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| Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H Spec Sheet |
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| Part Number | GA-MA69GM-S2H |
| Manufacturer | Gigabyte |
| Price Check | Find Best Price |
| Downloads | BIOS
Drivers
Manuals |
| Chipset | AMD 690 |
| North Bridge | AMD 690G |
| Socket | Socket AM2 (940) |
| Processor Types | Athlon 64X2, Athlon 64FX, Athlon 64, Sempron |
| Number of CPUs | 1 |
| Front Side Bus | 2000/1600 MT/s |
| Memory Type | DDR2 |
| Memory Channels | Dual |
| Maximum Memory | 8GB |
| External Graphics | PCI Express x16 |
| IGP | ATI Radeon 1200 |
| South Bridge | ATI SB600 |
| Audio | 8-channel |
| IDE | 133/100/66/33 |
| SCSI | None |
| SATA | 3.0 GB/s |
| RAID | 0, 1 |
| LAN | 10/100 |
| Firewire | None |
| USB | USB 2.0 |
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CPU Interface
- AMD Sempron(tm), AMD Athlon(tm) 64, Athlon(tm) 64 FX, Athlon(tm) 64 FX X2
- 1GHz HyperTransport inteface speeds
PCI Express Interface
- Compliant with the PCI Express 1.1a Specifications
- 1x16 graphics interface
- Up to 4x1 PCI Express general purpose links
2D Acceleration Features
- Highly optimized 128-bit engine, capable or processing multiple pixels per clock
- Supports a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 @ 32bpp
- Game acceleration including support for Microsoft's DirectDraw
3D Acceleration Features
- Full DirectX 9.0 support
- 3D Texture support, including projective 3D textures
- Anti-aliasing using multi-sampling algorithm with support for 2,4, and 6 samples
- New generation rendering engine provides top 3D performance
- Support for OpenGL format for Indirect Vertices in Vertex Walker
Motion Video Acceleration Features
- Enhanced MPEG-2 hardware decode acceleration
- MPEG-4 decode support
- Hardware acceleration for WMV9 playback
- Supports top quality DVD and time-shifted SDTV/HDTV television playback with low CPU usage
TV Out
- Integrated TV encoder from Xilleon products with integrated Avivo(tm)
- Supports Macrovision 7.1 copy protection standard (required by DVD players)
- Supports the formats of component, composite and S-video outputs
Multiple Display Features
- Dual independent displays including two digital outputs
- Resolution, refresh rates, and display data can be completely independent for the two display paths
- Supports both interlaced and non-interlaced displays
- Integrated HD Audio controller for HDMI audio data
DVI/HDMI
- Supports a TMDS interface, enabling DVI or HDMI 1.2 <1650 Mbps/channel with 165 MHz pixel clock rate per link
- HDCP 1.1 support on data stream with on-chip key storage
Universal Connectivity
- 10 USB 2.0 ports
- SATA Gen 2 PHY support at 3.0GHz
- 4 ports SATA AHCI controller supports NCQ and slumber modes
- ATA 133 controller support up to UDMA mode 6 with 2 drives (disk or optical)
- TPM 1.1 and 1.2 compliant
- ASF 2.0 support for manageability control
- UAA (Universal audio architecture) support for High-Definition Audio
- PCI v2.3 (up to 6 slots)
- LPC (Low Pin Count), SPI (New Flash Bus), and SM (System Management) bus management
The Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H (them and their long names) has many features that may appeal to a few various user groups; Home Theatre PC builders will like the addition of an HDMI output which enables High-Definition 1080p output to your big screen TV. Is anyone ready for a game of Command and Conquer TW at a resolution of 1920X1080?
Onboard graphic support only boasts DX9 capability, which at this point in time sadly is outdated as Vista and DX010 are ready for Prime Time, you can however add a VGA card via the motherboards single 16x PCIe slot if you want more 3D power. Serious gamers want SLI or CrossFire, so a single slot board is a mid level gaming solution at best. You can share up to 256MB of your system memory by dedicating it to the onboard graphics if you need to.
The sound environment is easy to use and navigate as seen in the pictures below. Auto-Jack-Sensing is really cool, but I like the ability to just plug the cables into whatever colored slot you want and then changing it on the fly to the parameters your speakers need. I use the Realtek environmental controls to custom tailor my audio reproduction. Everyone's aural reception is different and the ability to use the equalizer properly will enhance their audio experience.
VGA connections for the onboard video come in both the digital and analog variety as well as the HDMI output so connection to any monitor or modern day TV should not be an issue. Sporting enough USB 2.0 connections is a strong point as most devices these days are USB oriented and there is a FireWire IEEE connection as well, although that interface seems to be fading in all but the Camcorder arena. All the features are bulleted if you want to check them out, but lets move on and see how the layout of the board is.
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