wait... can someone explain this to me in n00b terms? i'm still a little confused but this is what i'm understanding from all this. x58 mobos are the new nehalem chipset from intel that will natively support xfire just like x38/48 because intel will not give nvidia permission to have native SLI on this new chipset. so to get around this, nvidia makes their own chipset for mobo manufacturers to slap on the board so the board has both x58 chip + nForce200 chip?

yup shady move. the more crap on the mobo, the more potential problem there will be. like mentioned before, some people just want a basic x58 mobo without all the other gunk on it because in the end, it'll just inflate the mobo prices.