We have the return of an eight-layer board dressed out in our favorite black, silver, and Ferrari red primary color scheme.
#ASUS RAMPAGE II EXTREME SOUNDMAX AUDIO DRIVER WINDOWS 10 KEYGEN#
This board compares well to the previous Maximus Formula II and Rampage Extreme boards. Our i7 920 samples reached about 3.8GHz, although we think there is a possibility for stable 4GHz operation with them. We were able to easily get our i7 965 samples up to 4.2GHz on air (not the retail cooler), water, and our CoolIT Systems Freezone Elite. Otherwise, the BIOS is straight forward and allows for a myriad of tuning options. In fact, as we discussed earlier, this voltage setting could potentially be more damaging to the CPU than the 1.65V recommendation on DRAM. We think it should actually be called QPI/IMC or just Uncore voltage. Of note, the QPI/DRAM Core Voltage is not the DRAM voltage setting. ASUS includes an extensive accessory kit that features their external LCD poster.Īs expected with an Republic of Gamers motherboard, the BIOS options are extensive and well laid out. Pricing is not set yet, but we expect it to be around $400. This ROG board will be ASUS’s primary weapon in the ultra high-end market against some stiff competition from the Gigabyte EX58 Extreme board. The mainstream enthusiast board from ASUS will be the P6T Deluxe board, a board that we actually prefer in most cases. That said, this particular board is designed for a very niche market and will see limited production numbers. However, it appears the current BIOS releases are finally to the point of being acceptable for public release, not exactly perfect yet, but a multitude of problems have been addressed over the past few weeks. Boards from these particular manufacturers will be available shortly and our review samples now feature retail production kits, not engineering or early production samples.Īll of the boards have performed very well so far, but we have been on the BIOS of the day merry-go-round for the last week or so. We will take a detailed look at this board and others from MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS again, and Intel in few days.
We utilized the ASUS Rampage II Extreme motherboard for our overclocking and memory tests in today’s article. Our First X58 Motherboard Preview: The ASUS Rampage II Extreme