Rampage V disapointed compared to Deluxe in AI Suite

[nintari]

When I built my gaming rig up I went with the Rampage V extreme to ensure I had what was considered by many the absolute best

Recently I started building up a Rig that utilized the Asus x99 Deluxe for someone. After getting everything setup, all drivers installed etc etc, it was time to tweak what I could. I decided to first give the AI Suite a try and tried out the 5 way optimization (much like I did on my RVE).

To my dismay, instead of being presented with 3 options for overclocking (the rampage V extreme only gave me 4000, 4200, 4400 MHz options) the software and board went through and actually tested the CPU multiple times at varying frequencies ending up with a very respectable 4.7GHz on the 5930k installed.

Thinking maybe I just had an older version on my home PC I went home, updated my BIOS, downloaded the most recent version of the AI suite and proceeded to update everything. After cleanly installing AI suite I went through the same steps again only to be greeted by the 3 speed options for my board and 5930k.

Did I miss an option? Shouldn't this top tier overclocking board be able to perform the same function as it's lesser part, if not do it better? Why can this board not test each frequency out like the x99 Deluxe??? This just doesn't make sense to me at all. Please Asus tell me I either missed the option to do this properly, or this somehow has been missed in a software update.

[Praz]

Hello

The ROG branded boards have never had dynamic overclocking. Starting with Z170 the ROG boards will have it.

[Goucho]

Praz wrote:
Hello

The ROG branded boards have never had dynamic overclocking. Starting with Z170 the ROG boards will have it.

Just seen your reply. Is there no way to implement this into the RVE??

[Raja]

Goucho wrote:
Just seen your reply. Is there no way to implement this into the RVE??

Won't be done. Expect the next platform to have it.

[Goucho]

Ye i found that the RVE aisuite was different to that i saw on youtube. Mine is exactly the same when i thought it would self test/stress and overclock instead of just picking a value. mine only goes to 4.2 ???

Where can i get the version that goes thru all the settings and stresses etc itself.

Like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxd651HEsXE <---- mine doesn't do all that??

here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAZns3BieTg

[nintari]

That is disappointing to hear. What was the reason behind this? Not trying to point fingers but gain a better understanding on why the Deluxe board (as supposed lesser board not geared toward gamers and over clockers) has this, but the board geared toward over clockers and gamers didn't have this feature. To me it would seem like it should be the other way around....

Not that I am saying most people like me would always use an automated feature for overclocking for 24/7 clocks.... but where I see this coming in handy more so is getting a general feel as to what the CPU can do and a baseline / which settings to start at. From there I could continue to tweak and tinker and get what I would consider what works best for me.

[Raja]

nintari wrote:
That is disappointing to hear. What was the reason behind this? Not trying to point fingers but gain a better understanding on why the Deluxe board (as supposed lesser board not geared toward gamers and over clockers) has this, but the board geared toward over clockers and gamers didn't have this feature. To me it would seem like it should be the other way around....

Not that I am saying most people like me would always use an automated feature for overclocking for 24/7 clocks.... but where I see this coming in handy more so is getting a general feel as to what the CPU can do and a baseline / which settings to start at. From there I could continue to tweak and tinker and get what I would consider what works best for me.

It was not part of the initial feature set for ROG - its that simple. That will change moving forwards for future platforms but for now it is what it is.

[Vlada011]

Maybe they will implement dynamic overclocking in Rampage 5 Extreme Black Edition.
But I think that most users of Black board will not use that function.
But it's always better if you OC from BIOS. I don't even install AI Suite, as most people.
ASUS Deluxe Motherboards are high class same as R5E, even price difference is not big, R5E cost more because OC Panel.
Without that price difference would be 50$ maybe. Only I never liked color scheme of deluxe motherboards. Except Z97 Deluxe.
For me always is somehow more interesting WS and ROG series.

[mdzcpa]

I think the logic and answer is pretty clear why up to this point ROG branded boards did not have Dynamic Overclocking. I would guess Asus believed that the enthusiast level users attracted to ROG branded boards would simply want to overclock their boards manually. Dynamic Overclocking for the most part is a "lazy man" feature for those that don't care to tweak their board for the best possible overclock or don't know how to overclock their systems at all. For example, if I had the feature on my Rampage V, I would never use it. I know I can achieve a better overclock on my own and have more fun doing it. The Dynamic Overclocking feature needs a chip on board and that adds cost. I'm sure at the time it was decided not to include that module which would drive up the cost on an already expensive mobo for a bulk of users (at the time) they believed would not find value in the feature.

Fast forward in time and I suspect 2 things changing here. One, the ROG brand is becoming a bit more mainstream. Over the years they have added "gaming" mobos to go along with their "overclocking" mobos. Their product range has expanded and it is likely that they feel users without the knowledge and/or motivation for overclocking are now attracted to their brand. Hence the decision to add Dynamic Overclocking now. Second, it is possible that the effectiveness of the Dynamic Overclocking module has improved to a point where it get's closer to what the max overclock might be if done manually. Just guessing on that point.

[drop4205]

agreed with mdzcpa.