The onboard graphics capability with integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 sets this motherboard apart. But it could not perform well in our 3D Mark 06 test with a score of just 734. So, playing high end games on this board might be an issue. Another noticeable aspect of ECS G$IT is its 8 GB DDR2 RAM support, This motherboard comes with Intel's LGA 77 5 socket for latest Intel Core 2 QuadCore 2 Duo. Pentium Dual Core and Celeron processors. Plus ECS G4IT also supports FSB 1333/1066 MHz. Other fea tures worth mentioning in this motherboard include six channel audio certification dows Vista.

We tested this device with Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz processor with 2 GB DDR 2 RAM. We used Hitachi 500 GB SATA HDD (7200 rpm) and 600 MHz SMPS from Zebronics with Windows XP. The motherboard scored 887 in CineBench RIO which is low. The memory latency of this motherboard was lIOns with overall performance score computed with PC Mark 05 was average with 4740.

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