ASUS Maximus II Formula - new P45 king?

[screwtech02]

Grn, you do a comparison with your Rampage Formula yet?? I hate to say it, but the MFII looks to have a better/more settings bios than the Rampage, and am thinking i may reinstall my MFII....

[Grnfinger]

Grn, you do a comparison with your Rampage Formula yet?? I hate to say it, but the MFII looks to have a better/more settings bios than the Rampage, and am thinking i may reinstall my MFII....

No I havent done it yet, still waiting for mosfet blocks, if there not here by Wednesday I'm going to file a charge back with paypal and buy the blocks from Gary at sidewinder, then argue with the XS member who sold them to me. been waiting since 13th of April...its not like I live in a igloo that requires a dog sled team to reach me

I will admit the MIIF has a better bios, but I thought the latest Rampage bios now offers CPU and NB clock skew, if there working the bios's should be about identical now minus Mem OC Charger and Read Training

[n3xT]

hello,

I am new on Xs and I say well I'll post a small summary of our "Bench' Day" with a friend

The Config Rig was :

Asus MAximus II Formula
Intel Q9650 - HK 2.5
ATI 4870x2 - Koolance VID-487X2
Crucial Ballistix PC5300 Cas3
OCZ Vertex 2*30Go

So Here's the screeny :p

The Crucial Ballistix whith my crappy Dominator


and The score !



And the nice bandwith for Grnfinger en His Dominator

9x495 - 595Mhz whit Subtimings!


9x500 - 600 Mhz



Voilà

[screwtech02]

No I havent done it yet, still waiting for mosfet blocks, if there not here by Wednesday I'm going to file a charge back with paypal and buy the blocks from Gary at sidewinder, then argue with the XS member who sold them to me. been waiting since 13th of April...its not like I live in a igloo that requires a dog sled team to reach me

I will admit the MIIF has a better bios, but I thought the latest Rampage bios now offers CPU and NB clock skew, if there working the bios's should be about identical now minus Mem OC Charger and Read Training

Persoanlly i think the MFII bios is just a bit better, they added cpu/nb clock skews, but the MFII has better GTL adjustments, and seems to run a bit better than the Formula. Too bad about your blocks, that just sucks....

[Grnfinger]

hello,

I am new on Xs and I say well I'll post a small summary of our "Bench' Day" with a friend

The Config Rig was :

Asus MAximus II Formula
Intel Q9650 - HK 2.5
ATI 4870x2 - Koolance VID-487X2
Crucial Ballistix PC5300 Cas3
OCZ Vertex 2*30Go

So Here's the screeny :p

The Crucial Ballistix whith my crappy Dominator


and The score !



And the nice bandwith for Grnfinger en His Dominator

9x495 - 595Mhz whit Subtimings!


9x500 - 600 Mhz



Voilà

and nice results

[n3xT]

héhé Thx

[karamell]

Thanks for your advice. Linpack passed 10 out of 10. Now running OCCT just to make sure . My temps are a bit high with linpack:

but i think thats ok. With anything else dosen't go above 55C/Core

try this....
First enable Enable load line calibration and retest, vdroop could be your problem...if it still fails then try the following

CPU Clock Skew : Delay 100ps

CPU GTL Reference 0 : -40mv
CPU GTL Reference 1 : Auto
CPU GTL Reference 2 : -40mv
CPU GTL Reference 3 : Auto

If its still crapping out you will need more PLL or vcore

[Grnfinger]

Thanks for your advice. Linpack passed 10 out of 10. Now running OCCT just to make sure . My temps are a bit high with linpack:

but i think thats ok. With anything else dosen't go above 55C/Core

Looking good, your temps are fine imo, Linpack is a real heat generator, nothing will stress your system harder, my system runs 10-12c hotter with linpack

[mr-rob]

hello,

I am new on Xs and I say well I'll post a small summary of our "Bench' Day" with a friend

Now, you just have to find some nice memory kits

[Kayso]

hello,

I am new on Xs and I say well I'll post a small summary of our "Bench' Day" with a friend

The Config Rig was :

Asus MAximus II Formula
Intel Q9650 - HK 2.5
ATI 4870x2 - Koolance VID-487X2
Crucial Ballistix PC5300 Cas3
OCZ Vertex 2*30Go

So Here's the screeny :p

The Crucial Ballistix whith my crappy Dominator
...
and The score !
...
And the nice bandwith for Grnfinger en His Dominator

9x495 - 595Mhz whit Subtimings!
...
9x500 - 600 Mhz
...
Voilà

Great results !

Can you post your BIOS settings please? It will be very interesting to compare

Thanks

[e.v.o]

sry boys no time for a new bios right now cause i'm writing on my diploma thesis.

[Eeky NoX]

Next week I'll try my "BronzAir" E7500 on it, with that 1901 bios ...but I still think it's not a board for high end dualies and ramship :/

Maybe it'll give me a 500FSB (guess but don't think so...) and than I'll check with 2gb modules

[ViViD]

but I still think it's not a board for high end dualies and ramship

Yep I Hate This Board And Decide To Change With DFI DK P45-T2RS+

[screwtech02]

You get anywere with your "comparison" yet Grn?? I'm waitin on a couple waterblocks for my 4850x2's, then im gonna put my MFII back in, and see if I can achieve better clocks over the Rampage....

[Eeky NoX]

Update After all I'll try this one instead of the 1901 ^^

http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...95#post3773795

But not a lot of time to waste with that h0w, my princess is the EP45T UD3P :p

[GFORCE100]

Update After all I'll try this one instead of the 1901 ^^

http://www.xtremesystems.org/Forums/...95#post3773795

But not a lot of time to waste with that h0w, my princess is the EP45T UD3P :p

Why oh why oh why oh why can't Asus release notes on what's changed in each new BIOS version like Intel does nicely in a PDF.

Oh well, I'll try it too, hopefully it's not just a new number. Here goes...

UPDATE: So far I see they've added the C-STATE option in the BIOS and also that the memory latency in Everest seems to be higher by 0.2ns.

[Grnfinger]

Why oh why oh why oh why can't Asus release notes on what's changed in each new BIOS version like Intel does nicely in a PDF.

Oh well, I'll try it too, hopefully it's not just a new number. Here goes...

UPDATE: So far I see they've added the C-STATE option in the BIOS and also that the memory latency in Everest seems to be higher by 0.2ns.

Do you not subscribe to Asus ePaper, it gives all the bios information they even have a rss feed...
1901 has been out for along time now

[humeyboy]

Hmm that Bios ain't for a MFII, You had me thinking there was a 1902.

I checked the Asus FTP and the MFII has a new bios dated 5th May build 2104.

[Eeky NoX]

Humm we're just talkin bout this one m8te U know ...I'll check it tomorrow so.

[GFORCE100]

Do you not subscribe to Asus ePaper, it gives all the bios information they even have a rss feed...
1901 has been out for along time now

No, where is it? I can only find html pages on the Asus server that date back to 2006. Thanks in advance.

[Kayso]

New BIOS is online !

Maximus II Formula 2104 BIOS
Improve Memory compatibility

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

[ViViD]

Finally Change Mobo With DFI DK P45-T2RS Turbo
GoodByE M2F

[TAX]

New BIOS is online !

Maximus II Formula 2104 BIOS
Improve Memory compatibility

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

hopefully this might fix the damn cold boot det dram problem with my cellshocks

[KURTZ]

New BIOS is online !

Maximus II Formula 2104 BIOS
Improve Memory compatibility

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

anyone has tried this BIOS? also have you checked the changelog into the asus web site? there is a 2101 BIOS that i never seen before ... :S

[Kayso]

WTF ?!?!?!?!
The new version isn't on ASUS site any more!

anyone has tried this BIOS? also have you checked the changelog into the asus web site? there is a 2101 BIOS that i never seen before ... :S

I really don't know, what is going on ...


P.S. Hehe, the new BIOS is back online. I really hope, this time, we will have an improvement.