X48 release date?

[BadRobot]

Anyone know the launch date for th x48 chipset mobo's?

 

[NXIL]

http://www.blogtoplist.com/rss/chipset.html

Intel X48 chipset may hurt X38 sales
2007-10-15 18:45:00

Intel X48 chipset may hurt X38 sales: "Intel recently launched its high-end 3 series chipset X38 in the market, however with details of a chip revision, the X48 chipset, exposed, some motherboard makers are concerned that the X48 may hurt demand for motherboards based on the X38 chipset, according to sources at motherboard makers. Intel recently delivered X48 A0 test samples to motherboard makers.

The chipset is expected to launch between the end of 2007 and January 2008 after testing, while motherboards should start appear on the market in the first quarter of 2008, added the sources.

From 14 NOV 07 report:

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=470

Now, we have information that the Intel X48 Express chipset is slated to be launched sometime in mid-January, 2008. That firms up the previous estimate of Q1, 2008 or 10 weeks after BoneTrail's launch.

Getting close? This from The Inquirer: not The National Inquirer, but:

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/.../11/22/leaky-mobo-rama

THE INTERNET IS leaked-pic-central this morning, as the release of Intel's X48 chipset and Nvidia's 780i approach. The boards have been finished for a long time now, merely waiting for the final revision of the chip to drop in.

That means that the Taiwanese manufacturers are getting antsy about who's going to get the big PR for the launch, and pictures are 'unofficially' flying left, right and centre to the press.

Have a gander, then, at these:

MSI X48
Gigabyte X48 with Christmas lights
Asus 780i
Gigabyte 780i

Stay tuned for the imminent deluge of pics and early benchies sure to follow in the next few days. µ


HTH

NXIL

 

[darkxknight]

so does this mean i shouldn't get the x38 and go with p35 for now?

 

[guptasa1]

Interesting. I wonder if they'll coincide X48 with the new 1600 FSB extreme processors (QX9770).

 

[NXIL]

so does this mean i shouldn't get the x38 and go with p35 for now?

Depends on your budget, goals, video card(s), etc.

I saw from your wish list that you will be getting the Q6600 and an 8800GTS (note that the 8800GT is apparently faster, cheaper, better, from what I read). I think that a P35 chipset board will handle that fine.

Here is X38 versus P35:

http://compare.intel.com/pcc/s...ilyID=10&culture=en-US

The X38: handles ECC ram, which you are not interested in based on the memory you chose.

PCI 2.0: this is good, but, there is still plenty of bandwidth in PCI one....

As for the X48:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...ts/showdoc.aspx?i=3150

Our initial test results indicate that except for official 1600FSB support, there are not any real performance differences between the X38 and X48 chipsets at stock or mildly overclocked settings. This does not surprise us, as Intel's chipset guidance outline has not indicated anything differently. It was not until we started pushing both boards that we could tell a difference, even then it was minor for the most part.

1600 FSB = DDR3 = very expensive right now.

So, X38 is a slightly more capable P35; X48 is a jacked up slightly better than X38 chipset, that will cost a lot more.

I do not see anything in the X48 that is must have.....for X38, the PCIw 2.0 is good, but not essential....

HTH

NXIL