Taipei, Taiwan, October 09, 2006 - GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions, today announced the latest BIOS upgrades for their entire line of GIGABYTE P965/G965 motherboards, enabling Intel^® Quad processor support for unsurpassed extreme gaming and multitasking performance.

With the newly released BIOS updates, the P965/G965 series of motherboards from GIGABYTE now allows users to unleash the extreme performance and advanced energy efficiency that Intel Quad Core processors have to offer. With combined 4 cores of processing power and two shared L2 caches, Intel Quad Core processors boast significant performance boosts and provide the ideal solution for gaming and multimedia applications including video editing and 3D animation and design as well as for intensive multi-tasking environments.

In addition to providing support for Intel Quad Core processors, GIGABYTE's award-winning range of P965/G965 motherboards come standard with a host of unique features including an All Solid Capacitor design to ensure a longer lifespan for systems in daily operation while boosting system stability under extreme conditions. The GIGABYTE P965/G965 series of motherboards also feature the revolutionary GIGABYTE Silent-Pipe and Crazy Cool technologies, designed to provide the ultimate thermal solution so users can enjoy an absolutely silent computing environment and longer component lifetime.

GIGABYTE Quad Core Bios Versions
Intel P965 Express Chipset
Models　　　　　　BIOS Version　　　
GA-965P-DQ6　　　　F6 or later
GA-965P-DS4　　　　F6 or later
GA-965P-DS3　　　　F7 or later
GA-965P-S3　　　　　F6 or later

Intel Ｇ965 Express Chipset
Models　　　　　　BIOS Version　　　
GA-965G-DS4　　　　F2 or later
GA-965G-DS3　　　　F5 or later
GA-965G-S2　　　　　F2 or later

To get the latest GIGABYTE BIOS versions to enable support for Intel Quad Core processors, please visit the GIGABYTE website at:/support-downloads/support-downloads.aspx.