Introduction
Very recently, Gigabyte updated their entire line-up of Intel 965 series motherboards to PCB Revision 2.0. This update happens to come after Intel kicked off their quad-core Core 2 processors (which we should see more of in the coming months). The new Revision 2.0 boards are supposed to be better optimized for quad-core processors, though the original Revision 1.0 boards support them just fine as well. So, is there any real difference between the full range of Revision 2.0 boards compared to Revision 1.0? Since we've reviewed the original versions of both the enthusiast GA-965P-DQ6 and the GA-965P-DS3 budget overclocker's choice in the series, we'll be taking the middle ground this time and take the GA-965P-DS4 (Rev 2.0) for a spin.
The Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 (Rev 2.0) motherboard.
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Here's the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 (Rev 2.0) package and technical specifications:
4 x SATA data cables
1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA data cable
1 x floppy drive data cable
I/O shield
Driver CDs
User's guide and manual
Although the GA-965P-DS4 is more akin to the GA-965P-DQ6 in terms of features and positioning, the board comes with a pretty sparse peripheral bundle consisting only of the standard storage cables, driver CD and manual. You won't get additional USB or eSATA brackets with this board.
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS4 (Rev 2.0) Technical Specifications
| CPU Support | - Supports
90nm/65nm LGA775
processor package
- Quad-Core Optimized
- Supports
Intel Core 2 Duo / Core 2 Extreme
- Supports Intel
Pentium
D / Pentium
Processor Extreme Edition
- Supports
Intel Pentium
4 / Pentium 4 Extreme Edition
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| Chipset | - Northbridge:
Intel P965
- 533 / 800 /
1066MHz front side bus
- PCI Express x16
graphics
- Southbridge:
Intel
ICH8R
- Intel High
Definition Audio
- Supports six PCI
Express x1 lanes
- Supports up to ten USB 2.0 ports
- Supports six SATA 3.0Gbps ports (with Matrix Storage
Technology)
- Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps MAC
- Intel Quiet System Technology
| | Memory |
- Supports four
unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM
- Supports 800/677/533/400
dual channel DDR2 memory
architecture
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| Storage |
- Intel ICH8R
Southbridge
- 6 x SATA 3.0Gbps
interface
- Intel Matrix
Storage Technology
- Supports RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, RAID 10
- Gigabyte
SATA2 Controller (JMB363)
- 2 x Ultra
ATA
33/66/100/133 (data transfer rate up to
133MB/sec.)
- 2 x SATA 3.0Gbps interface
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| Audio |
- Intel High Definition
Audio (Azalia)
- Realtek ALC888 HD
Audio CODEC
- Optical and coaxial S/PDIF
| | Networking |
- Marvell 88E8056 PCI
Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
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| IEEE 1394 (FireWire) |
- Texas Instrument TSB43AB23 FireWire controller
- 3 x 1394a
ports @ 400
Mbps speed
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| I/O Interface | - 1
x Floppy connector
- 1 x Ultra ATA
IDE connectors
- 8 x SATA
connectors
- 10 x USB 2.0
ports (4 x rear, 6 x header)
- 3 x IEEE
1394a ports (1 x rear, 2 x header)
- 1 x
RJ45 LAN
port
- 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF
Output
- 1 x Optical S/PDIF
Output
- 8-Channel Audio I/O
ports
- 1 x 9-pin serial port
- 1
x parallel port
- 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2
mouse port
- 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2
keyboard port
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| Expansion Slots | - 2 x
PCIe x16
slots,
PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a
compliant
- 3 x PCIe x1
slots, PCI
Express Bus specification v1.0a
compliant
- 2 x 32-bit
PCI slots,
PCI 2.3 compliant
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| Special Features | - Quad
BIOS
- Ultra Durable - All solid capacitors
| | PCB |
- ATX Form Factor, 12"x
9.6"(30.5cm x 24.4cm)
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Rear I/O panel comes with (from left) - PS/2 keyboard and mouse, coaxial and optical S/PDIF, Parallel port, Serial port, FireWire-400 port, RJ45, four USB 2.0 ports and 8-channel analog audio.
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