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Overall we can see why Nvidia didn't have a huge launch for the GeForce 8200 chipset as faced with competition from the 780G the AMD chipset at least in regards to graphics performance looks much better. In their Southbridge they are fairly even as AMD released at last their SB700 chipset though Nvidia does come out on top here with the GeForce 8200. We also note a few lack of overclocking features in Asus' BIOS which usually they are excellent at providing and also performers overall. We'd lay this more though on the GeForce 8200 and likely more resources were spent towards AMD's integrated chipset. That said the 780G and GeForce 8200 are a little old now and GeForce 8300 products are now about to hit the market and AMD's new 790GX both on the horizon we'll take another look at those with our newer integrated graphics tests and also take a close look at H.264 decoding abilities of both chipsets. If you're looking though for a HTPC or IGP motherboard the GeForce 8200 definitely isn't bad it's just facing some steep competition from the 780G.

http://www.amdzone.com/index.php/rev...m3n78-emh-hdmi

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