Test: Intel X48

Konklusion

Med X48 giver Intel startskuddet til sin 4x-generation af chipsets. Senere følger blandt andet det ventede P45 chipset, der skal afløse det meget populære P35. P45 ser dog umiddelbart kun ud til at være en PCIe 2.0 opdateret udgave af P35, hvilket virker som en mindre opgradering. Og på helt samme måde er det også med X48 i forhold til X38.

Naturligvis er der sket forbedringer, men forbedringerne er forholdsvis små og ydelsesmæssigt er der ikke forskel at mærke imellem X48 og X38. Mange har påstået at X48 blot var X38 chipsets, der var screenet til bedre overclockingegenskaber, men indtil videre har vi ikke her på siden haft bedre overclockingresultater med X48 end X38. Det tyder altså ikke på store forbedringer i den retning og alt i alt må man sige at X48 nok er mere evolution end revolution. Og med Intels genfødsel med Core 2 Duo processoren var vi netop blevet vant til revolutioner fra chip-giganten.

UK Summary

With X48, Intel fires the first shot in its 4th generation chipset salvo. Later, the highly anticipated P45 chip will follow, which is supposed to take over the spot of the highly popular P35 chipset. An immediate look makes the P45 look simply to be a P35 upgraded with PCI-e 2.0, which seems to be a minor upgrade. This is very similar to what we have seen with regards to the X48 vs. the X38.

Naturally, improvements have been made, but they are fairly minor, and looking at the X48 vs. the X38, there is not much worth noticing performancewise. Many have said that the X48, plain and simply, is the X38 chipset screened for better overclocking capabilities, but so far on this site, we have not seen any better overclocking potentials on the X48 compared to the X38. It seems not much has been achieved on the overclocking side of things, so all in all we have to conclude that X48 seems to be more like an evolution than a revolution. And with Intels rebirth by its launch of the Core 2 Duo processor, we were just getting used to revolutions from the chip giant.