Gigabyte and MSI Announce X48 Boards, But Not Launch

When will we see Intel X48? That is the question, and a good one. At this point, I am not sure when the market penetration will begin, but it should be within the next two – three weeks, but that’s a hunch. I’ll be receiving the Gigabyte board (pictured) shortly, so I assume that the launch is not too far off. According to industry tracking site DigiTimes, both Gigabyte and MSI have announced their new motherboards, but neither are prepared to deliver them, at least not immediately.

I am unsure where ASUS is with their X48 samples, but I believe their boards are going to be delayed by an additional week, similar to the X38 launch. Why this is, I believe is linked to the fact that they want to put in a little extra time, since their launch boards tend to be very feature-rich. Gigabyte’s launch X48 board should be interesting as well though, as they include their new Dynamic Energy Saver technology that does as you’d expect. Every little bit helps when you have 200W GPUs, I suppose.

You can expect our X48 coverage in the weeks to come, as samples are brought in.

Gigabyte Technology recently announced its X48 motherboard highlighting it will adopt the company’s unique Dynamic Energy Saver (DES) technology, while Micro-Star International (MSI) also made the announcement that its X48 motherboard will adopt the same dual-channel power supply design as that in its X38 model for better power management. MSI’s board will also feature an updated Circu-Pipe fansink and MSI SkyTel technology.

Source: DigiTimes