The ASUS X99 Rampage V Extreme ROG Review
by Ian Cutress on June 22, 2015 8:45 AM EST- Posted in
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- Asus
- ROG
- Haswell-E
- X99
Gaming Performance 2014 on GTX 770
F1 2013
First up is F1 2013 by Codemasters. I am a big Formula 1 fan in my spare time, and nothing makes me happier than carving up the field in a Caterham, waving to the Red Bulls as I drive by (because I play on easy and take shortcuts). F1 2013 uses the EGO Engine, and like other Codemasters games ends up being very playable on old hardware quite easily. In order to beef up the benchmark a bit, we devised the following scenario for the benchmark mode: one lap of Spa-Francorchamps in the heavy wet, the benchmark follows Jenson Button in the McLaren who starts on the grid in 22nd place, with the field made up of 11 Williams cars, 5 Marussia and 5 Caterham in that order. This puts emphasis on the CPU to handle the AI in the wet, and allows for a good amount of overtaking during the automated benchmark. We test at 1920x1080 on Ultra graphical settings.
Bioshock Infinite
Bioshock Infinite was Zero Punctuation’s Game of the Year for 2013, uses the Unreal Engine 3, and is designed to scale with both cores and graphical prowess. We test the benchmark using the Adrenaline benchmark tool and the Xtreme (1920x1080, Maximum) performance setting, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
Tomb Raider
The next benchmark in our test is Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider is an AMD optimized game, lauded for its use of TressFX creating dynamic hair to increase the immersion in game. Tomb Raider uses a modified version of the Crystal Engine, and enjoys raw horsepower. We test the benchmark using the Adrenaline benchmark tool and the Xtreme (1920x1080, Maximum) performance setting, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs is a benchmarking wet dream – a highly complex benchmark that can bring the toughest setup and high resolutions down into single figures. Having an extreme SSAO setting can do that, but at the right settings Sleeping Dogs is highly playable and enjoyable. We run the basic benchmark program laid out in the Adrenaline benchmark tool, and the Xtreme (1920x1080, Maximum) performance setting, noting down the average frame rates and the minimum frame rates.
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DanNeely - Monday, June 22, 2015 - link
Even testaments to insanity like this board have limits; although I'd guess they ran out of space to run traces in the PCB itself or space to put PCIe switches/PLXes on to allow every combination of stuff all at once. You should be able to do what you want, red PCI slots 1/3 at 1 lanes and the m.2 slot with 4 lanes of PCIe 3.0. You could also run a 4x 2.0 SSD in the black slot with 2 GPUs at 16x.Unfortunately, one of the casualties of not being able to route every possible combination of uses is 16/16/8 operation or 16/16/4 + 4 (m.2). I suspect we'll be seeing lane shortage angst until Skylake E comes out and bumps the PCH to 20 3.0 lanes. Unfortunately SkyLake E is still a year out.
aron9621 - Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - link
They pulled it off (16/16/8 and 16/16/4/4) on the smaller deluxe, it makes me sad the Rampage V can't do it as well. The older Rampage IV can run in 16/16/8 mode too.gammaray - Monday, June 22, 2015 - link
How many of AnandTech readers need a board like that, or a x99 board review?I wish most articles were dedicated to mainstream motherboards.
DCide - Monday, June 22, 2015 - link
An X99 is the most advanced you can go in the mainstream consumer arena, so I'd say that's a lot of readers!freeskier93 - Monday, June 22, 2015 - link
I like reading about these high end boards but I agree, I'd like to see full reviews of the cheaper mainstream boards. I just bought an Asus Z97-E and I had a hard time finding any reviews/information about it. I did figure out it is basically a Z97-A with a couple less features but there weren't even a lot of reviews for the Z97-A.kael13 - Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - link
Well, I have one, so it can't be that far-fetched. Tis a lovely board, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't buy it mainly for the colour scheme. Oh and the 8 PWM fan headers. They rock and match up perfectly to my fan layout.der - Monday, June 22, 2015 - link
Under 20!JlHADJOE - Monday, June 22, 2015 - link
8-8-8 for 28 lane tri-gpu is great! Too many other boards have retarted lane distribution.sabrewings - Monday, June 22, 2015 - link
I lol'd when I saw it still has a PS2 port. Really? In 2015? I thought this was done away with on high end enthusiast boards?All dem SATA and USB ports though...
kael13 - Wednesday, June 24, 2015 - link
Gamers like them for N-key rollover on keyboards.