Gigabyte P45 motherboard pics inside (GA EP45 DS3P)

**dinos22** · 04-15-2008, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by T_M

Great to see the fruits of many hours feedback

Combine this BIOS with what ive heard is coming and ...

**STaRGaZeR** · 04-15-2008, 05:38 PM

what do you guys know

**zsamz_** · 04-15-2008, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by dinos22

why don't you try the P35DS3P or P45DS3P

their DS3P is awesome imo

my gigabut boards killed 6 stix in 6 months 2.24-2.26v "2 dead boards in 3 months"
my last 1 did 575 fsb but bios voltage options

was bs

i been on dfi 4+ months not 1 dead stick same psu same everything
gigabyte x38 was a nighmare for 24/7
only good for benching i did 580fsb on air

benching is fun dinos but it gotta be good for 24/7 too for we mortals

gigabut rushes to put out the boards n idiots like me rush to buy em

odds are i will but a p45 but odd are 2% in gigabuts favor favor if i buy another gigabut board

**dinos22** · 04-15-2008, 07:08 PM

right

well have a look at the screenshots mate
most of my benchmarking is done with those volts (2.4-2.8v)

i have not killed a single stick to date

however i know that those models you are referring to are not the best voltage regulation wise and they are certainly different cattle of fish to these DS3P boards

**zsamz_** · 04-15-2008, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by dinos22

right

well have a look at the screenshots mate
most of my benchmarking is done with those volts (2.4-2.8v)

i have not killed a single stick to date

however i know that those models you are referring to are not the best voltage regulation wise and they are certainly different cattle of fish to these DS3P boards

i think 2.4-2.8 is safe for benching
i've pumped 2.8+ into some value ram n they still kickin
well i paid 225$ for the p35c-dsr3 the day it came out i doubt the ds3p has a better vdimm voltage regulator than the p35c
anyways i gave the board to my son promos chips dont mind the bad vdmm regulator
gigabut rushes out to produce the boards i wont be no gigabut guinypig again

**hixie** · 04-15-2008, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by dinos22

Dinos, i have a feeling we will be meeting very soon

**dinos22** · 04-15-2008, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by hixie

Dinos, i have a feeling we will be meeting very soon

sheeesh do i have to

j/k

**CoolZone** · 04-15-2008, 10:06 PM

do you think the boards with the P45 chipset will surpass in terms of CPU/mem overclocking the X48 boards?

**keiths** · 04-15-2008, 10:24 PM

If this thing has ICH10, why does it have 2 Gigabit LAN silkscreened on the board instead of 10Gbe? Not worth the time of day without it.

**dinos22** · 04-15-2008, 10:26 PM

lol seriously now how many ppl use 10GB lan and WHY

why increase the cost of a board for a feature most ppl will not benefit from just yet

**CoolZone** · 04-15-2008, 10:53 PM

If the 10GB LAN is the only difference,it surely isn't worth the upgrade from X48

**Richard Dower** · 04-15-2008, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by CoolZone

do you think the boards with the P45 chipset will surpass in terms of CPU/mem overclocking the X48 boards?

OMG!...you're not serious, are you?...the term 2 Gigabit LAN referes to the TWO Realtek 8111C LAN chips, as in *two* separate LAN chips which feature a teaming option to double the troughput.

Have a look at the 8111C specs:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/p...n=4&ProdID=142

**Richard Dower** · 04-15-2008, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by CoolZone

If the 10GB LAN is the only difference,it surely isn't worth the upgrade from X48

ICH10 has more differences, it now supports 6 SATA drives running in ACHI, ICH9 only supported four. ICH10 removes more legacy devices then before, it's supposed to use lower voltage also, integrated wireless LAN...the full specs should be out soon though.

**CoolZone** · 04-15-2008, 11:27 PM

I won't use wireless lan,I will go only with one HDD,so these improvements do not mean a lot for me.Those extra features are a little overkill and a lot of people won't use them.
I was interested more in the overclocking region.

**strange|ife** · 04-15-2008, 11:28 PM

first thought was ip35 pro, then noticed the rainbow dimm slots LAWL

**T_M** · 04-16-2008, 03:55 AM

For overclocking performance sit tight and let some beta testers start flashing some results that we can digest.
BTW has anyone credibly heard of the latest P45 chipset availability/shipping date yet? And i dont mean the boards.

**toddm27** · 04-16-2008, 08:53 AM

looks promising, can't wait to test one

**fireice2** · 04-16-2008, 02:42 PM

Are the Hidden BIOS setting still in this board? Its quite a chore having to unlock it everytime.

**T_M** · 04-16-2008, 05:28 PM

Ever since later X38 BIOSes, the only hidden settings are ones which very very very few people (aka 1 in many million) ever need to even know about, let alone change.
All overclocking settings are immediately available including all RAM timings.

**Richard Dower** · 04-16-2008, 09:32 PM

I don't mind hidden settings, i mean...how hard is it to hit CTRL+F1??

**dinos22** · 04-16-2008, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by SKYMTL

What are the PCI-E lanes like? 16x / 16x Crossfire or 8x / 8x ?

Hi mate

I think i've overlooked this questions
This motherboard supports true PCI Express 2.0 standard
in Crossfire it will operate at 8x + 8x which is plenty for just about any card(s) on the market

P35 chipsets were mainly taking a hit in performance due to 16x + 4x >>>> that 4x was really starving the second card and performance and multiple card scaling was very poor.

I remember Asus introducing a patched solutions on some of their higher end P35 PCIe first gen. boards and performance was very good as they were running on 8x + 8x but now P45 chipset is also moving to PCIe 2.0 so these chipsets are no longer going to be useless for Crossfire that's for sure

...................you will basically see bugger all different between 8x per slot compared to 16x per slot

...

Dino

**Richard Dower** · 04-17-2008, 04:58 AM

Dinos...got any new juicy PCB picies?....any images of the EP45-DQ6???

**T_M** · 04-22-2008, 01:52 AM

At least i dont have to hold my tongue any more, first public info on Gigabyte newest venture into Extreme OCing.
Personally im ignoring that crazy big HS, which is removable just like crazy cool was.

Gigabyte EP45 Extreme
(aka the 'Hotrod'

)

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9353/g...ots/index.html

**naokaji** · 04-22-2008, 02:22 AM

Originally Posted by T_M

Gigabyte EP45 Extreme(aka the 'Hotrod'

)

Madness? this is SPARTA ehhh Gigabyte

sounds like a must have board though from the text on twaktown. anyone know if it will be a ddr2 or ddr3 board?

**hixie** · 04-22-2008, 02:34 AM

Originally Posted by T_M

At least i dont have to hold my tongue any more, first public info on Gigabyte newest venture into Extreme OCing.
Personally im ignoring that crazy big HS, which is removable just like crazy cool was.

Gigabyte EP45 Extreme
(aka the 'Hotrod'

)

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9353/g...ots/index.html

this is going to be exciting

It's going to be DDR2, don't know about a DDR3 version