Asus Rampage III Black Edition

[Icekube]

Spotted this on my Asus ROG F'book feed

Still think the R3E looks much better, but not quite sure what features it has yet

 

[SieB]

Looks a bit bland compared to Gigabytes latest offerings

 

[ciksas]

The original version looks better IMO

 

[tinytomlogan]

Nope my blue one does

 

[Aurus_OC]

Nope my blue one does

True. Featurewise, I think it has a Killer Network Card, aswell as better sound, if I remember correctly. Looks like the "Asus" version of the Gigabyte G1 Assasin. I think I would prefer the Assasin over this one, but I haven't seen any performance results yet...

 

[Matthias2437]

Yeah its a little to bland looking for me, would rather just get the regular REIII

 

[wraithien]

I think the photo has been shopped there is a lot more red on the PR photos than this one. Unless they decided to make it all black none the less a very cool looking motherboard i do think though that the current one still looks a little better.

 

[stevenwright6379]

i would

 

[w3bbo]

FAP FAP FAP

 

[BloomerzUK]

Shame about the red SATA ports, they could have been grey, or even white to contrast.

 

[Mr Muggles]

phwoah!!!!!

thrapp thrapp thrapp

 

[Icekube]

Ok got more details on this

do you think Asus got wind of what Gigabyte was doing with the Killer boards and decided to go 1 btr

Asus release info

Most notable is the supplied ROG ThunderBolt expansion card that enhances both LAN and audio performance. This incorporates an award-winning Bigfoot Networks Killer E2100 networking platform that automatically classifies and accelerates online game traffic for maximum networking performance. Class-leading XONAR audio technology also provides increased sound quality and a built-in headphone amplifier with adjustable impedance settings — perfect for getting the drop on the competition when gaming.

Combined, these two technologies provide gamers with a superior online gaming experience that will overwhelm the competition. Better yet, the ROG Rampage III Black Edition also comes with the ASUS GPU TweakIt utility that is upgraded feature combined in ROG Connect and allows gamers to modify the graphics card settings for greatest visual impact.

 

[zak4994]

Ok got more details on this

do you think Asus got wind of what Gigabyte was doing with the Killer boards and decided to go 1 btr

Asus release info

Most notable is the supplied ROG ThunderBolt expansion card that enhances both LAN and audio performance. This incorporates an award-winning Bigfoot Networks Killer E2100 networking platform that automatically classifies and accelerates online game traffic for maximum networking performance. Class-leading XONAR audio technology also provides increased sound quality and a built-in headphone amplifier with adjustable impedance settings — perfect for getting the drop on the competition when gaming.

Combined, these two technologies provide gamers with a superior online gaming experience that will overwhelm the competition. Better yet, the ROG Rampage III Black Edition also comes with the ASUS GPU TweakIt utility that is upgraded feature combined in ROG Connect and allows gamers to modify the graphics card settings for greatest visual impact.

That box is enough to make me want to buy it.

 

[SilentTyrant]

best looking one so far imo, cant stand all them bright silly colours myself but this one is black and sleek

 

[wraithien]

Can someone tell me what the two little gold plugs are on the IO port they look like wifi adapters but I'm not sure.

 

[SilentTyrant]

close up for you but still not quite sure what they are?

 

[SilentTyrant]

ok I kept reading and they are antennas for WLAN and Bluetooth 3.0

 

[dipzy]

this board watercooled, oh my daze

 

[ciksas]

love the killer lan card

 

[SilentTyrant]

its a great move with them putting a high end sound card and nic on the mobo, less slots needed so more room for GPU's