Quote Originally Posted by initialised View Post
So far I've only been able to play with the Evo. Working on getting 4GHz stable on a 750. I like the board and can't really see a compelling reason to step up to a Deluxe or Maximus, all they really add is toys.
yeah... good point... nowadays even entry level boards offer bios features and voltages we used to have to buy a premium board for before...

i do like the usb connected external tweak thing, but yeah, its more of a toy than really useful... only useful if you bench and oc a lot and want to push things the extra 5% or so...

Quote Originally Posted by OBR View Post
and for what, there is not any USB 3 and SATA III device and this situation will be half of year the same ...
true... it would still be some feature that would make it possible for people to justify buying the highend version though... at least something, even if its useless for the next 6 months or 1 year

idk, some raid chip or better nic or something else... there should be something on the highend boards that is missing on the entry level and mainstream boards that really adds a useful 24/7 feature imo... even better fanspeed control would be a useful feature that would make it worth it to buy a more expensive board than a cheaper one for some people!

atm what you pay extra between most of those boards is for what?
1 more nic
1 more sata
1 more pci
2 more usb...

thats not really that motivating for most people i think...
not a good way to diferentiate the boards...

on the premium boards you get
better bios
better pwm
remote toy
better sound

whats missing imo is:
more sata
better raid
better nic
pciE switch (to allow sli+raid and xfire+raid or tri sli and tri xfire)

especially the last is what id expect for a 250-300$ board...

Quote Originally Posted by Chad Boga View Post
Is the Plug in Soundcard on the Maximus actually any good?

If it isn't that much better than the integrated onboard soundcards on the other boards, it seems like a terrible waste.
i dont know what chips this one uses... but previously asus used the same chip they use on their xonar soundcards iirc, and those are very good...
not the best soundcard you can get but close afaik