Asus X58 Rampage II Extreme pictured

Posted at: 5:51pm 2nd October 2008 by Ben Hardwidge

Features a separate PCB for VTT regulation and onboard overclocking controls

Although the release of Intel’s Nehalem architecture and X58 chipset is still teasing us from a distance, both Asus and MSI have already unveiled some X58 boards. So far Asus has only officially shown off the P6T Deluxe, but we’ve just been tipped off about these photos of the forthcoming Rampage II Extreme at Plaza.fi.

Asus was unable to provide any extra comment on the new LGA1366 board, as the photos had been unofficially leaked, but they certainly look legitimate. Of particular interest to overclockers is a new PCB next to the chipset heatsink that’s labelled VTT CPU Power Card, as well as a a set of controls and connectors on the edge of the board labelled 'Extreme OC'.

Like the P6T Deluxe, the Rampage Extreme II also has three PCI-E graphics slots, which we assume could be used for both 3-way SLI and CrossFire. The board also features the six DIMM slots needed to run a pair of triple-channel DDR memory kits, as well as a single PCI slot and two 1x PCI-E slots.

That’s all the information we have at the moment, but it’s worth noting that Asus managed to get an amazing FSB clock of 710.4MHz (2,840MHz effective) from the original X48-based Rampage Extreme, and it looks as though this could well be a similarly good board for overclockers too.

Via Plaza.fi