Quote Originally Posted by Zucker2k View Post

Well, what can I say, if it's not better than the rampage formula then my point is made; I know where that 640 figure comes from, and I haven't seen a single quadcore overclock in that thread, let alone past 500 fsb so again, if it is to be considered a contender, then we must see some justification for that. That 640fsb was is reasonable, but it was done with a x6 multi. I could show you my own screenie of a 7.5 x 600, even went up to 610, on the rampage formula and I wasn't even trying hard, and was limited by ram. Trust me, I've been in some ram bandwidth combat with some dfi nuts, etc. and came out feeling good so I know all about the hype. The RF is a solid overclocker; it may not overclock quads nearly as good as some p45s, but the x48 chipset was designed with other strengths which the RF demonstrates very nicely; eg. high fsbs and tight PLs.
640 FSB is still 640 FSB regardless of multiplier, the CPU limits the CPU speed, if they had used 7x the cpu would have to be good for 4.48GHz. It, and other results as well, are still higher than anything I have seen the RF achieve. I have not seen an RF do 640 FSB, regardless of multi used.

I didn't say the T2RSB Plus was not as good, I'm just not arguing this as vehemently as you are. From what I have seen, I think it's better than the RF, but I really don't mind what other people think is the best DDR2 X48 board, I just do my own thing based on my own opinion.

I said if the RF could be proven to be better FSB wise or quad overclocking wise than the T2RSB Plus, it would have to be proven to be $220 better or I still wouldn't consider buying it. I also said that if I was considering spending $520 on an X48 I consider decent but nothing special, I would pay the extra $100 and get the X48 that is unarguably outstanding (the RE). Essentially, I'm saying I would never buy the RF.