Asus Maximus V Formula Preview/ Results/ everything Thread!!!

chilipeppersc said:
V EXTREME will be out in a month or so, whats the point in this board? mid range?
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This board is three card Xfire compatible, The Extreme is 4 way with an added chip managing the extra PCI EX lanes. That is the main difference between the two.

This board is middle of the Maximus V range yes but The bottom of the Range Maximus V gene holds many bench marking world records so mid range should be good enough for most!!!!! :)
 
its only 8x / 8x in crossfire while many other slightly higher-end boards do 16x / 16x. So how does this effect the board? If there was little incentive in making it 8x/8x then why didnt they simply go with the higher, more desirable, bandwidth?

I might hold out for the 16x/16x because of this
 
chilipeppersc said:
its only 8x / 8x in crossfire while many other slightly higher-end boards do 16x / 16x. So how does this effect the board? If there was little incentive in making it 8x/8x then why didnt they simply go with the higher, more desirable, bandwidth?

I might hold out for the 16x/16x because of this
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I've been waiting for this board to do an upgrade from my Asus Maximus IV Gene to a Z77 platform but on the basis that it's only 8x/8x on PCI-E means it just went off my shopping list. Thats so lame. Such a shame as it would have been killer otherwise.
 
Guys guys!!!!

All Ivy Chips offer 16 PCI ex lanes so if you want to use the on chip lanes the best you can get is 8x x 8x if you want 16x x 16x the only way to do this is to use another PCI lanes chip which inherently introduces longer latency's than the CPU lanes. Infact 8x x 8x via the CPU is faster than 16 x x 16x from an additional chip. Its always been so and continues to be on this format.

If you want 16 x 16 x via CPU then X79 is only way to go so you dont have to wait. Hence X79 being the way to go for multi graphics at full bandwidth.
 
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I want it and I want it now! any idea on the pricing of it? and does the phase cooling have to be watercooled... does want to make my build properly red and black.
 
8 Pack said:
Guys guys!!!!

All Ivy Chips offer 16 PCI ex lanes so if you want to use the on chip lanes the best you can get is 8x x 8x if you want 16x x 16x the only way to do this is to use another PCI lanes chip which inherently introduces longer latency's than the CPU lanes. Infact 8x x 8x via the CPU is faster than 16 x x 16x from an additional chip. Its always been so and continues to be on this format.

If you want 16 x 16 x via CPU then X79 is only way to go so you dont have to wait. Hence X79 being the way to go for multi graphics at full bandwidth.
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The new PLX chip has lower latency, and performs better than NF200 in multi-gpu (xfrie and SLI) and better than native 8x/8x according to reviews I have read, substantially better scores on benchmarks and FPS in games.

This PLX chip is out on a couple of motherboards at present, the Formula's performance when comparing it to motherboards with 16x/16x with the PLX chip is gimped. The Maximus V Gene was one of the boards tested, and whilst the PLX is sub-par performance at single 16x/0x with single card, at 16x/16x is beat 8x/8x native by around 5-10%.

How does this make 8x/8x better than the new PLX 8747 with 32x lanes?
 
I dont have a board with PLX to test only NF200 controller which is substandard. I know the xtreme has PLX but my sample is not here yet so I cant comment on that.

I have said many times over my choice for mult- graphics is X79.

Do you have a link to this review??? it certainly is interesting as in the past this has never been the case.
 
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I gotta be honest, I'm really disappointed at how long this board has taken to come to market. I've been a loyal and very outspoken advocate of Asus products both as an IT professional of more than 25 years experience and also as a domestic user. Just in my home I have five PC systems the lowest of which is a Core i3 and I also have a Sabretooth X58 with Core i7-950 and two Maximus IV Gene-Z with a Core i5 2500K and a Core i7 2700K. All I buy is Asus gear, I even have a TF101 Transformer tablet.

This board should have been out a long time ago when any number of Z77 based boards were released, rather than letting the ROG brand suffer the indignity of making do with Micro ATX products. I think Asus have been taking advantage of their very loyal customer base by taking absolute liberties with the delivery of products which they know people will wait patiently for. I can't believe that we're fast approaching the end of June and there isn't a propper Z77 ATX solution for the ROG brand. I would hate to think that Asus' loyalty to their own brand isn't reflected by this, and as such I think I'm about to jump brand altogether.

There's nothing more gutting that knowing you've stuck by a particular brand for years because of their quality and performance and paid a premium for all the right reasons, when they end up letting you down just by not releasing a product in a timely manner. It really hacks me off.

I think I'll be paying much more attention to Gigabyte and ASRock in future, as I never normally give their products a second glance.

Where the heck is this damned board already? If I end up going for another Z77 solution at the end of this week then I'm done with Asus products. Heck, I might even save myself some money and just go buy some other brands cheapo X79 solution and spend a bit more on the CPU instead.

It's a bit of a farce is what it is.
 
got high clocking 2600k for 3 months sitting on desk waiting for the board as well, but not in the rush tbh as holidays next month so will get it after. but yes it took long this time for the board to be out well it is still not out.
 
Dirtyganker said:
I gotta be honest, I'm really disappointed at how long this board has taken to come to market. I've been a loyal and very outspoken advocate of Asus products both as an IT professional of more than 25 years experience and also as a domestic user. Just in my home I have five PC systems the lowest of which is a Core i3 and I also have a Sabretooth X58 with Core i7-950 and two Maximus IV Gene-Z with a Core i5 2500K and a Core i7 2700K. All I buy is Asus gear, I even have a TF101 Transformer tablet.

This board should have been out a long time ago when any number of Z77 based boards were released, rather than letting the ROG brand suffer the indignity of making do with Micro ATX products. I think Asus have been taking advantage of their very loyal customer base by taking absolute liberties with the delivery of products which they know people will wait patiently for. I can't believe that we're fast approaching the end of June and there isn't a propper Z77 ATX solution for the ROG brand. I would hate to think that Asus' loyalty to their own brand isn't reflected by this, and as such I think I'm about to jump brand altogether.

There's nothing more gutting that knowing you've stuck by a particular brand for years because of their quality and performance and paid a premium for all the right reasons, when they end up letting you down just by not releasing a product in a timely manner. It really hacks me off.

I think I'll be paying much more attention to Gigabyte and ASRock in future, as I never normally give their products a second glance.

Where the heck is this damned board already? If I end up going for another Z77 solution at the end of this week then I'm done with Asus products. Heck, I might even save myself some money and just go buy some other brands cheapo X79 solution and spend a bit more on the CPU instead.

It's a bit of a farce is what it is.
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No its not because the engineers are perfecting this board first. Its a monster overclocker even better than the gene which other manufacturer cant match. Its already setting overclocking records and can clock ram like nothing before it.

Products like this take time.
 
8 Pack said:
No its not because the engineers are perfecting this board first. Its a monster overclocker even better than the gene which other manufacturer cant match. Its already setting overclocking records and can clock ram like nothing before it.

Products like this take time.
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I think I saw you say that already, but bad planning on Asus' part does not encourage brand loyalty on my part.

They can take all the time they like, but it doesn't mean I'm going to buy one if by the time they release it becomes apparent that actually there are better options out there.

I've seen enough of Ivybridge and Z77 to know now that it's not for me, so this board that I was waiting on I've come to realise doesn't meet any of my requirements and I could probably get an X79 board for the same money, and since this has taken sooooo long to get here I've now saved up more money whilst waiting for it which means I can now afford a 3930K.

So Asus have shot themselves in the foot tbh. What would have been an impulse buy of a nice shiny new red RoG board has meant I've now had time to do some real homework and frankly I couldn't be less interested in it now. I'm not spending a chunk of money on another board ro replace my Gene-Z just because it might give me better overclocks. Now I've saved up a bit more dosh waiting I want to spend it on something that will be a much more potent upgrade and this ain't it.
 
Whilst it may be a monster overclocker, what is the point when it will be trumped in 6 months time by a new chipset? Additionally, overclocking is chip dependent, and having an amazing board may make a little difference, but taking 3-4 months longer than predicted for an increase in overclocking that is dependent on other limiting factors?

Setting OC records = great, but very very very few of us will ever use LN2, we only really care about air/water clocking, and to be honest ensuring fantastic clocking on air will win you more customers than any other basis. If people are already pleased with their current OC on their board and the Asus does not guaranty much better O.C.'s then 3-4 months additional time is madness
 
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