Asus Rampage III Extreme Motherboard review

1. Introduction2. The Board3. The Board - II4. RC Bluetooth and ROG Connect5. Test Setup and Overclocking6. Sandra Benchmarks7. Queen CPU Test8. Mandel FPU Test9. H.264 Video Transcoding - Multi Threaded10. 3DMark Test Suites11. Drive Performance12. KitGuru Photoshop Benchmark V1(4)13. Crysis Warhead Performance14. Farcry 215. Power Consumption16. Closing Thoughts17. View All Pages

Crysis Warhead, like the original, Crysis, is based in a future where an ancient alien spacecraft has been discovered beneath the Earth on an island east of the Philippines. The single-player campaign has the player assume the role of (Former SAS) Delta Force operator Sergeant Michael Sykes, referred to in-game by his call sign, Psycho. Psycho's arsenal of futuristic weapons builds on those showcased in Crysis, with the introduction of Mini-SMGs which can be dual-wielded, a six-shot grenade launcher equipped with EMP grenades, and the destructive, short ranged Plasma Accumulator Cannon (PAX). The highly versatile Nanosuit returns. In Crysis Warhead, the player fights North Korean and extraterrestrial enemies, in many different locations, such as a tropical island jungle, inside an “Ice Sphere”, an underground mining complex, which is followed by a convoy train transporting an unknown alien object held by the North Koreans, and finally, to an airfield. Like Crysis, Warhead uses Microsoft's new API, Direct3D 10 (DirectX 10) for graphics rendering.

The results show that the Rampage III Extreme board has some slight bandwidth improvements when compared to the older Gene II Rampage. The 5870 does a fine job of handling the resolution and I had a good time testing this game on the Rampage boards.

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