"I must say, I was quite amazed by the performance of the Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H motherboard. I mean, I know it is a mini board and not meant for hardcore applications and gaming, but it did very well for itself. In the majority of the tests, the Gigabyte 8200 board came close or the same as even the 780a full featured motherboards, but costs less than a third of some of them. This makes the GA-M78SM-S2H a great choice for a Home Theater PC or mid-end workstation, especially with the Integrated Graphics that support the Lumenex graphics engine and PureVideo Technology. It also supports DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0 for casual gaming, though you will not be breaking any records with the IGP in gaming."