GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3

The GA-965P-DS3 is among GIGABYTE’s line touting full support for the Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processor line. This is a no-nonsense version of the flagship GA-965P-DQ6 and we are hoping to see a lot of OC potential at an easy price .

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When the CTRL-F1 command is issued from within the main BIOS menu, all advanced options in the BIOS, including those in the MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.) menu, display. The advanced options in this menu include the memory timing options.

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Once you set the DRAM Timing Selectable option to Manual, the available memory timing settings become user configurable. The memory timing options available include the following: CAS latency; RAS to CAS delay; RAS precharge; active to precharge delay (Precharge delay(tRAS)); active cycle delay; write to read delay; write to precharge delay; active refresh delay; and read to precharge delay. Note that on the listed memory timings options, the numerically lower setting forces more aggressive memory operation.

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The Memory Performance Enhance option controls chipset internal memory access settings, with the Turbo option being the most aggressive. The Robust Graphics Booster option configures the aggressiveness of system access to the PCI Express x16 slot, with Turbo again being the most aggressive setting available.