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Gene Motherboard Asus Maximus III Review
Introduction
Buying a motherboard these days is a very difficult task because that in terms of performance, there is little difference between the top contenders. Brand loyalty is one of the roadmap, but the feeling that something good might lost for lack of knowledge of the various bids. Manufacturers have had a difficult time, and most have been forced into an arms race "to add more features and more highlight to his advice. An example is the recent trend of saving large amounts of copper on board with a performance gain very little to show, but at a disproportionate cost. Why do not you? Just because people choose motherboards based on reading the specifications in a quantitative manner. We believe that much greater customer value can be achieved through functionality (software and hardware) in the package that gives them tangible benefits.
ASUS is a great example it. Its strategy is to lead through innovation and does not follow the herd. Readers will be familiar with products like the Eee line and other products home entertainment they have developed. The ROG (Republic of Gamers), brand is rapidly gaining popularity of gaming and extreme overclocking workshops and seminars taking place in many countries. The selection of prizes awarded at these events ASUS shows how to understand the needs and aspirations of its target audience. We have been impressed recently with the series of motherboards feature the ASUS and I think it is time to examine them with an emphasis on features and not a lot of benchmarks comparing 20 + tables that come to complete within 1% of the other. Today, the board in question is the gene III Maximus, taking a flagship product of 1156 for Intel i5 and i7 (8XX series) processors.
Board Features
A brief summary of the main features include: Disposal to save space – please refer to www.asus.com for more details
Plate design
The box comes in a package representing Nice logo ROG proving to be a fan of the motherboard and the players.
Windows 7 is really ready and everything was detected correctly during our 64-bit Windows 7 Pro installation. The installation of additional drivers and utilities that come with the CD is highly recommended if.
On board the X-Fi supports EAX 4.0 Advanced HD audio and comes with a filter to remove noise while recording. We tested both at 5.1 and 7.1 channel modes without distortion and a good separation between channels.
For there are so many features that the front and back of the box are not sufficient and an additional component used for further comment. It also adds to the box of "gift" effect and can make a nice gift this holiday season.
All these features on a board that is not full and is mATX! As SLI / CrossFire capabilities, we can see that it is passively cooled with a large radiator at the lower right. Twelve participants in the design of a power plant consisting of eight phases CPU power phase two and phase two bikes power of memory. There are 7 ports SATA-2 and E-SATA port header. The four DDR3 slots operate in dual channel mode and memory support up to 16GB DDR3-2133 through the BIOS. The red button allows recovery without erasing the BIOS if the overclocking settings are too extreme. Adding an on / off switch allows testers or those who do not use a classic case. A legacy of PCI slot is here, as old PCI RAID controller that can not stand alone. RAID 0 and 1 is compatible with SATA-2 ports and will be profitable until SSDs become common.
PS / 2 connectors are only looking at the past and Channel 8 – the audio is fully supported and configurable when you install the drivers Full audio. The USB port on the side is actually the ROG connector and allows a notebook to monitor and configure the remote PC. In practice, this works well with our Eee PC 901 using the supplied cable. Firewire and E-SATA (no other e-SATA and FireWire connectors on the other side of the Commission for the cases that these connectors on them) are included. Adding a Clear CMOS button on the rear panel please overclockers and record the voltage for a bridge with a pair of long nose pliers while holding a flashlight between his teeth and pointing the manipulation language ….
Included in the box are SATA cables with metal bars that are easy to Remove and keep it firmly in place against accidental deletion – a long way since the first SATA cables are always included with many motherboards today. The cable ROG is only a USB port (male to male) of lead. Filling in forms Shield back a good fit with the edge of the plate and is densely built and it is easy to install and remove without bending. The SLI bridge is easy to install and what's more remarkable is the Q-Connector for the son of the cases (HDD, ignition kill switch, etc.) by what you can ride there and connector signed by all access needs. This is the kind of time-saving feature that allows people wonder why nobody has thought of before.
Test Configuration
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Overclocking
Socket 1156 processors, like their brothers and sisters, Socket 1366 are known for their abilities overclocking so it began with great hopes for our i7-870 at this forum through the available options in the BIOS immense. The BIOS is too detailed for us to explore in this review, but you should read this video on YouTube here and if your appetite is keen for more information, please download the manual from the ASUS support on the site.
Our main objective was 3.5 GHz, which was achieved without significant increase in temperatures (H50 processor Corsair closed watercooler is truly remarkable and completely silent). All targets have been carried out smoothly.
Incredibly, the system posted and booted into Windows to 4GHz tension of the population. The application of benchmark Far Cry 2 caused blocking well and we increased the CPU voltage to 1.35 V before the end of the processor all tests without any problem. Still, 1.35V is still lower compared to the extremes that we saw with the simple cooling.
We conducted tests at speeds of values, but that readers can make comparisons on a fixed basis.
Test Results
We have to explain why we have chosen some tests and why we have repeated for 1, 2, 3 and 4 cores. People buy motherboards for various uses, and if you are a player who can do with 2 cores or Avid video editor that will max out 4 cores processor determines that lets you match the table.
We always recommend not skimping on the selection and purchase card elegant mother, fully describe the former as the gene III Maximus (high standards in order to take 1156 – half the price of making 1366 the Board) provides greater flexibility, as we shall see. The benchmarks show that the processor is best suited for particular uses. We compare the Asus Maximus with the Gen III Deluxe ASUS M4A79T.
The advantage of the DDR3-2000 compared to DDR3-1600 dual channel memory can be clearly seen. The synthetic benchmarks eliminate bottlenecks and to demonstrate the true potential of growth of nuclei. Only users of the AMD platform will be able to replace the existing processor with a 6-core "Bulldozer" next year. No plans for 6-core Gulftown "(aka I9) processor able to adapt to a power of 1156 Motherboard.
This position, with a very linear scale.
The number hearts had no effect on the width memory bandwidth (fortunately, there is a single core Athlon AM3 in configuration).
The results here are very interesting and stabilization after 2 drivers for the i7-870, but more linear for the slower CPU AMD X4. Above-average results of the boards of these chipsets.
Far Cry 2 is widely regarded as the game for any system to its knees and deliberately to test the highest setting for each resolution and with 8x antialiasing. The very playable frame rates at all resolutions (which has a 30 "monitor for ultra-high resolution).
The comparison of the FPS Far Cry 2 is Tom Clancy's HAWX, a cross between a flight simulator and air combat games and have completed more than 60 frames per second in all resolutions.
Horror games are currently popular and Resident Evil 5 has an analysis of the function built in. The board very well in this test.
Conclusion
We have deliberately avoided getting bogged down with dozens benchmarks to compare many motherboards as it is a component of that performance varies according to generally less than 1% in the entire range. Readers looking to see what kind of benchmarks noted in AnandTech and sites similar. We have already explored in depth and be sure that the gene Maximus III is in the top 3 in nearly – points of reference of all available evidence. Instead, we focus on the features added and software package that adds unique value to each motherboard.
ROG motherboards have never disappointed As for features and Maximus III gene is no exception despite its ATX form factor that puts pressure on real property available. "The choice of this it appears that the Council can be used for the form factor compact and portable systems for players to use in LANs and gaming conventions, etc.
Overclocking used to be the realm of connoisseurs requiring great skill or experience and tenacity with nerves of steel required and the constant danger of destruction of equipment, adding tension to the time it took to get stable overclocking. Not anymore, now that ASUS has made it easy for everyone (and we can not impress women in the games themselves as the PC overclockers ….) With StepUp PC MemPerfect iroge contact and a set of Windows utilities that is easy to get professional results in While a fraction of the risk and little or none.
When everything is taken into account, we believe that the gene for Asus Maximus III is the best plate mother 1156 socket available today and costs a lot for your target market.
About the Author
Amar is the founder and Editor of The Hardware Review (http://www.hardwarereview.net).
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