Official ASUS X48 Boards: P5E3 Premium, Rampage Formula/Extreme - BIOS/Info thread

Finally old goofy Santa Claus is coming to town...
ASUS P5E3 Premium:

X48/ICH9R based motherboard. BIOS dumps along with SPI/3D comparison with X38 based P5E3 Deluxe - tommorow.

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Brought to you by Kielbasa Squad :up:

I hate its layout.

What about the people that use a Crossfire and 2 PCI cards (audio + ageia)?

Where is the Rampage Formula/Extreme??Premium it's just like the P5E3 Deluxe

Rampage will be top mb for ASUS x48 series. Exactly like blitz for p35 and maximus for x38 series.

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Originally Posted by sobih25

Rampage will be top mb for ASUS x48 series. Exactly like blitz for p35 and maximus for x38 series.

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LOL, let's hope NOT! Maximus Formula has great performance, but is pure BS.

I think asus needs a class in motherboard layout, I don't think I've seen an asus board with a good layout since the A8n-SLI

As promised, performance comparison between X48 and X38.

strap 200:

(X48 on left, X38 on right)

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6...p200fs7.th.jpg http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3...p200el5.th.jpg

strap 266:

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2...p266jh2.th.jpg http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/6...p266ln3.th.jpg

strap 333:
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9...p333lz8.th.jpg http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2...p333wg4.th.jpg

strap 400:
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/4...p444xy5.th.jpg http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5...p400hz7.th.jpg

express gate :]
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6...3573ag5.th.jpg

bios:
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5...3574jv6.th.jpg http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6...3575at4.th.jpg http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5...3576he8.th.jpg http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1...3577aa8.th.jpg
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6...3578er9.th.jpg http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1...3579eg8.th.jpg http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1...3580mx8.th.jpg http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/5...3581on2.th.jpg
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9...3582wb9.th.jpg http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3...3583rr5.th.jpg http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4...3584hr6.th.jpg


What is really interesting, is fact that used CPU could do stable FSB500@air, which was not possible on any other board before... hmm...
Any comments are welcome ;)

Any updates on the Rampage boards? I can't find ANYTHING online other than this thread...

patience is virtue. hope this week i'll update this topic.

Cool cool! How is the P5E3 Premium running? Are you able to maintain 500MHz FSB on the Quad?

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Originally Posted by Fixxxer

I hate its layout.

What about the people that use a Crossfire and 2 PCI cards (audio + ageia)?

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What do you not like about the Maximus Extreme? The card setup?

The way I see it, remove the Asus soundcard and replace it with a PCIe soundcard. Then use the PCI slot.


:cool:

Anyone noticed that the Audio connector says Foxconn on it?

a lot of boards use foxconn parts, almost every one ive owned in fact (never owned a foxconn board though)

why do people always do weird superpis? can't they just stick to 1M & 32M.

Asus Rampage Formula...courtesy of HWBox.

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http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7...eformulif3.jpg

Is no one interested in this? :(

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Originally Posted by kup

Is no one interested in this? :(

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I am, Whats the Rev on the rampage?

I wish ASUS would offer a step up from the maximus to the rampage.

I can't make out the rev on the board, it's far too blurry. But the PCB is indentical to that of the Maximus, which I expected since X48 is just higher binned X38 in reality. I'd expect rev2 or something?

Is this board going to be delayed like the other x48 ones because of Intel's decision to clear x38's stock first?

Going to get a Rampage & DDR3 when it all comes available with the new EE cpu.

is anyone still gonna still be using DDR2?

I am still thinking of going to DDR3 with this board or not.

Worth going to DDR3?

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Originally Posted by NoobCake

is anyone still gonna still be using DDR2?

I am still thinking of going to DDR3 with this board or not.

Worth going to DDR3?

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I still use DDR1/DDR2 while playing with DDR3 ... performance to price ratio, DDR2 just can't be beat right now compared with DDR3.

I just wish there were mem dividers for DDR3 higher than 1:2 as we're really cpu FSB limited right now heh

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Originally Posted by eva2000

I still use DDR1/DDR2 while playing with DDR3 ... performance to price ratio, DDR2 just can't be beat right now compared with DDR3.

I just wish there were mem dividers for DDR3 higher than 1:2 as we're really cpu FSB limited right now heh

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lol ohh ok

i just hate the names asus give to boards, especially the maximus formula, blitz forumla, all this bull dust.

Just keep it with numbers and letters ( like the p5k deluxe, etc ), looks better and doesn't sound childish like rampage formula "sigh" @ asus.

Other then that i love asus boards, BLACK PCB FTW!

not like gigashat kids colour

Any news on the overclockability of these boards? Or is it the same as the X38 boards?:) Also, is the 4:5 FSB:RAM divider fixed?