Gigabyte DS3 Version 1

tmac · 24 Nov 2007 at 10:34

I have one of these mb's with an 6300 cpu, 2 gig of Corsair, and a 7600GT all bought from O/C a year past in September and feel the need for an update.
I was looking at the 6600 quad core and a 8800GT but was wondering if it would be necessary to chage the mb as well, it seems to support quad core ok but will there be a performance hit using such an old mb ?

Let me know if any of you have done the same.

Thanks for looking.

Cob · 24 Nov 2007 at 12:36

The rev 1 P965 DS3 will run the quad-cores perfectly fine with the latest BIOS.

The only downside of them is that they can only hit about a 360mhz FSB if you're overclocking (380mhz has been claimed but we've seen no evidence of it yet despite the board having been very popular).

So if you're not overclocking, or don't intend to take a Q6600 past 3.2ghz, then your board is fine.

tmac · 24 Nov 2007 at 13:04

Nice to get a fast reply from someone less than 30 miles away.

FiRez · 25 Nov 2007 at 12:56

I have a ds3 and I'm sure its v1, its running my Q6600 at 400x8 giving me 3.2ghz.

I'll check the board version asap.

Cob · 25 Nov 2007 at 12:58

FiRez said:
I have a ds3 and I'm sure its v1, its running my Q6600 at 400x8 giving me 3.2ghz.

I'll check the board version asap.

P965?

If so, can we get a screenshot please

tmac · 25 Nov 2007 at 13:03

FiRez said:
I have a ds3 and I'm sure its v1, its running my Q6600 at 400x8 giving me 3.2ghz.

I'll check the board version asap.

That would be great, thanks.

kitfit1 · 25 Nov 2007 at 15:45

Cob said:
The rev 1 P965 DS3 will run the quad-cores perfectly fine with the latest BIOS.

The only downside of them is that they can only hit about a 360mhz FSB if you're overclocking (380mhz has been claimed but we've seen no evidence of it yet despite the board having been very popular).

So if you're not overclocking, or don't intend to take a Q6600 past 3.2ghz, then your board is fine.

Do you mean 360mhz fsb for the Q6600's, or for all cpu's Cob ?

FiRez · 25 Nov 2007 at 16:08

Does the 'Rev. C2' suggest its not a v1 board?, I should really get under the desk and pull the side off the case. :rolleyes:

Cob · 27 Nov 2007 at 17:57

kitfit1 said:
Do you mean 360mhz fsb for the Q6600's, or for all cpu's Cob ?

Single and dual-cores should do upto and inexcess of 500mhz.

FiRez said:
Does the 'Rev. C2' suggest its not a v1 board?, I should really get under the desk and pull the side off the case.

Thank-you

Is it stable at 400mhz?

And IIRC C2 was rev 1.0.

schumi84 · 27 Nov 2007 at 19:10

Nice clock, that at stock volts? I am getting one of those soonish, with a DS4 board as getting rid of my DS3 rev2.2 - mainly as i want to experiment with xfire.
What cooling is on that cpu too?

FiRez · 28 Nov 2007 at 05:58

The system is rock solid at 400x8, stock volts and I'm using an arctic cooling freezer 7 pro.

Going to experiment and see how far I can push it over the next couple of days.

tmac · 28 Nov 2007 at 23:02

Thanks for all the info guys

Vir · 29 Nov 2007 at 15:06

Well I can't seem to push my board past 360 Mhz. But that's a P35 DS3 rev1. Should it go higher?

booyaka · 29 Nov 2007 at 15:43

will be clocking my quad when i get my ballistixs back from RMA.

Got a gigabyte ds3 P965 rev 1 also - will advise what clocks i get. Nice clocks.

Did you find the x8 multi was better than x 9 ???

schumi84 · 29 Nov 2007 at 15:51

Vir said:
Well I can't seem to push my board past 360 Mhz. But that's a P35 DS3 rev1. Should it go higher?

Unless there is a big difference between the rev 1 and rev 2, it should go higher, have managed 450 FSB on the rev 2. What RAM are you running?

Cob · 29 Nov 2007 at 15:53

Vir said:
Well I can't seem to push my board past 360 Mhz. But that's a P35 DS3 rev1. Should it go higher?

That's far too low for a P35. I doubt it's a motherboard issue tbh.