Intel has a nasty habit of killing off relatively new chipsets and leaving buyers in the lurch.
So it was with the X48 chipset, which appeared within months of the X38. Given that the X48 is largely the same silicon, we can't quite fathom why Intel didn't make a single release that combined the features of both.
Gaming prowess
Nevertheless, the X48 is certainly offers comprehensive support for the very latest Intel 45nm chips.
That includes the near-mythical Core 2 Extreme QX9770 and its currently unique 1,600MHz front side bus. Of course, the X48 also supports Intel's CrossFire multi-GPU graphics technology, making it the obvious foil to NVIDIA's latest 790i SLI mobos.
In general performance terms and overclocking prowess, there is little to choose between the two.
