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Asus Rampage III Extreme Motherboard review

KitGuru Photoshop Benchmark V1(4)

For as long as I can remember enthusiasts around the world have been keen to see how their systems perform with many commercially available benchmarks from such companies as Futuremark. While these applications are extremely useful to a wide audience sometimes it can be helpful to focus on a ‘real world’ application which many of us use on an almost daily basis. This is why I wrote the KitGuru Photoshop Benchmark and clearly many people think the same as it has had over 2 million downloads in the years I have been supporting it.

(lower=better)
980x reference
980x 4.61ghz
Texturiser (1)
2.1
1.7
CMYK
1.9
1.6
RGB
1.8
1.6
Ink Outlines
32.3
27.1
Dust and Stratches
3.2
2.7
Watercolor
28.9
24.3
Texturiser
2.1
1.7
Stained Glass
24.8
22.1
Mosiac Tiles
14.3
12.2
Extrude
155.3
147.2
Rough Pastels
13.7
11.1
Smart Blur
98.8
87.3
Underpainting
35.9
30.8
Mosiac Tiles
14.8
12.8
Spherize
2.8
2.2
Palette Knife
24.8
20.3
Sponge
43.5
36.6
Smudge Stick
13.9
11.1
Total
514.9
454.4

We recorded our fastest ever time with the 980X at 4.61ghz and shattered all our records breaking the 500 second barrier. After running the test on a Core 2 Duo laptop and recording over 1000 seconds you can see the difference in bandwidth and processor speed. If Adobe had managed to get true multithreaded filtering performance in CS5 the results would be even more impressive, however as this is a real world test, we can only record what a user can expect.

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28 comments

  1. As U2 once said… de-si-i-i-i-i-i-rre !

  2. DEAR GOD, is that for real? look at the price, but I still WANT ONE !

  3. DEAR god is that for real? the price is insane but I STILL WANT ONE!

  4. actually, I think id need a new case as it wouldnt take it

  5. Nah it would fit ok, its just a bit bigger than ATX, like 2cm max, should fit ok, just might be tight on the hard drives

  6. ASUS sure as shit know how to make motherboards, no argument there

  7. The price puts me off, but im sick getting crap motherboards and them failing in a few months, maybe if you buy this it would last forever.

  8. The reviews on this site KICK ASS, cant believe this is just up!

  9. Wicked review guys, love the product, been saving up for it for months now, almost there !

  10. I want one, too much money asus !

  11. on Ln2 our team got a 980X to 6.2ghz ! with this very board, love it ±

  12. 6.2ghz you are kidding me, any links?

  13. No links but we are talking about it over on xtremesystems. The CPU might be dead though but it was worth it.

  14. love the review, its on my to buy list, didnt know this was out yet. thanks.

  15. Yeah its been out a while but this has made me want to buy it now, I just will get killed by my wife if I fork out the money. maybe I can hide it on the credit card?

  16. Hey Zardon if you are bored with the mobo, fire it over, ill give you £200 for it !

  17. Wow, very pretty board, thanks for the review, really good read, out of stock here. so people are buying them (unless they only made 5)

  18. Yeah its dead for sure. 6.2ghz on the CPU though and the motherboard is still going. time to get another one !

  19. Hey Darth what voltage did you use on the CPU before it popped?

  20. was actually nearer 1.9, we just confirmed. it held up well, and give us insane bench results in superpi, a few seconds.

  21. 1.9 volts, fuck me ! im not letting you near my hardware :p

  22. Asus Rampage III Extreme!!!

    I like it, I love it, I order it.

  23. up to 24 gb of ram at 1333mhz !
    and it takes i7 extreme
    just if i had the money