Monday, February 16th 2009
Intel X58 Chipset Moves from B-2 to B-3 Stepping in April
Intel will be moving its current high-end X58 chipset to B-3 stepping, the company announced in a recent official notification to motherboard makers. The IOH (I/O Hub) component of the Intel X58 Express chipset is converting from the current B-2 stepping to the new B-3 stepping. This step will require manufacturers to do a re-qualification, although both revisions are pin-to-pin compatible. No modifications or changes in the design of current motherboards will be needed for the new chipset stepping. First batch of B-3 X58 silicon will become available to board manufacturers on April 10th. The B-3 chipset marking will be replaced from SLGBT to SLGMX.
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Intel
12 Comments on Intel X58 Chipset Moves from B-2 to B-3 Stepping in April
I suppose it will work with D0 processors out of the box (without BIOS update for CPUID) but is that the only change?
Believe me, I won't care either unless it increases benchmark scores by 50% or more, or makes games play like they were real life. I seriously doubt anyone will go out and upgrade if they've aready got a mobo that supports DDR3.