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If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your tooth - Persian proverb
Reviewers set upon 785G
THE 785G CHIPSET has now seen the light of day on several hardware sites. The not-so-well-kept secret improves slightly over the original 780G, but the overall feeling is that it could be something better. It *is* aimed at very cheap motherboards with integrated graphics while still allowing – in most cases – the expansion to crossfire set-ups.
It seems AMD was aiming at just the “right” amount of GPU horsepower for integrated machines. It’s all about pricing. We’ve compiled a list of reviews and analysis’ for you to peruse:
OC Workbench (Gigabyte, Asrock)
Meanwhile, it's business as usual in wibble-land, so here's our usual broadcast of reviews and tweakery:
German site Hardware Overclock gets jiggy with a Zotac single PCB GeForce GTX 295. The mother of all NV graphics cards – tempting as it may be – does come in at a very high cost, but you can’t argue the results.
A Sapphire Radeon HD 4730 graphics card is tested at Ultimate Hardware. Lots of value in this sub-$100 card that can still be crossfired into something more powerful.
LAN OC tests a Lian Li Lancool K58 PC case. This steel-built mid-tower provides tool-less setup and good airflow yet fails when it comes down to some plastic bits and pieces that should work easily.
Madshrimps (gotta love the new logo) has done good with some Corsair Hydro Series H50 liquid cooling system on their test bed. It has really inverted their opinion on pre-assembled liquid cooling.
Xbit Labs has done a roundup of 2.5-inch half-terabyte hard-drives. The usual suspects are involved, but Seagate seems to be making up for lost time in the 2.5-inch arena. The Japanese kit is targeted at lower-power performance.
Driver Heaven tests yet another gaming machine. This time it’s a Dell XPS 630i in its the US incarnation( although there are also UK specs) which impressed DH thoroughly.
Powerline technology has failed, year on year, to make an impression. Oddly, companies still put out tech that’s *supposed* to work, like the Belkin Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit.
Legit Reviews has a nice little tutorial where Shane teaches us to install Windows 7 from a USB Flash Drive. Better than running around with scratch-vulnerable DVDs and such.
IT Reviews tests the Samsung N310 mini-notebook (aka netbook). This is no roadrunner and, oddly, battery life seems sub-par, which is unusual in Samsung netbooks.
Hardware Secrets has a Enermax Staray PC case in the lab. Another mesh-grill in the front for massive airflow, but you’ll have to spring more money for extra fans if you want to get something going. Very cheap, it seems. µ
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Maybe I'm going blind but nowhere in the 4730 review did I see stated the screen resolution for the games tested.
After successful day of testing 785G looked good, then on second day, audio was tested, seemingly simple step. NO.
785G audio tested incapable of anything above 5.1 surrond. although it play S/PDIF out O.K., NOT capable of Higher formats, AT ALL. So Once Again, specs Don't Match Actual Performance.BUMMER.
vondrashek
Well, the review of the "Radeon HD 4730" looks like a 4770 really, I thought the 4730 would have a lower clock, and g/ddr2/3 not gddr5. The specs given by the site suggest it's actually a 4770. Editor@TheInq, mind checking the quality of the site before giving it a link? That review was well and truly sub par.
If you get one of the decent models, it's pretty much the ultimate in plug and play. It Just Works. No dropouts. No conflicts with other networks. Just one LAN cable in one adaptor and one in the other. Fantastic!
Having said that the reviewed kit does seem to be pretty shit.