#970 - Abit AN78GS Socket AM2/AM2+ Motherboard Video Review

[DHAR101]

Ok.. i have a 939 motherboard socket right, but i tried installing the am2 6000+ processor on it but its not fitting into the socket whats socket is am2:S?

[Sn0okkz]

@DHAR101 am2 socket does fit in 939 socket

[robertkrosl]

Could u plz pzl plz help me???I have a motherboard wich has socket am2 and in the list of compatible cpu s online there are also cpus that are like amd phenom x3 which are am2+ socket will that be compatible then can i put it in my mobo?BTW i have asus m2n-sli deluxe.Plz reply thanks.

[ron6010]

hey when installing a new motherboard and cpu processor do u need to reboot windows again or is it just plug and play??

[Hellsingseye]

WTF!!! This guy is just paid to dish out so called ""KIK ASS" ""rattings'' DEF 'a. A despicable person, especially one who betrays or informs upon associates.

b. A scab laborer.

3. A pad of material, typically hair, worn as part of a woman's coiffure to puff out her own hair.''

and he's a fraudulent, lying witness.

[nikkolei]

i have nforce 405 geforce 6100

AM2 Socket

PCI-e

PCI-e2 compatible

[saif03paul]

how do you check what motherboard do you have like agp, pci, or pci express???

[kidowner]

well on the install guide there should be the specs of he motherboard.. etc

[kidowner]

the manual you get with the motherboard

[chrisgardeners]

holy balls thank you for your reviews you handsome man!!!

[mantol425]

I have an abit AN52S Motherboard... Ultra DMA 133 IDE Connector

4 Ports SATA 3 GB/S with RAID

PCI-E x 16 Graphics

Additional Expansion 2 xPCI-E x1, 3 x PCI Slots

On-Board HD 7.1CH Audio

COM Port

DDR2 800 Dual-Channel un-buffered ECC/non-ECC modules.4 X 240 pin DIMM Sockets support a maximum of 8GB memory capacity

[mantol425]

Can I play extreme games like CRYSIS Warhead , or Gran Theft Auto 4... or

[colinstu]

JBOD = Jay-bod

[c3r3alkillax]

i have this board but im having truble with the ram slots i put 4 ddr2 1 gig sticks in and got nothing but when i put 2 1 gig sticks i get video on the screen can u help ???..

[lonelysolderboy]

i have similar problem.. i using win vista, i put 4 stick of ddr2 1 gig, it only read 2.75 gig. Why? i fell i want to throw away this board.

[xmadole]

32 bit only recognises up to 3 gig of memory...

[TheMrMeff]

@xmadole it recognises 3.3 gigs of memory

[halladere]

DVI AAAANNNDDD HDMI??? WOW Nice

[GTAfreAk112]

does am2 always fits am2+ motherboards?

[hsttom]

floppy outlives ps2

[5irRatchet]

Onboard video? W00t! well since this mobo has this feature, now u won't need to waste cash on more expensive video cards if that's what u want!

and it looks like ps/2 ports will no longer live. usb takes over.

[Butt3redBr3d]

dont be fooled m8, i have the ECS P4M900T-M which has 256Mb onboard video. however the performance of this onboard "graphics card" is so pathetic it could not even display the entire screen if i ran BF2142, so i had bits of writing missing, parts of the picture missing etc, who knows maybe times have changed ^^

[GenTristan]

Lol, onboard stuff sux..

[btak49]

Not to mention Butt3redBr3d is running an ECS board. Man down!

[5irRatchet]

lol, oh shit!

[SacreDro]

Will this Nvidia chipset outperform the Amd 770,780G or 790FX chipsets?

[darksidelead]

hmm its good but for HTPC's it would make more sense for it to be matx, is there a matx version?

[ambayah]

Awesome review.

[Jezez]

Awesome review Rodney!

[l2da6]

This is a great board. Plenty of passive cooling for chipsets and mosfets which usually are only on high end boards. Slap a AMD Athlon 5000+ BE OC @ 3 GHZ and a ATI 4870 PCI 2.0 X16 and your done. Gaming PC for little amount of cash.

[WackoX]

This Abit bois is still the same as the old 98' motherboards

[Lvaneede]

onboard DVI? you dont see that very much

[overclockerfx]

yea and did ya see the 3DMark score with only onboard... 2019 3DMarks that beats some entry level external GPU's. I Bet you could even play some newer games a little bit scaled down on that.

[Lvaneede]

Thats very good for onboard graphics

[RenegadeFury]

I like the improved reviews, you went more in depth etc. Good work.

[GelenorWoW]

blue + black = a epic beautiful board :D

[meatloaf666999]

I kinda liked the older opening music better just kinda got used to it

[Lvaneede]

same with me

[oliverybarra]

This has got to be the cleanest board that I have ever seen... It is not cluttered with extra crap on the board that you just don't need... Very Nice!!!

[DeadHand1992]

with a good GPU would this be good for a LAN box setup?

[BrianJensen]

ew SiS, yuk.

[Rowdyeh]

Might be ok for an entertainment system (inbuilt HDMI) but I wouldn't use it for anything else, AM2+ just doesn't make the grade as a standalone PC. Give me Intel every time, no apologies!

[LETHLSS]

pretty board!

[JDRyder15]

it "looks" really nice, i may req this to people that dont game.

[shubhamranjan]

that was a kickass review

[shubhamranjan]

780g is full of joke and AMD phemon x4 and ATI 4870/4850

-proof

AMD CEO got kicked out

LMAO fianlly i knew it was going to happen when the intel core 2 quad came out and became a 100% sure when the nvidia 9000 series came out.

hold ur buts intel X58 and G45 and also the Nvidia 350 GTX

2 GB of GDDR5 baby

[69Macdaddy]

PHAIL

[shubhamranjan]

wtf no really

[weeksy79]

just a kickass rating :O wat happpened to the kickass products? WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO!!!! =]

[AMDphenom9600]

Very Good review, I'm not too sure whether i'd want to upgrade my'n for that though :S primarilly because of I'm using a phenom CPU... which aint the fastest... :S - but if they sort out the phenom range then I will definately look into buying one of these boards!!

Off topic:

I love the new music

[PCG520]

BIOS pronounced incorrect. D:

[arranmc182]

this mother board would be grate for a media center computer

[FriskXl]

Your saying BIOS wrong again!

[yngvaa94]

kk, Raid 0 question. if i have got it right raid 0 makes your pc think 2 hdd is 1. If 1 is Damaged will the other one be? (hardware damage)

[superdoridori]

No but you will lose all data if 1 HDD fails

[j3llyf1sh]

the second hard wont be damaged but all data would be lost.

[sergi5122]

whats the coaxial thingy for? i saw it on couple mobos but cant figure out what its for.

[servac7]

digital audio

[superdoridori]

Digital audio Out

[aznlilhero]

What's a motherboard for? I know it's the most important part of a computer, but what is it's main process? By the way, that motherboard sound seem hella nice!

[superdoridori]

Connects all hardware together and allows them to function acordingly

[aznlilhero]

ooh thanks

[Sha1dov]

looks good! Like the new stuff!

[rosh729]

Hey, just noticed you changed the intro music. I like it!

Nice videos, please keep them coming.

[RickArter]

Great video like the placement of front panel stuff.

[Max9507]

I'm a big Abit fan & this MB is very nice indeed, however it should of been built with 100% solid core capacitors for maximum durability. Come on Abit if you want to survive your products need to stand out from the crowd!

[MaCH1ne01]

cool music =)

[Larrsa]

nice motherboard =)

[omgitspractice]

KICK ASS RAITING?! it should be kissass product!

[xbradx11]

He's just spicing things up a bit.

[OfekS123]

yes. haha rodny what happand? :D

[dreadhead091]

NEW MUSIC!!!!!!

[r1m1m]

nice mobo

[mulogo]

Shut up Mother fucker

[mulogo]

wow nice motherboard, im staring to like AMD now

[rtsjoe]

The new music is so gangster.

[SimonLANO]

lol

[njaffar]

Hey rodney, can I use the onboard HDMI port if I use Hybrid SLI?

[phuKKah]

I never thought of that 0_0

[vasilipao]

just saw this on the shop

[saudikid]

i wanna see more nforce mobo. for am2

[Ielectrifyi]

Nice review

[yohninc]

nice review!! keep it up

[RC18MT]

Nice. It's a decent Mobo.