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May 2012
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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
Boatload of features and accessories
Smart layout
Extensive BIOS
Stable Auto overclocking
Great subzero overclocking for mATX
Competitive pricing.
Excellent overclocking
ROG Connect
2-way SLI compatible
SupremeFX III Audio
Full UEFI BIOS
BIOS flashback function
Don't need CPU for BIOS flash
Many USB 3.0 ports
Overclocker/Enthusiasts support
Intel NIC
Highly efficient DIGIpower system
GPU/DIMM Post
MPCIe/mSATA
Card
LN2 Mode capability
Packed with added features and options not seen on some other products in the same price range
Clean and simple color-themed layout
Fully functional AMI UEFI BIOS
Including mouse support and support for 3 TB+ drives
The highly anticipated release of Ivy Bridge processors and motherboards has marked a new lineup of hardware which has so far proven to be a worthy successor to the Sandy Bridge generation. With the ROG team's first Z77 release in the Maximus V GENE, A...
Abstract: The top of the top is a perfect way to describe the ASUS Maximus V Gene. The monstrous Maximus V Extreme has just been unveiled, but for the time being ASUS has launched the Micro ATX Gene as the premier Republic of Gamers board.The latest Gene is ever...
Coming in at $199 the ASUS Maximus V GENE comes in and hits at a really nice price point. While ROG boards tend to be a little bit more expensive than other models, the mATX form factor on offer from ASUS means that the pricing comes in slightly more ...
Abstract: With Haswell's IGP Intel had set itself ambitious goals. One for example is that they want to heat up the competition with AMD when it comes to integrated grahics performance. Wether Intel is going to succeed or not and how Intel's HD 4600 as well as AMD'...
Abstract: In April we published a round-up of 20 motherboards with Z77 chipsets compatible with the new Intel Ivy Bridge processors. Those CPUs weren't available yet at the time so we had to do the tests with the previous generation Sandy Bridge processors. Almos...
ly the ASUS Maximus V Gene's Layout has been very well thought Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power and resetbuttons There is also a debug display which is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in y...
So where do I start for a conclusion. I've already covered the majority of the board in my previous Sandy Bridge based review and thus I don't want to tread over the same grounds twice putting in information that would repeat myself and make for to much o...
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
The only current Z77 ROG motherboard available is MATX
Although Intel’s Z77 motherboards have been on the market for many weeks now, without the launch and availability of their 3rd Generation of CPUs codenamed Ivy Bridge the true potential of these motherboards has been somewhat a mystery. We have delibe...
