Quote Originally Posted by zsamz_ View Post
cyberdruid how you likin this board compared to your dfi?
as stable?
Not a bad board. I think in some ways I am more at home in the DFI BIOS..I probably need more time with "Princess" to make a call.

The DFI is loads cooler on the CPU but the Chipset is way hot. The Maximus seems hot on the CPU to me in comparison...but the chipset stays cool even under hefty volts.

Best I could do so far is 4050 with the Maximus and was getting a tad over 4100 with the DFI on the same CPU. There are too many variables though to say why.

Folding performance on the Maximus is better than the DFI by several seconds at the same CPU speed. Could be the X38 is some advantage there.

Without a doubt the dual 16X lanes are superior to the DFI set up. With all things equal that extra bandwidth yields better 3D performance.

Not very happy with the RAID controller on either board TBH. Pretty lame to see bandwidth in RAID0 that is not even equal to single drive speeds. And this with Raptors...I am clueless.

I actually gave up on RAID with these boards..the first time in a long time I have done that.

I think for overall Clocking Finesse the DFI rules...but for actual 3D performance the Maximus takes the prize. They both run dead stable at 3600 and will bench at 3950.