ASUS Rampage 4 Extreme Review
Mafia 2 and Metro 2033
Published: 14th November 2011 | Source: ASUS | Price: £335 |
Mafia 2
From the parched desert vistas of Far Cry 2 on to the lively cityscapes of Mafia 2. All of the four setups will provide a smooth gaming experience, although the stock result of the Rampage isn't as good as we saw from the Intel DX79SI.
Metro 2033
Moving from Empire Bay into a dystopian future courtesy of Metro 2033. Although the variances are slight, the result does creep consistently upwards from the bottom of the graph to the top, as the CPU horsepower available increases.
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Thanks for the reviews fellas. Great looking board. I hope so, given I've just ordered one.
cant say i wasnt expecting more but bravo asus!!!
Smashing review loved every minute of it and it was a looong one LOL 
Looks like a really good mobo, I thought Asus would have redesigned the BIOS for X79 though and not left it looking the same as the P67/Z68 one. Not that it looks bad or anything I just thought they would have made it look different.
can you tell me the boards exact dimensions? is it e-atx? i need to see if i can cram it in my lvl10 case.
Greatv review Tom, as always
A question
"The small box to the right of the SATAII is for reading the temperature of the board"
These connectors look suspiciously like K type probe connectors, are they?
A question
"The small box to the right of the SATAII is for reading the temperature of the board"
These connectors look suspiciously like K type probe connectors, are they?
Very nice 
Ouch I just saw the price on Aria it hurts 
Maybe next year 
Maybe next year I reckon that's about right for a top end motherboard. I think I paid a similar amount for the 790i on release (wasn't that worth it)
A monstrous fecking motherboard .
Brilliant review as always and the fan is a no-no for me as well.
.Brilliant review as always and the fan is a no-no for me as well
.Mmmmmmmmmmmmm Maybe's I could convince the kids to have a selection box each for Christmas
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, lol.The price is actually bloody good I thought. When you consider the 1155 extreme-z is still selling with some retailers at >£300 that's missing PCI-e 3 with dual x16 off the chipset and the dongle. Think £1100ish for the latest gear is pretty reasonable. Well until/unless evga launch a dual socket.
Even if EVGA offer their SR3, you need a new case, probably power supply, two processors, heatsinks, the board itself, enough memory for it etc. I reckon an SR3 board with ram, heatsinks and processors will run up about £2200+. Whereas even the most expensive X79 will be £330 + whatever for the chip, which will be unlocked and able to clock much better.
I can say that the board looks magnificent, although changing the backplate practically made me **** my britches...take off the cpu cover then remove it, then turn over the board for the backplate. Eeeep.
I can say that the board looks magnificent, although changing the backplate practically made me **** my britches...take off the cpu cover then remove it, then turn over the board for the backplate. Eeeep.
Totally sexy mobo - can't wait to see this thing with a pair of mars2 cards!!! 
About the chipset blower fan, wouldn't it be possible to make it run quieter with an inline resistor? Surely it can be rewired to spin slower if there's no manual BIOS adjustment...
About the chipset blower fan, wouldn't it be possible to make it run quieter with an inline resistor? Surely it can be rewired to spin slower if there's no manual BIOS adjustment...
i did not like the look of the x79 morthboards at the start but ones i see them with all 8 ram slots full i was like WTH that looks like crazy but the CPUs or not cheep and im not that crazy of a overclocker to buy one but can not what to see videos of it being overclocked to see how fast they can really move
One thing missing: On-board WLAN!!! Almost all new oem-boards have this feature, so why not this £300+ monster?
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