ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[Cable_Tie_Guy]

I totally agree with you, I spent some nights trying to get the max out of my 2x2gb PC8500 Dominators and I found that MIIF couldn't go any higher than my old P5B deluxe. Stock frequencies needed less voltage, but this is not exactly what I'm expecting from this board.

I played for hours with the "advanced settings" but I always ended up leaving them on auto. The only improvement was by delaying 100ps on B1 slot.

I found the best divider to be 3:4, all others were less stable or unable to boot (even @ PL 10). I found also some fsb holes, I can do a 420MHz stable but 421 won't post, with 430MHz back stable again. The same was for 450MHz, with the system becoming bootable again at 460MHz.

The only setting which actually made me gain some fsb MHz was tWTW_S. Loosening it from 4 to 5 I got about 7/8MHz without almost no bandwidth loss. Clock twister settings were again a no go: no noticeable bandwidth gain from light to normal and no boot with strong/stronger (even at stock DRAM frequencies).

I didn't try pull-in settings, but I don't think they would make the situation look different..

That is strange... I am happy with my M2F...
I can post with strong / stronger settings on any FSB / MEM / Ratio / Clock.
I can do DDR2-1200 with any BIOS I try...
I can do PL8 with 1:1 divider too, and boot with 400 strap if needed.

M2F let me overclock my quad with less volts then any other board I know.
And it is 500FSB stable on my quad, and I am all aircooled LOL!

All I did was the washer mod, and applied AS5 on NB and SB.
Without crazy volts, my NB is always below 38c on load. With crazy volts like 1.5v, it is always under 42c under load.

I am stable with a 65nm QX6700 (2.66GHz / 266) B3 HEAT MONSTER aircooled at:

7x500 = 3.5GHz
8x475 = 3.8GHz
8x450 = 3.6GHz
9x400 = 3.6GHz

I can post on 4GHz but it won't even load windows without insane volts.

If the board is doing 3.8GHz with a 65nm B3 (LOL) I bet with a good 45nm quad, this board can do 4.0 - 4.2GHz stable on air, and with a good water system, 4.2 - 4.5GHz.

With a good 45nm dual, it should be possible to be stable aircooled @ 4.3GHz or more.

This is a great board.

500FSB with 65nm B3 Quad and DDR2-1200 CL5


3.6GHz 450FSB with B3 Quad aircooled stable 24/7


My rig


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