F E A T U R E R E V I E W // R O G M A X I M U S X I G E N E
to your system is not to be overlooked.
It is a large appeal of any ASUS board
and of course it works even better on
the ROG models including this one.
MY OVERCLOCKING EXPERIENCE
Overclocking is of course where the
best aspect of the GENE are to be found
for me.
I have previously referred to the
DRAM and overclocking profiles on
ROG boards. They’ve come in quite
handy and help facilitate the process of
turning your system for all sorts of
overclocking. Against the magnificent
Maximus X Apex, the Maximus VI Gene
is just as capable and some have said
even better. I’ve no reason to dispute or
doubt this as the records are proof
positive of this. I found this
motherboard to be just as capable as
well when overclocking the Core i9
9900K used for review here. The board
features identical profiles (At least with
the testing 0602 BIOS) as the previous
boards and they work just fine here as
well. Caution should be exercised as
some settings do not seem to have
carried over well. This can be seen
from some entries which display
illegible with the profiles loaded.
Adjusting these are easy enough
however and AUTO setting seem to
work just fine including the 4133 C12
profiles.
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In many ways the Gene is similar and
maybe better than the Maximus X APEX
especially under extreme conditions
(LHe for example) or with the Core i9
9900K.
It’s when it comes to everyday
overclocking where it can get a little
challenging. That’s to say kits which
worked on the Mamximus X Apex at
some frequency (stability as well) had
some instability which were resolved
by selecting a lower memory divider. I
did attempt to key in the settings which
worked on the APEX, but this didn't
work unfortunately, Odd when one
considers the XOC overclocking
memory profiles work exactly as they
should .
This is a situation that may change
with a BIOS update or could very well
be isolated to this specific kit. The
unfortunate part is if you happen to
have such memory, you'll have your
work cut out for you. Fortunate then
that the Gene has all manner of
memory tuning options for you to try.
THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE
For years on end, it’s been tough
finding a ROG board that one doesn’t
like. For a number of people I’ve
spoken to actually over the years.
Purchasing an ROG board is the
default or preferred option. This is
irrespective of the material