ASUS ROG P55 Maximus III Formula in Pretty Pixels

Mussels · Jun 16, 2009

btarunr said:
You could give this a read: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1472/intel_p45_vs_x48_crossfire_performance/index.html

PCI-E x8 even hampers an HD 4850.

single card yes, crossfire not so much.

I tested my 4870's on a 1.1 16x/4x board, and then on a 16x/16x 2.0 board. There was 10-15% difference at most. I assume this is because the secondary cards ram isnt used in crossfire, therefore its bandwidth requirements are much lower.

edit: they dont mention video ram size at all? that could play a part.
edit 2: ah they have a few games where it sucks ass, the ones i tested myself arent in there, except 3dm06 - which i also found didnt change between boards.

DanishDevil · Jun 16, 2009

mATX version please

btarunr · Jun 16, 2009

Mussels said:
single card yes, crossfire not so much.

I tested my 4870's on a 1.1 16x/4x board, and then on a 16x/16x 2.0 board. There was 10-15% difference at most. I assume this is because the secondary cards ram isnt used in crossfire, therefore its bandwidth requirements are much lower.

Look closely, in some tests, X48 made the difference between "playable" and "slideshow" clear, and we were very much talking about how PCI-E 2.0 x8 "doesn't matter" for today's graphics cards. If HD 4850 CFX is affected, we can't expect anything better from higher cards.

Mussels said:
edit: they dont mention video ram size at all? that could play a part.

How? More RAM = more data to transfer at higher settings = PCI-E x8 sucks. Unless you're refering to less RAM = more read-backs = PCI-E x8 sucks even more.

Mussels · Jun 16, 2009

btarunr said:
Look closely, in some tests, X48 made the difference between "playable" and "slideshow" clear, and we were very much talking about how PCI-E 2.0 x8 "doesn't matter" for today's graphics cards. If HD 4850 CFX is affected, we can't expect anything better from higher cards.

i did an edit. those "slideshows" are at 2560x1600 res ffs!

btarunr · Jun 16, 2009

Mussels said:
i did an edit. those "slideshows" are at 2560x1600 res ffs!

So are the "playable" framerates on X48 for the same tests.

Mussels · Jun 16, 2009

btarunr said:
So are the "playable" framerates on X48 for the same tests ffs!

ffs ffs!

I definately beleive it makes a difference, but in my own testing its just not that large. Maybe the drivers are more optimised, maybe its cause i used two crossfire bridges - someone needs to do better testing, i dont have the P35 board anymore so i cant.

Hayder_Master · Jun 21, 2009

i still prefer core i7 mobo's

[I.R.A]_FBi · Jun 21, 2009

hayder.master said:
i still prefer core i7 mobo's

Why?

Fitseries3 · Jul 8, 2009

it should be called maximus II extreme... the orriginal maximus formulas had ddr2 and the max extreme had ddr3 so to keep naming in good form this has to be maximus II extreme really.

overclocking101 · Jul 20, 2009

omg!! im getting this board!! one questin does anyone know what goes here and why its not there??

btarunr · Jul 20, 2009

An NVRAM slot for Intel Braidwood Technology.

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ASUS ROG P55 Maximus III Formula in Pretty Pixels

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