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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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Praz
Level 13
Hello

30 is wake from S3 sleep state and 40 is wake from S4 sleep state.

Praz wrote:
Hello

30 is wake from S3 sleep state and 40 is wake from S4 sleep state.


ok, thanks for replying so fast, then I assume that all is well, greetings.

Praz
Level 13
You're welcome. 🙂

Nate152
Moderator
When you get your new mother board look at the sticker that has the serial number. The last four numbers is the bios version.

After thinking about this a bit, open box means its used and someone may have updated the bios on it. So what is on the sticker may not be what is actually on it. So whoever owned the board prior, let's hope they updated the bios.

I am going to videotape the opening of the package and immediately look at the socket pins. I know that New Egg will always check any returns
to make sure the pins are not bent, but Im going to cover my 6 by making sure the socket is ok. After inspection, I will leave the MB on top of my
table and attach a GPU, keyboard, mouse and CPU and start her up. I will have my fingers crossed to the MAX !!!! Waiting for Thursday to come is like SLOW motion !!!!


I am wondering if I can sell my old MB with the bent socket for parts on ebay. Im thinking 75 or best offer ??? I dont have a clue what it would be worth.


******************* just saw this on ebay**************
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400592129708


I dont know if this is just a pop in and out or if it needs to be soldiered or not ? Would this be a viable fix for me ?


I took off my armor and the chip is a easy pull out and put another one in. YEA !! I also saw that the asus store has
the new chip for less money and many are available. I did not check on shipping charges but how much could that
tiny thing cost. So if nothing else, would this be able to help me if I cant use flashback to upgrade to 1505?38916


heck, now I wonder if I should replace the cmos battery on the new mb with a everready new one, as Ive ready that
many seem to die within a few months ?

Mike Kelly wrote:

I also saw that the asus store has the new chip for less money and many are available. I did not check on shipping charges but how much could that tiny thing cost. So if nothing else, would this be able to help me if I cant use flashback to upgrade to 1505


Yes, I suggested that option to you on the 4th page of the must Dos thread. The 1505 BIOS will have the version of the IME firmware that you need on it. I think it is about $25 shipped.

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Thank You Geneo, Its going to kill me to receive the MB tomorrow and not be able to use it. I will have to order the new bios chip.

Just follow the guidelines and it will work like a charm. I already did the flash upgrade with no issues following the available guidelines in mentioned in this thread.

The problems start if you read about everyone else's problems and start deviating 🙂
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PerpetualCycle
Level 13
There appears to be a flashback method that works. You have to do the flashback with the processor removed. See here:

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?48855-Must-Do-s-for-making-4790K-work-with-Maximus-VI-Mothe...

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geneo wrote:
There appears to be a flashback method that works. You have to do the flashback with the processor removed. See here:

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?48855-Must-Do-s-for-making-4790K-work-with-Maximus-VI-Mothe...





I removed the cpu and flashed...only took 5 seconds for it to finish, and all I still get is 00 Im so distraught as it could be so many things.