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Wow cap city.
100% Fujitsu FPCAPQuote:
Originally Posted by mrcape
I like the packaging. Very clean and modern.
Just hope it's better than my experience with the original Maximus Formula. Two boards in a row just completely screwy and unstable.
Oh well, probably just bad luck.
looks like ASUS design team really pulled out all the stops on this one beautiful board beautiful packaging
but they just love to put in a few pci and 24pin and 8pin connectors in there that do not match the board but not that big of a deal they will be populated and not in sight
VERY nice
should make for some very smooth voltage delivery, i would love this board if it were 1366. oh well. :shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by mrcape
what the flip are ROG Connect and Go Button?
I'd guess ROG Connect is for hooking up that "hardware OC" unit with the LCD and whatnot. I think that was Asus anyways that showed that off.Quote:
Originally Posted by slim142
Go Button turns on the system without need of a case? Not sure.
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1. CPU Level Up - LOL I CAN LEVEL UP MY CPU?1???!
2. Meh @ Jmicron being the "speeding hdd"
Seriously, companies like ASUS, Gigabyte and the lot need to have ONE guy proof all this crap.
Wait, so this supports 2 sockets? On the box it says Core i7 + Core i5 Compatible?
like this board :)
the important thing is that it has not the problems as the MFII for P45!!! :)
@dingdong555
not 2 sockets! the cpu´s for 1156 are available in i7 and i5. :)
whats "speeding hdd" supposed to mean?
whats the "go" button? :confused:
the pcb looks a lot more brown and not black... too bad, black is definately better...
voltage reading pads next to the atx power connector = fail...
nice package design, though the front of the box is really boring imo...there should be some logo or animation or something...
and it looks like its printed very cheaply, the red looks very bleach...
so what about the rog connect? any more details?
they havent exactly explained what it is, how it works and what it does yet, so flagging it as a feature without explaining it is a bit weird...
the plastic and inside packaging looks very nice...
Wishes this was s775 :(
dingdong555 just to confuse things intel have pulled some sort of crazy marketing "stunt" where some Corei7 branded CPU's are using the Socket 1156 platform. However all current Core i7's are "High End" so will use the 1366 socket. However come Q4 or Q3 this year things will get rather confusing as Core i7 series CPU's will emerge on the 1156 socket.
John
In the article I read in another thread, the ROG connect is a software tool you can install on your netbook/notebook and connect to this motherboard via usb cable, to overclock the computer through windows software based on another machine.
There wasn't much more details into it.
http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?...-_first_look/1
From the article
The go button is
The ROG Connect isQuote:
The automatic overclocking features don't stop there though, oh no, they've added even more, allowing just about anybody to overclock their system easily. The Go Button allows users to quickly load a profile to overclock their CPU, whilst in Windows, for temporary speed boosts.
Speeding HD isQuote:
In a move to introduce more of it's users to overclocking, ASUS really are simplifying things. They have added yet another new feature, called ROG Connect. Basically, this allows you to collect your PC to your laptop and then overclock it whilst the PC still focuses on it's task (A benchmark for example). On the subject of performance, there is also the new GameFirst technology which prioritises the packets to lower your ping in games and still allows you to download files in the background.
*doubt its faster then ICH10R , maybe easier to setup :PQuote:
You may be wondering what the two "Speeding HDD" ports are, they almost double the performance of the hard disk by quickly building a RAID array in either the BIOS or Windows itself. It is an easy method of setting up a RAID array is it gives you two options - Fast (RAID 0) or Secure (RAID 1). It's an interesting feature, will be useful to many, unlike the not so good basic RAID functions on older motherboards.
Looks like all those caps might get in the way of some wide coolers.
Asus boards have always been tacky and this one is no exception.
Well it definitely looks xtreme :up:
@ elle,JohnZS
LOL, Wow, even more confusing now :P
Thanks!
Maybe I'm been picky but is there any evidence of more then one LAN socket? The one they have is listed as PCI internal bus. At gigabit speeds I'd like a PCI-E bus thanks.
Only one lan by the looks of it.
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Jmicron for the lose
ROG connect is slick. Dedicated independent USB to Smbus port for connecting either a laptop or another PC for on-the-fly OC adjustments. Or you can use the upcoming OC panel instead. I used another PC to change 3d mark 06 voltages and BCLK on the fly, works pretty well for extracting points from every bench. System overhead seems pretty light, no real BCLK hit as a result of having it on. Its a fairly polished board (for the OC stuff).
holy shat. They removed idd ports :shocked: Took their time :P
So I still don't get what this Supports both i5 and i7 means?
i dont like those caps near cpu socket
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Originally Posted by koksy
There are some i7 model base on Socket 1156 ( model number 8xx )
oh cool... god damn it, why does new hardware keep coming out all the time? First I was about to buy the Maximus II Formnula. Then the Maximus II Extreme. And now this comes out?? ahhhh, I can't decide!! *heartstroke*
why would you want a new pc?
P45 with a quadcore and hd4870... is there any game you cant play? :confused:
id recommend you to buy a bigger display and maybe vga instead of new cpu and mainboard and possibly memory
24 inches of full HD is good enough for me :D I just can't play everything on max settings, so clearly I need to upgrade to full i7 setup.
I also have some seriously annoying stability issues with this mb, so might as well buy something fun :D
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About Go button and ROG Connect
you clearly dont need i7 to play games at high res :P you probably need a faster vga...Quote:
Originally Posted by koksy
your stability problems are probably caused by running a 65nm quad on a p45 board... or the board sucks, idk... :D
I upgraded from X48 to X58, not because I needed to for games, just because I felt like building again and selling my X48 parts off.
Next upgrade will just be DX11 graphics cards next year, although one of my 4870's has began artifacting with the ram at stock clocks, so I might try to RMA it for a 4890 =P. Need to uncustomise it first and cant be bothered right now.
Good looking board. I'm really glad they got rid of the IDE and floppy connectors and added additional SATA. I'm currently running 6 internal SATA drives (4x HDD, 2x Optical) and an additional 2 eSATA 640gb drives.
Hopefully this board wont cost a fortune (but i know it will). I'll probably be buying it regardless.
Was there ever a Maximus II Extreme :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by koksy
I think he meant to say Rampage II Extreme...if not, then no, there was never a Maximus II Extreme.Quote:
Originally Posted by btarunr
e-penis enlargement :D And ASUS ROG Maximus III gives you a pretty long one :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya