Review: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
Published by Marc Büchel on 27.12.11Page:
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| The first impression the Rampage IV Extreme from ASUS leaves makes us want more. Once again we like the ROG design, which meanwhil belongs to the evergreens in the industry. Furthermore there are four PCI Express 3.0 slots which makes this board future proof. In the introduction we were talking that with the motherboard ASUS claims that extreme is back and in this category then, we find for example the OC-key. This little device lets you monitor all the system readouts onscreen. What you're also going to find are connectors for professional temperature sensors, which allow accurate temeprature monitoring. This is especially useful for extreme overclocking where you have tempeture which go all the way down to -196°C. | - Design - 4 x PCI-Express 3.0 Slot - OC-key - Professional temperature sensors |
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Generally the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme's Layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons. There even is a debug display which is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Even the placement of the PCI-Express x16 is very well chosen. There is a total of five of these slots. We also liked the voltage readouts as well as the possibility that one can deactivate the different PCI-Express x16 via dip switches. The Rampage IV Extreme really seems to be a very good overclocking motherboard. |
- Angled SATA connectors - Power/Reset-Button onboard - Debug display - Spac around the CPU socket - Placement of the PCI-Express slots - Voltage readouts |
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| Also from this point of view the Rampage IV Extreme is top! Regarding our 3D performance rating one can find this motherboard on the very top and concerning 2D performance it scores second in our rating tables. With this as a background it's no wonder that in a lot of benchmarks this board is able to score first. If you browse through all the results you'll only find wPrime where the Rampage IV Extreme shows a little hick up and scores last. In all the other benchmarks it consistently does a good job. | -
3D Performance - 2D Performance |
- wPrime | |
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| As we noticed quite a few times meanwhile motherboards with a high feature desity also need more operating power. Because the Rampage IV Extreme from ASUS is one of the boards that offers really a lot of features it is a small wonder that it also drains a lot of power. When you compare it to an intel "reference" board you see an increase in power consumption in idle of more than 23 percent. | - Power hungry features - Power consumption under load - Energy efficiency |
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| If you should be looking for the best overclocking motherboard which you can buy these days, then the Rampage IV Extreme from ASUS is a perfect match for you. The board has everything you need and with features like the OC-Key it offers even more. The only drawback might be the price of CHF 418.- (est. EUR 348.-) but a real overclockers knows that really good hardware also costs some real money. | -
Enthusiasts - High-End PC - Gaming System |
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| We give the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe good four out of five stars. | |||
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Author: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch
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