Gigabyte's P965/G965 boards now support quad-core

Author: Tim Smalley
Published: 10th October 2006
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Gigabyte's P965/G965 boards now support quad-core

Core 2 Quad processors will work just fine in Gigabyte's GA-965P-DQ6 with the F6 BIOS (or later).

Gigabyte has announced quad-core support for its entire line of P965/G965 motherboards, including the awesome GA-965P-DQ6 that we reviewed last week.

If you haven't already checked out our review and you are looking to invest into a new Core 2-based system, we serious recommend you take a look, because it's arguably the best P965 motherboard out there at the moment.

Add that to the fact that P965 now supports ATI's CrossFire technology and it may well be the best Core 2 motherboard out there, period.

With the latest F6 BIOS revision, you will be able to fully utilise Intel's upcoming Core 2 Quad processors on the flagship GA-965P-DQ6 model. The other boards in Gigabyte's P965/G965 lineup will support Core 2 Quad CPUs after the following BIOS updates:
  • GA-965P-DS4 - BIOS F6 or later;
  • GA-965P-DS3 - BIOS F7 or later;
  • GA-965P-S3 - BIOS F6 or later;
  • GA-965G-DS4 - BIOS F2 or later;
  • GA-965G-DS3 - BIOS F5 or later;
  • GA-965G-S2 - BIOS F2 or later.
Since quad-core support is embedded in the P965 chipset, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that all motherboard manufacturers with P965 designs should be able to support Core 2 Quad processors after a BIOS update. However, the increased power requirements will mean that overclocking isn't likely to be quite as successful if the boards are using anything less than a 6-phase power design.

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Quote Nature 10th October 2006, 09:38
What's AMD's next socket?
Quote DougEdey 10th October 2006, 09:46
AM3
Quote Enforcer 10th October 2006, 12:00
When we will see Nforce5 based Intel boards, and good ones for that matter?
Quote DougEdey 10th October 2006, 12:20
Never.

NF5xx is replaced by NF6xxs
Quote BUFF 10th October 2006, 13:59
Quote:
Originally Posted by DougEdey
Never.

NF5xx is replaced by NF6xxs
Wrong as Asus already launched some using the older C19 northbridge ... P5N SLI with 570 & P5N32-SLI using 590 Premium.
Afaik the new nF6xxxs are all using the new C55 northbridge rather than the older C19.
Quote DougEdey 10th October 2006, 14:43
I thought they were all sold now and no-one was producing any more.
Quote BUFF 10th October 2006, 14:52
nForcer asked when they would ever be seen & the answer "never" can't be right as they already have been ... ;)
You're probably right that no one is still producing but e.g. Newegg still has stock http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131032 as do OcUK.
Quote DougEdey 10th October 2006, 15:00
Well, they are poor anyway, no one should buy them
Quote Warrior_Rocker 10th October 2006, 18:01
Great move gigabyte ;) If I didnt have a shuttle I would have a gigabtye based tower. And if gigabyte made shuttle replacement boards mine would have been swapped quicker than a set of tires in nascar.

It is nice to see gigabyte take the intiative with its boards instead of having to wait for a customer outcry to get the support enabled.
Quote Enforcer 10th October 2006, 21:19
eh i was hoping to land my hands on a 590. Anyway, should we b seeing a nf6 with c55 northbridge soon or next year or never for intel based chipsets?

I'm hoping to get a new pc built by dec or jan and i've been looking around for a new nvidia based mobo but there arent really any decent ones out there that are new (nforce5)
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