Today's extreme technology enthusiasts (overclockers, avid gamers, etc.) are always looking for certain products that will allow them to take the system's specs and behavior to the extreme. For this reason, most manufacturers of various computer hardware components are constantly improving their devices, and that's exactly the case with Gigabyte, which has just announced the GA-MA78GPM-DS2H micro-ATX motherboard model, which has been equipped with a SidePort memory module.

The SidePort memory is supposed to improve the system's behavior especially in graphics-intensive applications (Crysis and other 3D games, anyone?). Furthermore, although it runs natively at 1066 Mhz, the memory module can be pushed up to 1,333 Mhz, for an even better level of performance.

As mentioned earlier, Gigabyte's motherboard is built around the AMD 780G Chipset and provides support for the new AMD Phenom quad-core processors, with the latest AM2+ platform support. Additionally, it features an integrated DDR2 1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0 technology links and 128-bit Floating Point Units. In addition, GA-MA78GPM-DS2H comes with two innovative S features – Safe, Smart technologies – further providing reliable and user friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance easily via personalized software settings.

Additionally, much in the same way as all of the other 780G mobos, this particular model also delivers support for ATI Hybrid Graphics Technology, which means that users can create a CrossFire configuration even while using a single discrete graphics card. Additionally, the mobo comes packed with a very extensive range of connectivity options, ranging from data transfers (USB 2.0 ports, eSATA, FireWire, Gigabit Ethernet) to video (DVI, D-Sub, HDMI) and audio (7.1-channel audio with optical S/PDIF out).

Unfortunately, there's no word on pricing or availability for the time being, but this thing should not be significantly more expensive than the company's previous mATX 780G model since, besides the SidePort memory, the two components are pretty much completely similar.