Sneak peaks of the Crosshair IV Extreme

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[ottoyu34]

I spot a new feature "GameFirst" ?

looks very nice.

[martin_metal_88]

Actually looking to get one, this board is really nice looking!

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I've not spotted the shiney X-fi chip on the board like the current Crosshair IV has, will this remain a feature?

Is there an estimated release date?

I've not been a fan of Asus for around 2yrs since all the hastle I had, but looking to go AMD for a change and willing to give Asus another go. The board was great, but the GPU's reliability and RMA service were pathetic.

Just going to get extended coverage with my e-tailer this time cause if it breaks, I'm not going through the suffering again.

Really hoping this board turns my opinion around.

[martin_metal_88]

There is no X-fi chip on this board since a external sound card wiull probably be included in the package.

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I would have thought so normally but the Crosshair IV has the X-Fi chip fitted onto the motherboard, and since this board is showing on board audio, but no sign of the chip, I wondered if it'd been left out

[martin_metal_88]

So we have 2 choice then.

1 : the chip is under the huge mobo cooler.
2: The chip is the ITE made on just in front of the PCI-e port

[ottoyu34]

I'm not surprised for the board only has standard HD audio.
Since it's built for overclocking and Lucid hydra multi-GPU technology.
we can see clearly there isn't much room left for more components on the board.
I got to admit Asus engineers have done great job improving mobo layout in the latest boards, before was just barely enough.

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It's found on the left hand side of the Crosshair IV - had a silver badge initially.



More interested in the Lucid Hydra tbh - loving the look of 3x-way 16x speeds

Just wouldn't want to lose speed by having to add a better soundcard 😞

[martin_metal_88]

The pic you posted is a Crosshair 4 formula which is not the same regarding the extreme. I make the same mistake yesterday to XD