Right after we reviewed the Gigabyte G45 board, ECS also releases it's own variant of the Intel G45 mainboard.
The ECS G45T-M2 is a microATX board based on the Intel G45+ICH10 chipset. It supports LGA775 socket for intel Core 2 Quad/ Core 2 Duo processors of FSB1333. It supports Dual Channel DDR2-800, GbE, PCie Gen 2 X16, PCIe x1, PCI and USB 2.0.
The board also comes with a D-SUB and DVI. With the enclosed DVI to HDMI converter, this board can be turned into a media centre by plugging it to a HDTV through the HDMI interface.
As it is based on Intel G45, The X4500HD IGp spports smooth and lower CPU utilisation hen playing back of Bluray or HD contents. The X4500HD supports full hardware HD decoding acceleration for AVC VC1 and MPEG2. With Intel HD boost and the latest Intel CVT technology, Intel enhances HD video playback with full support for 1080p HD by providing more precise colour and sharper images.