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New AMD 780G Platform and Low Power 4850e Processor
Intel Vs AMD:
The 780G is designed to offer consumers something that simply doesn't exist from Intel. While Intel does offer an IGP platform, several actually, none of them come close to the price and performance of what the 780G offers.
When compared to the Intel G35 (X3500 graphics) which delivers onboard DX10 with shader model 4 and HDMI with HDCP you see that the performance of the G35 still falls way short of the 780G. There is no support for anything similar to a hybrid mode here which of course is the offspring of the marriage between ATI and AMD. it could well be that the market will soon start to see the results of the ATI/AMD merger and the chips start to fall in place.
Lets Compare:
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| DirectX 10 Gaming Support | Yes |
Yes |
| Discreet Onboard Graphics | Yes |
No |
| Mainstream Gaming Performance | Yes |
No |
| Hybrid Graphics | Yes |
No |
| PCI-e 2.0 | Yes |
No |
| Full HD Support | Yes |
No |
| Price | ~$180 |
~$334 |
Note: Price comparison was performed on 3/2/2008.
Intel price reflects: Asus P5E-VM HDMI motherboard/ Intel Core 2 Duo e6600
AMD price reflects: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard/ AMD 4850e
As you can see the 780G has the best performance out of the box as well as the potential to increase that performance by up to 70% through the use of their hybrid technology. Additionally the initial cost for the 780G is a lot less than a G35 combo by up to $154 cheaper. Without having an actual G35 and e6600 processor here to test we cannot quote actual energy efficiency ratings but we can tell you that Intel does not currently offer a low TDP desktop part that comes close to the performance and energy usage of the 4850e.
A look at 780G:
As you can see AMD pairs up the 780G with a Phenom processor which we will test in this review, however, we feel a much more appropriate pairing is the 4850e which runs low power and has more than adequate performance.
Motherboard Availability:
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| Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H (uATX) Biostar AG780-M2S (uATX) MSI K9A2GM v2 (uATX) MSI K9A2GM (uATX) ECS A780GM-A (ATX) Foxconn A7GM-S (uATX) Jetway SY-AM78S (ATX) Jetway PA78GT3 (uATX) Jetway UK78S (uATX)0 Shuttle ST78SG5 ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI (uATX) ASUS M3A-H Prime HDMI (ATX) ASUS M3A78-EMH HDMI (uATX) ECS A780GM-M (uATX) Uabit AN78 (uATX) J&W JWRS780M2R2(uATX) J&WJWRS780M2R3(uATX) Sapphire PI-AM2RS780G |
ASUS M3A78-CM DVI (uATX) |
The major difference between the 780G and 780V is the integrated graphics solution in each. 780G has ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics while the 780V has ATI Radeon HD 3100 graphics.
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