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Gigabyte P35-DQ6 & P35-DS3 |
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Written by Dusan Srbljak
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Monday, 14 May 2007 |
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Page 1 of 7 With Intel announcing faster C2D processors, it was clear as daylight to everyone, even those not so adept, that a new chipset was to be initiated. Guided by the “a new CPU, a new chipset” logic, Intel introduced the X975 chipset, with P965 arriving a little later. X975 was manufactured in 110nm, with Intel describing it as a “performance desktop chipset”. Unlike X975, the P965 chipset was manufactured in 90nm, its slogan being “mainstream desktop chipset”.
The difference in performance between these two was evidently in favour of X975, due to the significantly greater memory bandwidth. Still, P965 had its trumps, those being (mainly because of the 90nm manufacturing process) an overly greater overclocking potential. Intel thus pleased two major target markets – hardware enthusiasts and those who don't fall into the aforementioned category. And just as everything started to become monotonous, Intel decided to introduce yet another chipset.
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