Asus To Release Republic Of Gamers Series

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OCWorkbench reports:

ASUS Technology Pte Ltd (ASUS), the worldwide leader of motherboards, today debuts an all-new product series, Republic of Gamers (R.O.G). As the name suggests, all R.O.G products are made to provide the best performing solutions for serious gamers and overclockers. The inaugural solution of R.O.G is the Crosshair motherboard, which implemented convenient features for system tweaking to provide players and overclockers with a solution to build their power gaming systems.

 

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Easy System Tweaking with Style – LCD Poster

LCD Poster is an excellent feature for system tuning and upgrades. Most hardcore users and engineers install a debug card, which displays a two-digit code that enables them to recognize which part of the system is responsible for hanging the system during boot-up.

LCD Poster, located at the back I/O, displays the names of each boot-process instead of using codes. When system hangs due to faulty connection or configuration, the LCD Poster will freeze on the displayed process name that caused the hang up, allowing users to know exactly what needs to be fixed.

Other features tailored for building a PC are EL I/O, onboard LED, onboard switches, Q-Fan Plus and Q-Connector. Please visit the Crosshair webpage for more detail information.

Performance and Reliability – 8-Phase EL Cap-less Power Designs

This innovative designs implemented by the Crosshair embody two commitments of R.O.G: ultimate overclockability and ultimate reliability.

8-Phase EL Cap-less Power design removed the bulky cylinder-type capacitors and replaced them with chip-style polymer aluminum electrolyte capacitors, which are used in server level systems, for better spacing and thermal environment. In addition, unlike the conventional EL capacitors, which are susceptible to leakage and blowups, the new design eliminates capacitor damages once and for all.

The so called 8-phase design further delivers steadier power supply for the CPU by generating less heat than conventional power solutions and providing a cool computing environment for stable performance and higher overclocking margin. It reduces input ripple current and output ripple voltage, preventing the CPU and power modules from the risk of high power stress.

Connect in the Dark – EL I/O

Today's gamers demand more than good performance. They demand features that are tailor made for their usage experience. The Crosshair comes with the EL I/O, an impressive feature that simplifies connecting devices by lighting up the back I/O panel for convenient connection in dark environments such as LAN Parties. No more jamming devices into the wrong connectors!

Sound with Clarity – SupremeFX and Array Mic

The SupremeFX audio card is designed to provide the best gaming audio experience. With 24bit/192kHz full sampling in all surround channels, whether you're hearing game actions through headphones or 7.1 surround speakers, all sound effects will be loud and clear.

The audio card is supplemented with the bundled sophisticated Array Microphone. While competing in game tournaments, the microphone receives only the sound coming from the reception cone and ignores the sound coming from other directions, eliminating a large number of interferences including neighboring speakers and reverberations. It also features “Echo Cancellation Technology”, which eliminates the annoying echo during audio and voice applications.

Rich Software Bundle

The Crosshair bundles 3DMark 06 Advanced Edition. It is the most popular and authoritative 3D benchmark application used by professionals around the world. The 3DMark06 is the latest version in the popular 3DMark series, including advanced SM2.0 and HDR/SM3.0 Shader graphics tests and now including single, multiple core and multiple processor CPU tests as part of the 3DMark score! The accurate performance and image quality diagnostic tool, designed for DirectX®9.0c, provides all the information needed to make all other competitors look bad.

Specifications Summary:

-AMD Socket AM2

-NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP

-Dual Channel DDR2 800/667/533

-2 x PCIe x16, support NVIDIA SLI at full x16, x16 speed

-8 x SATA 3.0 Gb/p including two external ports / 1 x Ultra DMA

-Dual Gigabit LAN

-SupremeFX sound card featuring ADI 1988b High-Definition Audio with 8-channel surround sound.

 

[DonS1mpson]

It's so pointless, and yet somehow I want one!

It reminds me a little of the Abit Fatal1ty range, it's just less tacky.

Shame it's based on AM2 though

 

[Mindless-Moron]

well that lcd post thing is useful, as they've been on loads of other boards, but placing it on the back io seems pointless to say theleast, do they supply a mirror to place behind your computer too?

it's looks very squashed up on the board, and the red header and the bottom of the expansion slots, thats a firewire header isnt is, as thats going to be inconveinient to hook up.

Connect in the Dark – EL I/O

Today's gamers demand more than good performance. They demand features that are tailor made for their usage experience. The Crosshair comes with the EL I/O, an impressive feature that simplifies connecting devices by lighting up the back I/O panel for convenient connection in dark environments such as LAN Parties. No more jamming devices into the wrong connectors!

that could be useful, i was once so wasted at a lan when hooking up a monitor i just wedged the connector into a gap which held it thinking it was the dvi port.

It certianly does remind me of the w3ndy range, which was the tackiest thing to grace the industry.

 

[K404]

Yea..the basis of this does make me think Wendy, though it may have potential.

Just as long as they dont focus on stability stability stability coz that made the Wendy board a cr=p overclocker.

The HSF look way oversized...may be good, may really hurt airflow and CPU cooling.

The external soundcard is...yea...another reminder of Wendy.

Reviews will tell all..or at least most

 

[Master_G]

Ridiculous amount of LEDs, LCD idea is not bad, but a 2 digit debug gets the job done fine and is easier to read if you are hardcore benching with your motherboard sitting flat on a workbench.

8 phase power and those new caps is probably the best things, but those arent new with this motherboard IIRC.

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[Mindless-Moron]

but if its designed at the gamer/overclocker/lanner, why has it only got 4 usb ports on the back.

 

[Highland3r]

Seem to be quite a few daughter boards poking up from that thing lol!

Not overly keen on the PCI/PCI-e layout either, run SLI on the board and you wont get any PCI devices installed at all!

 

[stocky]

Only four USB?! You get more on most laptops!

Well, the market Asus is targeting is basically gamers and people that have a little tweak with their system. I don't think being compatible with phase (or even water) has ever been in any company design specifications.

We just have to hope that it will be a good clocker and will be stable at the higher speeds. As Kenny said we'll have to see what the reviewers say - then no doubt someone around here will invest