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Asus Rampage Gene II Review - An Extreme 2 On A Diet?

Motherboards/Intel S1366 by leeghoofd @ 2009-07-20

We got the MicroATX Asus Rampage Gene II on the test bench. Does this PCB shrink mean it doesn´t have the full package on board? Is it really worth cashing out for its bigger brother, the Rampage Extreme II? Some questions that many users would like to see answered in this not so usual motherboard review. Most of you have seen a zillion of photos/reviews already of this piece of art. Madshrimps will take a light approach on its features, but dedicates a few more pages to focus on performance and overclocking!

Bios screens and Test setup

Test Setup and Methodology

Almost forgot the obligatory bios screens. Asus didn't cut in the bios section and gave the baby Rampage the same bios. This will allow fine tweaking for the enthusiast (Extreme OC mode) Yet for the average user, Asus included a simplified version ( Gamer mode). For the inexperienced there are some preset quick OC options, allowing you to get that little extra out of ya hardware in a blink of an eye.

Some Bios screens :

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Gamer mode selected :

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Extreme OC mode selected :

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2 full screens of ram option galore ! Those that are familiar with the Rampage Extreme II, feel straight at home... Asus packed a whole lot of options to play with.

In this review the Gene II will be directly being compared to its full size brother the Rampage Extreme II. As ASUS has included all the necessary ROG features on the Little Gene II, it would be a sin to run this baby at stock speed. The designers truly had something else in mind.

Here's the Test Setup :

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Leeghoofd's I7 950 Test Setup



CPU	Intel I7 950@3.8Ghz 1.15 vcore HT ON
Cooling	Thermalright eXtreme + 1600rpm fan
Mainboard	Asus Rampage Extreme II and Gene II with latest bios
Memory	6Gb OCZ Dominator PC16000 C8-8-8-24, 6GB Kingston PC16000C8-8-8-24, OCZ Blades PC16000 C7-8-7-24
Videocard	EVGA GTX285 1GB
PSU	Enermax Galaxy 1kw

Tests used :

Memory subtests : Superpi 32mb & Lavalys Everest/
Gaming benchmarks : 3dMark06/, FarCry 2/, Left 4 Dead/ and HawX/
System subtests : Wprime32 and 1024/,PCMark05/, Winrar Benchmark 500mb file and Cinebench R10

Software installation :

WinXP64 service pack 2 with all the latest patches
Nvidia 168.18 WHQL drivers
Asus Rampage Extreme II flashed with 1403 bios
Asus Rampage Gene II flashed with 0809 bios

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