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May 2012
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The editors liked
Very powerful mATX offering
Many items within the bundle
Feature laden
Leader in almost all performance benchmarks
Features to cater basic to advanced users
Overclocking yields huge benefits
USB 3.0 Turbo Boost is effective
Great stock performance
Impressive feature list on a micro board
Quality auto
Overclocking
The editors didn't like
The only current Z77 ROG motherboard available is MATX
Can't quite keep up with the Sabertooth Z77 in the overclocking stakes
If we’re honest here, we’re a little disappointed - the Maximus V Gene doesn’t distinguish itself from the competition in terms of raw performance in the way its predecessors have. This is a shame, but it’s indicative of a mature market - Ivy Bridge an...
That's some pretty crazy stuff. This was the smallest motherboard we tested, yet it was the fastest in terms of performance. The overall baseline performance trumps all other Z77 boards we tested as ASUS applies a little trick with the ROG motherboard, li...
It has been a very long week of testing retesting and then confirmation of results to bring these reviews to the table and with the release of Ivy Bridge the reviews can now begin to flow with those results. Ivy Bridge CPUs are the whole reason for this n...
UEFI BIOS, RedLine LED, mPCIe, AISuite II, BIOS Performance Tuning Options, Extreme Engine Digi II, Upgraded Sound w.Creative/THX Support, Large Heatsinks for Increased Heat Disspersement, On Board Power and Reset Switch, BIOS Flashback, DDR3 support up to 2666 OC,
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If you’re familiar with ASUS motherboards you are likely familiar with their enthusiast line Republic of Gamers, based on the Socket series is how ASUS names them. All ROG AMD based motherboards carry the name Crosshair, Intel X series motherboards are...
What can we say about the Maximus V Gene that the performance and feature set has not already? It is a great board with a ton of features, options, and excellent performance and all for $200. Really what is not to love? Asus is continuing to show that the...
Abstract: Next in line for our Z77 previews is the Asus Republic of Gamers Maximus V Gene. The Maximus V Gene is the first of four boards Asus has announced for the Z77 chipset, and as you may have guessed from the Republic of Gamers association, it is engineere...
As we have said Asus has been working hard to create products that make sense for the market segment they are intended for. The ROG line up is for the enthusiast/gamer. This is the person that wants the best of the best; to them performance is not an opti...
Since ASUS' launch of Sabertooth, it's been a series that I've held a great interest in - and I'm confident that the next time I upgrade my personal PC, it'll be equipped with a Sabertooth board. I am not big on overclocking, so ASUS' major attention ...
Published: 2012-03-06, Author: Dan , review by: legitreviews.com
Abstract: Recently Legit Reviews was invited down to Texas for a technical briefing on the next generation Intel 7 series chipset with ASUS. While we can't share the information, we can take a peak at some of the new LGA1155 motherboards we saw there. Since ...
Abstract: This is going to be an interesting couple of months as the industry balances the move from Sandy Bridge to the 3rd Generation of Intel Core processor and the 7-series chipsets. We have documented the rumored delays of the Ivy Bridge CPUs but it lo...
