Asus rampage III Extreme

how easy is it to overclock with this board? when you use the slave system to change settings in real time is it actually taking effect or does it just give you an indication of what it might be like? sorry im pretty new to this and overclocking looks a pain!
 
Sylver123 said:
Do you know if the ones on the asus site are the latest Marvell Drivers to date??? The reason why i`m asking is because I have noticed previously asus tend to take a while to update their site with drivers to newer versions.

Thanks for responding.
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Marvell do not release drivers very often and I would go with the ones on the download page.
 
The safest drivers to use are the ones on the official support site, as they've all been tested to work with the board. :)
 
I have checked the new bios but it says nothing about new memory compatability. I will download them and let everyone know though. For anyone with the same problem - You can only use 4gb of the 3x 2gb modules for the latest corsair dominator memory(CMG6GX3M3A2000C8). You can do this by putting 1 module in channel b2 and 1 module in channel c2 (ie second red slot and third red slot). You can put your other module with the memory in a2(first red slot) but it isnt detected and will only show as 4gb in system memory. I have tried all other slots and combinations but i quess it wont work until new bios for this type of memory are released...
 
RedStarRiot said:
how easy is it to overclock with this board? when you use the slave system to change settings in real time is it actually taking effect or does it just give you an indication of what it might be like? sorry im pretty new to this and overclocking looks a pain!
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All the settings changes are in real time when you use the RC Tweakit application or even the TurboV EVO utility. I wouldn't recommend using them for large overclocks but merely for tweaking and fine tuning overclocks made through BIOS.

Malkavian Prime said:
I have checked the new bios but it says nothing about new memory compatability. I will download them and let everyone know though. For anyone with the same problem - You can only use 4gb of the 3x 2gb modules for the latest corsair dominator memory(CMG6GX3M3A2000C8). You can do this by putting 1 module in channel b2 and 1 module in channel c2 (ie second red slot and third red slot). You can put your other module with the memory in a2(first red slot) but it isnt detected and will only show as 4gb in system memory. I have tried all other slots and combinations but i quess it wont work until new bios for this type of memory are released...
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That's a strange one. When you say you tried all combinations, did you make sure all the modules were working? And if you just use one module, does the first slot work?
 
That's a strange one. When you say you tried all combinations, did you make sure all the modules were working? And if you just use one module, does the first slot work?[/QUOTE]

Yeah i tried everything. All modules working perfect without any problems. Im guessing its just waiting for a bios update. The qualified vendors list does say you can use 2x of the 2gb modules making it 4gb but not three making it 6gb. Not a huge problem though, I can Still play metro 2033 on max settings with no lag but that extra 2gb would be nice as i have payed for it. Just waiting for asus to pull there finger out and make it compatable...
 
its prob been asked loads of times before this question.
could some1 be so kind to explain the 2 voltages that has to be half a volt within each other so u dont damage the cpu.
ppl say its cpu vtt. what 2 voltages in the rampage 3 bios should i keep within half a volt. thx in response.
i always thought it was qpi/dram voltage and cpu voltage
that has to be within half a volt. is this right.
 
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Malkavian Prime said:
Yeah i tried everything. All modules working perfect without any problems.
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I presume you are running bios 0602?

1 - Silly question but are you running 64-bit Windows?
2 – Silly question have you put all the sticks in (A1 B1 C1)?
3 - Where is it showing only 4GB, in the bios, in windows, CPUID or similar?
3 - Have you overclocked the memory or is it running in auto?
4 - Tried running 6GB using the XMP profile?
 
Dazboots said:
its prob been asked loads of times before this question.
could some1 be so kind to explain the 2 voltages that has to be half a volt within each other so u dont damage the cpu.
ppl say its cpu vtt. what 2 voltages in the rampage 3 bios should i keep within half a volt. thx in response.
i always thought it was qpi/dram voltage and cpu voltage
that has to be within half a volt. is this right.
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"QPI/DRAM" and "DRAM" voltage must be within 0.5V. This isn't so much of a problem with the latest RAM however as it operates in general at 1.65V~ and the QPI operates between 1.2V-1.6V (in general). It is more aimed at older versions of DDR3 that reqired 2.0V~, obviously between 1.2V and 2.0V there is a 0.8V difference.

HOWEVER, also bear in mind that unless you enable the QPI/DRAM load line calibration jumper then it can droop by a max of 0.1V. So even if you set the QPI/DRAM to 1.2V and the DRAM to 1.65V - (0.45V theoretical range) it can equate to a 0.55V range under load, which would be considered unsafe - whether this is taken into account with Intel specifications is unknown as far as I am aware.
 
Mine come today. mmmmm sexy board :p
My blue ram don't go with the board lol gutted. only brought them 3 weeks ago. MM time lol that little heat sink & fan that comes in the little box, is it worth putting that on ?

Cheers.
 
VortX said:
"QPI/DRAM" and "DRAM" voltage must be within 0.5V. This isn't so much of a problem with the latest RAM however as it operates in general at 1.65V~ and the QPI operates between 1.2V-1.6V (in general). It is more aimed at older versions of DDR3 that reqired 2.0V~, obviously between 1.2V and 2.0V there is a 0.8V difference.

HOWEVER, also bear in mind that unless you enable the QPI/DRAM load line calibration jumper then it can droop by a max of 0.1V. So even if you set the QPI/DRAM to 1.2V and the DRAM to 1.65V - (0.45V theoretical range) it can equate to a 0.55V range under load, which would be considered unsafe - whether this is taken into account with Intel specifications is unknown as far as I am aware.
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So if my memory is set @ 1.65v and my qpi/dram is set @ 2.75 is this safe for 24/7 use.
and in the bandwidth i set it to second down on the list
same for the next 1. 1 after slow.
 
VortX said:
"QPI/DRAM" and "DRAM" voltage must be within 0.5V. This isn't so much of a problem with the latest RAM however as it operates in general at 1.65V~ and the QPI operates between 1.2V-1.6V (in general). It is more aimed at older versions of DDR3 that reqired 2.0V~, obviously between 1.2V and 2.0V there is a 0.8V difference.

HOWEVER, also bear in mind that unless you enable the QPI/DRAM load line calibration jumper then it can droop by a max of 0.1V. So even if you set the QPI/DRAM to 1.2V and the DRAM to 1.65V - (0.45V theoretical range) it can equate to a 0.55V range under load, which would be considered unsafe - whether this is taken into account with Intel specifications is unknown as far as I am aware.
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so i think i know what u r saying now.
i have been pushing my qpi/dram up to 1.375 :(
i must keep it @ 1.2000 v if my memory is @ 1.65v.
 
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Dazboots said:
so i think i know what u r saying now.
i have been pushing my qpi/dram up to 1.375 :(
i must keep it @ 1.2000 v if my memory is @ 1.65v.
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Noooo silly boy :p

If your RAM is at 1.65V then your QPI/DRAM voltage must be between 1.15V and 1.6V, anything more than 1.6V and you will just end up frying your chip anyway.

Basically you have 2 rules.

1. Keep the DRAM and QPI/DRAM voltages within 0.5V of each other. 1.65V(RAM) and 1.2V(QPI/DRAM) is a range 0.45V which is safe. If you had your RAM at 1.75V however the range would then be 0.55V which would not be safe.

2. Keep QPI/DRAM under 1.35V to be perfectly safe within Intel specs. The alternative is to keep it within 1.5V for overclocked memory. Some 2GHz+ RAM will require 1.5V QPI/DRAM, most of them time however you will be able to keep under 1.4V.

EDIT: If anything increasing your QPI/DRAM voltage to 1.35V is safer than 1.2V. With QPI/DRAM vDroop that 1.2V may droop to 1.1V which creates a 0.55V range - unsafe.
 
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VortX said:
Noooo silly boy :p

If your RAM is at 1.65V then your QPI/DRAM voltage must be between 1.15V and 1.6V, anything more than 1.6V and you will just end up frying your chip anyway.

Basically you have 2 rules.

1. Keep the DRAM and QPI/DRAM voltages within 0.5V of each other. 1.65V(RAM) and 1.2V(QPI/DRAM) is a range 0.45V which is safe. If you had your RAM at 1.75V however the range would then be 0.55V which would not be safe.

2. Keep QPI/DRAM under 1.35V to be perfectly safe within Intel specs. The alternative is to keep it within 1.5V for overclocked memory. Some 2GHz+ RAM will require 1.5V QPI/DRAM, most of them time however you will be able to keep under 1.4V.

EDIT: If anything increasing your QPI/DRAM voltage to 1.35V is safer than 1.2V. With QPI/DRAM vDroop that 1.2V may droop to 1.1V which creates a 0.55V range - unsafe.
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Just run prime on 8x and my qpi/dram drops to 1.24 underload should think that will be ok 24/7 with ram @ 1.65.
 
Dazboots said:
Just run prime on 8x and my qpi/dram drops to 1.24 underload should think that will be ok 24/7 with ram @ 1.65.
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Yeah but some of the prime tests will cause the QPI/DRAM to drop more. Best bet is to download HWMonitor, run 8 hours of Prime95 leave HWMonitor running and it will report highest and lowest voltages of all components including the QPI/DRAM. :)
 
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