ASUS Maximus V Forumla/Extreme Official Support Thread

[anzial]

You just need 2 wires from your VGA to the motherboard headers but its involved basic soldering.

Imo, is not as easy plug n play feature for everyone.

It's still advertised as a feature and yet nerfed at every step. No cables included - and considering it's 2x6 pins to control not only VGA core volts but also RAM and PLL, it's a PITA that to find them for 2 cards. It also sucks that they have only 2 VGA hotwire ports and yet this is a 4x sli/crossfire capable mobo.

[OC Nub]

I just got the M5E and extremely disappointed/annoyed that the $400+ motherboard

Its been 389 at newegg from day1. If you paid 400+ you should be mad at yourself for not shopping around.

Got the Extreme board a few days ago, it is extremely good at clocking the memory. Only tested it for 32m so far, for the 5ghz challenge thread.

[anzial]

Its been 389 at newegg from day1. If you paid 400+ you should be mad at yourself for not shopping around.

Next time try and figure out what people talking about before butting in with nonsensical comments.

[OC Nub]

Will do, and next time how about getting the price correct.

[Xero99]

Hey anzial my board came with thermal probes. I didn't check for VGA hotwire cables cause I don't need em and never used em. Might want to call Asus.

[OC Nub]

Board is AWESOME with memory, 1300 8-11-7-22-1T 32m at 5ghz

[Raja@ASUS]

Cool

[kagula323]

Board is AWESOME with memory, 1300 8-11-7-22-1T 32m at 5ghz

what voltage ?

[tipes]

Heads up to all,

New bios version for formula is up today.

MAXIMUS V FORMULA BIOS 0804
1.Improve compatibility with Windows 8 OS.
2.Improve system stability.

Who's going first!!!!! Lol

Mark

[MaxT]

I flashed it and it seems to work. Can't report anything else, since I was in the middle of stability testing anyway, so not sure if I was stable before or not.

[pociej]

Hello guys,

Question about Maximus V Extreme.
If I put two graphic cards into slots 2 and 4 they will run at x16 both?

These two:

[OC Nub]

^ I believe the top 2 red slots are your x16 slots, you will be running x16 and x8 if you use the slots you circled. Someone correct me if Im wrong.

[MaddMuppet]

Excuse me if i'm wrong, but my understanding is the Extreme doesn't support dual slots running at 16x. It is 8x 16x 8x 8x only. At least that is what I have read. Only the premium board does dual 16x lanes.

[OC Nub]

^ Seems you are right. Sorry for the bad info.

[zanzabar]

i think that it was split up so you can run native 8x8 on the 1st and 4th slot, but you can run 4 cards still if for benching. i also do not see why you would want the pci-e controller they have never been shown to help, and when people claim to they are showing a faster board with better timings and the controller vs a slower board without out. the r3e solved this, the debate is over.

[MaddMuppet]

^ Seems you are right. Sorry for the bad info.

I don't think it makes much if any difference unless you have 3-4 cards running. 2 cards shouldn't need 16x.

[newhit]

Excuse me if i'm wrong, but my understanding is the Extreme doesn't support dual slots running at 16x. It is 8x 16x 8x 8x only. At least that is what I have read. Only the premium board does dual 16x lanes.

Sorry for labouring the point but which "premium board" is that?

Been out of the loop for a while and was of the understanding that only X79 mbds had dual 16x lanes.

[MaddMuppet]

Sorry for labouring the point but which "premium board" is that?

Been out of the loop for a while and was of the understanding that only X79 mbds had dual 16x lanes.

This one http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Int...8Z77V_PREMIUM/

[ZoLKoRn]

Hello guys,

Question about Maximus V Extreme.
If I put two graphic cards into slots 2 and 4 they will run at x16 both?

These two:

First Slot >>>> will 16x for Single card and always 8x for Multi Cards (Native by CPU)

Second Slot >> will always 16x for single/dual/triple card (by PLX)

Third Slot >>>> will always 8x for single or multi cards (Native by CPU)

Fourth Slot >>> will always 8x for single or multi cards (by PLX)

So....

if install cards to 1st and 2nd slot on SLI/CF it will running at 8x + 16x

if install cards to 1st and 3rd slot on SLI/CF it will running at 8x + 8x <<< better performance because it native

[pociej]

That's bad.
I can't find matching me new mobo from Asus with requested PCI-E lanes assignment...

Just EVGA Z77 FTW match my request...
Or maybe you guys knows any mobo (Z77 or X79) with which using slots 2 and 4 or 3 and 5 with x16 bandwidth?

[ZoLKoRn]

Maybe this board will answer for you

P8Z77-V PREMIUM >> http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Int...8Z77V_PREMIUM/

i can confirm for this board it will can running 16x + 16x for 1st and 3rd slot

btw. I think that actually it is not necessary for 16x + 16x because however CPU will have max bandwidth for Graphic pci-express only 16 lane
but if looking to X79 mobo it have more choice for you because CPU have bandwidth for GFX 32 lane

[Utnorris]

So the Formula comes with the SupremeFX IV, but I cannot find any SupremeFX software like the older ROG boards, just the Realtek driver. Am I missing something?

[dctokyo]

So the Formula comes with the SupremeFX IV, but I cannot find any SupremeFX software like the older ROG boards, just the Realtek driver. Am I missing something?

Supreme FX IV is the realtek alc898 codec with a metallic shield to reduce interference. So it uses the Realtek Audio Driver. I think the software for it is now in the ASUS AI Suite II package

[zanzabar]

is there a reason that asus dose not go with something better like c-media. and is the spdif in from the new realtec chipset or from a secondary chipset.

[Raja@ASUS]

is there a reason that asus dose not go with something better like c-media. and is the spdif in from the new realtec chipset or from a secondary chipset.

Yes, C-Media needed lots of time to code drivers and software, so the development time did not fit inline with the product launch. A lot of these companies are far smaller than you think. While lots of people roll their eyes at Realtek, they generally need a lot less time than everyone else to get a driver up and running.