Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, Pretty good start

[hicookie]

Then again, I'm a 2D guy and if I buy a expensive GFX I won't buy another for sure hehe.
Sounds like you know something about 965 chipset that we don't :P
Do you know if there is a C-2 Step coming or if there will be a bios that will improve memory handling?

haha,sorry, Micke , i don't know ur the 2D guy

[celerity]

Holy %&/(! 500 FSB!

Please, anyone try DS4 and E6400! DS3 would be great for me but I really need RAID5.

[NiCKE^]

I'll get my P5W tomorrow though And you've to edit that post and do a rightspelling :P

[SupaMan]

my opion
1.DS3 doesn't have daul-vga
2.If C-2 Step of 965 coming , with mem-access improvemnet,maybe it's will faster than 975,but, i can see,the memory control is not good enough as 975chip for now,but..maybe a bios will improve that.

i think intel would cripple 965s to prevent them from being faster than 975s.

[principino1984]

Hi, I'd like to buy ìthe DS3...but.. I haven't got it... does it run so good with the 6600 too?

thanx

Marco

[hookid]

Hi, I'd like to buy ìthe DS3...but.. I haven't got it... does it run so good with the 6600 too?

thanx

Marco

no one has tested the 6600 with it yet so we don't know

tests should be coming.....

[theteamaqua]

theres a 400fsb wall for 4MB cahce ones ... but for 2mb caches E6300 and 6400 480+fsb

[ocZZZ]

I just bought a DS3 - bye bye opteron :/

[badboy]

Will this board run a 7950GX2 in multi-gpu mode? I am getting this motherboard Monday but only have a 920D that does 3.8ghz easily with my 2x1gb PQI pc5400 4,4,4,12. I will be getting the E6600 when I get enough money.

[Lestat]

only with hacked drivers. and thats not confirmed yet

[vapb400]

Will this board run a 7950GX2 in multi-gpu mode? I am getting this motherboard Monday but only have a 920D that does 3.8ghz easily with my 2x1gb PQI pc5400 4,4,4,12. I will be getting the E6600 when I get enough money.

it should run it perfectly fine. You won't need hacked drivers afaik.

[misteroadster]

only with hacked drivers. and thats not confirmed yet

Oh noo , 7950 Gx2 works well

some quick tests :

[badboy]

it should run it perfectly fine. You won't need hacked drivers afaik.

I asked giga-byte representative if the card was supported at all and they said that the next bios update would give support for the card. The card would run fine in any motherboard but only in dual-display mode only. I tried it in several motherboards and when I tried multi-gpu mode I would just get a reboot until I disabled it. I guess I will find out Monday afternoon.

[guess2098]

DQ6 is runing dual 32M at 410 now!

[badboy]

Oh noo , 7950 Gx2 works well

some quick tests :

Excellent. So it does work with the F2 bios in multi-gpu mode.

[bachus_anonym]

only with hacked drivers. and thats not confirmed yet

Single 7950GX2 is not SLI - it's just like a single card, so there should be no limitations running it and all you need is one x16 PCIe slot. Crossfire is not supported on Intel 965 chipset from what we know and traditional SLI (dual video card configs) *might* work on DQ6 only (two PEGs - x16 and x4) with a hacked driver but we don't know that, besides that vague thread on t-break. Honestly, I kind of doubt one can run real SLI with one of the slots being PCIe x4 but who knows...

[Lestat]

it should run it perfectly fine. You won't need hacked drivers afaik.

he bought the card for SLI

sli dont work unless you have hacked drivers on any intel based chipset board.


SO FAR..................

[Lestat]

well f-it i just ordered one.. i dont care at this point.. i only have 1 video card anyways... so....
even if it dont OC like crazy ill be happy to just get a working board.

[badboy]

he bought the card for SLI

sli dont work unless you have hacked drivers on any intel based chipset board.


SO FAR..................

I bought the 7950GX2 for a card single card setup not SLI. I didn't even say I wanted to run a SLI setup. I asked if the 7950GX2 would work multi-gpu mode which is only 1 card.

[Lestat]

sli and multi gpu are "essentially" the same thing in a manor of speaking.

the multi gpu card still requires that the bios and drivers be set in SLI mode

now that is what everything i have read to date states.

if i am wrong.. cool then it works or "should" work great on intel boards.
i only stated what technically i knew to be true because of what i had read on the 7950GX2.

[badboy]

sli and multi gpu are "essentially" the same thing in a manor of speaking.

the multi gpu card still requires that the bios and drivers be set in SLI mode

now that is what everything i have read to date states.

if i am wrong.. cool then it works or "should" work great on intel boards.
i only stated what technically i knew to be true because of what i had read on the 7950GX2.

The difference between the mulit-gpu and sli is that you can't use the load balance bar, SLI 8X and 16X and you can't join say the Sli-Zone since it only see's it as a single card. Most reviews are also saying that it is a single gpu. Also 3DMark06 also see's it as a single gpu too. It doesn't need a hacked driver to run in multi-gpu on a Intel motherboard since I am using it now on a Intel badaxe rev.302 motherboard.

[Benny Lodewijk]

Guys,

i have F3a BIOS for GA-965P-DS3. If you want, just PM me. I'm using it now but i can't see the difference since i'm just using PD 820

[Phosphate]

The difference between the mulit-gpu and sli is that you can't use the load balance bar, SLI 8X and 16X and you can't join say the Sli-Zone since it only see's it as a single card. Most reviews are also saying that it is a single gpu. Also 3DMark06 also see's it as a single gpu too. It doesn't need a hacked driver to run in multi-gpu on a Intel motherboard since I am using it now on a Intel badaxe rev.302 motherboard.

I heard ATI is coming out with some new two-cards-one models just like the 7950 too.

[Lestat]

badboy thanks for the info and you too anon! i will update my memory warehouse with this new info!

[Brahmzy]

Guys,

i have F3a BIOS for GA-965P-DS3. If you want, just PM me. I'm using it now but i can't see the difference since i'm just using PD 820

YGPM