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

[Sylver123]

DOH!
Did you find any noticable difference between 0095, 0096, and 1203?

I`m sure I read someone saying a page or two back the only thing that has been added into bios 1203 is memory compatibility fixes and nothing else.

[zoson]

0095 is installed. No noticeable difference so far between it and 1102.

[tistou77]

the 0095 does not require less tension compared to 1102 (the Vcore?)

[Fire4Wire]

this might be an official bios in some days/weeks





ps:

this bios has NO QPI PLL voltage settable and separated from CPU PLL options

when i get the changelog i will post it


pps:

@spoolindsm127

[Sylver123]

this might be an official bios in some days/weeks

ps:

this bios has NO QPI PLL voltage settable and separated from CPU PLL options

when i get the changelog i will post it


pps:

@spoolindsm127

Thanks mate for given us the head up.

Hopefully this one contains more fixes, performance enhancements, better overclockability etc than just memory compatibility fixes.

[nickless]

...
ps:

this bios has NO QPI PLL voltage settable and separated from CPU PLL options

when i get the changelog i will post it...

And may never have, according to @LardArse opinion .

[AceBaran]

Fire4wire you are behaving really badly! He appologised for making a joke and now you are dragging it on !

Pretty lame

[zoson]

the 0095 does not require less tension compared to 1102 (the Vcore?)

I ended up dumping 0095 and loading 1005 again.
Randomly only 8/12gb would show up on boot of my mem with 0095.
I needed the same vcore for 0095 once my loop temp stabilized.

[Leeghoofd]

Asus needs to get the bench and 24/7 user biosses hosted on different FTPs, it's far too confusing for most...

[tistou77]

I ended up dumping 0095 and loading 1005 again.
Randomly only 8/12gb would show up on boot of my mem with 0095.
I needed the same vcore for 0095 once my loop temp stabilized.

ok, bios 0011 (and also 0095) requires a little less Vcore than bios 1005 or 1203, I thought it was the same with the 1102

you are back on the 1102 bios?

[spoolindsm127]

Thanks mate for given us the head up.

Hopefully this one contains more fixes, performance enhancements, better overclockability etc than just memory compatibility fixes.

Most likely it won't..

As all of us have probably figured by now that the hype of the R3E is fading away and so is the bios support.

Plus Fire4Wire posted that just for the attention, he's pathetic like that

Fire4wire you are behaving really badly! He appologised for making a joke and now you are dragging it on !

Pretty lame

I was going to use another word to describe him but I believe it'll get censored . Let's stick with lame . BTW he was referring to me, not PytonOrm Nonetheless he was acting asinine with him as well. Lucky for him PytonOrm has balls and self respect and gave him an undeserving apology.


PS

@Fire4Wire nobody cares about what bios you have No one expects anything from you

BTW didn't you say you sold your R3E to test a 1155 board? Haha lieing POS

[zoson]

ok, bios 0011 (and also 0095) requires a little less Vcore than bios 1005 or 1203, I thought it was the same with the 1102

you are back on the 1102 bios?

I'm testing with 1005 tonight on BIOS2. BIOS1 has 1102 with my 'failsafe' settings.

I needed same voltage for 4.2 with both 1102 and 0095. There was no difference. The only thing that changed is 0095 doesn't always see all my mem.

[OC Nub]

So I got really bored and installed this board again. I got a new kit of Mushkin Radioactive 1600 c6 for Christmas, the bios I was on, 1005, didnt seem to like them, would not run them at default speed or timings which I had tested with no issues on the XPower board. So I updated the bios in hopes it would do better, but now my vcore is waaaaaaaay off, WTF?

edit: still cant boot into windows at just under 1600mhz using 2:8 mem multiplier, but can boot at 1960mhz with loose timings but drop a channel. REX3 FTW

[Trice]

I just got my watercooling installed. Now its time to OC. Are there any baseline settings I can try, initially, to run at 4GHz with my 950? I know its a lot of trial and error and I dont mind that, but a little help to start would be awesome.

[CryptiK]

I've read the majority of this thread and I have to say I'm disappointed in the Rex 3. BLCK seems hit or miss which is not on for a top end OC'ing board. UD7 and Classy seem was more consistent in getting 230+ too many examples of where this board is no better and sometimes worse than the Rex 2 was. Bad memory compatibility too. If you OC with multi and low BCLK it seems ok though.

I think you guys are dreaming if you think asus is going to bring out the option for separate PLL controls. As Peter said, they appear to be tied into the same plane so separating them is not possible. Also when have asus ever brought new functionality to a board post release? Asus asked for my input during Rex 3 development, and I suggested things like ability to lower CPU PLL (could not do this on Rex 2) as guys on Giga's and Classy were doing this with OC'ing improvements. It was taken on board and Rex 3 has it adjustable, but I asked could they do it for Rex 2 also. Not a chance.

Expect a few more bioses with 'enhance memory compatibility' as the entire change log, with more and more time between each release. If you want that nice level of transparency and communication, trying a gigabyte seems to be a good option. I remember when HiCookie was on here every couple of days in the UD7 and UD9 threads answering questions, posting mods, testing beta bioses and handing them out, was awesome to see.

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Yep, no point having a QPI PPL voltage setting with a bad IOH chipset.

I don't think this board was really designed around low / locked multiplier CPU's.

[Dahaka]

So I got really bored and installed this board again. I got a new kit of Mushkin Radioactive 1600 c6 for Christmas, the bios I was on, 1005, didnt seem to like them, would not run them at default speed or timings which I had tested with no issues on the XPower board. So I updated the bios in hopes it would do better, but now my vcore is waaaaaaaay off, WTF?

edit: still cant boot into windows at just under 1600mhz using 2:8 mem multiplier, but can boot at 1960mhz with loose timings but drop a channel. REX3 FTW

Men, what voltage are u using on qpi vtt? i set up tu 1.35v and that problem dissapear =/

[spoolindsm127]

Seems like someone's feelings got hurt

if you have big balls pls pn but DONT spam the Thread this is my message for you and AceBaram

Sooo why didn't you just send a PM to me and Ace rather than spamming the thread yourself??

It's okay dude I know truth hurts. You don't reply to my PM regarding your thoughts on bios 1203. You lie by saying you sold your R3E and that you are sick when I ask for your help. Don't expect anyone to respect you or honor their word when you can't do the same in return.

Make a New Year's resolution to not lie or be a douche. It's never too late!

PS Funny how you said those were you're last words to me and you came back to edit your post and add more BS .."coincidentally" RIGHT after I make this post I have a life so I can care less about beta bioses. You're pathetic man look at the way you act tisk tisk

On to important things, finally got to 4.5GHz whatupppp

[OC Nub]

Men, what voltage are u using on qpi vtt? i set up tu 1.35v and that problem dissapear =/

Cannot get it to boot with the 2:8 multi no matter what QPI voltage I try, it doesnt like this ram, or the Redlines I have.

[AceBaran]

@Spoolindism127 Great Vcore buddy ... i envy your chip !!!

[spoolindsm127]

Cannot get it to boot with the 2:8 multi no matter what QPI voltage I try, it doesnt like this ram, or the Redlines I have.

The new beta bioses coming out for R3E mainly contain 'memory compatibility' enhancements. What was the result with bios 1203 or 0095/0096?

@Spoolindism127 Great Vcore buddy ... i envy your chip !!!

Thanks chief The IMC on this chip is ungodly!

I actually just received my W3570 3846A803 today so have to decide now which chip to keep

[kurumi_Japan]

I actually just received my W3570 3846A803 today so have to decide now which chip to keep

Keep both chip!!

I think 3846Axxx batch is magical chip.
The first, not to set high VTT V when you start OCing.
If you set high VTT V, perhaps the chip will very high temp.

Many of 3846Axx batch chip do not like high VTT V.

[spoolindsm127]

Keep both chip!!

I think 3846Axxx batch is magical chip.
The first, not to set high VTT V when you start OCing.
If you set high VTT V, perhaps the chip will very high temp.

Many of 3846Axx batch chip do not like high VTT V.

Yes I am VERY tempted to keep both! Hopefully if financial situation improves I can

I did research on this batch and I agree, I'm expecting some magic

Thanks for the advice on VTT . I will start at lowest 1.2v QPI to determine strength of IMC.

My 3949A372 920 needs only 1.363v to stabilize my sig mem clock . But it's a pretty toasty chip as you can see. I still have to tweak my WC setup but I'm hoping this Xeon runs cooler and is similar in terms of IMC

This is my first unlocked and first Xeon cpu so I am very excited

[OC Nub]

The new beta bioses coming out for R3E mainly contain 'memory compatibility' enhancements. What was the result with bios 1203 or 0095/0096?

Tried a couple beta bios's after work today, still no luck. Cant boot using 2:8 multiplier, and 2:10 shows only 2gb of ram in windows.

I think my board is just a POS, it never did well to begin with months ago even with compatible ram.

Will go back to the XPower until SB is out next week.

[zoson]

Tried a couple beta bios's after work today, still no luck. Cant boot using 2:8 multiplier, and 2:10 shows only 2gb of ram in windows.

I think my board is just a POS, it never did well to begin with months ago even with compatible ram.

Will go back to the XPower until SB is out next week.

How much QPI did you actually use? For my mushkin with a 45nm cpu I needed 1.4875v for 200 bclk and 12gb 3x4gb 2000mhz 9-9-9-25-1t... for 210bclk I needed 1.543v QPI.

32nm cpu doesn't seem to have the same problem... Overclocking has been a breeze.