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AMD 785G Motherboard Roundup
[Abstract]
A Minor Update AMD's 780G chipset was perhaps one of the first signs that the company was finally getting its act together after taking over graphics chipmaker ATI. The integrated graphics solu...
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Temperature
Despite having one of the smallest heatsink among the motherboards here, the ASUS EVO had the lowest temperature measured. This was followed by the ECS, which somewhat justifies its dual heatsink combination. Both the Gigabyte boards were running warmer than the rest, with the newer 785G version faring worse. And finally, we have always known the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 to run hot and the Zotac proves that point.
Power Consumption
Comparing the AMD 785G motherboards in power consumption, they all had very similar power draws for idle and peak so while different vendors may boast of various energy saving technologies, the fact is this chipset is not exactly a power guzzler and even with these features enabled, it's not likely to make much difference. Like its warmer temperatures, the Zotac 8300 suffered here with the highest power consumption. Oddly, the older 780G motherboard has a lower overall power draw than all of the other boards in this comparison.
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