| Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 Motherboard Review |
| Written by Maxit | ||||||
Page 1 of 3  Price: £139.95 inc vat Supplier: Fastek UK Manufacturer: Gigabyte First Impressions {jgxtimg src:=[images/stories/reviews/gigabyte/gigabyte-dq6-mb9-big.jpg] width:=[550]} This is certainly the most colourful board I've ever had the pleasure to review. A superb looking heatpipe cooling system caters for the Northbridge, ICH8 Southbridge, and the VRMs. The box is neither longer nor wider than your average motherboard box, however it is comparatively deeper and heavier than the average motherboard bundle. This is because it's splendidly packed with separate compartments for the motherboard and its accessories.   Like some other high end 965P based motherboards, the DQ6 also features dual PCI-e slots. Without support for crossfire, the only reason you'd want to use both slots would be for a setup with more than 2 monitors. Even though it's possible to run 2 nVidia cards in SLi on the 975X and 965P chipsets using hacked drivers, you would notice a significant performance hit on a 965P board such as the DQ6 compared to a 975X board. This is because unlike 975X boards, the secondary PCI-e slot only has 4 lanes compared to 8 lanes, also found on AMD motherboards that officially support SLi. This can lead to a 25% drop in performance in SLi mode compared to boards which can use 8 lanes in the secondary slot. Here are the detailed technical specifications of the GA-965P-DQ6: Processor
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