Asus Maximus Formula & Maximus Extreme

Written by Richard Swinburne

November 22, 2007 | 08:02

Tags: #analysis #benchmarks #crossfire #edition #extreme #formula #gamers #gladiator #performance #republic #review #special #x38

Companies: #asus #ati #intel

Gaming Platform Performance:


World in Conflict

1280x1024, 0xAF, 0xAA, Medium Details

  • Asus Maximus Extreme - 7900 GTX
  • Asus Maximus Formula - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - 7900 GTX
  • Abit IP35 Pro - 7900 GTX
  • 48
  • 48
  • 48
  • 45
  • 46
0
10
20
30
40
50
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Call of Duty 2

1280x1024, 0xAF, 0xAA, High Details

  • Asus Maximus Extreme - 7900 GTX
  • Asus Maximus Extreme - X1900 CF
  • Asus Maximus Formula - 7900 GTX
  • Asus Maximus Formula - X1900 CF
  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - X1900 CF
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - X1900 CF
  • Abit IP35 Pro - 7900 GTX
  • Abit IP35 Pro - X1900 CF
  • 64.4
  • 137.1
  • 64.5
  • 126.1
  • 64.5
  • 135.4
  • 65.0
  • 137.6
  • 64.2
  • 71.5
0
25
50
75
100
125
150
Frames Per Second - higher is better

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

1280x1024, 0xAF, 0xAA, Ultra High Details

  • Asus Maximus Extreme - 7900 GTX
  • Asus Maximus Extreme - X1900 CF
  • Asus Maximus Formula - 7900 GTX
  • Asus Maximus Formula - X1900 CF
  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 - X1900 CF
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - 7900 GTX
  • Gigabyte GA-X38T-DQ6 - X1900 CF
  • Abit IP35 Pro - 7900 GTX
  • Abit IP35 Pro - X1900 CF
  • 73.3
  • 93.0
  • 73.1
  • 93.0
  • 73.2
  • 92.9
  • 74.6
  • 94.5
  • 72.6
  • 81.6
0
25
50
75
100
Frames Per Second - higher is better

As we are unable to get CrossFire consistently working in World In Conflict with a pair of Radeon X1900s, we don't have those scores but the two Asus Maximus boards with a single 7900 GTX perform consistently very fast. With Quake Wars everything is again very consistent from single and multi-GPU configurations.

In Call of Duty 2, the single card frame rate is virtually identical all the way down, and in CrossFire the Extreme matches the Gigabyte X38 boards' performance, but the Formula drops several frames per second behind.
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