Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3 overclocking ?

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It says the supported FSB on the Gigabyte GA-965G-DS3 is 1066MHz. Well if you overclocked a core 2 duo on this board it would be over that, so my question is how much can it be over without ruining the board?
 
I don't know how well the G variants clock, the 965Ps (GA-965P-S3/DS3 will clock silly high (>450MHz FSB isn't all that uncommon). As long as you don't go crazy bumping the voltages up and add cooling to the chipset you shouldn't ruin the board.
 
dude, there is something called the memory multiplier. If the FSB goes over that your RAM speed is (EX: 800MHz RAM) You lower the multiplier to get the closest to your RAM speed. You can choose.
 
What's that have to do with anything? The board is rated for a FSB of 266MHz and the question was how far over that can you go without risking damage to the board. Now there are no gurantees when OCing but generally, as long as you keep the heat and voltage under control it should be pretty hard to fry the board.
 
Well, he has not taken into account that the MOBO isn't just a 1066MHz FSB, its 800MHz too. But if you have a 1066MHz RAM, it really doesn't matter. If he goes over, he can just lower the memory multipliers.

Edit-Oh, he's talking about the G, I thought he was talking about the P! lol. My bad.
 
My bus speed is 400 mhz, rated FSB is 1600 mhz. My multipier is 8x and core speed is 3200mhz.

I have that mobo, its a beast.

edit: I think I have a different one than mentioned, however, they may be similar...
 
ETSA said:
My bus speed is 400 mhz, rated FSB is 1600 mhz. My multipier is 8x and core speed is 3200mhz.

I have that mobo, its a beast.

edit: I think I have a different one than mentioned, however, they may be similar...
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You have the 965P. The one in question is the 965G. The main differences are that the G version has integrated graphics, and is not a very good overclocking board.

- Rambo.
 
They are identicle except for the integrated graphics on the 965G. I don't know if the onboard graphics have any effect on OCing though (I'd think so but how much is a question)
 
Ok, for anyone to lazy to read the pages of Rambos link here's the low down:
In order to protect the operation of the X3000 graphics engine, Intel instituted a hardware lock in the chipset that turns off asynchronos memory timings. This means the boards are not going to be overclocking any where near their P965 counterparts. Gigabyte sent me another bios that is suppose to maximize overclocking but on average depending on the quality of your chipset, memory, and CPU utilized (affects the memory controller strap) they told us not to expect to much above 350FSB
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I figured it'd have OC limitations like that, it's happened with other onboard video solutions as well.
 
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