ASUS Rampage Extreme

[elmor]

That fusion block is aluminum yes?

Nope, all copper.

[splmann]

@elmor

Wath was the diffrence in max fsb from this Board to your standart benchboard with the same CPU ?

[Anemone]

It looks like a Cu base with a coated alum top. But it looks like it comes off very easy, without removing all the cooling so we could pop on a block of choice.

[elmor]

@elmor

Wath was the diffrence in max fsb from this Board to your standart benchboard with the same CPU ?

3D benchable at 600Mhz with P5E64 WS Evolution, validation at 625Mhz with EP45-DS3.

[dood001]

Did the board come with bios 0301? And you flashed to bios 0401? Is it beta bios?

[Logos]

ETA August, September

[elmor]

The board came with 0121. I believe 0401 is beta yes.

I heard it will be in stores in (the beginning of) August.

[FatboyHK]

Look at the supreme fx card, it is now an x-fi powered card.... That's kinda strange isn't it?

Asus now has its own brand of sound card, and they are pretty serious about the sound card market. I can't believe they will bring X-Fi into their premium motherboard product line.

and there were some shots being fired between Creative and Asus, over the EAX5 implementation. I don't believe it is the right time 2 companies would sleep in the same bed and make something together (love or something else, like a sound card)

I agree that they really need to bundle a better card then (the original) supreme fx. Com'on, if you can spend a premium price to buy a top of the line motherboard, there is a high chance that you will buy a decent sound card too. I end up paying more that a cheapy sound card that you won't use. And seem you can't use it on other computer also.... complete waste

Bundling a X-Fi card is technically a good move, assuming that it is really a decent card instead of just a marketing gimmick. However I really wonder why it would happen, on a business perspective....

Hardware-wise, is there any real difference between this and the previous supreme fx card? I really wanna know.

[Logos]

Look at the supreme fx card, it is now an x-fi powered card.... That's kinda strange isn't it?

Asus now has its own brand of sound card, and they are pretty serious about the sound card market. I can't believe they will bring X-Fi into their premium motherboard product line.

and there were some shots being fired between Creative and Asus, over the EAX5 implementation.

agreed, fully incomprehensible Creative Labs have been sweating from Asus making their own sound cards now, customers seem to like the new cards, and Asus introducing its competitor's technology on their motherboard...
There's something we obviously don't know... Could be that the Xonar...OK pure speculation...Asus could be paying for something...and the "Supreme X-Fi" could be the price...if anyone has a better idea, or is in the know, you're welcome to share

[hiwa]

if can 3d run with a 8500 and max multi with low PL will be best mobo for dual clockers

600 X10 with a 8600 pl?

[WhiteFireDragon]

any leaks on how much it will be? i'm guessing around $350

[zlojack]

any leaks on how much it will be? i'm guessing around $350

Doubt it...

The Striker II Extreme is still over $400. I imagine this one will be, too.

[Red Evil]

About 250€

[slim142]

I still cant find what the iRog feature does and what are the two chips for?

I guess this will be $400-$450

[zlojack]

I still wanna see what it looks like naked

[Red Evil]

Looking at block mounting, any idea which EK block will fit or none?

[Chri$ch]

any leaks on how much it will be? i'm guessing around $350

in germany ~340EUR incl vat (thats ~USD540)

[cool_case]

Nice run Elmor!! Is the E8400 a cherry-picked chip?

[Sampsa]

Also testing the board with:

QX9770 (C1)
Several DDR3-1600 kits
ATI Radeon HD 4870 CrossFireX





TweakIt feature works great and changes voltages and FSB in milliseconds on the fly.

Currently trying to stabilize settings to get 450 MHz FSB and 1800 MHz 7-6-6-8 1T memory settings stable.

I'll try with cascade when I find optimal settings for high FSB/memory speed

[fng77]

That board makes my Maximus Exteme look like a toy. Well maybe not, but still, what a board

[elmor]

Looking forward to your results Sampsa.

Nice run Elmor!! Is the E8400 a cherry-picked chip?

No, just walked down to the local store and got it. Got lucky I guess

[Oliver]

Awesome work bro...

WIll have an eye on u...

Keep pushing it...

[ZillaPct]

3DMark06:

This PL is possible because you use Cas 7 on memory, if you use Cas timing 8 PL min is 10....

When Engineer stabilize ratio 1:2 in high frequency this board is valid solution on Intel X48.

The glismo voltage control is difficult to use with two vga on board, and the heatpipe castle is problem with intensive Ln2 use.


One question your EPU engine work correctly with high voltage?

[cool_case]

in germany ~340EUR incl vat (thats ~USD540)

What percent is the vat?

[eternal_fantasy]

According to OCUK the board should be avaliable next week in the UK... 25th July to be precise;

OCUK Rampage Extreme page

for £270 !!!