UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[mpower1001]

or This or lift up v.core

I don't think it's the vcore, because i'm stable at 4.0ghz with 1.34 vcore, with memory at 1200mhz stable as a rock, but when i run my memory at 1600mhz and cpu at 4.0ghz and use 1.5 vcore windows will crash...weird

[funk32]

whats a good set of tri channel memory for this board, its the last thing i need, and i want to make sure i get a good set matched to the board. whats everyone having luck with?

i was thinking Corsair XMS3 Dominator 6GB 3x2.

thanks

[dejanh]

whats a good set of tri channel memory for this board, its the last thing i need, and i want to make sure i get a good set matched to the board. whats everyone having luck with?

i was thinking Corsair XMS3 Dominator 6GB 3x2.

thanks

I have that kit. It's served me pretty well overall. I managed to OC it completly stable to 1900MHz 8-9-7-20-1T timings with just 1.43750V QPI/DRAM and 1.65681V DRAM. The best (confirmed stable) timings I got at default voltage settings for 1600MHz (1.35V QPI/DRAM, 1.65V DRAM) are 7-7-7-20-1T.

[jasonelmore]

Posted the 0904 Beta Drivers on the Front Page

[jasonelmore]

Well i just got my GTX 295 in today and I thought i would post some results from a few benchmarks. Below are three types of benchmarks I was able to run last night.

3DMark Vantage Physix Enabled:



3DMark Vantage Physix Disabled:



3DMark 2006



I have overclocked them a bit. I have'nt found the max overclock but i'm thinking I can go a little higher on everything. I can't wait to get this baby on water.

[nordien]

Posted the 0904 Beta Drivers on the Front Page

Did anyone try this bios ?

[nordien]

Did anyone try this bios ?

Tried to flash it, problem with boot blocks in rom file. DO NOT FORCE FLASH WITH AFUDOS

[Kensek]

Tried to flash it, problem with boot blocks in rom file. DO NOT FORCE FLASH WITH AFUDOS

Always use the EZ-Flash Utilty

[BringerOdeath]

Well i just got my GTX 295 in today and I thought i would post some results from a few benchmarks. Below are three types of benchmarks I was able to run last night.

3DMark Vantage Physix Enabled:



3DMark Vantage Physix Disabled:



3DMark 2006



I have overclocked them a bit. I have'nt found the max overclock but i'm thinking I can go a little higher on everything. I can't wait to get this baby on water.

I have 2 GTX 295's coming jason, I will have some quad benchmark results here this week....

[Kensek]

I have 2 GTX 295's coming jason, I will have some quad benchmark results here this week....

At those volts you should be able to leave HT on and score much better.

My Old Gig EX58-Extreme Ran a i7 920 at 205x21 with HT enabled at 1.47 CPUv

[If6was9]

I have that kit. It's served me pretty well overall. I managed to OC it completly stable to 1900MHz 8-9-7-20-1T timings with just 1.43750V QPI/DRAM and 1.65681V DRAM. The best (confirmed stable) timings I got at default voltage settings for 1600MHz (1.35V QPI/DRAM, 1.65V DRAM) are 7-7-7-20-1T.

You have a 920?
Why setting the ram over the 1200mhz with cpu at 4.0ghz windows will crash?
You can help us to understand where mistaken?

thanks

[nordien]

Always use the EZ-Flash Utilty

I did, but the bios check before flashing gave a boot block error.

[Kensek]

I did, but the bios check before flashing gave a boot block error.

I EZ-Flashed to 0904 and experienced No such problems.

[nordien]

I EZ-Flashed to 0904 and experienced No such problems.

Can you pm me the bios, or forward another download link ?

[Kensek]

Can you pm me the bios, or forward another download link ?

Just reset your BIOS before EZ-flashing and run default BIOS settings when EZ-Flashing. I used the file in the link to verify it's authenticity.

[If6was9]

I don't think it's the vcore, because i'm stable at 4.0ghz with 1.34 vcore, with memory at 1200mhz stable as a rock, but when i run my memory at 1600mhz and cpu at 4.0ghz and use 1.5 vcore windows will crash...weird

Someone can write to Asus for this?
I think it is a problem of compatibility with this kit of ram

I would but I have problems with the language

[cstkl1]

Someone can write to Asus for this?
I think it is a problem of compatibility with this kit of ram

I would but I have problems with the language

hmm did u set ure qpi manually when u went to 1600
cause this is a corsair issue with ure ram
go to asktheramguy for support

a lot of users are using the dominator d8's 3x2gb and 3x1gb..
no issue whatsoever

[MatroX13]

Could anyone install liquid cooling on Rampage 2 Extreme, on NB and SB? Are any problems with buying for this motherboard?

PS. Soory for my english

[dejanh]

Installed 0904. They seem to be on to something here. At a quick look I did not notice any apparent changes in the BIOS, but they seem to have done something...

My new result running at 4.2GHz with Uncore:QPI 1:1 3.6GHz each. Lower voltages on the core too, by about 0.032V from before...all on air.

C-states are on, hence the lower post-run clock visible in RealTemp.

Not bad

[nordien]

I got the 0904 bios running. I had to use Asus Update in stead of EZ Flash. But it worked. First results so far is that i can run DDR1600 @ 7-7-7-20-1T @ 1.65 vdimm in bios. QPI-Uncore 1:1 3600. With lower vcore.

To bad i didn't unlock the 21*210 bclk.......The system works fine but when i click prime95 i get an instant BSOD. I can game, browse @ 4400 mhz but no 4 core load.

I seems to me that there more uncore selections possible with this new bios.

[dejanh]

I got the 0904 bios running. I had to use Asus Update in stead of EZ Flash. But it worked. First results so far is that i can run DDR1600 @ 7-7-7-20-1T @ 1.65 vdimm in bios. QPI-Uncore 1:1 3600. With lower vcore.

To bad i didn't unlock the 21*210 bclk.......The system works fine but when i click prime95 i get an instant BSOD. I can game, browse @ 4400 mhz but no 4 core load.

I seems to me that there more uncore selections possible with this new bios.

Test those DRAM timings using memtest86+ 2.11 for at least 1 pass before you declare the timings stable. I had to go back to 7-8-7-20-1T in 0904 after memtest86+ 2.11 reported errors about 40% into the test.

If you are willing to keep the proc. at 4.4GHz just for gaming and browsing you may as well disable all but two cores. That will allow you to clock higher/more stable with lower voltages.

IMHO it kind of defeats the purpose if you do not run HT on though on i7. You may as well be using a C2D then. i7 CPU is intended for using it with all 8 threads, but I guess it depends on everyone's workload. I need all 8 threads when doing development.

[Astratuner]

Is it wise to by an asus motherboard now these days with the cpu override bug thing?

[dejanh]

Is it wise to by an asus motherboard now these days with the cpu override bug thing?

Well, the boards are very solid overall, only major issue IMHO that remains is the TDP override missing from features. Hopefully this comes soon and Asus will be the de-facto reigning king of i7 motherboards.

Right now they may get their rear end handed to them when the EVGA X58 Classified comes around if they do not fix the TDP issue.

[BustaH]

To be honest I have no idea what this new bios has done, my saved settings for 200x20 turbo and ht on are less stable than before. I've had another tweak around with settings, no obvious difference to me at all, maybe im missing something.

also the change to this bios description is very vague, its a bit like psycholgical warfare

djaneh, can you list your enabled/disabled settings in cpu config please?

thanks.

[theonlybabyface]

To be honest I have no idea what this new bios has done, my saved settings for 200x20 turbo and ht on are less stable than before. I've had another tweak around with settings, no obvious difference to me at all, maybe im missing something.

also the change to this bios description is very vague, its a bit like psycholgical warfare

djaneh, can you list your enabled/disabled settings in cpu config please?

thanks.

After flashing, you should go into the bios and load the system defaults and then reboot and load your profile. IMO