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Old July 3, 2009, 10:02 AM
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Default ASUS Maximus II GENE P45 mATX Motherboard Review
Hey everyone, we have just posted a review of the compact ASUS Maximus II GENE, which is a microATX Intel P45 motherboard that caters to the enthusiast community. Although a little late to the party, this is solid product for those who want to build a small high performance system and who aren't quite ready to make the jump over to the Core i7-powered Rampage II GENE.

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Old July 3, 2009, 11:00 AM
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Nice work MAC.

On the gaming benchmarks page, the section labelled Company of Heroes has a graph labeled World in Conflict. Sorry, I notice these kinds of things.
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Old July 3, 2009, 11:20 AM
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On the gaming benchmarks page, the section labelled Company of Heroes has a graph labeled World in Conflict. Sorry, I notice these kinds of things.
I definitely should have noticed that

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Old July 22, 2009, 06:49 AM
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Judging by the feedback (ie: lack thereof), it's clear that ASUS released this board way too late
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Yeah, I think you're correct there MAC. It's all about i7 and i5 now :(. Nonetheless this is a great mATX board!
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yeah its a great motherboard but I dont know what they where thinking about holding it back this long... and I thought the 790i digital released late.
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