Quote Originally Posted by Leeghoofd View Post
I think it's more of a chipset problem than a bios one mate. My REX benched stable till 515FSB and a Q9550 Also with ridicilous volts on NB and FSB term.... for quads go with GB P45 UD3P, don't waste ya time with something else... my P5Q Dlx was far better with quads then any X38/48 I've ever had... Even Gb and co are slacking now in P45 bios development.. main focus is on P55 and co now lads... sometimes it's hard, either settle with what you got or move on...
Why do I have the feeling that if ASUS didn't release the REX I would have seen far better results with my RF.

Every board does better with DDR2 than DDR3 but not ASUS.

Foxconn Bloodrage guarantees FSB 500MHz with CPU's that can run stable with the FSB. I don't know if that is also with Quads but at least it's possible to run that board with FSB 500MHz without ridiculous volts and with stock cooling.


Before BIOS 0902 it was impossible to run my memory at 1200MHz+ with tRD 6. Now it's a piece of cake and runs stable at 1250MHz with tRD 6 at 1.92V.

I don't need a ridiculous amount of FSB Termination Voltage to run at FSB 500MHz. I only need 1.38V and that's not bad. I would probably only need 1.55V on the NB if some timings would be relaxed in the BIOS and make it at least possible to get FSB 500MHz stable.


There's a lot more in that board but it needs a good BIOS to unleash it and the question is if ASUS is going to do that. They promised me to give me an explanation or to take action. But that's already a week a go.