Asus M3A78-T Motherboard Review ~ HD 3300 IGP Overclock Fun

Motherboards/AMD AM2+ by massman @ 2009-05-06

Today, we have a look at the Asus AM2+ motherboard, the M3A78-T, which is one of the higher-end motherboards from their AM2+ series. It comes with HD3300 onboard GPU which we overclocked to the limit… and beyond, running Crysis at 1280x1024 at 30fps!

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Pictures of bios

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Usual bios options

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The bios is actually quite elaborate with more settings and options available than on most motherboards. The Asus EZ Flash utility, built into the bios, actually comes very much in handy when updating the bios. It feels a lot safer than renewing the bios version in Windows.

Overclocking options

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A lot of variables to play with when overclocking and tuning the motherboard for the best possible performance. Although all the necessary equipment is there to maximize your configuration, it seems that the voltages offered to the user are rather conservative, which you'll notice in the table underneath.

Bios: overclocking variables

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