Gigabyte GA-946-DS3 (rev. 3.3)
Chipset
Socket 
FSB speeds 533MHz800MHz1066MHz
Form factorATX (max 305 x 244 mm)
Dimensions305mm x 210mm
Cache
None/Integrated in the CPU
Max RAM size
4GB
RAM type DDR2 UDIMM
PSU connector
Also known as
- Gigabyte GA-946-S3 (rev. 3.x)
I/O ports1x
3.5mm Audio Combo
1x
Floppy interface
1x
IDE interface
1x
PS/2 keyboard
1x
PS/2 mouse
1x
Parallel
1x
S/PDIF
4x
SATA II
1x
Serial
8x
USB 2.0
Expansion slots3x
32-bit PCI
3x
PCIe x1
1x
PCIe x16
Notes
- GA-946-S3: Mixed polymer/electrolytic capacitors
- GA-946-DS3: All polymer capacitors
Last updated 2026-01-07T19:29:22Z
Board info score is 9.6/10
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CPU family support
- Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott)
- Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe/Allendale)
- Intel Pentium D (Presler)
- Intel Core 2 Quad (Kentsfield)
- Intel Core 2 Extreme (Kentsfield)
- Intel Pentium 4 (Cedar Mill)
- Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (Gallatin)
- Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (Prescott)
- Intel Pentium D (Smithfield)
- Intel Pentium Extreme Edition (Presler XE)
- Intel Pentium Extreme Edition (Smithfield XE)
- Intel Celeron D (Prescott-256)
- Intel Pentium Dual-Core (Allendale)
- Intel Celeron Dual-Core (Allendale)
- Intel Xeon (Conroe/Allendale)
- Intel Celeron (Conroe-L)
- Intel Celeron D (Cedar Mill-512)
- Intel Xeon (Kentsfield)
3 BIOS files available
Award - 3 entries
POST string
Note
Core Ver.
BIOS Ver.
Logs
POST string
05/24/2007-946GZ-ICH7-6A89LG01C-00
Note
For GA-946-S3
Core version
6.00PG
BIOS version
Logs
9 drivers available
Name
Version
OS support
Size
Filename
Name
Version
14.17.0.4396
OS support
Windows 2000
Windows XP/2k3
Size
Empty
Filename
Name
Version
14.32.4
OS support
Windows 2000
Windows XP/2k3
Size
47.9MB
Filename
Name
Version
14.25.50
OS support
Windows 2000
Windows XP/2k3
Size
Empty
Filename
Name
Version
9.2.0.1030
OS support
Windows 2000
Windows XP/2k3
Size
Empty
Filename
Name
Version
9.1.2.1007
OS support
Windows 2000
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP/2k3
Size
2.4MB
Filename
Name
Version
5.836
OS support
Windows 2000
Windows XP/2k3
Size
9.3MB
Filename
Name
Version
7.154
OS support
Windows 7
Size
4.8MB
Filename
Name
Version
8.100
OS support
Windows 8.x
Size
4.8MB
Filename
Name
Version
106.35
OS support
Windows Vista
Size
9.5MB
Filename
1 board document available
Release date
File
Logs
Chip
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File
Logs
Chip
Release date
2007-04
File
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Chip
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2005-04
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Chip
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2012-05
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Family
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File
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Family
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2001-02
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Family
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2008-01
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Family
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2007-03
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Family
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2008-08
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Family
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2008-01
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2011-09-06
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2011-09-06
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2008-12
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Family
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2007-06
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Family
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2007-10-30
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2011-09-08
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2007-08
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2007-08
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2010-12
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2010-12
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2007-04
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Family
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2007-04
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2007-10
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2010-12
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2009-08
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Family
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2009-08
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Family
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2007-11-08
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Family
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2011-09-08
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Family
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2011-03-21
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Family
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2011-03-21
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2005-02
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2005-05
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2004-02
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2007-01
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2007-07
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2001-10
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2002-05
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Family
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Socket
Release date
File
Logs
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