GA-965P-DQ6 (rev. 1.0)

This platform supports the latest Intel^® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core processors. Manufactured using a 65nm silicon technology, Intel's latest high performance CPU delivers the most energy-efficient performance available today. Based on Intel's Micro Architecture, the Intel^® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core processors with 4 cores and two shared L2 caches provide the best capability-per-watt solutions and are an ideal choice for multi-media enthusiasts and intensive multi-tasking environments. This cutting-edge processor offers significant performance boosts and provides an overall more energy efficient platform.

Windows Vista Premium promises to deliver a streamlined computing experience designed to fundamentally change how users view, find and organize their digital information. With GIGABYTE AM2+/ AM2 solutions enabling support for Vista Premium, GIGABYTE offers a fresh and unique desktop experience that will be more informative, intuitive and completely new....more

To ensure a longer operation life time for systems in daily operation and boost system stability under extreme conditions, this platform adopts cutting-edge Conductive Polymer Aluminum Solid Capacitors from the world's leading vendors. With these high-qualitycomponents , users can take advantage of better electronic conductivity and excellent heat resistance for enhanced system durability.

This revolutionary cooling design combines Crazy Cool and Silent-Pipe technology that includes heat sinks covering MOSFET modules, the north bridge and the south bridge. Additionally, the Crazy Cool enhances heat dissipation of the rear side of CPU and north bridge of the motherboard. Quad Cooling allows users to enjoy longer component lifetime through lower temperatures and absolute silence combined with the ultimate thermal performance on chipsets, CPU power components and the PCB.

Quad BIOS is a feature unique to GIGABYTE that includes DualBIOS™ and Express BIOS Rescue Technology. This combination delivers a safety assurance mechanism that sports a total of 4 copies of BIOS distributed between the Flash ROM, hard-disk and driver CD. This feature helps to reduce the affects of virus attacks or firmware damage and provides multi-layer BIOS protection that assures greater PC platform stability. How does Quad BIOS work?

Four sets of external SATA ports based on the Serial ATA 3Gb/s storage specification allow effortless sharing and transfer of entertainment content and digital media on external devices. Designed for external SATA devices, Quad eSATA 2 delivers enhanced scalability and double the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saving On-The-Go.

An exclusive feature found only on GIGABYTE motherboards, this unique design incorporates Virtual 12 Power Phases to deliver steadier power and immediate current support for the CPU during heavy work loads or over-clocking. Additionally, Quad-Triple Phase helps to improve component lifespan system stability by delivering lower component temperature.

Experience the boost in memory performance with advanced DDR2 800 technology. With Quad DDR2 slots, users can experience system performance featuring faster speeds and higher data bandwidth for memory intensive applications.

The revolutionary GIGABYTE Silent-Pipe Technology compliant S-series motherboards feature 0dB soundless heat-pipe thermal cooling solution, and enhances heat dissipation efficiency from the critical Chipsets and CPU power components.

As placas-mãe da série-S GIGABYTE oferecem configurações de overclocking inteligentes e overvoltage através de ambos hardware e software.

1. Overclocking : Vasta variedade de ajustes de frequência para velocidade de bus CPU/Memória/PCI-E
2. Overvoltage : Configuração flexível de voltagem para CPU/ Memória/ PCI-E/Chipset
3. Facilidade de Software: EasyTune5 & M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker): Interface de Software inteligente de operação simplificada.

The Smart featured motherboards of GIGABYTE S-series provide GIGABYTE proprietary innovative software such as Download Center, @BIOS, Q-Flash, Xpress Install, Boot menu, and Smart Fan. BIOS and driver management now becomes much easier and user friendly through GIGABYTE Smart features!

Download Center
Smart driver selection and download from Gigabyte's website

Xpress Install
Complete drivers installation on one simple click

Smart LAN
BIOS built-in diagnostic program to examine LAN cable connection status


@BIOS / Q-Flash
Smart and automatic BIOS update via internet / BIOS built-in flash utility


Boot Menu
Select boot device without entering BIOS setup

Smart Fan
Make your system cooler and quieter

Segurança é a principal característica das placas-mãe da série S da GIGABYTE : excelente modelo de hardware de BIOS com proteção reforçada através da tecnologia GIGABYTE Virtual Dual Bios e da tecnologia GIGABYTE BIOS Setting Recovery. Sistema único de software como o Xpress Recovery 2, PC Health Monitor, HDD S.M.A.R.T., e C.O.M. aumentam a estabilidade e segurança do seu PC!...mais

Leading the silicon process technology from 90nm to 65nm, the Intel new-generation CPU transistors deliver more energy-efficient performance than anyone. Based on the Intel's next generation Micro Architecture, the Intel Core ™2 Duo processor with two cores and shared L2 caches provides the best capability-per-watt solutions. The cutting-edge processor the significant performance boosts and better energy efficient platform

The next-generation Intel^® P965 Express chipset brings crossing-aged improvement on performance with supporting of various innovation technology including the latest Core™2 Duo processor, dual-channel DDR2 memory with Intel Fast Memory Access technology, PCI-Express graphics interface, and Microsoft next-generation Vista operation system as well.

Intel Fast Memory Access
Intel Fast Memory Access technology optimizes system performance by maximizing memory bandwidth and reducing the latency of the memory accesses. ...more

Experimente a tecnologia avançada da memória DDR2 800 por overclocking, apresentando maiores velocidades e largura de banda de dados mais altos, oferecendo desempenho superior para os aplicativos mais exigentes.
* Favor consultar a “Lista de Memórias Suportadas” para informações sobre memórias suportadas.

Interface de armazenamento SATA 3Gb/s - O SATA 3Gb/s dobra a banda do bus de 1.5Gb/s para 3Gb/s. O SATA 3Gb/s facilita a junção de banda para dispositivos múltiplos, permitindo a máxima taxa de transferência tanto como, desempenho de taxa de transferência de cache superior em configurações de um único drive.

Intel^® Matrix Storage Technology, can deliver up to 80% faster storage performance with PCs equipped with two hard drives using RAID 0 data striping. Using RAID 1 data mirroring can protect against a hard drive failure by mirroring all data among two hard drives. In addition RAID 5 offers the fault-tolerant capability to automatically back up your most important files, while also providing faster disk access and adding storage capacity.

Conectividade Gigabit LAN - A interface de rede Gigabit fornece uma conexão de alta velocidade com transferência de dados de até 1000Mb/s, oferecendo conectividade de nova geração para era banda larga. Gigabit LAN é ideal para conexões de internet sem interrupções como streaming de áudio e conteúdo de vídeos

This motherboard with IEEE1394 FireWire interface from Texas Instruments (TI). With the transfer speed up to 400Mb/s, the new generation IEEE1394 interface further enhances PC connectivity with consumer electronics audio/video.

Intel^® High Definition Audio enables 8 channel premium digital sound in the PC for an immersive surround sound experience. In addition, Intel HD Audio delivers multiple audio channels in your PC so you can listen to two different streams simultaneously in two separate rooms

Dolby and DTS support delivers heart pounding 8 channel surround effects and delivers the most natural and engrossing multimedia entertainment experience possible for games, DVD movies, music, and TV.

Conforme RoHS - Como membro da comunidade global para cuidar do meio ambiente, a GIGABYTE está em conformidade com a Restrição de uso de Substâncias Perigosas (RoHS) da União Européia, diretrizes que limitam o uso de chumbo, mercúrio, cádmio e outras substâncias perigosas em produtos eletrônicos. Dos componentes e seleção de materiais até processos de produção, composição dos acessórios, cores e materiais de embalagem e etc; a GIGABYTE continuará a desenvolver componentes para PCs em conformidade com a RoHS e contribuir com recursos de valor para o estímulo e o avanço das diretrizes e objetivos da RoHS.

With support for ATI CrossFire, GIGABYTE pushes the envelope once again by delivering highly optimized performance and flexibility demanded by power users and extreme gaming enthusiasts. Designed to provide unmatched multi-GPU support with dual PCI Express connectivity, the GA-965G-DS4 allows users to take advantage of the ultra smooth 3D rendering, blazing-fast frame rates and enhanced visual quality possible with a dual graphics card solution.

Attention: When attempting to enable ATI Crossfire Technology on this board.In case of unable to get Crossfire Technology working normally, please make sure to use ATI graphic cards that have hardware Crossfire bridge.(Please refer to ATI official website for more Crossfire Technology supporting details: http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/charts.html)