***Asus Rampage III Extreme Owners Thread***

[Linuxfan]

Great triple SLI 480s result Boadar!

[brolloks]

Congrats on the gold cup 3DM03 Bodar, well done man !!

Are those TEK9 FAT GPU pots you used there?

[Bodar]

Thanks so much Nick and Linuxfan!! I did a test once with 4 gtx 480's on air and a 5700mhz cpu clock.. It was also decent.. about 176k.. Maybe there is a 4-way sli gpu frequency combined with a 6200mhz+ that may be good as well.. Or just bump the cpu up to 6400mhz and use 3 of these on ln2 at below 1100mhz.. Maybe 1050 might be good.. I dont think anyone is going to beat Nicks 217k score though. that's really awesome!!

[Bodar]

Thanks Brolloks for all the help on the IOH stuff!! Yeah! tek 9 slim.. There's alot of insulation tape around them.. Makes it look bigger I guess.

[Hondacity]

i think the base clocks of the 480s are 33mhz i'm not sure..when we were benching 3 480s...we got weird results.... congrats with results...what bios was used for 3d?

nichshih is back!!! nick hows the new kp pot?

[Bodar]

The bios I used was 704.. I think it's improved with the newer 3d bios.. Maybe I'll try that soon!! Thanks Hondacity!!

[kurumi_Japan]

The 1st ones were rev 1.0G and the later ones rev 2.0G, this is my 2nd board...the 1st one I had was a rev 1.0 and sucked badly, and could not get pass 210 bclck with a variety of CPU's...my current one is a rev 1.0 as well and is great and does 255 blclk on the 980X. From what I can gather the rev 2.0 fixed a lot of issues the 1st one had especially with low bclck walls.

Thank you for your reply!!

In Japan, Ist delivery lot are rev2, 2nd delivery are rev1.
So I guess rev2 has any problem, now change there rev to rev1.
But as your info, rev 2 is beter than rev1.

I checked some HWBot ranking, SF3D's REX3 is rev1., other top ranker used rev2.
So rev1 & rev2 does not have many changes･････?

[kurumi_Japan]

Awesome score Bodar!!

[tistou77]

It shows up in CPUZ as Rev 1.xx or 2.xx under the motherboard tab...it is also noted on the board or box

for me, is rev 2.0 shows up in CPU-Z but the motherboard is rev 1.04g

there are R3E where indicated rev 2.0 on the board?

[uncle fester]

Guys please dont trust cpu-z with these boards it isnt configured to read them properly, incorrect vcore and display.

[nickshih]

i think the base clocks of the 480s are 33mhz i'm not sure..when we were benching 3 480s...we got weird results.... congrats with results...what bios was used for 3d?

nichshih is back!!! nick hows the new kp pot?

TEK6.66 ? they are so good ... easy to put LN2 & control the temp

and i'm always here ,,, just busy in my work ...

[nickshih]

Thank you for your reply!!

In Japan, Ist delivery lot are rev2, 2nd delivery are rev1.
So I guess rev2 has any problem, now change there rev to rev1.
But as your info, rev 2 is beter than rev1.

I checked some HWBot ranking, SF3D's REX3 is rev1., other top ranker used rev2.
So rev1 & rev2 does not have many changes･････?

i think it depands on ur chill controller ....

some early chill controllers have cold bug issue

but i think retail version already solved the problems .

[Hondacity]

i think it depands on ur chill controller ....

some early chill controllers have cold bug issue

but i think retail version already solved the problems .

yeah i heard something bout the chil controller...i still got bad cb on a 980x

i'll try another config..and bios...thanks for mentioning the "chil" its been buggin me for awhile now...

[nickshih]

yeah i heard something bout the chil controller...i still got bad cb on a 980x

i'll try another config..and bios...thanks for mentioning the "chil" its been buggin me for awhile now...

config and BIOS will not solve the problem .

i was using a heating mos to heat the chill before . it works

but i think that changing a mobo is the fast way .

[Hondacity]

nick

is this what you have?

[Bodar]

Are you talking about cb with the mobo.. If so, I tested an i7 980x yesterday and the mobo shut off at -110c Put my favorite chip in and I'm rockin for a few hours straight at -185c
I'm pretty sure I have one of the first retails as well.. Hey Nick.. Does the NB pot really help alot on the SR-2? Max clocks on vantage without it have been about 5400mhz so far with two x5680's..

[sofos1990]

Guys please dont trust cpu-z with these boards it isnt configured to read them properly, incorrect vcore and display.

I think that 1.55 version of cpu-z has solved this problem . I will check it again though

[nickshih]

nick

is this what you have?

ya , my good R3E all 1.04G

Chill Coldbug always make the offset voltage having some problem

Something like u set 1.7v in BIOS , but u only get 1.5~1.6v

and Some Chill Coldbug will make ur CPU coldbug moving .....

U can replace the mobo with ASUS , if u have such mobo with defective chill chip

[nickshih]

Are you talking about cb with the mobo.. If so, I tested an i7 980x yesterday and the mobo shut off at -110c Put my favorite chip in and I'm rockin for a few hours straight at -185c
I'm pretty sure I have one of the first retails as well.. Hey Nick.. Does the NB pot really help alot on the SR-2? Max clocks on vantage without it have been about 5400mhz so far with two x5680's..

NB pot really help the stability of the BCLK and QPI LINK

Espeacially the FPS of 3Dmark benching . make the FPS higher and more stable

but NB also have Cold boot issue . So u have to spend lots of time to taste SR-2

[PatRaceTin]

If i use only one VGA Card and CPU Water Cooling

which board give me high BCLK

Gigabyte X58A-UD7 or Asus Rampage III Extreme ?

[Hondacity]

ya , my good R3E all 1.04G

Chill Coldbug always make the offset voltage having some problem

Something like u set 1.7v in BIOS , but u only get 1.5~1.6v

and Some Chill Coldbug will make ur CPU coldbug moving .....

U can replace the mobo with ASUS , if u have such mobo with defective chill chip

wow!

you've shown the light

thanks nick and bodar

.i'll try to insulate like bodar..it does help then...

[kurumi_Japan]

I checkd my rev1 REX3(retail products ver) BCLK limit on air.
The mobo PCB rev is 1.04G, production month is 2010/06.

http://psycho999.blog38.fc2.com/blog-entry-310.html

BCLK=243.8MHz, QPI≒4400MHz
mobo cooling is only stock cooler.
I think rev1 is not so bad.

[kurumi_Japan]

It shows up in CPUZ as Rev 1.xx or 2.xx under the motherboard tab...it is also noted on the board or box

I think its not noted on box & PCB.
rev2 mobo is also PCB marking is 1.04G.
Box has not any rev #.

[Stelios]

That's some nice BCLK with high QPI .

Did you test highest spi32m BCLK ???

[kurumi_Japan]

That's some nice BCLK with high QPI .

Did you test highest spi32m BCLK ???

I am very sorry, it just tested only high QPI BCLK limit.
For your reference, my 980X SuperPI 32m result.

http://hwbot.org/community/submissio...in_21sec_641ms

QPI≒4000MHz, BCLK≒180MHz.
It's not my ACE chip, just test new chip internal clock.