Pre-Review OC Report :: ASUS Rampage Extreme

[3oh6]

With 3D benches above, I need somewhere for 2D results. Consider this Super Pi central :up:

E8600 on LN2 // Round 1
Intel X48 & Intel E8600 ES Q814A526:
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1M SPi = 7.547s | CPU @ 615*10 6150MHz | RAM @ 984MHz 7-6-5-18 | HWBot.org
32M SPi = 7m 46.859s | CPU @ 610*10 6150MHz | RAM @ 976MHz 7-6-5-18 | HWBot.org
PiFast = 16.20s | CPU @ 610*10 6150MHz | RAM @ 976MHz 7-6-5-18

As mentioned in the Insulation section above, the session went very well despite the E8600 not being a stellar chip. There likely won't be much updates from this section until i get some more E8600s or get my solid little E8400 in this board.


E8400 on LN2 // Round 1
Intel X48 & Intel E8400 Q808A476:
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CPU-Z Validation | CPU @ 650*9 5850MHz | RAM @ 975MHz 7-6-5-18
1M SPi = 7.906s | CPU @ 650*9 5850MHz | RAM @ 975MHz 7-6-5-18 | HWBot.org
32M SPi = 8m 17.656s | CPU @ 630*9 5670MHz | RAM @ 945MHz 7-6-5-18 | HWBot.org



E8400 on LN2 // Round 2
Intel X48 & Intel E8400 Q808A476:
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CPU-Z Validation | CPU @ 660*9 5940MHz | RAM @ 990MHz 7-6-5-18 tRD=9
PiFast = 15.98s | CPU @ 648*9 5832MHz | RAM @ 972MHz 7-6-5-18 tRD=9 | HWBot.org
wPrime 32M = 12.964s | CPU @ 655*9 5895MHz | RAM @ 982MHz 7-6-5-18 tRD=9 | HWBot.org
wPrime 1024M = 422.417s | CPU @ 640*9 5760MHz | RAM @ 960MHz 7-6-5-18 tRD=9 | HWBot.org

I had a few liters of LN2 left so I decided to have at the E8400 again and run some PiFast and wPrime since I just figured out the secret to better times with both of them...Vista! It turned out to be quite a fruitful hour or two as I completely smashed the top HWBot E8400 PiFast time with some unruly FSB on the Rampage Extreme. This guy played with GTLs finally and it paid off in spades at the end of the session :D

[Mr. Friendly]

first post ftw!

this is going to be a new and very interesting feature if you continue it on with different reviews. kudos HWC, you come up with some innovative idea's!

break records 3oh6, break records!

[3oh6]

Originally Posted by LCB001

Can't wait for the results of the "Rampge" review ?? Feel free to delete this after

hehe, thanks for the heads up...i literally threw the graphic together in 3 minutes, maybe 3 and a half

[Cptn Vortex]

Dear god....this is a beast....... I like.

[Supergrover]

Okay the tweakit looks handy when benching out of a box I must say.

What GPU are you going to be using for the GPU Testing section BTW?

[3oh6]

Originally Posted by Supergrover

Okay the tweakit looks handy when benching out of a box I must say.

What GPU are you going to be using for the GPU Testing section BTW?

the TweakIt is very nice...like having every voltage option volt modded with VRs already, plus the bonus of FSB adjustments. and it works very well, quite easy to figure out.

as for GPUs...that is a secret. i think the initial results i post will be with the HD3870X2 though, then some "newer" ones

[3.0charlie]

So this Tweakit is on-the-fly adjustments, but not through the BIOS? Which are the options that can be modified (very quickly - don't want to bother you while testing)?

[3oh6]

everything...voltages anyway. i still haven't gotten that intricate with it but it appears all voltages from vDIMM to vCORE to vPLL and so on are adjustable as well as FSB. and yes, completely on the fly...in Windows, during a benchmark, anytime. what i also just found was that when you change something through TweakIt on the fly, it does adjust it in the BIOS after you reboot as well. so basically, i believe you are actually changing the BIOS on the fly and the system registers it, even if your already in windows. it is completely hardware based though, no software involved.

and fire away with the questions, that's what this thread is for. i will be checking in regularily throughout the day to answer them all

[Supergrover]

Originally Posted by 3oh6

everything...voltages anyway. i still haven't gotten that intricate with it but it appears all voltages from vDIMM to vCORE to vPLL and so on are adjustable as well as FSB. and yes, completely on the fly...in Windows, during a benchmark, anytime. what i also just found was that when you change something through TweakIt on the fly, it does adjust it in the BIOS after you reboot as well. so basically, i believe you are actually changing the BIOS on the fly and the system registers it, even if your already in windows. it is completely hardware based though, no software involved.

and fire away with the questions, that's what this thread is for. i will be checking in regularily throughout the day to answer them all

If it does change the BIOS on the fly and isnt glitchy I'm pretty much sold on this as my next MOBO already

[3.0charlie]

Does it show voltages or is it an adjustment (ie. +.01V, +.02V, etc.)? If they are adjustments all we're missing is a Windows-based software that can reliably assess voltages. Then true OC on the fly would be a reality.

If it shows voltages, then it's a complete package, without multimeters.