Hardware
Intel E8500
Asus Maximus 2 Formula
Sapphire HD4870 Crossfire
Team Xtreem PC2-6400 C3 4x1gb
Coolit Freezone Elite
Western Digital Raptor X

Software
3dmark Vantage
3dmark06
3dmark05
3dmark03
Lavalys Everest
GPUZ
CPUZ
Memset 3.5beta
Asus PC Probe II
Crysis 1.2

OS
Windows Vista Ultimate 64 SP1

Driver
Ati Catalyst 8.7 Beta












Crysis High/Very High - 1024x768|1280x1024|1680x1050|1900x1200|1920x1080



Dont see any bottleneck on this board compared to all the x38s and x48's crossfire benchies so far

** GPUZ cant Detect the HD4870 Clocks.. but just to tell u it was at stock 750/900...driver issue**

woah... nice results u've there

Bro i bought ASUS P5Q Deluxe yesterday. Can i say my mobo also free bottleneck issue like yours?

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yes...both are practically the same mobo..will post some game benches and OCCT/ORthos stable results later..

I hope so.

great benchies, abit regret of my X48

got test highest oc + stable for gpu ?

GPu stable at 790/1100 with overdrive.. i think all the HD4870s are..

noob question here.

how to know whether the mobo bottleneck or not?

updated with some crysis high and very high benchies

for bottleneck

theres 2 bottlenecks for single card concern.
1. CPU
2. MEM

theres 3 bottlenecks for multi gpu concern
1. CPU
2. MEM
3. PCIE Bandwidth

theres been a debate whether the p45's 8X 8X config compared to a x38 16x 16x pcie 2.0 on the HD4870.. will cause a bottleneck..
so far.. i think not..

Hello bro.. nice results and thanks 4 sharing

From your statement "Dont see any bottleneck on this board compared to all the x38s and x48's crossfire benchies so far
".. did u mean P45 x8 x8 config performance is good as X38/48 x16 x16 config?

Just wondering coz I'm P45 user too

My 3DMark06 score for 3870 CF in X48 only got 19k. Damm tempting.

Cry sis benchmark becomes better at higher reso?

wow. this review make me feel like changing my max formula to max 2 formula. bro just wondering. how's the nb temp for this board compared to a maximus formula? single and dual card setup? tq

where u bought it?

hehehe...dun hv money to buy this spec,btw good combo

I got mine from C-Zone, Low Yat Plaza.

OMG.. Awesome result...

damn nice setup... yummy.. tasty : D

wow able to play crysis at 1680x1050 very high setting must be very song... can it do 1920x1200?

Viewnet, LYP. Last unit.

Nice job la bro ur mini review.Very useful for noobie like me. But the score look like abit different oni than 4850 CF. I mean the 3DM Vantages score. Maybe becoz of tat 4850CF using X38. GPU score diffrent about 2000 score oni.

@cstkl1

any comparison to x38/x48 coming soon?

aiya bro....
i only wanna pm u and see this review come out

cause i just got myself a M-II-F and a Q9450 today with TRUE

Mind to share your review over Asus overclocking thread.

Hmm dude 2k gpu in vantage is a freaking big difference. Theres no difference with p45 and x38/x48. And this is hd4870 crossfire.
which preset where u refering too? Will post some higher benchies
also sh

Nice Stuff Bro


And Nice Score

My Asus Maximus II Formula Arrived Last Thursday But Sold To Another Forumer

Still not satisfy with it or wat?

Need Cash Badly Recently

But The Motherboard Really Look Pretty And Powerful

The Xfi Soundcard Really Awesome

haha seamonster always got a big appetite for all fancy hardware....

btw cstkl1, the NB voltage reading is correct on ur pc probe ? quite low, p45 is quite incredible in this case, way better then x38/48....

eh if u think thats incredible..
didnt u see the biostar T-power I45 thread in overclocking section..
thats incredible..
this is nothing..

hehe dun compare to that crazy 1....... it seems p45 is proven to quite efficient design... and this asus is loaded with more components too

may be i should get 1 too and try it out.

Just Do It..

You Should Try It..

coming up in the next month rampage extreme and DFI P45 LT performance
hopefully my new job will give me enough time to clock..

want to test some new ddr3 rams that i got ..

still find the striker 2 formula the best intel mobo... dunno y just love that mobo..

bro how much for the mobo

first batch price was RM1050-RM1100..

second batches might be more expensive...
fuel price hike..

seamonster i wish too, a bit budget constrain lately and tight up in working schedule too,

well actually i'm waiting for DFI P45 LT haha...... wanted to see how this stack up with maximus.

DDR3 still not my game, ... So what DDR3 u goin to test, cstkl1

RM1030 C-Zone

Should Be Around RM1050

ocz flex 2 PC3-16000 .. got it in singapore quite cheap 2nd hand from friend who got fed up with DDR3...

the rampage extreme is still in PVT and has been delayed to August/September

hey bro, have you take picture of your board before installed it into case or mind to post up?
just want to know whether the capacitors used are fully red(fujitsu) or mix with blue (ncc) & purple...

theres so many hi-res photos on the web..
anandtech..
bi-tech
elitebastards
and XS has so many threads on it..

ofcoz i've seen it and even started a thread in lyn early may. what i meant was what kind of capacitors used in YOUR M2F that bought in MALAYSIA rather than review or sample board else where.

i'm concerning this because review or sample board are showing in used of full red(fujitsu) capacitors where consumer boards are different (red+blue)

take a look at pictures below and go compare with those so call high res photos on the web.

ah .. i see

ok they all are the red ones..

My P5Q Deluxe also all red one... it's weird if M2F are not

cut cost kua...

cstk1, do u have any prob with the nb temp like what happen in coolaler forum?

nb temp..
well i replaced all the thermal paste and thermal pads with my own when i took the board..

at 1.35v on memtest86 test on rams at 2.3v.. nb temps went up to 61.. thats the highest.. on crossfire..
post me the link

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Added on July 10, 2008, 10:44 pmok i read it..
yea u want to know y
kekek simple just change the thermal paste under the heatsink and especially on the NB removable plate.. both of them..

thats y.. its not tight enough..

thats what happened to me..

but i also sanded the copper... on the removable nb.. its wasnt clean..

so far mine is all red..
same as ace combats..

61c is way too high, especially with those heatsink. i start to wonder if those hsf are actually built for fashion.

can someone else comment what's your P45 board NB temp?

Btw, the NB heatsink there, the ROG logo that lights up, is it a fan or just lighting?

61C is okay at 1.35v with 2 hd4870 crossfire..

removing that hsf.. that small block.. at 1.1v will result in 70C...
i tested it already..

dont u know whenever u run dual cards ure NB will increase?? at least by 10C??

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Added on July 11, 2008, 12:06 pmROG logo just a light
it started with the striker 2 formula, extreme etc..

cstkl1 the reading is according to asus probe ? this babe is almost on par with x38 chipset...... need some serious cooling on the NB as well under dual card