What happened to all the X48 boards?

[darkpark]

When the intel X38 boards came on the scene they made a big splash than intel followed up by releasing the X48 chipset. Naturally, some new X48 boards started to show up.
Now that the X58/i7 is out people are talking about that and also the boards that came before the X38/48. What happened to those boards/chipsets?
The specs of my machine are in my signature and it's running very well.

-darkpark

 

[Zero82z]

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. X48 boards are still around, but obviously that platform has been largely replaced by i7 and X58. Core 2 setups are now more of a midrange thing, and the midrange P45 chipset is much more popular than X48 because it's much cheaper, runs cooler, and overclocks better.

 

[Putz]

still using mine, works fine

cant justify the sidegrade to an i7 and x58 for margin performance increases in real work stuff, will be the first generation ive skipped since i went from a 286 to a 486 i think

 

[Down8]

still using mine, works fine

cant justify the sidegrade to an i7 and x58 for margin performance increases in real work stuff, will be the first generation ive skipped since i went from a 286 to a 486 i think

Word, my X38/Q6700 is serving me well. If I could get my RAM to 1600, I'd be a happy camper for another 1-2yrs.*

* I can't see Diablo3 struggling on my machine.