ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[TouGe]

Well I tried the same settings that I used w/ my P5K-D to OC my x6800 to 3.6 GHz and it failed. I used:

CMOS: 9
FSB: 400
Strap: 266
DDR2: 1003MHz
Timmings: 5-5-5-9 (the rest auto)
Trans booster: Auto

Vcore: 1.475V (also tried 1.485V & 1.5V)
CPU PLL: Auto
NB: 1.51V
DRAM: 2.1V (2.2V in BIOS)
FSB Term: AUTO
SB: AUTO
Everything else on auto as well. Used both 0505 & 0602 BIOS's.

I guess very little love for the dual cores this time around. I don't have any more time to tinker as I have to get ready for work.

[kimandsally]

Dont get me wrong, this is one of the best boards i have ever used.........but when it comes to gaming, a video card, especially 2 of them is alot more beneficial than having a higher FSB, so SLi would come in handy for me, especially with my 24" monitor......i still havnt made a 100% final decision, but most likely i will head in that direction.

I will make a decision after ATi releases the 3870, if it is close to the 8800GT i will keep this board and get 2 of those for X fire.....if not i will sell and get 2 8800GT's.....so dont let me down ATi........wich they prolly will :[

Now I see, after buying a 24" monitor it must be painful to not be able to use it properly, lets hope ATI comes up trumps then you'll have a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious system.

[GAR]

Now I see, after buying a 24" monitor it must be painful to not be able to use it properly, lets hope ATI comes up trumps then you'll have a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious system.

I hope ATi has something up their sleeves, but from the looks of it, if this fails, i wont be looking forward to their upcoming rv700 or 680.........the thing is the 8800GT is such an amazing card for $250 usd that if ATi fails, there wont be any reason to go with ATi, thats why i think in their new graph they concentrate on DX 10.1............i dont care for DX 10.1 when D10 isnt fully utilized, raw performance is what customers care about, not special effects.......

[tylerw13]

Dont get me wrong, this is one of the best boards i have ever used.........but when it comes to gaming, a video card, especially 2 of them is alot more beneficial than having a higher FSB, so SLi would come in handy for me, especially with my 24" monitor......i still havnt made a 100% final decision, but most likely i will head in that direction.

I will make a decision after ATi releases the 3870, if it is close to the 8800GT i will keep this board and get 2 of those for X fire.....if not i will sell and get 2 8800GT's.....so dont let me down ATi........wich they prolly will :[

dang i understand what you are saying but man my 680i was the crappiest board i have ever freakin had...and i mean the worst!! it was probably the most unstable and worst overclocking board ever...of course i had a evga but dang that thing sucked!!! lol but i dont blame you for wanting sli although i will never go back to having two graphics cards...way to pricey and power hungry...i wouldnt really wait for the atis graphics cards i like ati but they are just junk right now and have nothing good coming up...which sux for us!!! anyway good luck on your decision!

[CERO]

I hope ATi has something up their sleeves, but from the looks of it, if this fails, i wont be looking forward to their upcoming rv700 or 680.........the thing is the 8800GT is such an amazing card for $250 usd that if ATi fails, there wont be any reason to go with ATi, thats why i think in their new graph they concentrate on DX 10.1............i dont care for DX 10.1 when D10 isnt fully utilized, raw performance is what customers care about, not special effects.......

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...=3940&Itemid=1
ATI has announced that their price for the 38xx @ 199 dollars, considerable lower then the 8800GT they think that ATI did it because they already know that the the GT is better then their new line.... I still wana see some results first , before taking any conclusions, but I think ATI failed "again"

[kup]

0602 Bios lost me my overclock! I can run max FSB 470x8 atm with this Quad on 0505, ram is good for about 1100MHz 4-4-4-12, CPU good for ~3.9GHz but can't push to 475x8 for 3.8GHz with 0505 and couldn't even get close to 470x8 with 0602...!!!

What settings can I use for 475MHz stable? I increased NB volts to 1.65v for 470, but just can't get 475 stable regardless of voltage used. Are there any settings I should disable to get the stabilty there? What are you guys who are hitting 475MHz+ running settings wise?

[ElEctric_EyE]

Are the SLI drivers all that's missing to take advantage of 2x 8800GT on a Maximus? Is it a software issue only? Maybe Intel will favor nividia in the near future and provide drivers.

[Aldy402]

OK, 0602 Bios installed now, seems to be the same as 0505......i still have the P95 load issue with volts over 1.5...........ummmmm i didnt check to see if divider 4:5 was fixed, if someone could check that would be cool............other then than cant see any difference.

gar, u still getting the restart issue with 0602?

[cadaveca]

Hey GAR...PRime95/system process issue has been fixed with new bios...wanna check and see how far you can go now?

[giorgos th.]

So,is anyone working with the chipset fuzion in his loop?

[GAR]

Hey GAR...PRime95/system process issue has been fixed with new bios...wanna check and see how far you can go now?

are you sure?, i checked earlier and it was still present......let me check and report back.

EDIT: I still have the issue :/

[cadaveca]

Yeah, me too...i hadn't upped the clocks yet...I wsa able to get 1.5v @ 3.2ghz, but once I upped the clocks, it came back. I guess it further bolsters the idea that it's current draw that triggers it, and I can get about 0.02v higher, which has allowed me a few more mhz...I suppose...tried fresh winblows, no luck either, so it's something on the board itself causing the issue, IHMO...but what, I dunno.

So,is anyone working with the chipset fuzion in his loop?

I used it a bit, then removed it. I'm also running one less videorcard ATM, and it doesn't seem to be needed right now(42c loaded now), but that may change when I get my card back from RMA.

[doom_st]

i flashed 0602 bios with ez flash from usb drive and now mobo doesn't post
lcd poster "det ram".
i tried with 1 module,clr cmos,but no luck.

[-=j0nnyr0773n=-]

So,is anyone working with the chipset fuzion in his loop?

I am. (10 char)

[kup]

How are people liking the 0602 bios for overclocking? I lost quite a significant MHz off the FSB with it, and actually gained more when I flashed back to 0505, loaded defaults, saved, rebooted, and rebuilt my overclocked Profile again!

Anyone else experience worse clocks on 0602?

[Budwise]

just bought this board after a rough RMA process with my P5K Premium. Is this still the X38 board to get or should i look elsewhere?

[OverClocker_gr]

i flashed 0602 bios with ez flash from usb drive and now mobo doesn't post
lcd poster "det ram".
i tried with 1 module,clr cmos,but no luck.

did you try with a value stick?

[GAR]

just bought this board after a rough RMA process with my P5K Premium. Is this still the X38 board to get or should i look elsewhere?

for now this is the best IMO

[ChaosMinionX]

0602 seems to have loosened NB timings, anyone else confirm this?

[kup]

0602 seems to have loosened NB timings, anyone else confirm this?

It might just have been an individual case, but I experienced the opposite of loose timings in that I lost a fair few MHz from my FSB with 0602?

[GAR]

0602 seems to have loosened NB timings, anyone else confirm this?

What program did you use to test????

[tkdforce]

is this board performance better then the P5W DH Deluxe (using the 975 chipset)

You can overclock quad cores much better with this board than the p5w dh deluxe. When the p5w dh deluxe came out last year there weren't any quad cores out yet so the maximus is better optimized towards the current processors. (also the price of the maximus is cheaper than the p5w dh when it first came out ^^)
When I had the p5w dh deluxe I could only overclock the q6600 to around 9x360 with watercooling but with the maximus I could do 9x400 on air (tuniq) easy (didn't test for stability yet though). Thats actually the speed I set it at on the first boot without tweaking voltages lol.

[Eastcoasthandle]

You can overclock quad cores much better with this board than the p5w dh deluxe. When the p5w dh deluxe came out last year there weren't any quad cores out yet so the maximus is better optimized towards the current processors. (also the price of the maximus is cheaper than the p5w dh when it first came out ^^)
When I had the p5w dh deluxe I could only overclock the q6600 to around 9x360 with watercooling but with the maximus I could do 9x400 on air (tuniq) easy (didn't test for stability yet though). Thats actually the speed I set it at on the first boot without tweaking voltages lol.

Great, thanks for the info. So as long as I stick to dual cores I should be fine then...

[cstkl1]

no difference
for me

still running E6850 L720A478@ 500x8@1.456v 4ghz P95 stable
sandra bench is the same
so is everest

[Langley]

Bios 0505