The other three are connected to the HydraLogix controller and support a mixture of graphics cards from different vendors and generations.It goes without saying that while the Asus Crosshair IV Extreme supports a number of new features, such as USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s, it is the CrossLinx 3 technology that has piqued our interest and replica DKNY NY4210 WoMen's watch everybody else's, let's not forget this motherboard was showcased back in May and it just became available for purchase late September. With that in mind, we will focus primarily on testing CrossLinx 3 to see how well it works, but you can expect us to run our typical battery of tests as well.
GamingJust Cause 2 is a heavily GPU-dependent video game so the CPU/motherboard combination makes very little difference here. We found that the Asus Crosshair IV Extreme, which was using the GeForce GTX 480 graphics card, produced the same performance as the Formula.Unlike Just Cause 2, Far Cry 2 relies on both the GPU and CPU. Here the Asus Crosshair IV Extreme was a fraction quicker than the Formula. However, the replica DKNY NY4211 WoMen's watch Phenom II X4 1090T is considerably slower than the Core i5 and Core i7 processors in this game.When testing Resident Evil 5, we found the Crosshair IV Extreme to be slightly faster than the Formula.
Final ThoughtsThere's no question that the Asus Crosshair IV Extreme is a high quality motherboard. It's undoubtedly one of the best, if not the best, AM3 motherboard we have seen in terms of features and performance. Having said that, compared to Crosshair IV Formula, the “Extreme” version doesn't seem all that much more extreme — replica DKNY NY4212 WoMen's watch except maybe its price tag, which is ~25% higher than the Formula's.When you compare both motherboards on , it becomes clear how little they differ. Other than a few minor changes to components such as the Gigabit LAN controller, they are very much the same.
