Old sorry, I guess YPops! is dead so I had to switch accounts to post here
again.
1. *By the time* nehalem ships X48 will be mature is what I said!
2. Tangable is number of PCIe lanes & official support of 1600 FSB. Since boards
based on any of the 3 chipsets cost money, the xtra $$$ for X vs. P is future
proofing IMHO.
3. It seemed like the Wifi was factoring in as a reason to buy.
4. Dual GB means teaming, redundantcy if one dies. Again not a reason to pick but
that's a standard feature of todays mobo's anyway.
Now if you had said X38 vs X48 has no tangable benefit I'd agree with you in the
context of replacing an X38 mobo with a X48 model not being worth it.
James Boswell wrote:
On 16 Jun 2008, at 13:17:570, j maccraw wrote:
I'd fully suggest going with the Rampage, it's a great board so far
for me. Part of the best $1300 I've ever spent on a PC upgrade when it
comes to the "wow, I can see the difference" factor. The rest being
Q6600, Visiontek HD3870X2 OC'd, 2GB Corsair DDR2-800, case+psu. Only
regret is the audio and that would be the same with all the current
boards.
With top-end LGA775 QX CPU's still ~$1000 which would have to come
down in price after (delayed recently for erata) Nehalem ships. Then
consider mature & vetted X48 (not " very obsolete") mobos vs a new
core ships with new socket & bugs to work out, What again exactly
makes that high-end LGA775 a "silly" choice? That's some funny waffle
flawed logic given that out the other side of your face you suggest a
budget, limping, limited P35 mobo instead! A Rampage X48 cost same as
Maximus X38, both only $100 more than P5K, they both have more lanes
than P35 and are after all a ROG not a budget models so it's a tofu to
steak comparison. Nevermind who the heck buys a mobo (as a conscious
choice or perceived benefit) based on it having wifi built-in anyways?
1) the X48 chipset isn't mature, since it's only just hit the market.
2) It's a silly choice because it offers no particularly tangible real
world performance benefit over a P35 board and costs quite a bit more,
your hyperbolic description of P35 as limping and limited aside, there
really isn't all that much to be gained.
3) At what point did I say it having built in wifi was a swinging point
for it? although it certainly makes more sense in 99% of cases than dual
gigabit ethernet.
-JB
