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

[BSViper]

Mistake.
Please delete this post.

[BSViper]

Can anyone tell me: what difference between 1.xx release and 2.xx release motherboard?
Thx.

Done with 0095. Very good BIOS, but needs RTL's raised by one from 51-53-55.

Can you show your BIOS settings?

[donmarkoni]

Can anyone tell me: what difference between 1.xx release and 2.xx release motherboard?
Thx.

Read this and couple of posts after.

Can you show your BIOS settings?

No problem, here it is:

Target CPU Frequency		4509MHz
Target DRAM Frequency		2009MHz

LN2 Mode:			Disabled***
QPI Loadline Calibration:	Enabled***

Sync Mode			[Enabled]
AI Overclock Tuner		[Manual]
OC From CPU level Up		[Auto]
2D Performance Booster		[Disabled]
CPU Ratio Setting		[27.0]
CPU Turbo Power Limit		[Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting		[27.0]
C1E Support			[Enabled]
Hardware Prefetcher		[Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher	[Enabled]
MPS and ACPI MADT ordering	[Modern]
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech	[Enabled]
CPU TM Function			[Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit		[Enabled]
Intel(R) HT Technology		[Enabled]
Active Processor Cores		[All]
A20M				[Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech	[Enabled]
Performance/Watt select		[Power]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech		[Enabled]
C State package limit setting	[Auto]
C1 Auto Demotion		[Enabled]
C3 Auto Demotion		[Enabled]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency			[167]
PCIE Frequency			[100]
DRAM Frequency			[2009]
UCLK Frequency			[3683]
QPI Link Data Rate		[7366]

Memory Configuration Protect	[Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency		      6	[6]
RAS# to CAS# Delay	      9	[9]
RAS# PRE Time		      6	[6]
RAS# ACT Time		     24	[24]
RAS# to RAS# Delay	      6	[Auto]
REF Cycle Time		     98	[Auto]
WRITE Recovery Time	     14	[Auto]
READ to PRE Time	      8	[Auto]
FOUR ACT WIN Time	     28	[Auto]
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay	      0	[Auto]

Timing Mode		     1N	[1N]
Round Trip Latency on CHA    52	[52]
Round Trip Latency on CHB    54	[54]
Round Trip Latency on CHC    56	[56]

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)	      8	[Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)	      8	[Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)	     19	[Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)	      7	[Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)	      7	[Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)	      7	[Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DD)	      7	[Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DR)	      6	[Auto]
READ To READ Delay(SR)	      4	[Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)      7	[Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)      7	[Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)      4	[Auto]
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude	[Auto]
CPU Clock Skew			[Auto]
IOH Clock Skew			[Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode			[T-Balanced]
PWR Volt. Control		[Auto]
Load-Line Calibration		[Full]
CPU Voltege OCP			[Disabled]
CPU PWM Frequency		[Auto]

Extreme OV			[Ensabled]*
Extreme OC			[Auto]

CPU Voltage		1.429	[1.43750]
CPU PLL Voltage 	1.349	[1.35150]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage	1.349	[1.35000]
DRAM Bus Voltage	1.654	[Auto]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA	[Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA	[Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB	[Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB	[Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC	[Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC	[Auto]
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage		1.151	[1.15275]
IOH PCIE Voltage	1.508	[Auto]

ICH Voltage		1.111	[Auto]
ICH PCIE Voltage		[Auto]

*QPI Voltage OCP		[Disabled]
*IOH Voltage OCP		[Enabled]
*DRAM Voltage OCP		[Disabled]
*QPI PWM Frequency		[Auto]
*IOH PWM Frequency		[Auto]
*DRAM PWM Frequency		[Auto]

---------- Spread Spectrum Control -----------
CPU Spread Spectrum		[Disabled]
DRAM Spread Spectrum		[Disabled]



***on-board jumper dependant

[kurumi_Japan]

Can anyone tell me: what difference between 1.xx release and 2.xx release motherboard?
Thx.

Very early production REX3 are rev 2.xx.
New one are all rev 1.xx.
(Perhaps, it change after May production.)

We are looking for differences between 1.xx & 2.xx, but we could not find its differences.
Both PCB rev is 1.04G.
I bought 5 or more REX3, finally, I think its quality mainly depend on IOH quality, not rev.

So you do not mind rev 1.xx or 2.xx.

[tistou77]

the store was wrong and sent me two R3E

R3E with a socket FOXCONN




and the other with socket LOTES




the back of the socket FOXCONN, is marked FOXCONN on the plate
and on the label next to the GO BUTTON is marked 1005 (the bios version?)

the back of the socket LOTES, there is nothing to marked
and on the label next to the GO BUTTON is marked 0901 (the bios version?)

what R3E I have to keep? (I can not test the 2 R3E)

thank you

[Dahaka]

Hi guys, i'm joining to the club of RIIIE . Really good MB for the first impression from last nigh bench session, very good clocker, rock solid, good managment for voltages, etc etc.

Tomorrow i'll be posting some SS with 24/7 frecuencys and clocks.

Regards from Chile

[SOYLINDA]

Originally Posted by donmarkoni
Done with 0095. Very good BIOS, but needs RTL's raised by one from 51-53-55.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8657/...5ghz89gflo.jpg

Where I can find bios 0095 ?

Thanks.

Please ??????

[Dahaka]

LOTES!

[Shiranui Gen-An]

What a difference another board makes (Lotes socket):

[fl0w3n]

What a difference another board makes (Lotes socket):

What were your prior results?

[aikixen]

I have a question regarding the PCIe slots on the Rampage III Extreme before I purchase for a new PC build. I need a MB that has enough PCIe slots for the following: 2 x GTX 570 SLI, OCZ RevoDrive X2 240gb (uses PCIe x4), Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty (uses PCIe x1), and a eSATA controller card for a Rosewill 8 Drive Enclosure (uses PCIe x1). So I need at least 5 PCIe ports. This motherboard looks like I would be able to get all of the above plugged in, skipping the PCI port since I don't need one.

I understand that to get x16 on both video cards, they should be plugged into slot 1 and slot 3. My confusion is whether or not having the other PCIe cards, although not video cards, will cause the ports to drop down to lower speeds? Or should I even be concerned? Obviously this is only a concern for the video cards since the others don't require fast PCIe ports. I can only ever find explanations on PCIe port speed based on the number of video cards plugged in for SLI/CF...never just plain old slower PCIe cards. To be honest, I'm not sure if it evens matter if a port drops from x16 to x8 for video cards? Maybe a little decrease?

Oh, how about a top end cpu air cooler? I've been looking at the Thermalright Archon with an additional fan. It looks like it cools well, and is very quiet. I also heard the Corsair H70 is pretty awesome too, but subjectively loud too...under full load. Never done water cooling, so not sure if I'm ready to introduce my new electronics to H2O just yet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm ready to buy this baby now.

[fl0w3n]

I have a question regarding the PCIe slots on the Rampage III Extreme before I purchase for a new PC build. I need a MB that has enough PCIe slots for the following: 2 x GTX 570 SLI, OCZ RevoDrive X2 240gb (uses PCIe x4), Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty (uses PCIe x1), and a eSATA controller card for a Rosewill 8 Drive Enclosure (uses PCIe x1). So I need at least 5 PCIe ports. This motherboard looks like I would be able to get all of the above plugged in, skipping the PCI port since I don't need one.

I understand that to get x16 on both video cards, they should be plugged into slot 1 and slot 3. My confusion is whether or not having the other PCIe cards, although not video cards, will cause the ports to drop down to lower speeds? Or should I even be concerned? Obviously this is only a concern for the video cards since the others don't require fast PCIe ports. I can only ever find explanations on PCIe port speed based on the number of video cards plugged in for SLI/CF...never just plain old slower PCIe cards. To be honest, I'm not sure if it evens matter if a port drops from x16 to x8 for video cards? Maybe a little decrease?

Oh, how about a top end cpu air cooler? I've been looking at the Thermalright Archon with an additional fan. It looks like it cools well, and is very quiet. I also heard the Corsair H70 is pretty awesome too, but subjectively loud too...under full load. Never done water cooling, so not sure if I'm ready to introduce my new electronics to H2O just yet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm ready to buy this baby now.

All I can give my input on is the x16 vs x8, and the answer is unless you are benchmarking you should not see a difference between the two port speeds. I have been reference to some benchmarks with both x8 vs x16 and the result was noticeable. I just don't remember where I saw it.

However, now that I think of it, the ports will surely drop in speed. The maximum number of lanes supported is 32, so either x16/x16, x16/x8/x8, or x8/x8/x8/x8. With the non-gpu PCIe cards you have, you'll be taking up about x6 so you are only left with 26, hopefully that would let you run x16/x8 on the GPU's though.

[fl0w3n]

Oh and if you need a great looking high quality Lian Li case to match the color scheme of the R3E shoot me a PM

[[200]]

My board with crappy air cooling. Seems okay so far, need to keep testing.





Not slow mode either.

[fl0w3n]

I am not sure you insulated well enough for the temps you seem to be getting with that monstrosity of a cooler

[kurumi_Japan]

I have a question regarding the PCIe slots on the Rampage III Extreme before I purchase for a new PC build. I need a MB that has enough PCIe slots for the following: 2 x GTX 570 SLI, OCZ RevoDrive X2 240gb (uses PCIe x4), Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty (uses PCIe x1), and a eSATA controller card for a Rosewill 8 Drive Enclosure (uses PCIe x1). So I need at least 5 PCIe ports. This motherboard looks like I would be able to get all of the above plugged in, skipping the PCI port since I don't need one.

I understand that to get x16 on both video cards, they should be plugged into slot 1 and slot 3. My confusion is whether or not having the other PCIe cards, although not video cards, will cause the ports to drop down to lower speeds? Or should I even be concerned? Obviously this is only a concern for the video cards since the others don't require fast PCIe ports. I can only ever find explanations on PCIe port speed based on the number of video cards plugged in for SLI/CF...never just plain old slower PCIe cards. To be honest, I'm not sure if it evens matter if a port drops from x16 to x8 for video cards? Maybe a little decrease?

Oh, how about a top end cpu air cooler? I've been looking at the Thermalright Archon with an additional fan. It looks like it cools well, and is very quiet. I also heard the Corsair H70 is pretty awesome too, but subjectively loud too...under full load. Never done water cooling, so not sure if I'm ready to introduce my new electronics to H2O just yet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm ready to buy this baby now.

Check mamual first.
ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/mb/LG...eme_manual.zip

REX3 has 32 PCI-E lane only. so you had better to buy UD9 or 4way-SLI classified what you connect your VGA full speed.

[tistou77]

the LOTES is best than the FOXCONN, if I understand?

[donmarkoni]

the LOTES is best than the FOXCONN, if I understand?

No, it's just a matter of luck IMO. I have Foxconn and it's good one, doing 230MHz BCLK without Slow Mode.

[tistou77]

No, it's just a matter of luck IMO. I have Foxconn and it's good one, doing 230MHz BCLK without Slow Mode.

ok no difference between the 2
we just use one or the other without problem, then

you tested bios 0095?
it is better than the 0011 from your say

You can share?

[donmarkoni]

ok no difference between the 2
we just use one or the other without problem, then

you tested bios 0095?
it is better than the 0011 from your say

You can share?

Yeah, tested 0095, "feels" better and gives slightly higher GFLOPS in LinX.

Sorry, can't share, but you can find it elsewhere if you look really hard.

[Leeghoofd]

I have a question regarding the PCIe slots on the Rampage III Extreme before I purchase for a new PC build. I need a MB that has enough PCIe slots for the following: 2 x GTX 570 SLI, OCZ RevoDrive X2 240gb (uses PCIe x4), Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty (uses PCIe x1), and a eSATA controller card for a Rosewill 8 Drive Enclosure (uses PCIe x1). So I need at least 5 PCIe ports. This motherboard looks like I would be able to get all of the above plugged in, skipping the PCI port since I don't need one.

No idea if the Revo is gonna work properly with that Esata controller and soundcard plugged in... if it works it's amasingly fast...

My revo works fine in the bottom PCI-E 16X port, not tried any other slot...

3 LOTES boards here : one topping at 235, one 230 and one 224 on air... don't think it's got anything to do with the slot mechanism... it's all in the IOH chipset... just quickly test them dude, it takes 10 minutes or so...

[Fire4Wire]

bios 0095


http://www.uploadarea.de/files/b5i8h...u456kqrg4e.zip

[dejanbinladen]

i dont get this whats with 0096 and now everyone talking about 0095, did asus went backwards or what :S

0096 works great for me 238 on air, lets see 0095 then...

Here is everything in one place that i uploaded - 0095,0096,0011,1203 LINK

[nickless]

With "old" board, on water and cold air - W3520@5071
7.968 Pi1M

[Reflex1]

So whats the newest BIOs at the moment, is it 1203, or 0095?