ASUS RAMPAGE II GENE (Retail) : ROG. X58 m-ATX preview

[evil-98]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131371

please dont buy them all... save me one!

[yaddam205]

Anyone have a D0 stepping chip to throw on this board?

[Parad0x]

fresh bios

[jugeen]

[Parad0x]

cooling?

spi 1M?

[HuffPCair]

Nice looking board. Did anyone notice the battery on it how it is standing up over in the top right corner. Never seen one like that.

[Evilsizer]

well i just got my board from xPCgear, i guess it depends on what you buy from them on the kind of service you get... though all the times i had to call to get a CC issue taken care of cause of the bank, didnt take long to get someone. 90% of the time i got the same person on the phone..



as a note one thing i havent seen any one talk about is the fact the board has mounting holes for both sockets 1366/775. i was hoping it would have both, that why i have some leeway before i go wc'ing.

[jugeen]

cooling?

spi 1M?

TRUE CU + Delta FFB1212EHE @ 7v

1M is for C2D . but i'll test it tomorrow.

[yaddam205]

Nice result jugeen.

Evilsizer, I was also happy to see the 775 mounting holes. Now I don't have to buy the TRUE bolt kit.

[systemviper]

i'm very interested in teh matx but i heard bad things about this guys big brother. thanks for hte info.

[breathemetal]

Cant wait for some benches and results

[yaddam205]

Interesting FYI about the "X-Fi" sound card; It's actually a ADI AD2000B with X-Fi software emulation.

atomic: http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/Review/1...e-ii-gene.aspx

[pvhk]

the rig:
PSU , i920 & supertalent D9GTR courtesy lent by drazendead


BCLK@210 ratio 20x:
i920@4.2Ghz

[yaddam205]

Fresh Bios: http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?...Language=en-us

[OBR]

here is my review: http://pctuning.tyden.cz/index.php?o...1&limitstart=0

Ocing:



920 on AIR



965 on LN2 - SuperPi stable



965 on LN2 - Rock stable

[yaddam205]

I'm having a ratio issue and for the life of me can't figure it out. I am unable to reach 190+ bclock regardless of what I do. Even with the lowest mutli I am still unable to get it to boot. I am rock solid at 21 x 189 but no further.
21 x 189
HT = On
Tubro = Off
Vcore = 1.36
QPI = 1.35

[ChinStrap]

try giving her more QPI

for me, 1.4 is where she took off.

http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php...postcount=1185

[yaddam205]

try giving her more QPI

for me, 1.4 is where she took off.

http://www.ocforums.com/showpost.php...postcount=1185

Tried 1.45 and vcore at 1.4816x190 no post. I think it's a ratio issue but I don't know how to fix it.

[Achill3uS]

Gene is still on the top just a fast re-check with D0 and newest bios on air...

qpi: 1.50v
ioh: 1.31v

max bclk 233.46

[jpm804]

Gene is still on the top just a fast re-check with D0 and newest bios on air...

qpi: 1.50v
ioh: 1.31v

max bclk 233.46

Would you mind sharing your full bios settings?

Also what ram are and D0 batch stepping with your board?

Good results also ..... this board is looking like it can hang with the full zie boards.

[Achill3uS]

let me take a photo of it later

mems: Team Xtreem 3GB DDR3-1866 CL9
cpu batch: 3849A837

i made some SPI 32M action today with the same setup, still on air

vcore: 1.52v (loadline disabled)
qpi: 1.55v
ioh: 1.31v

[no_n|ck]

nice results.. also waiting for full bios settings

[massman]

I'm having a ratio issue and for the life of me can't figure it out. I am unable to reach 190+ bclock regardless of what I do. Even with the lowest mutli I am still unable to get it to boot. I am rock solid at 21 x 189 but no further.
21 x 189
HT = On
Tubro = Off
Vcore = 1.36
QPI = 1.35

Try raising the PCI-e clock

[Achill3uS]

ok here are my 230 bclk 32M stable bios settings, hope it will help for you guys, hf

[no_n|ck]

thanks alot bud, 230blck here also.. didnt test the superpi yet but it boots fine.. btw, why have you have disabled load line calibration?