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Introduction

We reviewed the high end Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 a few months back. Gigabyte released a few other models like the 965P-DS3 etc. Today, we will take a look at a budget oriented board, the GA-945G-S3 for the readers who wants the Core 2 Duo performance but is looking for a more affordable board. As the boards comes with an integrated video, buyers can also save on video card and upgrade the system by pairing it up with a high end graphics card for gaming in the future.

The GA-945G-S3 uses the older Intel 945G integrated video chipset. It supports the 533/800/1066MHZ FSB Pentium D/ Pentium 4 and the new Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Duo processor running 1066MHz FSB. The board comes with a GbE and 7.1 HD Audio. 4 DDR2 DIMM slots supports up to 4GB of DDR2/400/533/667 memory. The board comes with 4 SATAII ports 1 PCIe x16 and 3 PCIe x1 + 3 PCI slots for exapansion capabilities.

Although the board looks simple, the BIOS is as good as the DQ6. Check out the next few pages to see what options are available.

The board also supports Supports the following Gigabyte features :

@BIOS
Supports Download Center
Supports Q-Flash
Supports EasyTune 5
Supports Xpress Install
Supports Xpress Recovery2
Supports Virtual Dual BIOS (Xpress BIOS Rescue)

GA-945G-DS3

GA-945G-S3
Intel 945G+ ICH7 Chipset
Support Intel® Core™2 Extreme/ Core™2 Duo/ Pentium® D Processor
Dual Channel DDR2 667 for advanced system performance
Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 950
Features SATA 3Gb/s interface
Optimized Gigabit LAN connection
Integrate Intel High Definition Audio
RoHS Compliant Motherboard

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