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Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6
revision 2.0
Reviews are already starting to pop up covering
the new Intel P35 chipset. The PC market is always moving forward, after all,
and Intel will have to support their newest line of processors which will have a
1333 MHz Front Side Bus. Many overclockers have been running a 1333 FSB (or
higher) for quite some time now. So for many folks, it will be time to get rid
of the old to make room for the new. But while all this is happening, the mature
chipsets that have already been proven as performance monsters, have been given
some small tweaks both by Intel and individual vendors. Once such product is the
965P-DQ6 from Gigabyte. The official model number is the GA-965P-DQ6 2.0 which
is the second revision in an already established and quite reputable
overclockers motherboard.
While there are a large group of
enthusiasts who spare no expense to jump on the latest and greatest, there are
just as many that prefer to stay one generation behind. While the
purchase prices are certainly lower too, buyers can move into an upgrade with an
already established reputation and support base. Chances are all the bugs
are are fixed with the latest BIOS',
driver support is rock solid, and
forums on all the major hardware sites will already have threads dedicated to
overclocking settings.
Features and Specifications......
Processor |
- Supports Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core /
Core™2 Duo / Intel® Pentium® Extreme/ Intel®
Pentium® D processors
- Supports 1066/800/533 MHz FSB
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Chipset |
- Northbridge: Intel® P965 Express Chipset
- Southbridge: Intel®
ICH8R
- Gigabit LAN Controller (Marvell 8056)
- Realtek ALC888DD Channel Audio Codec
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Memory |
- Supports DDR2 800/667/533 memory
- Dual Channel architecture support up to 8GB by 4 DIMM
slots
* Due to standard PC architecture,
a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore
the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.
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Expansion Slots |
- 2 PCI Express X16 slot(x16, x4)
- 3 PCI Express X1 slots
- 2 PCI slots
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| Form Factor |
- ATX form factor, 305 x 244mm
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Internal I/O
Connectors |
- 8 Serial ATA 3Gb/s connector
- 1 UDMA ATA 100/66/33 connector
- 1 FDD connector
- 3 USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (support 6 ports)
- 1 audio pin header (support 8-Channel)
- 1 S/PDIF In pin header
- 2 IEEE1394 connector
- 1 Chassis Intrusion connector
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Rear Panel I/O |
- 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 1 RJ45 port
- 1 COM port
- 1 LPT port
- 6 audio jacks
- 1 IEEE1394
- 1 Optical SPDIF OUT
- 1 Coaxial SPDIF OUT
- PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
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BIOS |
- 1 4 Mbit flash ROM
- Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
- Supports Virtual Dual BIOS
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b.
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Unique Features |
- Durability Enhanced- All Solid Capacitor Motherboard
- Silent Pipe Cooling
- Over-clocking Enhanced
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Like most 965 motherboards, the DQ6
revision 2 has no official support for a 1333Mhz CPU. However, we'll see in our BIOS
pictures that the FSB is possible, and that there are enough memory dividers to
make the FSB very useable.
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