Official ASUS X48 Boards: P5E3 Premium, Rampage Formula/Extreme - BIOS/Info thread

[CoolZone]

I'm really unpatient to find the answer to make the final decision of finalizing my build after 3 and 1/2 years

[Aivas47a]

Which is better?The ASUS Rampage Formula X48 or the DFI DFI LP LT X48-T2R for the QX9650?

Based on my experience with prior Asus and DFI boards (P35, X38), a lot comes down to personal preference. A lot of folks around here love DFI; for others, DFI can be a frustrating experience.

DFI usually has the most options for tweaking. If you are willing to invest a lot of time setting up the board, you can usually squeeze out a few more mhz of performance on the DFI board than on any other brand. At the same time, it can take a lot longer and potentially be frustrating reaching stability at "normal" overclocks. With Asus I find I can set up the board pretty quickly and get a better max overclock than any other brand with the exception of a heavily tweaked DFI board.

One key advantage of DFI in the past has been the ability to fine tune GTL reference voltages, which are key for maximum quad core overclocking success (kentsfield or yorkfield either one). Asus has been behind the curve on that option, but from what I understand the P5E3 Premium has much better bios options for GTL tuning. That should help narrow the gap in terms of maximum achievable performance.

I have found both brands to be sub-par in terms of customer service so that's not really a deciding factor. I do think Asus is a little better about continuing to support older boards with bios updates, and is less likely to abandon an unpopular model than DFI (spoken as a former owner of DFI's CFX3200).

PS: If you've really been waiting 3 1/2 years to finalize your build, might as well wait another year for Nehalem!

[CoolZone]

Based on my experience with prior Asus and DFI boards (P35, X38), a lot comes down to personal preference. A lot of folks around here love DFI; for others, DFI can be a frustrating experience.

DFI usually has the most options for tweaking. If you are willing to invest a lot of time setting up the board, you can usually squeeze out a few more mhz of performance on the DFI board than on any other brand. At the same time, it can take a lot longer and potentially be frustrating reaching stability at "normal" overclocks. With Asus I find I can set up the board pretty quickly and get a better max overclock than any other brand with the exception of a heavily tweaked DFI board.

One key advantage of DFI in the past has been the ability to fine tune GTL reference voltages, which are key for maximum quad core overclocking success (kentsfield or yorkfield either one). Asus has been behind the curve on that option, but from what I understand the P5E3 Premium has much better bios options for GTL tuning. That should help narrow the gap in terms of maximum achievable performance.

I have found both brands to be sub-par in terms of customer service so that's not really a deciding factor. I do think Asus is a little better about continuing to support older boards with bios updates, and is less likely to abandon an unpopular model than DFI (spoken as a former owner of DFI's CFX3200).

PS: If you've really been waiting 3 1/2 years to finalize your build, might as well wait another year for Nehalem!

Well,I cannot because I already bought 4x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR1000

[Infa]

Got my board today

now its time to go home and install! hehe

like child

[DeViTTo]

Got my board today

now its time to go home and install! hehe

like child

Give us some feedback soon

[joe.denice]

I just got mine in yesterday and its running great.

[ericab]

I just got mine in yesterday and its running great.

joe; what BIOS version came on your Rampage Formula?

[brinox]

mine came with 0219, whatever that means.

im running menial volts across the board on my e8400 @4.05ghz (450x9).

[joe.denice]

yup 0219 is the one I have.

[Supershanks]

Hi Infa

Got my board today

now its time to go home and install! hehe

like child

thta's good news , only got mine yesterday , just going to start winding it up. Gigabyte GA X48T DQ6

luck

[Infa]

'omg, how hard this board is hehe..
cant for nothing in the world to get it right.

im using bios 151 ... maybe it sucks? i hope!

couse this is strange hmmm...

Topped in a quick test with some Vmch about 545 ->
and topped out about 4.8ghz

but THEN its hard to get it stable to what i had before...ah well, got to figure this out more

Hmm was looking over at asus... 204 are the only bios existing AND ITS THE FIRST RELASE bios? what do I have then? ES bios? heh..
now i think i crashed my win installation too...zzzzz stopping at HAL.dLL , i need to sleep

[DeViTTo]

'omg, how hard this board is hehe..
cant for nothing in the world to get it right.

im using bios 151 ... maybe it sucks? i hope!

couse this is strange hmmm...

Topped in a quick test with some Vmch about 545 ->
and topped out about 4.8ghz

but THEN its hard to get it stable to what i had before...ah well, got to figure this out more

Hmm was looking over at asus... 204 are the only bios existing AND ITS THE FIRST RELASE bios? what do I have then? ES bios? heh..
now i think i crashed my win installation too...zzzzz stopping at HAL.dLL , i need to sleep

Infa that what I asked you a few threads back, but you didnt reply lol I was going to change to new bios. I have read that because of the delay the bios is much more mature. I dont want to be stuck not able to flash back to that bios we have now.

So i'm playing chicken and waiting to see how you get on.

[xgman]

Infa that what I asked you a few threads back, but you didnt reply lol I was going to change to new bios. I have read that because of the delay the bios is much more mature. I dont want to be stuck not able to flash back to that bios we have now.

So i'm playing chicken and waiting to see how you get on.

There are two bioses on the asus ftp site. 151 and 204. (204 notes say "improved ddr3 compatability")

[DeViTTo]

There are two bioses on the asus ftp site. 151 and 204. (204 notes say "improved ddr3 compatability")

Thanks for that will install after messed around with installing Noctua NF-P12 x 5 lol

[Infa]

the board are really strange with the volts..

it DONT like to be overvolted, it needs more or less exact voltage to what the speed are..

My goal are to bench 3dmark with 4,6, and i KNOW it can just need to find a setting for it , but i have to reinstall windows today, couse it got corrupted hehe.

Flashed to 204 before i went to sleep, and tested a little bit, think its better actually, now it boots up and starting win installation at 4750, but it hangs at harddrive detection... what are usually wrong when it cant read the HD?
dont know what options that effects HD reading.

Gotta try more of this tonight , Anyone know about the CPU GTL means with 0-2 1-3 ? core 0-2 or 0-3? cant be, couse the available voltage are diffrent for each..

i DO like the Phase pull in though you can have PL8 on the system internal settings, and still keep MEM PL at 7

Im eager to try more just that it did 545 FSB after 10 mins are great

Tell me how it is goin for you guys.

regards.

[MinisterOfSound]

Hi,

I received a Rampage Formula yesterday and only now I noticed that it didn't came with a back-plate or extra thermal sensors, is it normal or did anyone received these items?

Rgrds.

[brinox]

Hi,

I received a Rampage Formula yesterday and only now I noticed that it didn't came with a back-plate or extra thermal sensors, is it normal or did anyone received these items?

Rgrds.

nope, i didnt... wasnt really expecting them though - the DDR2 packages from Asus have really gone down in add-ins since DDR3 hit

[DeViTTo]

the board are really strange with the volts..

it DONT like to be overvolted, it needs more or less exact voltage to what the speed are..

My goal are to bench 3dmark with 4,6, and i KNOW it can just need to find a setting for it , but i have to reinstall windows today, couse it got corrupted hehe.

Flashed to 204 before i went to sleep, and tested a little bit, think its better actually, now it boots up and starting win installation at 4750, but it hangs at harddrive detection... what are usually wrong when it cant read the HD?
dont know what options that effects HD reading.

Gotta try more of this tonight , Anyone know about the CPU GTL means with 0-2 1-3 ? core 0-2 or 0-3? cant be, couse the available voltage are diffrent for each..

i DO like the Phase pull in though you can have PL8 on the system internal settings, and still keep MEM PL at 7

Im eager to try more just that it did 545 FSB after 10 mins are great

Tell me how it is goin for you guys.

regards.

Hi Infa just updated bios slight everest read speed increase. I dont quite understand the Phase pull in i'm at PL7 cant go any lower. Do you have the Cellshock's as well?

A pic of my rig setup with Asus P5E3, running 24/7 3.75Ghz Q6600 with 10 HD drives 7x36GB 15KII 2x73GB 15KII 1 Sata Raptor installed have 2 but anyways. 2 scsi Perc/Lsi 320-e 8800GTX watercooled with 1 x120 rad XPSC with 5 x Noctua NF-P12. Temp are really cool using 1.45 vcore.




Oh Daciper turn on PM's if you want a reply ;-) good luck
Hi I dont think it would be your bios revision thats stopping you posting. I am sure that E8400 would be supported. All you need do is install and away you go.

When a system doesnt't post its usual ram or video thats stopping it or unseated cpu. What ram do you have try 1 stick at a time, I am on 204 i think but bios I dont think is your problem as these boards designed around that sort of processor.

What video card are you running? try it in a different PCI-e Slot also. I cant think of much else really. Tell me
how you get on. Also check power leads to the video card whichever you have installed.

[jcniest5]

Got mine today and it came with BIOS 0151. Diagnostic software reports it's just a Beachwood X38...is it accurate or not? I also need to flash it to the latest BIOS. Any links to the latest one other Asus' site? Somehow I can't go to the their FTP site anymore, it's asking for a username whereas it never before.

[Infa]

Hmm, i need help with the GTL options, Core 2 are allways the one that dont hangs in.... and THATS what GTL are for more or less, but i dont know how it works damnit... 0-1 1-3 here and there, dont know what it stands for...

im at the same vcore as on every board i had, but this one is not stable at it..
as those other boards...need to get it fixed

pretty sweet bandwith though...



And S-pi 32m

[DeViTTo]

try this link

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

then select motherboard, then 775, then p5e3 premium. Mine came with same bios as yours. had no trouble updating to new one.

Infa what memory do you have please? nm read your sig what volts you running on memory I'm on default but get pl6 or tighter timings?

[Infa]

Im using Cellshocks.. as in sig thats why we got the signature right?

im running 1.94 on them now, PL 6, and clock skew, stronger

now its only the cpu left

the sýstem are stable like this, but in orthos core 2 breaks before the first second, but only that!
still im fiddelng around with this GTL, but dont know WHAT core and to keep it low or high.

regards.

EDIT: now tried just for fun... did set 0-2 on 0.053x
and left 1-3 on auto, the system did not boot up :S

then put 0-2 on auto and 1-3 on 0.053x and now im typing...so they actually DO something atleast

[DeViTTo]

Im using Cellshocks.. as in sig thats why we got the signature right?

im running 1.94 on them now, PL 6, and clock skew, stronger

now its only the cpu left

the sýstem are stable like this, but in orthos core 2 breaks before the first second, but only that!
still im fiddelng around with this GTL, but dont know WHAT core and to keep it low or high.

regards.

EDIT: now tried just for fun... did set 0-2 on 0.053x
and left 1-3 on auto, the system did not boot up :S

then put 0-2 on auto and 1-3 on 0.053x and now im typing...so they actually DO something atleast

I tried 1.94 got pl6 with 1.4 through NB 7,7,7,20 but got same performance as I have at my normal clock so I have resulted back to old settings.

[Infa]

okay keep trying stuff...

either my cpu have degraded, or the mobo aint the same as other, but i need 0.02v more to get it stable. ah well... its not the end of the world, the mobo performs a lot better overall anyway.. and i HATE fiddeling with GTL if i dont know WHY, and how to affect them in the system, i have to learn how, when to keep it low or high..

regards

[traveler]

Mmmmmmmmmmm....

Still waiting for the Rampage Extreme....

What can I do with my Lian Li PC-343B case while I wait?