Getting bored with my Intel Rig
Now going for budget system for HTPC usage

My personal setup :

Mobo - Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H
Proc - AMD Athlon X2 5000+ BE
Ram - Corsair VS 667Mhz 2x2GB
HD - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb 32m cache
PSU - SS Strider 400W
Cooling - Xigmatek HDT-SD964
OS - Vista Ultimate 32bit
Casing - Aopen G-326 (cyber casing)

Running CPU 3.3ghz IGP core @500mhz

Cool. Am very interested to see the results. Please also try to post some 3dmark scores of the IGP at default and oc state. If can pwn my 7300LE sure I upgrade to this chipset mobo

= = around 2k only or even lesser..

Well compared to that.......7300LE scores arnd 1500+ only in 3dmark05, so its not bad, for a home pc

With those motherboard. I tried max at 313HTT. When 314 or higher, when you power on pc, after post screen, it will ask you for bios profile.. If you want go through your OC profile then select it or esle will restore bios to default..

Actually 2k scores@3DMark06.

Yeap.. juz changed from 1500 to 2000..

780g supports hybrid crossfire right?..

yup, with HD3450 , but only on Vista platform

I know.....thats why I said 780 chipset is pretty good. 7300LE i dun think can get over 1000 points in 3dmark06

Not only can Hybrid CF with 3450

2400 & 3400 Series also can

3dmark06 Benchmark up@1st post

But now is not budget system anymore after calculate everything is around rm2k already (no LCD)

The max engine clock for the onboard VGA was 2000MHz .. So high

Max can go how much? Will it overheat? .. with a small heatsink only..

On stock voltage it is not hot
But with +3 (max on bios) it hot
i put a small 4cm on top of it.

@rlhc17 try to turn off all visual effect (such as aero,thumbnail,sidebar,etc) , it will somehow boost ur 3dmark score

Overclock it to 1Ghz speed .It might hot so put some fans to cool it down.

Try over 1GHz ... Change the stock heatsink

Here is 1ghz IGP still using stock heatsink + 4cm fan on top

memory clock and bandwidth number are quite high too

Woah the increase not quite alot but ok lar.How about 1.5Ghz? Remember to watchout Aux Temperature.

Hmm.......looks like I'll be better off getting a dedicated gc

i also use this board.. but i dunno how is da function of da hybrid crossfire.. anybody kno bout it?

You must have
1) Windows Vista
2) HD3450
3) Catalyst control center

owh.. tq.. erm..dis board igp is able 2 oc but why they don't put a heatpipe on it? i've try to oc da clock to 1000mhz and increase da memory using amd overdrive up to 1200mhz.when i touch da board heatsink,it feel so hot la....

Hybrid X-fire IGP ATI HD3200 & ATI HD3450 tested

IGP ATI HD 3200 core = 700mhz (stock 500mhz)
ATI HD 3450 = 600mhz (stock)

i think because this mobo (780g chipset) meant for HTPC

Whoa, almost double performance on SM2.0 and SM3.0

Wow... not bad le, with 2.5K 3dmark

The 3450 can OC?

aiyyo..only 2.5k with hybrid crossfire? i used ati x1650pro single card only and can reach 3k with 3dnark 06..

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Added on May 18, 2008, 10:58 amcheck this..

http://service.futuremark.com/resultAnalyz...5&resultType=14

CCC there can't
rivatuner not supported too...

it is just 3450, not 3650. plus it xfire with integrated graphic. to hit 2k wif 3450 is already hard. so to achieve 2.5k wif budget rm100 that is a bargain and my prvious 8500gt oso score below than 2.5k in single card and it cost me rm250.

why don't u try oc da igp and make hybrid x-fire?

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Added on May 18, 2008, 2:02 pmoh i see..

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Added on May 18, 2008, 2:06 pmconfusing lorr.. on da gigabyte website,they said dat dis mobo can reach +2000 but on da box,it only show 1500.. which 1 is it?

+2000 done with Quad Core Phenom

maybe it will gain da 3dmark 06 with hybrid x-fire to 3k is it?

Not really i think maybe to 2.7k.Try OC it to 1.5 first?

EDIT:

If i not wrong HD 3450 can be overclocked by using ATiTools

why u don't try to oc da gc using gigabyte Easy tune5 pro? i used it to oc my HIS gc... maybe da software also support da HD 3450..

Remember that 3450 + 3200 still low-end...it is consider good it reached 2.5k


i belive that mark was done with Phenom series cpu, since 3dmark06 loves cpu.

Slight off topic question, can you still use the hdmi port on the mobo if you use hybrid-crossfire?

which one is better? hybrid x-fire or hybrid SLI?

Hybrid SLI

Onboard 8200 + 8500GT (Hybrid SLI) = 8600GT performance

rlhc17, does the gigabyte mobo have sideport memory?

What mean sideport memory?

no sideport memory


something like additional ram to support onboard gfx instead of shared system memory

anyway this is the pic of my HTPC setup

nice case, g326 seems like a better choice for matx case.
most important is, it allows higher/bigger hsf for better oc room.
cheap somemore, rm2xx?

kinda regret on the sg03, 75mm hsf height restriction.. only allows puny/passive hsf.
greatly reduced the oc room. >_<

Sold my 1st HTPC to a custumer
build another rig using latest Amd X2 4850E (45W)

Spec : Amd Athlon x2 4850E
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
2X 2GB CVS 667mhz
Seagate 500GB 32mb
Xigmatek HDT-SD964
Silverstone Strider 400w
AOpen G326 matx casing

attached here 24/7 setting

Wow.. seems interesting..
Why there's no code name 1?

anybody using gigabyte ga-ma780g-ds3h??want to know ur oc result...

what is da different btween s2h & ds3h?

Err guys, can you push over 265 HTT?

Using S2H here, have problems going over that.

what proc u use??
mine can go above 300 easily without touching any voltage option.

i got my ta780g already.... pc build for my general work in studio

one thing funny is that there's option for sideport in the bios... but it doesn't have sideport memory.