ASUS 2900XT Benchin begins

[GLENBOY]

hiya kinc on a side note hows the asus maximus formula doing as i am torn between the formula ddr2 or ddr3 extreme one , any insight

cheers

[Kinc]

hiya kinc on a side note hows the asus maximus formula doing as i am torn between the formula ddr2 or ddr3 extreme one , any insight

cheers

It is great. Gives you 2.3V for the cpu and ALOT of volts for the rest of the things you might wanna play around with. It clocks the cpu and memory high. Very good intreface for setting memory timings. Cooling is great, I love that they have separated the heatpipes between mosfets and the chipset. And ofc Crossfire perf is the best I've seen.

[GLENBOY]

you can't say fairer than that, what would you say the performance difference between the ddr3 and ddr2 board 1-2% something like that i fancy the extreme board but it would mean dumping by old friends corsair cas3's and sinking some serious dosh into some ddr3 ram which if the performance difference isn't massive between them the formula edition would be a more economic choice

[Kinc]

you can't say fairer than that, what would you say the performance difference between the ddr3 and ddr2 board 1-2% something like that i fancy the extreme board but it would mean dumping by old friends corsair cas3's and sinking some serious dosh into some ddr3 ram which if the performance difference isn't massive between them the formula edition would be a more economic choice

Yes perf difference between Micron DDR2 and DDR3 is pretty big. But I wouldnt say that it is worth spending the cash for a new set of DDR3 at this point if you have a pair of good DDR2. Unless you are running alot of 3DMark 05 DDR3 rocks in 3DMark 05.

[GLENBOY]

thanks kinc yes i think ddr3 is the way to go but currently its so darn expensive even for non hi performance ddr3 atm

[harleybro]

Nice to see the "real one" storm right in. Congrats on the insane scores!