From the perspective of a gamer that is used to playing games with all of the settings on maximum and with high resolution, the 785GM-E65 is a bit of a disappointment, being that performance in games is not fully playable with high settings enabled. This motherboard is not targeted for the hardcore enthusiast who would likely have a bleeding-edge video card anyway so that's not a big issue. The casual gamer wanting to play games with all of the visual fidelity and features of the discrete card will love the integrated graphics as the HD 4200 has support for Shader Model 4.1 and fully supports DX 10.1.
The HTPC user will love this motherboard as the board has an HDMI connection for video, which most HDTVs use as a connection these days. The ability to play Blu-Ray discs without an external video card is a definite plus. AMD is catering towards the OEM wanting the complete computer with this motherboard chipset just drop in a CPU, memory, your HDD(s) and you are ready to go. MSI has a definite winner here in that the board overclocks to over 15% with ease on air cooling alone. The Easy Overclock switch works just as advertised, and is a simple way for the beginner to try their luck at overclocking. A whole slew of 785G motherboards are being announced in the next few days and this motherboard is a good example, one that should show even more promise as the drivers mature.
