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Monday, February 16, 2009
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ECS brings us yet another Black Edition board, the GF8200. This time a Hybrid function board for the AMD AM2+ socket CPU's. The board comes with a DirectX 10 capable integrated graphics processor with 512mb of shared memory and HDMI output.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
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So, rather than skimp on features, ECS has been providing their latest Black Series affordable motherboards with many of those seen on more expensive solutions. A while back, we had the pleasure of checking out the AM2+ supporting A780GM-A Motherboard with the AMD 790 Chipset. While it encountered a few glitches with random memory kits, it wasn't all bad results. Stability wasn't an issue and there were decent integrated features. Today, the ECS GF8200A Motherboard featuring the Nvidia Geforce 8200 and MCP78S Chipset, has finished the usual rounds of pummeling and testing to see if it's a better solution than the last.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
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The idea of building an inexpensive PC on a full-size integrated motherboard with a digital monitor output is getting increasingly popular. ECS is well aware of requirements of budget PC buyers. At least, judging by the abundance of motherboards with this very market positioning. Let's see what the company has to offer this time.
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Monday, July 21, 2008
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For the budget-minded consumer, the ECS GF8200A is a pretty good deal. For $70 USD, the board has the features to build a good gaming PC or a HTPC with the integrated graphics with the caveat that there is no digital audio output and DVI port. The benefit of having DirectX 10 integrated graphics include: PureVideo HD playback of Blu-Ray discs and the ability to use the Aero UI in Windows Vista. GeForce Boost is an interesting concept but with it working only on the 8400/8500 cards is limited in usefulness to most people as they might be better served buying a 9600GT and using the integrated graphics in an emergency. Hybrid SLI shows performance increases in most of the tests but in others it shows the same performance as the 8500GT by itself.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
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The BIOS might not offer the most exhaustive set of tweaking options, but you do get more than you might expect. Couple the overclocking potential with onboard reset and power buttons, as well as other desirable features for desktop and HTPC usage, and the GF8200A definitely has an appeal that can cover a wide array of users.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
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GF8200A Black Series is an entry-level socket AM2+ motherboard with on-board video from ECS based on GeForce 8200 (MCP78M-A) chipset from nVidia. Since it features an HDMI output, this board is clearly targeted to users willing to build a media center PC based on an AMD CPU like Athlon X2. In this review we will compare the performance of GeForce 8200 to its main competitor, AMD 780G. Check it out.
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