Quote Originally Posted by Richard Dower View Post
So basically X38 is crap and just hype and extra money for no performance?

That sucks man!...Intel and the mobo makers should be ashamed!
as was said before, X38 is also heavily optimized for DDR3. DDR2 is mostly legacy support and not much attention was paid there as far as MCH design.

It is not worth upgrading to the x38 if you have DDR2. The p35 takes it better because much more time was spent on DDR2 support there.

SO right now if you have a 65nm quad/single core and ddr2 your best choice is a p35. If you have DDR3 and want to upgrade to a 45nm chip soon, then you should look at the X38.