Gigabyte EG45M-DS2H

[Rob Williams]

On the test bench today, we have Gigabyte's latest Micro ATX offering, the Intel G45-based EG45M-DS2H. This board carries the typical Gigabyte enthusiast charm, but also caters towards those looking to build a media center. But how does it stack up against the other Intel mATX boards we've tested recently?

You can read Rory's exhaustive review here and discuss it here!

 

[Rory Buszka]

Exhaustive, and exhaust-ing.

 

[Unregistered]

forgot one thing ...

This is a nice review, with one little flaw:
the GMA X4500HD HD-acceleration won't work under Windows XP.
...just in case somebody (like me) wanted to use this OS...:-(

 

[Kougar]

This is a nice review, with one little flaw:
the GMA X4500HD HD-acceleration won't work under Windows XP.
...just in case somebody (like me) wanted to use this OS...:-(

Movie acceleration should work just fine... did you download the latest XP driver for the X4500HD located here? http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17576&ProdId=2996&lang=eng