***Asus Rampage III Extreme Owners Thread***

[vladimir]

I have next question

In manual i see only one usb connector on mobo:

And that is info for me because i need two. I search some info and i found something like that: You can connect usb to the OC station connector

( in manual is: for OC station ONLY )

True or False Guys

The best way around this issue that I found is the NZXT IU01. Installed and apparently working fine on my rig.

[jacek]

vCore offset will not be available.
Source TWEAKTOWN

"Regarding the offset vCore question, as of right now we have no plans of implementing this option. We asked a lot of users about their thoughts on having vCore offset and we did not get a lot of feedback. We did get feedback from the extreme community and most said that they did not utilize dynamic VID, and that they are more concerned with maintaining a more consistent voltage using absolute vCore. However, we do have 2 options for load-line calibration (50% and 100%) to give users more voltage control. So as of right now vCore offset will only be implemented in our mainstream board as well as the upcoming Rampage III Formula."

[kill_a_wat]

Ok I finally decided to try the same 950 on my E760 and straight boot past 214 bclk no problemo...

Ugh I guess I have a bad IOH chip in my R3E

[PytonOrm]

PLL ICS9LPRS918BKL for Setfsb and rampage 3 dosent work.... what correct pll should i have

[donmarkoni]

I have next question

In manual i see only one usb connector on mobo:

http://www.abload.de/img/usbw8er.png

And that is info for me because i need two. I search some info and i found something like that: You can connect usb to the OC station connector

( in manual is: for OC station ONLY )

True or False Guys

IDK. I'll test when I get home, if no one else does it in the meantime.

Well, after reading manual I decided not to test it, as it is not meant for anything else then OC Station.

Sure here is my template:

are you using CPU LLC ? Yes 50%
and QPI LLC? Yes

 
Target CPU Frequency                  4060MHz
Target DRAM Frequency                 1627MHz

LN2 Mode                              Disabled
QPI Loadline Calibration              Enabled

Sync Mode                             [Enabled]
AI Overclock Tuner                    [Manual]
OC From CPU level Up                  [Auto]
CPU Ratio Setting                     [21]
CPU Turbo Power Limit                 [Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting                     [21]
C1E Support                           [Enabled]
Hardware Prefetcher                   [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher        [Enabled]
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech          [Enabled]
CPU TM Function                       [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit                   [Enabled]
Intel(R) HT Technology                [Enabled]
Active Processor Cores                [All]
A20M                                  [Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech           [Enabled]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech                 [Enabled]
C State package limit setting         [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency                        [200]
PCIE Frequency                        [100]
DRAM Frequency                        [DDR3-1600Mhz]
UCLK Frequency                        [3200Mhz]
QPI Link Data Rate                    [7200MT/s]

Memory Configuration Protect          [Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency                          [7 DRAM Clock]
RAS# to CAS# Delay                    [7 DRAM Clock]
RAS# PRE Time                         [7 DRAM Clock]
RAS# ACT Time                         [24 DRAM Clock]
RAS# to RAS# Delay                    [Auto]
REF Cycle Time                        [Auto]
WRITE Recovery Time                   [Auto]
READ to PRE Time                      [Auto]
FOUR ACT WIN Time                     [Auto]
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay                [Auto]

Timing Mode                           [1N]
Round Trip Latency on CHA             [Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHB             [Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHC             [Auto]

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)               [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)               [Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)               [Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)               [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DD)                [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DR)                [Auto]
READ To READ Delay(SR)                [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)              [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)              [Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)              [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude            [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew                        [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew                        [Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode                        [T-Balanced]
PWR Volt. Control                     [Auto]
Load-Line Calibration                 [Full Calibration]
CPU Voltege OCP                       [Enabled]
CPU PWM Frequency                     [Auto]

Extreme OV                            [Disabled]
Extreme OC                            [Auto]

CPU Voltage                           [1.33750]
CPU PLL Voltage                       [Auto]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage                 [1.35000]
DRAM Bus Voltage                      [Auto]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA          [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB          [Auto]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC          [Auto]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC          [Auto]
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage                           [Auto]
IOH PCIE Voltage                      [Auto]

ICH Voltage                           [Auto]
ICH PCIE Voltage                      [Auto]

---------- Spread Spectrum Control -----------
CPU Spread Spectrum                   [Disabled]
PCIE Spread Spectrum                  [Disabled]



***on-board jumper dependant

I wanted to get around 4Ghz stable, but after i saw how C-States affect my Memory Benchmark i was a bit like, what the hell. I even wanted to keep C-States on cause sometimes i just surfing around and with C-States on it keeps my idle power consumption and temps down. But the issue with 21x was that when i played old games like System Shock 1 via Dosbox, the Turbo (22x on one core) kicked in and the rig was running around 4,2Ghz but it was unstable, so i got 0x101 (V-Core) BsoDs or the game was closed abnormally, but if i only got 21x Multi everything was fine, 25x LinX, 6h Small FFT P95 and this has kept me to the decission that i have to do something to optimize that issue.


Try it i a moment hold on

Damn coulnd't test it only have a Connector C joint
but looked like the OC Station Connector have 10 Pins instead of 8-9 like USB

I changed some settings in your template and colored them for you to try.

One important thing: don't lower CPU PLL voltage below default, not good for bloomfield, only good for gulftown, in my experience.
Also, put IOH voltage @ Auto for start and then lower it later, as you don't want some IOH induced instabilities.
Try lowering VTT (QPI/DRAM) as I think it's too high for UnCore @ 3200, but it depends on IMC.
If unstable, raise vCore a little.

BTW, what BIOS are you using? And what cooling? Can't remember if you mentioned before.

PLL ICS9LPRS918BKL for Setfsb and rampage 3 dosent work.... what correct pll should i have

Works for me. Just tried it again. Anybody else?

[Malik]

Well, after reading manual I decided not to test it, as it is not meant for anything else then OC Station.

Great solution of this problem: NZXT IU01

[vladimir]

Great solution of this problem: NZXT IU01

Yah, I think you'll like it. The only issue that I really had with it is that the only thing preventing this piece from shorting out is a 1/8" piece of neoprene adhered to the back of the circuit board. It does do the job, but a plastic housing would be nicer.

[Malik]

Yah, I think you'll like it. The only issue that I really had with it is that the only thing preventing this piece from shorting out is a 1/8" piece of neoprene adhered to the back of the circuit board. It does do the job, but a plastic housing would be nicer.

This "thing" works good ? No problems with that ?

[Scerate]

One important thing: don't lower CPU PLL voltage below default, not good for bloomfield, only good for gulftown, in my experience.
Also, put IOH voltage @ Auto for start and then lower it later, as you don't want some IOH induced instabilities.
Try lowering VTT (QPI/DRAM) as I think it's too high for UnCore @ 3200, but it depends on IMC.
If unstable, raise vCore a little.

BTW, what BIOS are you using? And what cooling? Can't remember if you mentioned before.



Works for me. Just tried it again. Anybody else?

Bios: 0902
Cooling: Prolimatech Megashadow + Artic Cooling MX-3 + 2x Xigmatek Fans @ 7v (replacing it maybe with 2 Be Quiet Silent Wings)
but i have a question, i won't be unpolite no i even appreciate it that you helping me that much, but why should i give the processor 4,2Ghz ? 4Ghz is enough for me atm cause if i even give him that speed, would be cause of C-States that if i do something one one core only resulting in 22x200 (4,4Ghz)? My rig is perfectly stable now but the only culprit is this x22 multi which gives me headache cause then everything fails, i even tried LinX with only one core resulting like i said in Bsod 101.

and btw lowering CPU PLL even helped me lowering my volts 2 notches, cause first i was running 21x191 ~ 4 Ghz. If i set in to default settings 1.8 i got LinX "stopped upon error" warnings. First i set it to only 1.5v but now i lowered it to 1.4 cause i think it even lowered my temps 1-2 °C

Edit: I have just tried your optimized template with 4.2 Ghz but i think atm it's a no go, cause i stopped testing after i put in about 1.36v it even then crashed 0x050 BsoD but temps rose to about 93 °C which is damn hot, even now on evening here (have 29 °C room temp lol) but your Loadline Calibration tip is pretty awesome but rose my temps about 3 °C per core with LinX @ 203x20, but i was able to lower the v-core a bit

[fmsam]

well heres a thing ....!!

dunno if anyones seen this b4 but if youre worried about performance in gaming when mixing x8 and x16 then worry no longer.
The boys over at Hard OCP have done some pretty convicing testing using sli and crossfire at x16 and x8 and there is almost no difference !!!
Ok the board was not an R3E but I bet the results would be similar, maybe Ill put my Phys-x card back in ( tbh I never did see any drop in performance with it in there, but when I noticed gpu 2 in lane 3 was at x8 I took it out !)

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/...6x16_vs_x8x8/1

just put them where they look best :-)

[vladimir]

This "thing" works good ? No problems with that ?

You may have overlooked my post at the top of this page;
Installed and apparently working fine on my rig.

[fgw]

just to report back:

my issues with temperatures are solved now! replaced the tim under the r3e stock sinks and this brought ioh/ich idle temps to about 60C! remember before this temps were rising quickly and reached 100C within minutes, thus the board simply switched off!

replacing the tim with some ocz freeze dropped temps by more than 40C! (expect any tim will do the same - asus stock tim simply is crap) heatsink is still fairly hot. ir thermometer showed about 58C on top of heatsink.

left the stock pad under the vrm sink. would not recommend replacing this as regular tim might not be able to bridge possible gaps between the sink and the mosfets.

reseated cpu cooler too. at first power on, cpu temp again rose slowly up to about 65C. but after the next powercycle cpu temp stayed below 47C. no idea why it ramped up like this at first power on. did the same at my first mount? anyway, as this the 775 cooler is a temporary solution i will ignore this for now and check how this behaves under water.

conclusion: replace stock tim on r3e!

[Carrera997]

@zsamz_
You must understand his anger (refering to Carrera997) if he is new and read the whole thread. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not justifying his behavior, but you and OC Nub are making a torrents of anti-R3E posts, almost nothing constructive. Whatever is asked, you just say the board is bad and it costs a lot of money and it's your answer. Is that really all you have to say? I really don't care, I just skip reading your posts, but you should care, as I respected your opinion before and now don't even bother to read your posts.

Donmarkoni: That's it exactly. I appreciate your posts here, and on I4memory.

As for the others.., I have been at this for a while... rig is never set up becasue I am always trying to make it better. I spend more money on my hobbies than most here earn in an entire year. I have worked my ass off over many years, spent time away from my family... blah, blah, blah, to be in this position. I visit this board often but get tired of the same two always posting 'the same' crap. Yeah, their opinion is valued but to beat a dead horse, time and time again is absurd... Yes, I can be harsh and I am sorry if some are offended.... but I don't apologize for my opnion.

For me, the REIII has been great. I burned through 4 EVGA Classifieds. Great board but endurance wise it doesn't hold a candle to the REIII. I also like the USB 3 feature. There are USB 3 products available in Akihabara (Tokyo) that are not readily available in the US that I use.

[zsamz_]

For me, the REIII has been great. I burned through 4 EVGA Classifieds. Great board but endurance wise it doesn't hold a candle to the REIII. I also like the USB 3 feature. There are USB 3 products available in Akihabara (Tokyo) athat are not readily available in the US that I use.

the only reason you went through a classy and maybe 2 is that you couldn't overclock the board
the rexIII is just n00b freindly

[Carrera997]

the only reason you went through a classy and maybe 2 is that you couldn't overclock the board
the rexIII is just n00b freindly

Once again, common sense isn't so common.

Also, learn how to write and spell..... if English isn't your first language, I understand.

[kill_a_wat]

Once again, common sense isn't so common.

Also, learn how to write and spell..... if English isn't your first language, I understand.

Zsamz you asked for that...or maybe you wanted that reaction? Can we try and stay OT please. But honestly I see where Carrera and Donmarkoni are coming from.

[Utnorris]

PLL ICS9LPRS918BKL for Setfsb and rampage 3 dosent work.... what correct pll should i have

If you are talking about CPU PLL, then for the 980x it should be around the 1.4v range.

@zsamz: I don't think I have read a helpful post from you yet, nothing but pissing and moaning. If you don't like the board then sell it and move on. For me this board runs better than the Classified or any other board I have had and I have had quite a few x58 boards. You keep griping about Bloomfield support and how the Classified supports it, but you fail to understand that every new bios from EVGA for the Classified has been directed at the 980x. Every new bios thread has someone complaining about this simple fact on EVGA forums. If you want Bloomfield support, and I am not saying the RE3 doesn't support it, then go with an older MB. Getting 4.2ghz on any x58 board is a gimmie now, but you shouldn't expect miracles for your chip, after all, you could have a chip that doesn't overclock well or you just might be a poor overclocker, who knows?

[Samson]

well heres a thing ....!!

dunno if anyones seen this b4 but if youre worried about performance in gaming when mixing x8 and x16 then worry no longer.
The boys over at Hard OCP have done some pretty convicing testing using sli and crossfire at x16 and x8 and there is almost no difference !!!
Ok the board was not an R3E but I bet the results would be similar, maybe Ill put my Phys-x card back in ( tbh I never did see any drop in performance with it in there, but when I noticed gpu 2 in lane 3 was at x8 I took it out !)

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/...6x16_vs_x8x8/1

just put them where they look best :-)

Yes. I read the entire article in your link. And the truth is I had already seen this kind of kind of test before.
In fact I once saw a post even here on our own XtremeSystems Forum where someone had tested a single
card in 16x and then 8x and shown the difference to be no more than about 10 points in some version of 3DMark.
I can't find the link, but I think it may even have been Ghostleader who made the post but not sure.

Only thing I disagree with the article is it says,
"...we are using the GTX 480 SLI because it is the highest "bandwidth" video card configuration there is and
produces the fastest framerates out of all SLI and CFX two-card combinations. "

Well this is not true. Still to date the Radeon HD5970 gives faster overall performance
(view full Fremi Vs. 5970 comparison)
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fea...ungry?page=0,1
and has a higher memory badwidith than GTX 480 (177.GB/s for GTX 480, 256GB/s for 5970)





To Who it May Concern: I hate to repeat my same old story, but as you know this relates to my past questions.
I had my two cards in CrossFireX in slots #2 and #4. And though some people with a single card in slots #2 are
clearly getting only 8x

I can't run my card @16x on rampape 3 ,i used slot 2 ,help me

My own results with two cards in Slots #2 and #4 in CrossFireX were ambiguous. And even though I have now put them
in slots 1 and 3 it makes me wonder if in fact this board was somehow accepting to do 16x in slots 2 and 4.
(NOTE: Keep in mind I did have the PCI-E lane switches set to "off" for slots 1 and 3).

[Carrera997]

If you are talking about CPU PLL, then for the 980x it should be around the 1.4v range.

I agree. I run 1.35 PLL for my 4.4 daily overclock on my 980x. The same PLL works for my 4.74 benching oc with this Vantage score (57,726), running tri sli 480s:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=2441431

[cx-ray]

(expect any tim will do the same - asus stock tim simply is crap) heatsink is still fairly hot. ir thermometer showed about 58C on top of heatsink.

Stock tim isn't that bad. At the moment on my test bench my IOH temp idles at 45c and SB is 39c on my board. IOH heatsink measured with a Fluke IR meter is 39.8 and SB is 39.1. Room ambient is 23.8c.

I do however have two fans blowing across the board. One is a 120mm at ~1500rpm and the other is 80mm at ~1600rpm.

The same applied to my R2E. I just made sure contact was good and screws are tightened uniformly, before I started up the boards for the first time.

[cx-ray]

Only thing I disagree with the article is it says,
"...we are using the GTX 480 SLI because it is the highest "bandwidth" video card configuration there is and
produces the fastest framerates out of all SLI and CFX two-card combinations. "

Well this is not true. Still to date the Radeon HD5970 gives faster overall performance
(view full Fremi Vs. 5970 comparison)
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fea...ungry?page=0,1
and has a higher memory badwidith than GTX 480 (177.GB/s for GTX 480, 256GB/s for 5970)

If you count the mem bandwidth in the same way for the GTX 480 in SLI it would be 2x 177 = 354 GB/s. I think that's probably what they referred to. The GTX 480 in SLI also makes more noise, is hotter, and uses more power. So, I don't think the HD5970 beats them overall

[Samson]

If you count the mem bandwidth in the same way for the GTX 480 in SLI it would be 2x 177 = 354 GB/s. I think that's probably what they referred to. The GTX 480 in SLI also makes more noise, is hotter, and uses more power. So, I don't think the HD5970 beats them overall

Haaa! Ha. Ok, I guess you are right. It is a great a great card, mind you, for a single GPU card. But not the best single card for
SLI - CrossFire as they say

[CARLOS*A1]

Excellent motherboard Asus Rampage III, have passed through my hands some of the best X58 boards.

The Rampage III is the card I've gotten cooler, temperatures are the best. A very complete bios.

Some of the results I've achieved via air.

Then use the Noctua NH-14 with an ambient temperature of 28C° ... 3 am ...


single vga.



crossfirex



The only negative that I found to the plate, is that when I use 2 gtx 295, so there must be kept in the PCI Express ports 1 and 2. 2 vga being together, practically glued. Generating much heat.

The heat is so much that I was unable to pass the 3DMark Vantage and 3DMark benchs 06



Try to combine ports 1 -3 and 1-4 and it is not possible to run the 4 gpu.

[Samson]

Excellent motherboard Asus Rampage III, have passed through my hands some of the best X58 boards.

...

The only negative that I found to the plate, is that when I use 2 gtx 295, so there must be kept in the PCI Express ports 1 and 2. 2 vga being together, practically glued. Generating much heat.

The heat is so much that I was unable to pass the 3DMark Vantage and 3DMark benchs 06

Try to combine ports 1 -3 and 1-4 and it is not possible to run the 4 gpu.

Hi.
I am having a hard time understanding what you are trying to say.
But from your pictures I can see that you testes an Asus ATI Radeon 5800 series video card and you are getting
8x speed. Then you did CrossFireX with two Asus ATI Radeon 5800 series video cards and still getting 8x on both.

To get 16x with any card in SLI or CrossFireX you need to use PCI-E slots #1 and #3. Not slots #1 and #2.

For a single card to get 16x you need to use PCI-E slot #1. Or maybe even #3 (not sure).

What I was saying is that it still "may" be possible to get 16x in slots #2 and #4. But don't
try this at home !! (Result is still uncertain).

Try to combine ports 1 -3 and 1-4 and it is not possible to run the 4 gpu.

It should certainly be possible to run Dual-GPU cards in slots #1 and #3. This is what I have now.
I have two Dual-GPU Radeon 5970 in CrossFireX in Slots #1 and #3 now. And even had them working in Slots #2 and #4.

Please varify if you have done something wrong. Made some bad connections or not connected all the power cables to your system.

Also chech to see if by mistake you disabled the PCI-E "on-off" switches on the top right corner of the board.

[CARLOS*A1]

Sorry for my bad English, and thanks for trying to help.

I use the PCI Express ports 1 and 3 and the computer restarts after 2 minutes.

The only way to hold the 2 gtx 295 was placed on ports 1 and 2 being very junstas.

I think it can be given the post pictures of your 16x and 16x ports 1-3.

It may be something to the picture that this bloked few buttons and some jumper.