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

[hodgy1971]

I don't max the AA; I can - it doesn't affect framrates hardly at all - but it gives me some input lag in BFBC2. You'll find the extremely small pixel size on the u2711 means you'd need a magnifying glass to tell when AA is on or off. For me it's just a competitive edge to have low input lag and no AA. Same with Vsync, that annoys me as well.

Anyway, at 8100x1440 at maxed settings (except AA) it's using about 1050MB of video ram; I can try higher settings and check the Vram usage later on if you like.

Thanks for your reply

No need to check! I understand, at that res AA is not needed. One of the benefits of running that high of a res. Times to start saving!

Hodgy

[x-built-Stan]

Just started OCing my RIIIE this week, 980x. At 4.7GHz LinX run I started to get wandering erros in PC probe as shown in the picture. I am currently working my way through the thread lloking for siumilar situations.

Does anyone know what might be causing this problem - what can I adjust to resolve - BIOS 1005

Any assistance is appreciated.

[mahaudi]

@ x-built-Stan ......to much CPU PLL ! ( 1,88x )

Not over than 1,8v. . Over CPU PLL 1,8v. kills the CPU.

The 6core CPU`s run`s better @ CPU PLL 1,55 -1,60v.

And PCIe @ 120 ...Why ?

[fl0w3n]

Just left this club for the classy 3 way club...

[donmarkoni]

@ x-built-Stan ......to much CPU PLL ! ( 1,88x )

Not over than 1,8v. . Over CPU PLL 1,8v. kills the CPU.

The 6core CPU`s run`s better @ CPU PLL 1,55 -1,60v.

And PCIe @ 120 ...Why ?

No, CPU PLL won't kill CPU if kept under 2V and for sure it won't kill it if around 1.88-1.89. It actually helped many to gain stability.

And you are right about other stuff.

Just started OCing my RIIIE this week, 980x. At 4.7GHz LinX run I started to get wandering erros in PC probe as shown in the picture. I am currently working my way through the thread lloking for siumilar situations.

Does anyone know what might be causing this problem - what can I adjust to resolve - BIOS 1005

Any assistance is appreciated.

Never mind the PC Probe, it tends to make such mistakes. Use 3rd party SW like RealTemp, HWMonitor, AIDA64 and such.

You might try BIOS 0095 (newest), 0096, or 0011 for Gulftown.

Start by dropping PCI-E to 100-105 and try CPU PLL range of 1.2-1.6V

And, yeah, use updated LinX from Intel 4.5GHz & 5GHz LinX Stable Club. See the GFLOPS rise. And temps BTW.

[mahaudi]

@ donmarkoni ....what the best Bios for Bloomfield CPU`s ?

[spoolindsm127]

Just started OCing my RIIIE this week, 980x. At 4.7GHz LinX run I started to get wandering erros in PC probe as shown in the picture. I am currently working my way through the thread lloking for siumilar situations.

Does anyone know what might be causing this problem - what can I adjust to resolve - BIOS 1005

Any assistance is appreciated.

From my experience, CPU-Z specifically causes problems with PC Probe. Only when both programs are run simultaneously.

Does PC Probe throw errors without CPU-Z running? It was mentioned much earlier in this thread by an Asus support member that there was a conflict between the two programs. A solution was in the works at the time but I guess they haven't found it yet.

@ mahaudi

Try bios 0095 for Bloomfield. Works very well with my 920.

[donmarkoni]

@ mahaudi

Try bios 0095 for Bloomfield. Works very well with my 920.

Thanks for the assistance as I wouldn't really know what to recommend to mahaudi, last BIOS'es I used with Bloomfields were 9124 and 0009.

@ donmarkoni ....what the best Bios for Bloomfield CPU`s ?

[mahaudi]

No, CPU PLL won't kill CPU if kept under 2V and for sure it won't kill it if around 1.88-1.89. It actually helped many to gain stability.

And you are right about other stuff.




Never mind the PC Probe, it tends to make such mistakes. Use 3rd party SW like RealTemp, HWMonitor, AIDA64 and such.

You might try BIOS 0095 (newest), 0096, or 0011 for Gulftown.

Start by dropping PCI-E to 100-105 and try CPU PLL range of 1.2-1.6V

And, yeah, use updated LinX from Intel 4.5GHz & 5GHz LinX Stable Club. See the GFLOPS rise. And temps BTW.

Can not flash this Bios 0095/0096 ...not Valid ?

[x-built-Stan]

Thanks for the advice donmarkoni. I'm running a 4.806GHz LinX test now. I have 12GBs of memory so it takes forever. Has anyone noticed the relationship between GFlops in LinX and the QPI PLL voltage. the GFlops in LinX go up as the QPI PLL voltage increases. I recorded ~40 GFlops woth QPI PLL of 1.7v vs ~47GFlops @ 1.8v - w/980X

Also, what are the 0095/0096 bios?

[donmarkoni]

Can not flash this Bios 0095/0096 ...not Valid ?

How do you flash it? Try entering BIOS when booting and flashing from there. Works best for me.

Thanks for the advice donmarkoni. I'm running a 4.806GHz LinX test now. I have 12GBs of memory so it takes forever. Has anyone noticed the relationship between GFlops in LinX and the QPI PLL voltage. the GFlops in LinX go up as the QPI PLL voltage increases. I recorded ~40 GFlops woth QPI PLL of 1.7v vs ~47GFlops @ 1.8v - w/980X

Also, what are the 0095/0096 bios?

You mean CPU PLL voltage, right? Yes, I noticed it.
GFLOPS is related to other voltages as well, in the way that if you set wrong voltages (too low, or sometimes too high) you will lose performance.
If "error" is small, you will probably pass stress testing, but that's not it, at least does not satisfy me.
CPU PLL 1.65-1.8V voltage range is most useless, so go below it (as you have used range above it).

I don't really understand the question about BIOS'es. Those are latest (0095) and 3rd latest (0096). 1203 is the 2nd latest.

[dejanbinladen]

Can not flash this Bios 0095/0096 ...not Valid ?

you need ES version of afudos

[x-built-Stan]

On the ASUS support site for the R3E, the latest listed is 1102. I flashed 1102 and constantly got a CPU OVer Temperature warning. Bios has the CPU temp at 214C - in reality it was -15C. So I flashed the 1005 bios and the over temp warning went away. Are 0095 and the other performance or beta bios?

Thanks

[mahaudi]

you need ES version of afudos

Where can find of ES Afudos ?

Download Link ? + User Manuel

[x-built-Stan]

I just flashed the Bios to 0095 using the EZ Flash 2 Bios Rom Utility in the Bios tools section. Everything worked fine.

Give it try.

[donmarkoni]

On the ASUS support site for the R3E, the latest listed is 1102. I flashed 1102 and constantly got a CPU OVer Temperature warning. Bios has the CPU temp at 214C - in reality it was -15C. So I flashed the 1005 bios and the over temp warning went away. Are 0095 and the other performance or beta bios?

Thanks

Beta, alpha... Who cares, as long as they work. And 0095 is working great.

[mahaudi]

Where can I download all Bios Version (and Beta ) ?

[donmarkoni]

Where can I download all Bios Version (and Beta ) ?

Here: Asus Rampage III Extreme - results thread@i4memory.com

[x-built-Stan]

Does anyone have a LinX stable Bios settings for a 980X @ 5.054GHz (133x38)?

[x-built-Stan]

Here are the settings that I am running right now:
Any suggestions would be appreciated - I'm looking for 5GHz LinX stable

Bios 0095
CPU 980X

Target CPU Frequency                  5054MHz
Target DRAM Frequency                 1333MHz

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                     [38]
CPU Turbo Power Limit                 [Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting                     [38]
C1E Support                           [Disabled]
Hardware Prefetcher                   [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher        [Enabled]
MPS and ACPI MADT ordering		[Modern ordering]
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech          [Enabled]
CPU TM Function                       [Enabled]
Execute Disable Bit                   [Enabled]
Intel(R) HT Technology                [Enabled]
Active Processor Cores                [All]
A20M                                  [Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech           [Disabled]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech                 [Enabled]
C State package limit setting         [Auto]
C1 Auto Demotion			[Enabled]
C3 Auto Demotion			[Enabled]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency                        [133]
PCIE Frequency                        [105]
DRAM Frequency                        [Auto]
UCLK Frequency                        [Auto]
QPI Link Data Rate                    [Auto]

Memory Configuration Protect          [Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency                          [Auto]9
RAS# to CAS# Delay                    [Auto]9
RAS# PRE Time                         [Auto]9
RAS# ACT Time                         [Auto]24
RAS# to RAS# Delay                    [Auto]4
REF Cycle Time                        [Auto]107
WRITE Recovery Time                   [Auto]10
READ to PRE Time                      [Auto]7
FOUR ACT WIN Time                     [Auto]20
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay                [Auto]0

Timing Mode                           [Auto]1N
Round Trip Latency on CHA             [Auto]62
Round Trip Latency on CHB             [Auto]64
Round Trip Latency on CHC             [Auto]65

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)               [Auto]5
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)               [Auto]5
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)               [Auto]16
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)               [Auto]10
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)               [Auto]10
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)               [Auto]11
READ To READ Delay(DD)                [Auto]7
READ To READ Delay(DR)                [Auto]6
READ To READ Delay(SR)                [Auto]4
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)              [Auto]7
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)              [Auto]7
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)              [Auto]4
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude            [1000mV]
CPU Clock Skew                        [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew                        [Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode                        [X=Power]
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                           [1.65000]
CPU PLL Voltage                       [1.90800]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage                 [1.37500]
DRAM Bus Voltage                      [1.65625]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA          [+0mV]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA          [+0mV]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB          [+0mV]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB          [+0mV]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC          [+0mV]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC          [+0mV]
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage                           [1.13950]
IOH PCIE Voltage                      [1.52375]

ICH Voltage                           [1.13950]
ICH PCIE Voltage                      [1.52375]

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



***on-board jumper dependant

[bassplayer]

Is your chip subzero? Many won't be stable past a certain frequency regardless of voltage.

[x-built-Stan]

Is your chip subzero? Many won't be stable past a certain frequency regardless of voltage.

Yes. -15C @idle, -5 @100% load

[Maxpayne]

Hello ,this is my settings

Target CPU Frequency 4410MHz
Target DRAM Frequency 1681MHz

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 [21]
CPU Turbo Power Limit [Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting [21]
C1E Support [Disabled]
Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher [Enabled]
MPS and ACPI MADT ordering [Modern ordering]
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech [Enabled]
CPU TM Function [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit [Disabled]
Intel(R) HT Technology [Disabled]
Active Processor Cores [All]
A20M [Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech [Disabled]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech Disabled]
C State package limit setting [Auto]
C1 Auto Demotion [Enabled]
C3 Auto Demotion [Enabled]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency [210]
PCIE Frequency [100]
DRAM Frequency [1681]
UCLK Frequency [3362]
QPI Link Data Rate [Auto]

Memory Configuration Protect [Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency [Auto]7
RAS# to CAS# Delay [Auto]7
RAS# PRE Time [Auto]7
RAS# ACT Time [Auto]20
RAS# to RAS# Delay [Auto]4
REF Cycle Time [Auto]88
WRITE Recovery Time [Auto]10
READ to PRE Time [Auto]7
FOUR ACT WIN Time [Auto]20
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay [Auto]0

Timing Mode [Auto]1N
Round Trip Latency on CHA [Auto]62
Round Trip Latency on CHB [Auto]64
Round Trip Latency on CHC [Auto]65

WRITE To READ Delay(DD) [Auto]5
WRITE To READ Delay(DR) [Auto]5
WRITE To READ Delay(SR) [Auto]16
READ To WRITE Delay(DD) [Auto]10
READ To WRITE Delay(DR) [Auto]10
READ To WRITE Delay(SR) [Auto]11
READ To READ Delay(DD) [Auto]7
READ To READ Delay(DR) [Auto]6
READ To READ Delay(SR) [Auto]4
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD) [Auto]7
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR) [Auto]7
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR) [Auto]4
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew [Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode [T=Balance]
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 [1.38100]
CPU PLL Voltage [1.81500]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage [1.31250]
DRAM Bus Voltage [1.62925]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA [+0mV]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA [+0mV]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB [+0mV]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB [+0mV]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC [+0mV]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC [+0mV]
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage Auto[1.16950]
IOH PCIE Voltage Auto[1.52375]

ICH Voltage Auto[1.13950]
ICH PCIE Voltage Auto[1.52375]

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


***on-board jumper dependant

But my OC is not stable,what I change in preferences?

Thanks

MB: Asus Rampage 3 E bios 0095
CPU Core i7 920 D0
Corsair Dominator GT 3x2 2000mhz cl8

[zoson]

I saw earlier that someone said EIST is marked as SpeedStep in BIOS. I have always had SpeedStep set to Disabled, but when I look on CPU-Tweaker, it says EIST is still ON. I can disable it through CPU-Tweaker, but what combo of settings in BIOS will actually disable EIST properly?

[donmarkoni]

Hello ,this is my settings

Target CPU Frequency                  4410MHz
Target DRAM Frequency                 1681MHz

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                     [21]
CPU Turbo Power Limit                 [Disabled]

>CPU Configuration----------------------------
CPU Ratio Setting                     [21]
C1E Support                           [Disabled]
Hardware Prefetcher                   [Enabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetcher        [Enabled]
MPS and ACPI MADT ordering		[Modern ordering]
Intel(R) Virtualization Tech          [Enabled]
CPU TM Function                       [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit                   [Disabled]
Intel(R) HT Technology                [Disabled]
Active Processor Cores                [All]
A20M                                  [Disabled]
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech           [Disabled]
Intel(R) C-STATE Tech                 Disabled]
C State package limit setting         [Auto]
C1 Auto Demotion			[Enabled]
C3 Auto Demotion			[Enabled]
----------------------------------------------

BCLK Frequency                        [210]
PCIE Frequency                        [100]
DRAM Frequency                        [1681]
UCLK Frequency                        [3362]
QPI Link Data Rate                    [Auto]

Memory Configuration Protect          [Disabled]

>DRAM Timing Control--------------------------
CAS# Latency                          [Auto]7
RAS# to CAS# Delay                    [Auto]7
RAS# PRE Time                         [Auto]7
RAS# ACT Time                         [Auto]20
RAS# to RAS# Delay                    [Auto]4
REF Cycle Time                        [Auto]88
WRITE Recovery Time                   [Auto]10
READ to PRE Time                      [Auto]7
FOUR ACT WIN Time                     [Auto]20
Back-To-BackCAS# Delay                [Auto]0

Timing Mode                           [Auto]1N
Round Trip Latency on CHA             [Auto]62
Round Trip Latency on CHB             [Auto]64
Round Trip Latency on CHC             [Auto]65

WRITE To READ Delay(DD)               [Auto]5
WRITE To READ Delay(DR)               [Auto]5
WRITE To READ Delay(SR)               [Auto]16
READ To WRITE Delay(DD)               [Auto]10
READ To WRITE Delay(DR)               [Auto]10
READ To WRITE Delay(SR)               [Auto]11
READ To READ Delay(DD)                [Auto]7
READ To READ Delay(DR)                [Auto]6
READ To READ Delay(SR)                [Auto]4
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DD)              [Auto]7
WRITE To WRITE Delay(DR)              [Auto]7
WRITE To WRITE Delay(SR)              [Auto]4
----------------------------------------------

CPU Differential Amplitude            [Auto]
CPU Clock Skew                        [Auto]
IOH Clock Skew                        [Auto]
------------ Extreme Engine Digi+ ------------
Digi+ PWR Mode                        [T=Balance]
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                           [1.38100]
CPU PLL Voltage                       [1.81500]
QPI/DRAM Core Voltage                 [1.31250]
DRAM Bus Voltage                      [1.62925]

>DRAM REF Voltages----------------------------
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHA          [+0mV]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHA          [+0mV]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHB          [+0mV]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHB          [+0mV]
DRAM DATA REF Voltage on CHC          [+0mV]
DRAM CTRL REF Voltage on CHC          [+0mV]
----------------------------------------------

IOH Voltage                       Auto[1.16950]
IOH PCIE Voltage                Auto[1.52375]

ICH Voltage                     Auto[1.13950]
ICH PCIE Voltage                    Auto[1.52375]

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


***on-board jumper dependant

But my OC is not stable,what I change in preferences?

Thanks

MB: Asus Rampage 3 E bios 0095
CPU Core i7 920 D0
Corsair Dominator GT 3x2 2000mhz cl8

First, be sure your memory can run stable at those settings (I don't doubt, but just to be sure). I would raise memory voltage to 1.65V no matter.
Second, raise IOH voltage, it could be too low for 210MHz BCLK.
Then, I would play with CPU and VTT (QPI/DRAM) if still unstable.
Give it a try and report back.