ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula motherboard - Page 2

TQ · 05-12-2008, 03:33 PM

Which still begs the question: why not one of ASUS's own products? I can't grok the logic of this one. Taken one way it would indicate that ASUS has such little faith in their own product that they won't even use it on their own motherboards. Taken another way, they're reinforcing the image that Creative is still the best choice when it comes to PC entertainment audio.

ATINUT · 05-12-2008, 03:54 PM

I don't get the logic of not using the CMEDIA 8788HD chip, and doing an 8788HD card when ASUS and Creative don't get along.

Yet, Creative cards are still good audio cards, they just need to get the lead out and come out with decent drivers, and fix bugs in said drivers, as well as audio applications for their lineup of soundcards, including the Audigy 2 on Vista.

TQ · 05-12-2008, 04:50 PM

Maybe ASUS is just being inscrutable.

RaVeN_1 · 05-12-2008, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ATINUT

If this board was out, it would be listed on the ASUS website, and it isn't even listed.

ATINUT here's the link to the ASUS Rampage Formula page, also you can find the rampage mobo under the product list, the Rampage Formula has hit the shelfs about a month ago :
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Well, in any case, the odd thing is that there is no ASUS ROG x48 DDR3 mobo, I would get one for sure

RaVeN_1

ATINUT · 05-12-2008, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by RaVeN_1

ATINUT here's the link to the ASUS Rampage Formula page, also you can find the rampage mobo under the product list, the Rampage Formula has hit the shelfs about a month ago :
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

Well, in any case, the odd thing is that there is no ASUS ROG x48 DDR3 mobo, I would get one for sure

RaVeN_1

This board sadly isn't even available yet, through most distributors in the United States, but is available through Newegg.com.

RaVeN_1 · 05-13-2008, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ATINUT

This board sadly isn't even available yet, through most distributors in the United States, but is available through Newegg.com.

Well it's available in Europe for quiet some time ( I've got mine on April 4th ), or should I say for about a month or two

I live in Croatia, and my board came even with preproduction bios 0110 or something like that, since the first release bios ( 0219 ) became available about two weeks after I've got the mobo

RaVeN_1

Rickwell · 05-13-2008, 03:05 AM

You know I'm confused now.I thought the topic was the ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula a P45 chipset .But now we are talking X48's and the Rampage Formula which is out.But who what,huh uhm are we talking about?Is it Maximus II Formula in a DDR3 style your talking about in the first post that your waiting for?Or X48 DDR3 ? Legion Hardware

HARDSPELL.COM-First ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula matched with X-Fi

RaVeN_1 · 05-13-2008, 05:03 AM

Well, we've gone a bit off-topic

RaVeN_1

traveler · 05-13-2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickwell

You know I'm confused now.I thought the topic was the ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula a P45 chipset .But now we are talking X48's and the Rampage Formula which is out.But who what,huh uhm are we talking about?Is it Maximus II Formula in a DDR3 style your talking about in the first post that your waiting for?Or X48 DDR3 ? Legion Hardware

HARDSPELL.COM-First ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula matched with X-Fi

And that's what triggered the posts.

Why is Asus announcing a new motherboard which is NOT the Asus X48 DDR3 Rampage Extreme? The DDR2 Rampage Formula is on the shelf so come on Asus, drop in the DDR3 slots and the new X-Fi card and the other few thing that the DDR3 version has such as eSATA ports and announce that the Rampage Extreme is on its way, not something else!

05-12-2008, 03:33 PM	#16
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	Re: ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula motherboard Which still begs the question: why not one of ASUS's own products? I can't grok the logic of this one. Taken one way it would indicate that ASUS has such little faith in their own product that they won't even use it on their own motherboards. Taken another way, they're reinforcing the image that Creative is still the best choice when it comes to PC entertainment audio. __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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05-12-2008, 03:54 PM	#17
ATINUT Just Plain Crazy! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 3,278	Re: ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula motherboard I don't get the logic of not using the CMEDIA 8788HD chip, and doing an 8788HD card when ASUS and Creative don't get along. Yet, Creative cards are still good audio cards, they just need to get the lead out and come out with decent drivers, and fix bugs in said drivers, as well as audio applications for their lineup of soundcards, including the Audigy 2 on Vista. __________________ Intel D975XBX2 Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 8GB's of Mushkin HP2 6400 memory(DDR2 800) two Sapphire GDDR4 Radeon 3870 videocards HT Omega Claro(Cmedia 8788HD chip) 120GB&200GB&320GB Western Digital harddrives LG DVDROM & LG DVDBURNER HP Deskjet 920C Logitech X-540 speakers Viewsonic VG2030wm 20inch Widescreen LCD Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit with Service Pack 1 Who'se the fool that approved the design for this place. - The Dwarf, Sacred Underworld.
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05-12-2008, 04:50 PM	#18
TQ You gonna throw that? Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 8,442	Re: ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula motherboard Maybe ASUS is just being inscrutable. __________________ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me - Psalm 51:10 My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dogs already think I am... Daywalker Studio: Software: Adobe Audition 3.0/Pro Tools LE 7.4/Acid Pro 6.0/Multiple VST, DirectX and RTAS plugins/Kontakt 3 Sampler/Windows XP Professional PC Hardware: D975XBX2-504/E6600/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-6400/eVGA 800GTX/HP f1905 19" flat panel/Echo Audio Gina24 Sound Card/2 Maxtor 6B300SO's/1 Maxtor STM500AS/1 Western Digital WD2500JD/PleXwriter Premium/Plextor 716A/Samsung LightScribe DVD burner/Logitech Revolution MX/Antec P-180b/PPC&C Silencer 610/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF Recording Hardware: Mbox 2 Factory Pro/Mackie SR24.4VLZ Pro Console/M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI Controller/Audio-Technica 4033a microphone/Symetrix 528E/PreSonus Eureka/Mackie MR8 active monitors Game Machine: Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/E8400/4x2GB Mushkin XP2-8500/BFG GTX280/HP f2105 21" flat panel/Creative Labs X-Fi Elite Pro/Maxtor 6H500F0/Maxtor STM3320/Western Digital WD4000KD/Plextor 760A/Toshiba DVD-ROM/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec P-180/PPC&C Silencer 610/Ideazon Merc Stealth keyboard/Vista Business64 SP1
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05-13-2008, 03:05 AM	#22
Rickwell Last user turn off lights Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,567	Re: ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula motherboard You know I'm confused now.I thought the topic was the ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula a P45 chipset .But now we are talking X48's and the Rampage Formula which is out.But who what,huh uhm are we talking about?Is it Maximus II Formula in a DDR3 style your talking about in the first post that your waiting for?Or X48 DDR3 ? Legion Hardware HARDSPELL.COM-First ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula matched with X-Fi __________________ Water Cooling-DangerDen Cooled Core 2 Extreme qx9650 3.00 Ghz Asus X48 DDR2 Rampage Formula XFX 280 GTX 1.0GB Video Card 4GB Corsair Twin 2X4096-8500C5DF 2 x 74 GB Raptors Matrix Raid 0/0 Corsair CMPSU-1000HX PSU Corsair 4GB Voyager GT (Ready Boost) Dell 2405 LCD Flat Panel Monitor WinXP x64 sp2 / WinV x64 sp1 Last edited by Rickwell : 05-13-2008 at 03:27 AM.
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05-13-2008, 05:03 AM	#23
RaVeN_1 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Rijeka, Croatia Posts: 146	Re: ASUS ROG Maximus II Formula motherboard Well, we've gone a bit off-topic RaVeN_1 __________________ MAIN RIG : ASUS Rampage Formula, Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.4GHz, ThermalTake BigTyp 120VX, 4 x 2Gb Mushkin DDR2 1066, Sapphire HD4870x2 2048Mb GDDR5, NEC 20WGX2 Pro @ DVI, Creative Labs X-Fi Extreme Audio PCIe, WD VelociRaptor WD3000GLFS 300GB, 2 x Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 32Mb S-ATA II, Optiarc AD-7170S S-ATA DVD±RW, Logitech MX Revolution + Razer Mantis SpeedPad, Logitech G15 r2, Zalman ZM850-HP 850W PSU, Chieftec MESH midi tower black + noise dumping material, Thomson ST780(i)WL + ASUS WL-500b router, TDK XsIv-80 speakers, Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64 BACK UP RIG : ASUS Maximus Formula, Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz, Noctua NH-U12 + 120mm CoolLink 800rpm vent, 2 x 2Gb Corsair DDR2 800, Sapphire HD4870 512MB GDDR5, Philips 200WS8FB @ DVI, Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB 16MB S-ATA II, Optiarc AD-7170S S-ATA DVD±RW, Logitech MX 1000 Laser + SteelPad S&S, Logitech Ultra X Flat, ASUS P-55GA 550W PSU, Chieftec MESH mini tower black + noise dumping material, Divoom Xforce 3 speakers, Windows XP Professional SP3
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