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1. Reviewer: Club Overclocker
   14 June 2008

   Overall 10

   

    

   Gigabyte has done an outstanding job of delivering an extremely fast, inexpensive motherboard for the enthusiast.  For $150, you can have a board that will overclock your computer to its fullest potential.  The motherboard is not perfect.  It has some known RAM compatibility issues and that is what is keeping the rating from a perfect 10.  I feel confident that Gigabyte is doing everything they can to fix these issues with BIOS updates.  The feature set of this... Read more

2. Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Motherboard Review

   Reviewer: HardwareLogic
   03 June 2008

   Overall 9

   

    

   The GIGABYTE GA-965-DS3 is a fine choice for enthusiast looking for a fast motherboard capable of running new Intel Core 2 Duo processors.  While the DS3 came in behind the ASUS P5 W DH in most test, the difference was minimal.  In fact the DS3 outpaced the more expensive ASUS P5 W DH in overclocking by a healthy margin. Capable of reaching 450MHz FSB, any  enthusiast or overclocker should consider the DS3. All in all the DS3 is very fast and for the price cannot... Read more

3. Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3: Lab Testing Update

   Reviewer: AnandTech
   04 January 2007

   However, we did note that memory timings suffered at the new overclock levels when compared to other boards, even if the performance differences are minor and certainly not noticeable in day to day activities when using the system. While the board still does not live up to its overclocking potential in our opinion, we do commend Gigabyte on the continual improvements they have made in each BIOS - unfortunately sometimes fixing problems caused by a previous release. We... Read more

4. Reviewer: Hardware Secrets
   13 December 2006

   Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 is a good choice for the mainstream user building a Core 2 Duo-based system willing to achieve the best performance at the lowest price point possible. In other words, this motherboard is targeted to users that want a high-end performance but don’t want to spend a lot of money on a high-end motherboard. This motherboard is faster than boards based on Intel 975X chipset, which is great. It also supports DDR2-1066/PC2-8500 memories and has a good... Read more

5. Reviewer: Legit Reviews
   20 November 2006

   Gigabyte has done a wonderful job with the DS3! The layout of the board is fantastic, with our only complaint being a minor one of the placement of the IDE connector. The bios is fine to work with. It is easy to navigate, easy to update, has plenty of options available for tweaking and overclocking, and also has only one minor annoyance of having to use Ctrl-F1 to gain access to the advanced memory timings. The bundle is a little weak, but is understandable as this board... Read more