Since intel company began to supply x38 chipset on 19 August. Yesterday we have the possibility to study the BIOS setting of asus P5E3 deluxe motherboard on base of chipset intel x38. As rule, intel chipset in this price segment overclock better than their mass version. in addition, to the chipset intel x38 there are several option, intended to increase the performance.
first motherboard on base Of intel x38 will be released by asus and Gigabyte company . the price of separate models will begin from $340.
However, what will gigabyte company propose ? The first motherboard on chipset intel x38 from this producer will appear in sale in the end of September, price in world wide retail will begin from $280. According to the preliminary data, Gigabyte will propose four motherboard models on base of chipset intel x38: two of them will relate to the cheaper series DS5, the two others - to a more expensive series DQ6. The difference between models inside the series will consist in the type of supported memory: DDR-2 or DDR- 3 .
Associate already procured a copy of the motherboard gigabyte GA- X 38- DQ6, which was oriented on DDR-2 support . Thus , the motherboard BIOS is somewhat damp; it is pretty early for a final conclusions, but the chipset intel x38 already goes around Intel p35 by a pair of percentages in separate applications.