How Good Is The Gigabyte DS3??

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I wanna know about the Gigabyte DS3, especially for OC'ing the E6600. PLZ leave all comments, good or bad.

Thanx

 

[joeswm8]

very very good, look at the reviews on newegg

 

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What do people mean by Rev. 2?

 

[ceewi1]

What do people mean by Rev. 2?

The second PCB Revision. From Gigabyte themselves:

What is difference between motherboard GA-965P-DS3 rev.1.0 and rev.2.0 ?

The major improvement of GA-965P-DS3 revision 2.0 is the optimization for supporting of Intel Core™2 Quad processor which was launched in November 2006. This optimization provides more stable and efficient power for the new quad core processors which demand much higher power consumption than Core™2 duo processors do. There is no performance and compatibility difference between GA-965P-DS3 revision 1.0 and 2.0 when those two products work with Core™2 Duo processor.

The second improvement of GA-965P-DS3 revision 2.0 is the audio quality. GA-965P-DS3 revision 2.0 improves the audio quality by applying Realtek ALC888 audio codec in stead of applying Realtek ALC883 audio codec in revision 1.0.

The 965P-DS3 is a fantastic overclocking board for its price. I've been very happy with it.