Testseek.com have collected 19 expert reviews of the ECS Elitegroup GF8200A Black Edition and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for ECS Elitegroup GF8200A Black Edition.
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Decent board layout, plenty of onboard features, very attractively priced, 125-watt CPUs compatible, HD decoding.
4-pin 12V connector is placed badly.
The GF8200A Black is an excellent value board that is also perfect for use in a HTPC thanks to its long list of integrated features. ...
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Published: 2008-12-05, Author: jason , review by: legitreviews.com
ECS may have been targeting the lower end market with this board, but with its price, and the performance it offers, it becomes very attractive to anyone looking to upgrade... especially in tough economic times! ...
Performance is pretty much a dead heat when looking at CPU performance. Each board seemed to do an equally good job of utilizing my lowly AMD X2 5200+ BE. The only major difference between the two platforms in regards to processors is overclocking. Th...
On the whole, this motherboard will do for a widely expandable computer, for which ATX form-factor allows. The exception is the declocked integrated graphics core not suitable for games or video applications. This motherboard caters only for the thrif...
Abstract: The release of the AMD 780G chipset has become a remarkable event in the IT industry. The speed of its integrated graphic core has proved to be very fast, and the functionality so vast that we had to test four boards to examine the chipset from all the...
Board is attractive and well laid out, Onboard power and reset buttons, Runs cool and quiet, Phenom processor support, Plenty of connections: 12 USB 2.0, 6 SATA (including an eSATA port on rear I/O panel), Onboard DirectX 10 capable graphics, Onboard HDMI output for audio and video, NVIDIA Hybrid Power Technology and GeForce Boost Technology, Price
BIOS could be more enthusiast friendly, Dual channel mode has memory modules installed right next to each other, PCI Express x16 slot release mechanism difficult to operate, DVI connection would be prefered over the 15-pin VGA connection
The ECS GF8200A Black Series GeForce 8200 motherboard wound up surprising me. After reviewing the A780GM-A motherboard I knew that ECS was headed in the right direction with their Black Series, but that only so much can be done while trying to maintai...
For the budget-minded consumer, the ECS GF8200A is a pretty good deal. For $70 USD, the board has the features to build a good gaming PC or a HTPC with the integrated graphics with the caveat that there is no digital audio output and DVI port. The bene...
Abstract: GF8200A Black Series is an entry-level socket AM2+ motherboard with on-board video from ECS based on GeForce 8200 (MCP78M-A) chipset from nVidia. Since it features an HDMI output, this board is clearly targeted to users willing to build a media center ...
Abstract: While there are the obvious differences between the ECS GF8200A Black and ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI, both motherboards have many similar traits and had performed about the same under Linux. NVIDIAs GeForce 8200 (MCP78S) Chipset backs the GF8200A Black...
I have to admit that I seem to grow a soft spot for mainboards like tested today. Face it, for the money you get a very decent set of options and features, the performance is quite interesting as well. It wins and loses a little opposed to the 780G ma...
