Asus made the best boards for years , the problem is they are complicaded and not to stable...gigabyte makes them simpler and stable as hell...

example: i own a striker ii formula and a ep45 ds3l strangely ds3l is bit faster and more stable than the striker ,even pvm-s2 is more stable and has a better speed...

to compete with Asus on quality these days.

That so-called "advantage" from Gigabyte doesn't make a difference for most users. Few people have a watercooler or a TEC to push the system to the mobo limits...

Well, if you have pennies to spend on such powerfull system...well...the number of phases is only one item on motherboard overclockability...

So this article is about what??

How only two manufacturers managed to squeak out enough revenue from Intel's ever-changing lineup and ever-increasing chipset prices?

X58 mobos are ridiculously priced for the most part.

Oh dear, $400 for a board is for fools easily parted from their money.

Do the maths:

Buy 6 normal priced boards and keep 5 space incase the first one breaks...

I have just got email confirmation that the new Gigabyte EX58A-Extreme , and X58A-UD5 will have the new B3 Stepping chipset.

And I read those new Gigabyte X58A mobos will have SATA3 with Marvell controllers instead of Jmicron.(but not sure if it will have USB3 )

And I read the new Asus X58 will have SATA3 and USB3

But WHEN will they be on the market ?

This is a BS article. There are no facts to prove the claims. There are no performance stats, no RMA rates, no pricing, no quantities sold, where are the figures and reports for such a claim? Prove it that those are the only two final players.

...will finally end Asus' reign of terror, i.e. half-baked products.

In the last ten years Asus has diversified and pumped out a lot of crap for a quick profit. Now with the brutal worldwide economic depression that has just begun, maybe we can finally get rid of Asus and their crap products. Years ago they made good mobos but they lost their way in pursuit of financial greed.