Quote Originally Posted by CryptiK View Post



Yes and no. It is a different chipset and is more efficient than a P45 but the board is apparently less conducive to overclocking especially quads (which I assume is why you specifically said a high MP cpu). I don't know a lot about the rampage formula specifically though. The real world gains of the X48's efficiency are IMO minor compared to a P45. The only real thing the X48 is much better for is DDR3 overclocking and crossfire setups, from what I have seen the P45 is just too weak to clock DDR3 very well, although I must say the Gigabyte P45 DDR3 board is pretty damn impressive.


Ummm no.

Rampage will out perform the MIIF hands down, It overclocks quads just fine
Not many boards will run 500FSB on a 65nm quad, Rampage will.
Rampage offers better bandwidth and is a superior platform.
High FSB is not an issue on X48
I have a Rampage comming to play with , my first one arrived DOA and the online stock is zero. Once my board is sent out I can confirm all this.
My MIIF is gone to ebay once the X48 arrives.
And Rampage Formula is DDR2 not DDR3, Rampage Xtreme is DDR3

Quote Originally Posted by SiGfever View Post
Question for you guys. If you were getting a chip with a very high multi do you think the Rampage Formula would be a better choice than my Maximus II Formula?
Definately