***ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Owners Thread***

[Systemlord]

They didn't drop support. The problem is that there were no PCIe 3.0 devices to qualify the standard with. The chipset and mobo are built to 3.0 specification. So when actual devices are released (new gen video cards), these current mobos should support them fine. Most X79 brands are advertising PCIe 3.0 ready.

Awesome, now I can upgrade knowing that I can upgrade later to Ivy Bridge E, sweet!

[veblen]

Perhaps this is already known but I found out that setting DRAM to Raw MHz effectively halved my memory bandwidth. Only discovered it because my 3dmark11 physics score was too low on that setting.

On a related note, this set of GSkill Ripjaws DDR3-2000 9-9-9-27 from my X58 rig is rocking at 2333MHz! Am going to see how far I can push it; pretty cool for a set that's two years old.

[LardArse]

Perhaps this is already known but I found out that setting DRAM to Raw MHz effectively halved my memory bandwidth. Only discovered it because my 3dmark11 physics score was too low on that setting.

On a related note, this set of GSkill Ripjaws DDR3-2000 9-9-9-27 from my X58 rig is rocking at 2333MHz! Am going to see how far I can push it; pretty cool for a set that's two years old.

hahah thats why its called RAW MHZ:

'And when just chasing the maximum DRAM frequency without care for latency, load up RAW MHz profile. You can also use it to first find out the limit of your CPU’s IMC and then tighten up the set timings from there.'

[Defoler]

Just posting this here.


It looks to be so much better than the original block.
Especially as it cools all the VRMs and not just the ones in the middle.

[Eldonko]

Newest is on top and they are in order of release.

You can put the dates of the BIOS ...? To find out which is the latest.
I know you put a description, but novices need more details.

A greeting.

[Systemlord]

Just posting this here.


It looks to be so much better than the original block.
Especially as it cools all the VRMs and not just the ones in the middle.

Nice looking, but who manufactures these blocks.

[hokiealumnus]

Nice looking, but who manufactures these blocks.

That would be Koolance.

[mdzcpa]

That would be Koolance.

I'm mounting my Koolance mobo block this weekend

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

so I am really liking this board

[tistou77]

so I am really liking this board

What is your memory? to be at 2400 C7? what voltage for vDIMM?

[OC Nub]

so I am really liking this board

Very nice! Looks like you got a good chip.

How is this board compared with the Giga UD7?

[FlanK3r]

hahah thats why its called RAW MHZ:

'And when just chasing the maximum DRAM frequency without care for latency, load up RAW MHz profile. You can also use it to first find out the limit of your CPU’s IMC and then tighten up the set timings from there.'

man, u are little god (on Earth ) I got some experience with this board this week and really awesome. Now only more luck with CPU ...Awesome board, awesome BIOS setings and profiles!

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

Very nice! Looks like you got a good chip.

How is this board compared with the Giga UD7?

it hangs on x56 and resets at the windows screen but not x57, no reboot for that.

hopefully when I get it cold this week, I can see what it does.

What is your memory? to be at 2400 C7? what voltage for vDIMM?

GSkill 2400 8-11-11 running 1.72vdimm and 1.05 vccsa and 1.1 vtt

[tistou77]

GSkill 2400 8-11-11 running 1.72vdimm and 1.05 vccsa and 1.1 vtt

ok thanks

is the PSC, the chips?

and to 1.65v, what are the timings that can be put? C9?

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

ok thanks

is the PSC, the chips?

and to 1.65v, what are the timings that can be put? C9?

they are rated at 8-11-11-31 at 1.65v but I have not tested them at those volts yet, and the are psc, only 2GB sticks

at 1.65 I load the loose psc profile and tighten from 9-12-8 to 8-11-8-28-96-1T and all benches are stable at those clocks, no linx or prime though.

[owikh84]

anyone tested LinX? my run is loading forever...

[Boulard83]

If you loading with 32gb used, this might take ~10min each run !

[l0ud_sil3nc3]

ok thanks

is the PSC, the chips?

and to 1.65v, what are the timings that can be put? C9?

they are rated at 8-11-11-31 at 1.65v but I have not tested them at those volts yet

[owikh84]

If you loading with 32gb used, this might take ~10min each run !

I'm on 16GB now as 1 of the sticks becomes faulty.
so 5mins needed on 16GB?

[OC Nub]

Yes LinX will take forever with 32 or even 16gb, I dont think its worth it to run for that long. Cant be good for the chip when running at a high frequency.

[Boulard83]

I ran 2 full run with 16gb used for memory stability. Then i ran ~25loops with 2000mb used for the CPU stability.

Enough for me, no BSOD.

[OC Nub]

Should be plenty.

I guess if you are running this 24/7 and need stability it is important to do all the testing. But I have pretty much given up on LinX and P95 blend. Spent years testing with Prime and sometimes not running the OC I wanted because it failed after 8-10hrs of torture testing. Now I just dont care, if it passes HyperPi, 3dmark 06, Vantage or whatever Im running at the time, and some BF3 Im happy. Lifes too short to stress over stress testing.

[Dumo]

Lifes too short to stress over stress testing.

+1

[Papagaj]

I hope i will not get a kick from this thread cos i have a Formula board an a 3960X cooled with a French red wine...

[Defoler]

Can anyone help me getting over a raid issue?

I'm installing win 7 on a couple of vertex3 SSDs in raid 0, connected to the sata6g 1 and 2 (intel ones).

I put the RIVE disk in and let windows 7 install find the drivers (found them as C600). It find the raid but tells me I can't install to them, as it will have issues with the bios.
I'm using 0901 bios.

Anyone has an idea?
Do I need other drivers in order to be able to install windows on this raid?

Edit:
I also tried using the asus site RSTE drivers.
Same thing.
It finds the raid drives, but it says that the bios cann't run them, so he won't install...

Edit2:
Well I got it to work by doing a script install.