ASUS X48 Formula Rampage R.O.G. DDR2 First Mini Review

[GoriLLakoS]

Hello Xtreme People,

I got in my hands this mobo and i made a little review but it is in Greek.
I will take here some photos
All the other things is 99.9% like the X38 version, but i think that the ddr2 support sucks..why to use DDR2 with X48? Crazy








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[G.Foyle]

Wow, no sticker covering "Maximus Formula" writing...

[Kunaak]

but i think that the ddr2 support sucks..why to use DDR2 with X48? Crazy

cause DDR3 still costs too much, unless you want the crappy stuff...

[OBR]

its like Maximus Formula ... it is not absolute high-end ... that will be Rampage Extreme ... with DDR3 ...

I have DDR3, DDR2 are behind us ...

[3NZ0]

No change from its x38 sister board.

DDR3 is still waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too expensive for 95% of pc enthusiasts.

[mrlobber]

I knew it would take only a couple of new boards for Asus to arrive at "Pwnage Formula" and "Pwnage Extreme" naming scheme. See, they need only to replace the first 4 letters with 3 other, and probably their X58 or whatever chipset ROG boards are going to have exactly these names, you'll see

[seamumc]

While it sounds odd initially to support DDR2, the bottom line is that they would sell very few boards with DDR3 support.

[Johnny Bravo]

Asus "l33t OMFG Pwnage" Formula anyone?

[Fixxxer]

LOL. What a POS.

[nullface]

Why the hell do they put STALKER in the box?

[naokaji]

Why the hell do they put STALKER in the box?

it will prolly cost just as much as a decent graphicscard.. so they might aswell hand out free games with mainboards too

[saaya]

cause DDR3 still costs too much, unless you want the crappy stuff...

ddr3 isnt expensive, ddr2 is just damn cheap
the price of a high end kit of ddr3 right now is the same or even less as ddr2 high end kits 1 year ago

[Turrican]

hehe, looks almost the same as my maximus formula

[Scubar]

Looks just the same as the maximus, DDR3 is still totally pointless as the extra bandwidth and higher latencies dont give any performance gain.

[vegettoxp]

Man it looks like Asus is out to name there ROG like-up after Transformers! Which is cool!

[rob[GL]]

hideous

[Kunaak]

ddr3 isnt expensive, ddr2 is just damn cheap
the price of a high end kit of ddr3 right now is the same or even less as ddr2 high end kits 1 year ago

$500 for only 2 gigs of ram is expensive, doesnt matter what year it is.

the problem with DDR3 is theres no mid ground.
for $300 you get garbage ram.
for $400 you get slightly better garbage.
for $500 you can get some great ram.... but only 2 gigs of it.

want 4 gigs? then your looking at $700 to $800 for only ok stuff...

theres just no good mid grade ram/price.
so whoever said "a DDR3 board only, would sell less - they know that" or something like that, they hit the spot dead on.

[sxs112]

99.99% Same Maximus Formula

[Sly Fox]

$500 for only 2 gigs of ram is expensive, doesnt matter what year it is.

the problem with DDR3 is theres no mid ground.
for $300 you get garbage ram.
for $400 you get slightly better garbage.
for $500 you can get some great ram.... but only 2 gigs of it.

want 4 gigs? then your looking at $700 to $800 for only ok stuff...

theres just no good mid grade ram/price.
so whoever said "a DDR3 board only, would sell less - they know that" or something like that, they hit the spot dead on.

I've been reading your posts since 2001 on the GameFAQs message boards, and I don't think I've ever disagreed with you once.

[asp6000]

Typical scenario?: Spend $400 for the newest most advanced motherboard ever made but too cheap to spend $500 for DDR3 ram.

[systemviper]

Yea, when will the EXTREME version be out, what a copycat MB
and whats the real gain from x38 to 48?

I want to see their 780i version, the Shimbis Shalimbus

[grimREEFER]

Typical scenario?: Spend $400 for the newest most advanced motherboard ever made but too cheap to spend $500 for DDR3 ram.

exactly, if u want ddr2, then u will probably be fine with a p35 board.

[Hornet331]

cause DDR3 still costs too much, unless you want the crappy stuff...

even crapy stuff costs much...

ddr3 1333 2gb is 230€

ddr3 1866 2gb is 320€

imho theres something wrong with this, who buys the slower rams if you can get highend rams (which will last quite some time) for only a couple of € more...

[dengyong]

Maybe they should just sell X48 upgrade stickers for $99.95

[CERO]

lol idd this board looks idential to his lil bro the x38, but did asus still use those crapy Block paste ( glue) on their NB and SB?