Jetway M2A692-GDG

Jetway M2A692-GDG

Sudeep Naik, Nov 12, 2007 1334 hrs IST

This one's arguably the cheapest 690G motherboard available in the market. Let's see where it stands in terms of performance

Feature rich, Capability to support 10 USB ports, 4 SATA II ports, HDMI, 8 channel sound, Decent onboard display, Stable board, Good VFM.

Average performance, Minor glitches with onboard graphics drivers.

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We've already seen the performance of a couple of motherboards built around the AMD 690G chipset. Now let's see which one gives a better value-for-money package.

Today, we review the Jetway M2A692-GDG -- arguably the cheapest 690G motherboard available in the market. Let's see how it compares to its higher priced contemporaries.

Chipset

The motherboard we have is based on the AM2 platform and features the 690 chipset. This chipset series consists of 2 primary variants -- the 690G and the 690V. The difference between the two is that the 690G supports on-board DVI and HDMI interfaces, while the 690V does not. The big difference is the integrated graphics core, with the 690G including the higher-end ATI Radeon X1250 and the 690V using the Radeon X1200.

The Jetway M2A692-GDG features the RS690 Northbridge and SB600 Southbridge, also supports the full range of Socket AM2 processors including the Athlon 64 FX/X2, Athlon 64, and Sempron. Its basic features include a 1GHz HyperTransport link, a unified memory architecture, PCI Express x16 graphics and x1 peripheral support, support for memory speeds up to DDR/800, up to 10 USB 2.0 sports, and Serial ATA.



Although specifications like these are pretty common nowadays, the USP of the 690G is its integrated graphics module. The AMD 690G's ATI Radeon X1250 is the higher-end chipset, with the best mix of features and performance. It supports 2D acceleration, OpenGL and DirectX 9.0 support; MPEG-2/4 and WMV9 decode acceleration, and TV-out, along with dual-display support and DVI/HDMI output to the mix. As it turns out, this onboard graphics module is also certified to run the Windows Vista Aero interface.

Talking more about the X1250, it's a scaled down version of the Radeon X700. Though they have the same architecture, the X1250 is clocked a little lower and has half the number of shaders as compared to the X700.

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Hi, I have a Biostar TF 7050 - M2 and my problem is that i buy 2 modules Supertalent of 2Gb each one. In the web page of Biostar they said that the mother support 8Gb of memory but in the manual that come with the mother it said that support a maximum of 4Gb. One for each slot. If someone can help please!!!!!!!! If someone test these mother with modules of 2Gb.

by Hern?, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Apr 14, 2008 10:17 PM, Report abuse   Reply

lol! there is no firewire in this board either....

by carlow, Baguio city philippines, on Dec 17, 2007 11:34 PM, Report abuse   Reply

No eSata and Firewire. How about Biostar TA690G AM2 and TF 7050 M2 and Gigabyte GA-Ma69GM-S2H ?

by Arun, Bangalore, on Nov 13, 2007 11:44 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Hi Arun, Biostar is ultra nice board manufacturer..never had complaints with their products...previous sold by Priya International..very stable and lots of overclocking (advanced overclocking program in BIOS), installed one with 4800+ X2 and it's singing..Do buy memory module pairs of any single brand with max memory 4gb on this board, 4dimms dual channel nvidia! Good for XP32 and 64-bit both. Vista ready too. Somehow Abacus guys are not very aggressive in selling these in channels. The boards are so good that they are sold before they reach retails...waiting for their Pentium-nvidia boards..containers must have reached the ports by now...:) This is off topic but sellers please note... Viewsonic has screwed-up their reputation by selling damn faulty 17" and 19" LCDs in recent past...worst thing expect repair replacements in 3months. RT Outsourcing guys hook up the phone lines....

by asimpleson, Mumbai, on Nov 16, 2007 12:31 AM, Report abuse

good choice for a person who wants a low cost board or for htpc. That is one thing I love about AMD-overclocking or not, they make sure there are great boards on great prices

by Roshan sorcerer, mumbai, on Nov 15, 2007 06:50 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Just wait till X-mas and you will get to see AM2+ MBs on the shelves. They wont be way costly either and will support AM2 processors also... Worth the wait.

by Chandra, Chennai, on Nov 14, 2007 04:44 PM, Report abuse   Reply

There's no HDMI on this board

by Sourabh, Mumbai, on Nov 12, 2007 07:53 PM, Report abuse   Reply

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