M3N78-EMH HDMI Motherboard (geforce 8200) for Freeview HD?

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srtgumbee

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Wannabe Geek

#23132 19-Jun-2008 13:08

Hi there,

Is anyone using the M3N78-EMH HDMI board for their HTPC?
If so, I would like to know if the intergrated geforce 8200 plays freeviewHD ok?

I understand that that AMD 780G boards or ATI graphics cards have trouble with Freeview and the recomendations are to use a discrete Nvidia geforce 8500 and above for reliable operation. It would be nice do with out a discrete graphics for dedicated HTPC ...ie it will never play games!

Cheers

SRT

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#139200 19-Jun-2008 15:43

Just checked pricespy for that model, all of them seem to be a standard 780g motherboard with ATI H3200 graphics?

srtgumbee

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Wannabe Geek

#139208 19-Jun-2008 16:01

Price spy do have them listed see here: http://www.pricespy.co.nz/pno_12692.html
From following the some of the links, they seem to be in stock too.

Vorbis

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Master Geek

#139233 19-Jun-2008 18:57

There's an xfx model 8200 board at C1, about $140-$150. I'd be interested too, but can't find any reviews of these boards yet...

andysh

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Master Geek

#139237 19-Jun-2008 19:07

I would be interested aswell, as in what mobo can play Freeview HD with integrated graphics. Be good for dedicated HTPC's as it could save space and power

Referrals:

Tesla: https://ts.la/andrew897313

Sharesies: https://sharesies.com/r/XRGS77

eXDee

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#139252 19-Jun-2008 20:48

Ah k missed that link.

Would be nice to have a board with 8400 graphics, then you'd know for sure it'd work fine.

Can't find a review with video benchmarks apart from xvid encoding, which doesnt really help.

argo

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Master Geek

#139267 19-Jun-2008 22:39

May be a one-off (2-off), but mobileh264 has had bad stability experience with his MB -

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=990188&page=49

(see bottom of page).

Also davidluke. He went for an Abit 8200 and has also posted a how-to for setting up for Blu-Ray playback here:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=990188&page=53

(again, bottom of page)

Vorbis

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Master Geek

#139283 20-Jun-2008 01:00

So, looks like the boards can handle BD at 1080P, as long as you have 2 gigs of ram or so. Unfortunately they seem to be suffering from the usual drivers/teething issues, might pay to wait a few months.

Sharesies

Trade NZ and US shares and funds with Sharesies (affiliate link).

srtgumbee

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Wannabe Geek

#139289 20-Jun-2008 07:52

Some more reviews here:

Page 6 & 7 of this article from Anandtech covers the ASUS M3N78-EMH HDMI
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3301&p=1

Short review from digit-life here:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles3/mainboard/asus-m3n78-emh-hdmi-geforce8200-p1.html

But overal, there is not much info on this motherboard/chipset considering its already in retail channels.

Page 2 of this article suggests there are some driver issues…..but it was posted in April?
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3288&p=2

For what it is worth Giga-byte also have a GF 8200 board on their website.
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2817
Its been there for over a month now....but no infomation on the web about it seems.

I would be nice if someone in NZ can confirm it works/does not work well.
I have a feeling that Vorbis is on the right track saying the drivers probably need sorting out.
I can't help think that if this board was working reliably and it was truly a great AMD 780g competitor , then the web would have more to say it about!

srtgumbee

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Wannabe Geek

#139293 20-Jun-2008 08:06

Oh........looks like Anantech might have more to say about some new drivers/BIOS for the GF 8200 on Monday (read Tues NZ time)
See here: http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=462

DS248

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#139520 21-Jun-2008 00:51

srtgumbee: Oh........looks like Anantech might have more to say about some new drivers/BIOS for the GF 8200 on Monday (read Tues NZ time)
See here: http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=462

There are also GF 8300 cards already on the NZ market (for a few extra bucks); eg. http://c1com.co.nz/shop/step1.php?number=13860

But have yet to find a real road test of the board (NZ or anywhere).

eXDee

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#139552 21-Jun-2008 11:59

Looking good on that 8300, would be nice if someone was willing to take the plunge?

Also are there any intel 775 boards with integrated graphics that are similar?

bloom

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#149256 18-Jul-2008 19:42

Hey guys,

Sorry for thread dig but can bring to light to this subject shortly.
Computer Lounge are being kind enough to lend me a heap of HTPC gear to test for Freeview HD

Will be checking Freeview HD feasibility on:
Asustek M3N78 PRO Socket AM2+ GeForce 8300
Gigabyte GA-MA78G-DS3H AM2+ HD3200

If successful will attempt with nVidia 8200 boards including the XFX MI-A78S-8209

Also will compare how the Nova T 500 HD compares to the HVR-2200 as I've heard the HVR2200 changes channel faster which would be nice

Will post up here end next week hopefully :)