A picture of the very first ATI/AMD 785G boards
have been taken and it's of the Gigabyte GA-MA785GPM-UDH2 motherboard!! With the AMD 785 chipset and ATI RADEON HD 4200 graphics this motherboard is AMD's Mainstream Desktop solution for Microsoft Windows 7.
- GA-MA785GPM-UDH2
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The Gigabyte GA-MA785GPM-UDH2 motherboard uses the AMD 785G for the north bridge and the new 710 south bridge for the chipsets. This particular board is DDR2 based and has the socket AM2+ on it. The main step forward is integrated DX10.1 instead of 10.0, and that justifies an upgrade in the naming from HD3xxx to HD4200. The GA-MA785GPM-UDH2 also supports 128M of DDR3/1333 thanks to sideport memory technology, and the board should be more than capable of the most demanding desktop tasks and casual gaming thrown at it (also think HTPC here).
If you look at the silk screening on the motherboard you can also see that it supports four channels of DDR2 memory with BIOS support for up to 1200MHz support, the now famous Ultra-Durable 3 design that enthusiasts love for durability, the 2oz copper PCB layers, a single x16 PCI Express slot, and dual BIOS support. Not bad for a micro-ATX form factor!! Now if we just knew what pricing was on this little bad boy.
