Just Learnin'
03-21-2008, 09:37 PM
Source: PC Perspective (http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=533)
The chipset world has been surprisingly active in the last 6 months or so with releases from Intel, AMD and NVIDIA all converging in way I haven't seen in quite some time. AMD is finally using the ATI acquisition to release quality core logic designs and NVIDIA is finally updating the aging nForce 600-series of chipsets for the Intel platform. Intel's own X38 chipset arrived to the scene in early October even though news of the pending X48 chipset launch was already circulating in the press.
And that brings us to today, where we are reviewing our first X48 chipset motherboard. Many speculate that Intel held off on the X48 launch in order to appease motherboard manufacturers that had bought a LOT of X38 chipset stock they had not yet sold through. More than likely that is true - the features and overlap of the two products are apparent. The X48 is really an upgrade that includes official support for the 1600 MHz FSB processors (that don't really exist still) as well as...well that's pretty much it.
Gigabyte has been improving their name in the enthusiast world for the last couple of years by release high quality, high-end products aimed squarely at readers like ours. In a field that was once dominated by the likes of ASUS, Abit and DFI, Gigabyte is adding their own say into the dialogue.
The chipset world has been surprisingly active in the last 6 months or so with releases from Intel, AMD and NVIDIA all converging in way I haven't seen in quite some time. AMD is finally using the ATI acquisition to release quality core logic designs and NVIDIA is finally updating the aging nForce 600-series of chipsets for the Intel platform. Intel's own X38 chipset arrived to the scene in early October even though news of the pending X48 chipset launch was already circulating in the press.
And that brings us to today, where we are reviewing our first X48 chipset motherboard. Many speculate that Intel held off on the X48 launch in order to appease motherboard manufacturers that had bought a LOT of X38 chipset stock they had not yet sold through. More than likely that is true - the features and overlap of the two products are apparent. The X48 is really an upgrade that includes official support for the 1600 MHz FSB processors (that don't really exist still) as well as...well that's pretty much it.
Gigabyte has been improving their name in the enthusiast world for the last couple of years by release high quality, high-end products aimed squarely at readers like ours. In a field that was once dominated by the likes of ASUS, Abit and DFI, Gigabyte is adding their own say into the dialogue.