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Maximus VI Formula Discussion Thread

Raja
Level 13
Maximus VI Formula Overview and Discussion Thread

The Maximus VI Formula should be available to purchase in a few weeks. A motherboard many have been waiting for, and for good reason. Plenty of cool features on offer, we won't go into them all, but have picked out some of the salient ones for you to check out below:

Board layout and features at a glance:



Gaming Features



SupremeFX






The Maximus VI Formula sports a specialized audio solution called SupremeFX. Based on Realtek’s latest ALC1150 chipset, the Cirrus Logic DAC and the TPA6120 headphone amplifier and an optimized PCB layout - isolating PCB layers and spacing sensitive traces away from other areas of the motherboard. Shielding is also utilized to minimize spurious noise from entering signal lines. High quality capacitors are used for power supply decoupling to minimize ripple and provide a low impedance at audio critical frequencies. The end result is a 120dB SNR, placing the Maximus VI Formula's onboard audio solution on par with the best discrete soundcards available.


On the software side, the latest addition to the package is Sonic Radar:






The Sonic Radar GUI


Sonic Radar is a HUD that is useful in FPS games. It shows a visual representation of where sounds are coming from. The location of footsteps, gunshots, explosions and anything else is shown in the 360 degree HUD while gaming:




BF3 – Sonic Radar showing direction of audio effects




The HUD can be made more transparent and its location on the screen changed. Sonic Radar very useful feature when gaming with stereo headsets, where surround effects are simulated and may not be easy to pinpoint.



On the subject of headsets, Perfect Voice has been added to improve the clarity of VOIP calls. It’s a software based filter that uses digital signal processing to remove noise pickup from your mic while making a call:






DSP helps reduce ambient noise for clearer comms



Perfect Voice works with any plug in microphone/headset to clean up voice transmission during calls.




ROG RAMDISK





With high density memory modules and kits becoming the norm, many of us have an abundance of free memory on our systems that never gets utilized. ROG RAM Disk has been coded to take advantage of that free space to help speed up the system.





ROG RAM Disk GUI



Unlike many free RAM drive tools, ROG RAM DISK has no size limitations – up to 80% of the free memory (not used by the OS) can be configured as a RAM drive.


To get you an idea of how fast a RAM drive is, check the screenshot below:





10000 MB/s sequential write speeds



Applications stored on ROG RAM DISK are written to hard storage (HHD/SSD) when the system is prompted for shutdown.



Of course, re-installing games to the RAM DISK would be a painful experience. That's why ROG RAM DISK has a feature know as Junction Mode.








Setting a junction point to a game folder allows critical game files to be transferred to the RAM DISK without interfering with the original installation. Just point the software at the game folder and it will take care of the rest. This way, critical files such as maps can be accessed directly from the RAM DISK, speeding up load times.



Discussing features is fine, but what really matters for many users in knowing a board can overclock and run stable. How about 24 hour stability testing? Here's a few screenies from JJ, showing the Maximus VI Formula running different memory configs and CPU overclocks:




Over 24 hours AIDA64 passed at 4.7GHz DDR3-2800 16GB 4x4




Over 24 hours AIDA64 passed at 4.6GHz DDR3-2133 32GB 8X4





4.8GHz DDR3-2400 AIDA 1 Hour - right at the limits of the CPU and cooling






Use this thread to discuss/share results when you get your boards folks 🙂
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Might be too early to ask these to those who already have the board, but I'm really curious... How is the onboard sound on it? Is it any good? Really interested how the headphone amp performs.
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MasterBash
Level 7
So... I got my motherboard and everything along with it, but there is no hole on the backplate for the wifi antenna...

Feklar
Level 8
I agree. There should be an option to have the ROG logo power off when the computer is shut off. No reason to have it on all the time. Perhaps it could be added in a bios update?

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Praz
Level 13
ROG logo power off - Did you try setting ErP to enabled?

Praz wrote:
ROG logo power off - Did you try setting ErP to enabled?


ErP is enabled, and PSU is compliant (ax 760)

Is this possibly a UEFI problem?

Feklar
Level 8
I will check tonight when I get home.

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EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 T2 Power Supply + Fractal Meshify 2 XL case
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Nodens
Level 16
ErP should fix it unless the PSU doesn't comply with ErP.
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Denoppo
Level 7
Can someone help me please.
This is the first time I have built a computer so I have limited knowledge. My system posts and all is well enough. Downloaded a few things and can get onto the network etc. My problem is everytime I log onto the computer it always defaults to the ROG screen and asks me to F1 into the UEFI Bios. The only way from there so far is to Exit > Hit ASUS EZ mode > Boot Menu and select my Samsung SSD drive and only then will it Start Windows. I am missing something here. There is a red light on my mobo that is sometimes lit for BOOT_ DEVICE_LED
Dave
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Denoppo wrote:
Can someone help me please.
This is the first time I have built a computer so I have limited knowledge. My system posts and all is well enough. Downloaded a few things and can get onto the network etc. My problem is everytime I log onto the computer it always defaults to the ROG screen and asks me to F1 into the UEFI Bios. The only way from there so far is to Exit > Hit ASUS EZ mode > Boot Menu and select my Samsung SSD drive and only then will it Start Windows. I am missing something here. There is a red light on my mobo that is sometimes lit for BOOT_ DEVICE_LED
Dave


Try a different sata cable on your ssd as it may be dodgy?

Am i the only one that loves this sign?




But this Mobo is sexy as ****