bit-tech.net | Asus Maximus II Gene Review

liratheal 20th July 2009, 12:44

That's quite an attractive little board, that.

It's even easy on the eyes.

KRyptonKR 20th July 2009, 12:49

Asus Rampage II GENE vs. EVGA X58 SLI Micro review. Please.

Henry CPU Freeze 20th July 2009, 13:02

Problem is that EVGA suck balls tbh

Xtrafresh 20th July 2009, 13:04

How could you not have benched this against the direct main competition:

DFI LanParty JR P45 T2RS
http://www.scan.co.uk/Images/Products/876380-a.jpg

It's almost identical in layout, but over a year earlier to market and a good bit cheaper.
I'm running one with a QX9770, and it's a real screamer.

Bindibadgi 20th July 2009, 13:35

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Originally Posted by KRyptonKR
Asus Rampage II GENE vs. EVGA X58 SLI Micro review. Please.

I would say the Rampage II Gene review is in progress today, however it's just decided to BIOS corrupt when I tried to overclock. Appears to be dead now...

Bindibadgi 20th July 2009, 13:35

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Originally Posted by Xtrafresh
How could you not have benched this against the direct main competition:

DFI LanParty JR P45 T2RS
http://www.scan.co.uk/Images/Products/876380-a.jpg

It's almost identical in layout, but over a year earlier to market and a good bit cheaper.
I'm running one with a QX9770, and it's a real screamer.

We had one, but I don't know where it's gone. The box is here....

Xtrafresh 20th July 2009, 13:41

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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi
We had one, but I don't know where it's gone. The box is here....

Riiiight... well you could at least compare packaging then!

scrimple3D 20th July 2009, 13:47

Isn't the DFI JR P45 T2RS board limited to 8 lanes per PCIx16 slot?.... for starters. I've used one too, overclocked nicely etc, but didn't notice the 8 lanes restriction (even with only 1 video card fitted) until some time later.

Xtrafresh 20th July 2009, 15:57

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Originally Posted by article
If you're unfamiliar with the limitations of P45, despite the two physical x16 slots it's either a single x16 or two x8s available at Gen 2.0 bandwidth, and only ATI CrossFire is supported - there's no love for Nvidia's SLI technology, but that's not Intel's (or Asus's decision).

So in answer to your question, every P45 board has that restriction. But TBH, the bandwidth on PCIe has more then enough headroom to make do with 8 lanes.

Bindibadgi 20th July 2009, 16:01

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Originally Posted by Xtrafresh
So in answer to your question, every P45 board has that restriction. But TBH, the bandwidth on PCIe has more then enough headroom to make do with 8 lanes.

No the DFI is hard locked to x8 x8 making it cheaper, but other boards give a choice of x16 for a single card, or two x8s.

There's no performance difference though - you'd be very hard pushed to notice.

thehippoz 20th July 2009, 16:51

so it blew up after the review? that's not good- maybe like the issue with the old nvidia 680 when if you started her up with the cmos jumper in the clear position- it had a chance to literally catch on fire.. I mean flames shooting out kind of fire down on the bottom end of the board

it happened to a couple of peeps I remember.. they had the exact same fire start buring on the board in the same spot- and their jumpers were both on clear =p 1 is maybe a fluke.. but 2 :(

Xtrafresh 21st July 2009, 08:17

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Originally Posted by Bindibadgi
No the DFI is hard locked to x8 x8 making it cheaper, but other boards give a choice of x16 for a single card, or two x8s.

There's no performance difference though - you'd be very hard pushed to notice.

Oh rite, i stand corrected :D

Anyway, at least i can still find mine

Bindibadgi 21st July 2009, 09:40

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Originally Posted by thehippoz
so it blew up after the review? that's not good- maybe like the issue with the old nvidia 680 when if you started her up with the cmos jumper in the clear position- it had a chance to literally catch on fire.. I mean flames shooting out kind of fire down on the bottom end of the board

it happened to a couple of peeps I remember.. they had the exact same fire start buring on the board in the same spot- and their jumpers were both on clear =p 1 is maybe a fluke.. but 2 :(

No the Max II Gene is fine, it's just the Rampage II Gene that has died mid-review. We're waiting on another board to try and do the same...

[USRF]Obiwan 21st July 2009, 10:50

The last of the four-fives I guess...

denis6902 21st July 2009, 11:07

what would be the best investment in planning a P45 workstation nowadays? Asus P5Q-E since it supports 16GB of memory?
Would it be too hot? support for nvidia cards? waterblock availability?

Anyone good with that? Or would it be better in a lower i7 configuration? Please bear in mind the prices couse that is very important, money is not falling off the trees here :(

Xtrafresh 21st July 2009, 11:10

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Originally Posted by denis6902
what would be the best investment in planning a P45 workstation nowadays? Asus P5Q-E since it supports 16GB of memory?
Would it be too hot? support for nvidia cards? waterblock availability?

Anyone good with that? Or would it be better in a lower i7 configuration? Please bear in mind the prices couse that is very important, money is not falling off the trees here :(

wrong thread? :(

denis6902 21st July 2009, 11:20

was just wondering if u would get a quick advice that's all, specially after reading the gene review. Perhaps someone out there is up to date with it and could give a smart advice :D

Xtrafresh 21st July 2009, 11:27

well, you are informing about 4 specific queries, plus a price-conscious comparison with core i7. That's hardly quick advice. :p

Also, since you don't explain the specific use case and budget, all anyone here could say is: P45 is a decent platform, especially for the price, and virtually any motherboard will do. I really advise you to start a thread with some details though ;)

denis6902 21st July 2009, 11:38

lol, i mentioned that mainly i use it as workstation, at the moment i got a striker 2 extreme which is absolutely annoying with voltages and so on, and i havent got time for that crap, thas why im thinking in moving away to something more stable but as fast and powerfull. Cause mainly i use it for solidworks, sketchup and other editing tools, not gaming at all, but i love to me able to fold nvidia as fast as it can go :D

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