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

[lowfat]

My board is able to boot up to 232 w/o slow mode. It seems I found a good one . Here are some benches from last night, but...the cold is comming .

And the USB doesn't start flaking out after 230bclk?

[Splave]

Am really enjoying these hypers! How does this board handle a 980x!

like a dream

water ambient temps (dont look at voltage)

[nickless]

Nice results nickless how come you arent running the latest bios!

Yes, I tried last BIOS, but it turned out that the best results of Pi 1M I had with bios 0901 and the highest bclk with BIOS 0011 but I don't pretend to extensive tests because I haven't thoroughly tested (as some people here).

And the USB doesn't start flaking out after 230bclk?

No, at least so far I haven't had a problem with USB on boot with bclk 232. Yesterday I faced this problem, but after increasing bclk in Windows up to 238 and I had a BSOD with an error related to USB.

[Johnmark]

Here they are, my current folding settings, stable, but still testing and trying out other combinations.

Target CPU Frequency		4402MHz
Target DRAM Frequency		2277MHz

LN2 Mode:			Disabled***
QPI Loadline Calibration:	Enabled***

Sync Mode			[Enabled]
AI Overclock Tuner		[Manual]
OC From CPU level Up		[Auto]
2D Performance Booster		[Disabled]
CPU Ratio Setting		[31.0]
CPU Turbo Power Limit		[Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting		[21.0]
C1E Support			[Enabled]
Hardware Prefetcher		[Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher	[Enabled]
MPS and ACPI MADT ordering	[Modern]
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]
Performance/Watt select		[Power]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech		[Enabled]
C State package limit setting	[Auto]
C1 Auto Demotion		[Enabled]
C3 Auto Demotion		[Enabled]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency			[142]
PCIE Frequency			[100]
DRAM Frequency			[2277]
UCLK Frequency			[3986]
QPI Link Data Rate		[6833]

Memory Configuration Protect	[Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency		      9	[9]
RAS# to CAS# Delay	     11	[11]
RAS# PRE Time		      9	[9]
RAS# ACT Time		     27	[27]
RAS# to RAS# Delay	      7	[Auto]
REF Cycle Time		    126	[Auto]
WRITE Recovery Time	     18	[Auto]
READ to PRE Time	      8	[Auto]
FOUR ACT WIN Time	     32	[Auto]
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay	      0	[Auto]

Timing Mode		     1N	[1N]
Round Trip Latency on CHA    58	[Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHB    60	[Auto]
Round Trip Latency on CHC    61	[Auto]

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)	      6	[Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)	      6	[Auto]
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)	     21	[Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)	     10	[Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)	     10	[Auto]
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)	     10	[Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DD)	      7	[Auto]
READ To READ Delay(DR)	      6	[Auto]
READ To READ Delay(SR)	      4	[Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)      7	[Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)      7	[Auto]
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)      4	[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]
CPU Voltege OCP			[Enabled]
CPU PWM Frequency		[Auto]

Extreme OV			[Ensabled]*
Extreme OC			[Auto]

CPU Voltage		1.402	[1.40000]
CPU PLL Voltage 	1.204	[1.20575]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage	1.415	[1.42500]
DRAM Bus Voltage	1.654	[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		1.151	[1.15275]
IOH PCIE Voltage	1.508	[Auto]

ICH Voltage		1.111	[Auto]
ICH PCIE Voltage		[Auto]

*QPI Voltage OCP		[Enabled]
*IOH Voltage OCP		[Enabled]
*DRAM Voltage OCP		[Enabled]
*QPI PWM Frequency		[Auto]
*IOH PWM Frequency		[Auto]
*DRAM PWM Frequency		[Auto]

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



***on-board jumper dependant

This is what I'm working on, but not folding stable yet...

Wow how did you get those high Gflop numbers in Linx ? I'm lucky to get 50 with my 980x at 4.3Ghz

[zoson]

There is no QPi PLL setting on the R3E, but there should be.

Is it coupled with cpu pll?

I've had 5 i7's of the 930 and 950 flavors... my first 930 has been the best 'performer' needing the lowest voltage to do 4.2ghz at 200bclk... I'm having to push core voltage up to about 1.38 on all the chips except my first, which needs about 1.37.

I popped one of the 950's into a gigabyte x58a ud3r board, and it only needed 1.28v to do 4.2 when i bumped the qpi pll up to 1.16 from 1.10...
sigh...
might be time to dump asus i guess...

[Cookiesowns]

Anyone know if the 1102 Bios has anymore fixes or updates other than just support for the 990x?

[bito]

Picked up a new R3E yesterday and it came with 1102 bios from the factory. Must be latest batch i guess.
Still gives me sleep mode problems with my i7 920 though. It goes into sleep mode and then fires right up again straight away.
Any fixes ?

[nightwoodwolf]

hey guys ... if anyone have any idea or experienced this before with this board .. i just finished setting up my build and this board is not detecting my second gtx 480 card !! anyone experienced something like this with the R3E ?

any advice would be very appreciated

[Cookiesowns]

hey guys ... if anyone have any idea or experienced this before with this board .. i just finished setting up my build and this board is not detecting my second gtx 480 card !! anyone experienced something like this with the R3E ?

any advice would be very appreciated

Which PCI-E slot is it in? Are your PCI-E lane selector switches set properly? I disabled 2 and 4, since my 480s are in 1 and 3

[Cookiesowns]

Picked up a new R3E yesterday and it came with 1102 bios from the factory. Must be latest batch i guess.
Still gives me sleep mode problems with my i7 920 though. It goes into sleep mode and then fires right up again straight away.
Any fixes ?

I thought sleep mode was supposed to be like this...?

[Martin.v.r]

TO Reflex1 #3425 Watercooling

Corsair 800D it should be completely quiet, but also of use to overclock built for a different user

ASUS Rampage III Extreme
i7 950 @ 3.1 GHz -"? ikke oc endnu"
Gfx: 2 * Nividia Msi 480 Gtx
6 GB G.Skill Ripjaws 2000 MHz DDR3
Psu: Corsair AX 1200
HD Primary: Corsair SSD Force Series 2,5" 120GB
HD Secondary: 500 GB WD Caviar Green + 250 GB WD Caviar Blue

but this tower is nice an big,from LittleDevil
http://www.octeamdenmark.com/forums/...cs-inside.html

[nightwoodwolf]

Which PCI-E slot is it in? Are your PCI-E lane selector switches set properly? I disabled 2 and 4, since my 480s are in 1 and 3

thanks for replying, i am using OCI-E 1 and 2 should all of the PC switches still set to on should i disable the ones i am not using ?

[kurumi_Japan]

3DMark Vantage Performance: P52947

REX3 & GTX580 are good combination.

[fmsam]

REX3 & GTX580 are good combination.

WoW !

what type of cooling did you use ?

[kurumi_Japan]

As above score is under LN2 test.

[dMITIj]

Can the Asus R3E run 480GTX @ Tri SLI?

[Shiranui Gen-An]

Can the Asus R3E run 480GTX @ Tri SLI?

Yes, 3-way SLI is supported on the R3E.

[Mmichel]

Hi folks!
Does anybody know if a Xeon X5650 is running on the REIII ? If it does which BIOS version would you suggest?
Thanks for your help!
Mike.

[angelreaper]

Can the Asus R3E run 480GTX @ Tri SLI?

SLI/CrossFireX On-Demand

The board features SLI/CrossFire on Demand technology, supporting up to four graphics cards in a 3-Way SLI or CrossFireX configuration. Whichever path you take, you can be assured of jaw-dropping graphics at a level previously unseen.

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_I...ksC&templete=2

[dMITIj]

Thx ppl, the reason i ask is that when going Tri SLI the PCI-E wil drop to 16x8x8 and i didtent know if the 480GTX will be able to get the right "juice" if you get me?

[VoXPCS]

Anyone using CPU-Z have the issue of no voltage showing up within the program? I just updated to 1.56 and it doesn't my voltage at all. I noticed the above screen shot shows a 980X with 40V!, isn't that about 38.8v too much?

[dMITIj]

Anyone using CPU-Z have the issue of no voltage showing up within the program? I just updated to 1.56 and it doesn't my voltage at all. I noticed the above screen shot shows a 980X with 40V!, isn't that about 38.8v too much?

the 1.56 version got som v prob. so back to 1.55

[James_on]

Hi! The motherboard has a slot for fan OPT_FAN 1...why is it needed?

[spoolindsm127]

Which PCI-E slot is it in? Are your PCI-E lane selector switches set properly? I disabled 2 and 4, since my 480s are in 1 and 3

Was there a performance or stability benefit from turning off the unused PCI-E lanes? E.g. Less voltage needed to stabilize?

I have only a single GTX 470 so I have three unused lanes. Thinking of turning them off if I can gain a bit more stability.

[donmarkoni]

Wow how did you get those high Gflop numbers in Linx ? I'm lucky to get 50 with my 980x at 4.3Ghz

First, take newest linpack from Intel's site and update LinX with it, or download pre-updated LinX from LinX 4.5GHz club.
Then, increase your UnCore/Memory speed besides Core speed.
4400/2133/1066 gives ~60GFLOPS
4400/4000/2133 gives ~85GFLOPS

Anyone using CPU-Z have the issue of no voltage showing up within the program? I just updated to 1.56 and it doesn't my voltage at all. I noticed the above screen shot shows a 980X with 40V!, isn't that about 38.8v too much?

Nooo... It's just about right for winter, no additional heating needed.

Hi! The motherboard has a slot for fan OPT_FAN 1...why is it needed?

Slot? You mean fan header?
You can plug a thermal sensor to OPT_TEMP1 and set fan speed in BIOS depending on temperature measured. Same goes for 2 and 3. Nice feature, I'm using it for VRM and NB.