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  • Is the Asus Rampage III Extreme the best motherboard ever or overpriced hype?

    Is the Asus Rampage III Extreme the best motherboard ever or overpriced hype?

    Posted on May 13, 2010 | No Comments
    Moments ago, in our chatroom, I said that, if I had the money, I'd buy two Asus Rampage III Extreme motherboards: one to use and one to hang on the wall like a diploma. That's how great the thing looks. Never mind that, simply reading the stats, it's one of the best motherboard money can buy as of today—it looks as if it was designed by an extraterrestrial being, one with an advanced outer space art degree. It's a very good board, but is it OMG BEST THING EVER~!

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  • ASUS Maximus III Extreme mobo lets Bluetooth cellphones tweak settings

    ASUS Maximus III Extreme mobo lets Bluetooth cellphones tweak settings

    Posted on November 30, 2009 | No Comments
    ASUS has been giving its motherboard owners ways to tinker with their wares for years now, but it sounds like things are about to get seriously amped up with the Maximus III Extreme. The P55-based board, which falls into the growing Republic of Gamers lineup, adds a new feature to the existing ROG Connect overclocking system: Bluetooth control. You heard right -- ASUS claims that this mainboard actually "enables users to tweak system settings wirelessly over Bluetooth via a mobile phone." More specifically, RC Bluetooth allows users to "review the status of their systems' hardware and tweak parameters wirelessly from a Bluetooth-enabled PDA phone," with examples like controlling music playback and dealing with Skype conversations given. There's no specific mention of a price or release date, but you can bet we'll be digging for specifics on the limits and functionality baked in here.

    ASUS Maximus III Extreme mobo lets Bluetooth cellphones tweak settings originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Gigabyte fixes iPhone sync issue with BIOS update

    Gigabyte fixes iPhone sync issue with BIOS update

    Posted on November 9, 2009 | No Comments

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    The Intel P55 Express chipset snafu that caused iPhones to lose their syncing minds has now been remedied -- at least by one motherboard maker. Gigabyte has issued a BIOS update making things all hunky-dory between the phone and the mobo, putting your troubles to an end. The P55 is Intel's latest midrange chipset and orchestrates things for newer Core i5 / i7 machines. The other two P55 purveyors, ASUS and MSI, were also caught by the bug, and there are anecdotal reports of success with an ASUS BIOS update, but not official fixes as of yet. Given the competitive nature of this market, though, we'd be surprised if those two companies didn't quickly follow suit. All's well that ends well, right?

    Read - Gigabyte Beta BIOS download page
    Read - Update fixes iPhone sync problem

    Gigabyte fixes iPhone sync issue with BIOS update originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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