Gigabyte's Brand New 965 Board Review on Vr-zone

[lopri]

http://sg.vr-zone.com/?i=3745

Wonder why the performance is weaker than that of ASUS? This board looks amazing. A few highlights:

* 12-Phase VRM - very small v-core fluctuation
* 8 SATA + 2 IDE, and 2 eSATA brackets supporting total 4 (!!) eSATA HDDs
- I've beein using both eSATA ports on A8N32, and the speed difference (vs USB/Firewire) is unbelievable.
* All copper heatpipe cooling 4 copper heatsinks, with backside copper heatspreader
* 2 x PEGs for possible SLI/CF hack
* 10 x USB ports & 3 x Firewire ports
* Power connectors aligned toward the edge of board - no messy cabling
* All aluminum, organic electrolyte caps (!)

etc.. Check it out. This board seems to be a rock. When are 965 boards supposed to ship?

 

[wwswimming]

it is a pretty board and i would like one.

but i'm cautious about the "8-phase, 12 phase" etc. competition that
the board makers have going on.

what matters is voltage stability under changing load conditions.

you got a nice board, the A8N32.

 

[NoStateofMind]

I will say when I do decide to buy a mobo for conroe, its going to be btween this one, and those guys that make them Lanparty boards.....oh yeah.....DFI!

 

[Ichigo]

I'm not sure why you say it's weaker than the ASUS board? It won just as many, if not more, benchmarks than the ASUS motherboard.

 

[Pantoot]

Silly question: Why would they include the SLI bridge if the 965 chipset doesn't support SLI?

 

[NoStateofMind]

I'm guessing a BIOS update at a later time? I really dont know.....maybe hacked SLI drivers? (as ive read from one of the reviews abotu this board)

 

[Gary Key]

They used a very early bios, the latest bios is greatly improved.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: Gary Key
They used a very early bios, the latest bios is greatly improved.

Hey Gary, just wanted to know if you or anyone else in Anandtech will be doing a review on the Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 board w/OC results and such?

 

[CyborgNinja117]

Originally posted by: Pantoot
Silly question: Why would they include the SLI bridge if the 965 chipset doesn't support SLI?

gigabyte always does that... like their 975X G1 turbo thing, they include SLI chip...

 

[Billyzeke]

Noob question here: Will my ATX 2.0 powersupply be compatible with this board?
It has the 24 pin + 4 connections. From the pictures of the board on VR-Zone it looks like the extra power connector is 8 pins with 4 capped off. Is this so both ATX 2.0 and ATX 2.2 powersupplies can be used?

 

[Gary Key]

Originally posted by: PC Surgeon

Originally posted by: Gary Key
They used a very early bios, the latest bios is greatly improved.

Hey Gary, just wanted to know if you or anyone else in Anandtech will be doing a review on the Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 board w/OC results and such?

Yes, short review next week, full review the week after. Overclock will include stock cooler, Tuniq 120, and maybe water if we decide on a common unit in time.