort) with the Gigabyte MA785GMT-UD2H (without SidePort).

We had previously reviewed the GIGABYTE GA-MA785G-UD3H from Gigabyte. This board is also built with AMD 785G but it is a full ATX board with DDR2 suport. The board we are going to take a look at today is the MA785GMT-UD2H which is a micro ATX board with DDR3 memory support. Although AM3 processor will work in either DDR2 or DDR3 motherboard, we prefer the DDR3 version given to the chance. DDR3 yields slightly better memory performance due to its faster clockspeed. Also, DDR3 based boards would be suited better for future upgrades.