1. Supports Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core / Core™2 Duo processor
  2. First Quad BIOSsolution for Multiple protection
  3. Supports new generation Microsoft operation system Windows VISTA
  4. Industry's first All-Solid capacitor motherboard design
  5. Unique 0dB cooling design with Crazy Cool and Silent-Pipe
  6. Quad Triple phase power design for ultimate system stability
  7. Dual PCI-E graphics interface for extreme gaming performance (ATI CrossFire supported)
  8. Supports high performance Dual Channel DDR2 800 memory
  9. Features SATA 3Gb/s with Quad eSATA 2 interface
  10. Home theater quality 8-channel High Definition Audio
  11. Supports both Dolby and DTS high quality audio functions.
  12. Optimized PCI-E Gigabit LAN and IEEE 1394 connection
  13. Ready for next generation Quad Core processor
  • Introduction
    The GIGABYTE GA-965P-DQ6 is a high performance platform that delivers a skillfully designed tuning facility to power users and hardcore gamers. Embodying intense performance, the GA-965P-DQ6 represents a fusion of the industry's most revolutionary designs, such as Quad Cooling, Quad eSATA 2, Quad BIOS, and Quad Triple Power Phase, not to mention all solid Capacitors that take advantage of better electronic conductivity and excellent heat resistance for enhanced system durability.
  • Quad Core Ready
    This platform supports the latest Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core processors. Manufactured using a 65nm silicon technology, Intel's latest high performance CPU delivers the most energy-efficient performance available today. Based on Intel's Micro Architecture, the Intel® Core™2 Extreme Quad-Core processors with 4 cores and two shared L2 caches provide the best capability-per-watt solutions and are an ideal choice for multi-media enthusiasts and intensive multi-tasking environments. This cutting-edge processor offers significant performance boosts and provides an overall more energy efficient platform.
  • Windows Vista Premium Logo Certified
    Windows Vista Premium promises to deliver a streamlined computing experience designed to fundamentally change how users view, find and organize their digital information. With GIGABYTE AM2+/ AM2 solutions enabling support for Vista Premium, GIGABYTE offers a fresh and unique desktop experience that will be more informative, intuitive and completely new....more
  • Durability Enhanced-The Industry's Leading All-Solid Capacitor motherboard Design
    To ensure a longer operation life time for systems in daily operation and boost system stability under extreme conditions, this platform adopts cutting-edge Conductive Polymer Aluminum Solid Capacitors from the world's leading vendors. With these high-qualitycomponents , users can take advantage of better electronic conductivity and excellent heat resistance for enhanced system durability.
  • Quad Cooling
    This revolutionary cooling design combines Crazy Cool and Silent-Pipe technology that includes heat sinks covering MOSFET modules, the north bridge and the south bridge. Additionally, the Crazy Cool enhances heat dissipation of the rear side of CPU and north bridge of the motherboard. Quad Cooling allows users to enjoy longer component lifetime through lower temperatures and absolute silence combined with the ultimate thermal performance on chipsets, CPU power components and the PCB.
  • Quad BIOS
    Quad BIOS is a feature unique to GIGABYTE that includes DualBIOS™ and Express BIOS Rescue Technology. This combination delivers a safety assurance mechanism that sports a total of 4 copies of BIOS distributed between the Flash ROM, hard-disk and driver CD. This feature helps to reduce the affects of virus attacks or firmware damage and provides multi-layer BIOS protection that assures greater PC platform stability. How does Quad BIOS work?
  • Quad e-SATA2
    Four sets of external SATA ports based on the Serial ATA 3Gb/s storage specification allow effortless sharing and transfer of entertainment content and digital media on external devices. Designed for external SATA devices, Quad eSATA 2 delivers enhanced scalability and double the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saving On-The-Go.
  • Quad Triple Phase
    An exclusive feature found only on GIGABYTE motherboards, this unique design incorporates Virtual 12 Power Phases to deliver steadier power and immediate current support for the CPU during heavy work loads or over-clocking. Additionally, Quad-Triple Phase helps to improve component lifespan system stability by delivering lower component temperature.
  • Quad DDR2 Slots
    Experience the boost in memory performance with advanced DDR2 800 technology. With Quad DDR2 slots, users can experience system performance featuring faster speeds and higher data bandwidth for memory intensive applications.
  • Silent-Pipe
    The revolutionary GIGABYTE Silent-Pipe Technology compliant S-series motherboards feature 0dB soundless heat-pipe thermal cooling solution, and enhances heat dissipation efficiency from the critical Chipsets and CPU power components.
  • Speed
    The Speed compliant motherboards of GIGABYTE S-series provide intelligent over-clocking and over-voltage software settings through both hardware and software design.
    1. Overclocking : Wide range of frequency tuning for CPU/MEMORY/PCI-E bus speed
    2. Overvoltage : Flexible voltage setting for CPU/ Memory/ PCI-E/Chipset
    3. Sofeware facility - EasyTune5 & M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker): Intelligent software interface for user-friendly operation.
  • Smart
    Le package Smart proposé sur les cartes mères GIGABYTE de série S propose des utilitaires propriétaires tels que Download Center, @BIOS, Q-Flash, Xpress Install, Boot menu et Smart Fan. Bénéficiez d'une gestion avancée et facilitée de votre BIOS et drivers !...En savoir plus
  • Safe
    Safe is the key feature of GIGABYTE S-series motherboards with the following elements: Excellent hardware design, reinforced BIOS protection through GIGABYTE Dual BIOS Plus Technology and GIGABYTE BIOS Setting Recovery Technology. Unique system software such as Xpress Recovery 2, PC Health Monitor, HDD S.M.A.R.T., and C.O.M. further strengthen the stability and reliability of your PC!

    Dual BIOS Plus
    BIOS crash free protection with Dual BIOS and Xpress BIOS Rescue

    BIOS Settings Recovery
    Recoverable Safe and frequently used CMOS settings


    HDD S.M.A.R.T.
    Hard drive "Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology" support

    C.O.M. (Corporate Online Manager)
    System administration utility for local area network

    Xpress Recovery 2
    Quick system image backup and restore

    PC Health Monitor
    System health monitor via BIOS and EasyTune utility
  • Intel Next-Generation Core™2 Duo Processor
    Leading the silicon process technology from 90nm to 65nm, the Intel new-generation CPU transistors deliver more energy-efficient performance than anyone. Based on the Intel's next generation Micro Architecture, the Intel Core ™2 Duo processor with two cores and shared L2 caches provides the best capability-per-watt solutions. The cutting-edge processor the significant performance boosts and better energy efficient platform
  • Intel P965 Express Chipset
    The next-generation Intel® P965 Express chipset brings crossing-aged improvement on performance with supporting of various innovation technology including the latest Core™2 Duo processor, dual-channel DDR2 memory with Intel Fast Memory Access technology, PCI-Express graphics interface, and Microsoft next-generation Vista operation system as well.

    Intel Fast Memory Access
    Intel Fast Memory Access technology optimizes system performance by maximizing memory bandwidth and reducing the latency of the memory accesses. ...more
  • Dual Channel DDR2 800
    Experience the advanced technology of DDR2 800 memory by overclocking, featuring faster speeds and higher data bandwidth, which delivers superior performance for the most demanding applications.
    * Please refer "Memory Support List" for memory support information
  • Dual PCI Express Graphics Slots
    Intel® P965 Express chipset supports dual PCI-E graphics slots enable multi-view outputs which ensure maximum graphics performance for next generation GPUs and games.
  • SATA 3Gb/s
    La norme SATA 3Gb/s double la bande passante de 1.5Gb/S à 3Gb/s pour une parfaite gestion de plusieurs disques durs et ce, en maximisant les performances du cache.
  • Intel® Matrix Storage Technology
    Intel® Matrix Storage Technology, can deliver up to 80% faster storage performance with PCs equipped with two hard drives using RAID 0 data striping. Using RAID 1 data mirroring can protect against a hard drive failure by mirroring all data among two hard drives. In addition RAID 5 offers the fault-tolerant capability to automatically back up your most important files, while also providing faster disk access and adding storage capacity.
  • Gigabit LAN
    Interface GIGABIT Lan offrant des taux de transfert de 1000Mb/s pour entrer dans une nouvelle ère réseau ! Votre meilleur allié pour la navigation Internet et le jeu en réseau.
  • IEEE1394
    Carte mère offrant la technologie IEEE1394 FireWire de Texas Instruments (TI). Grâce à des taux de transfert de 400Mb/s, votre système ne sera plus jamais le même et vous bénéficierez d'une réactivité sans faille !
  • Intel® High Definition Audio
    La norme Intel® High Definition Audio vous offre un système audio totalement immersif pour que votre PC devienne votre centre multimédia HD
  • Home theater Audio with Dolby and DTS support
    Dolby and DTS support delivers heart pounding 8 channel surround effects and delivers the most natural and engrossing multimedia entertainment experience possible for games, DVD movies, music, and TV.
  • Compatible à la norme RoHS
    GIGABYTE s'engage à respecter la norme européenne RoHS ( Restriction of use of certain Hazardous Substances ) en vigueur en veillant à son utilisation de produits toxiques dans ces processus de production. Les produits GIGABYTE sont 100% compatibles avec cette norme, nous nous engageons à soutenir la cause environnementale au travers de nos efforts quotidien.
  • ATI CrossFire
    With support for ATI CrossFire, GIGABYTE pushes the envelope once again by delivering highly optimized performance and flexibility demanded by power users and extreme gaming enthusiasts. Designed to provide unmatched multi-GPU support with dual PCI Express connectivity, the GA-965G-DS4 allows users to take advantage of the ultra smooth 3D rendering, blazing-fast frame rates and enhanced visual quality possible with a dual graphics card solution.

    Attention: When attempting to enable ATI Crossfire Technology on this board.In case of unable to get Crossfire Technology working normally, please make sure to use ATI graphic cards that have hardware Crossfire bridge.(Please refer to ATI official website for more Crossfire Technology supporting details: http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/charts.html)

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* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.