02-18-2019 11:52 AM - last edited on 03-06-2024 08:05 PM by ROGBot
02-20-2019 09:51 AM
dejanh wrote:
Hi everyone,
After battling with problem after problem with my Zenith Extreme board I think I am now at a stage when I have no choice but to replace it with a (hopefully not-beta-for-its-entire-life) Zenith Extreme Alpha board. I managed to get my retailer to agree to take the board back despite it being almost 8 months since I purchased the Zenith Extreme. However, I did notice that the Alpha is now almost $200 CAD more expensive than the Zenith Extreme and looking at a few unboxing videos and reviews, I cannot see why other than "because". The biggest fear that I have is that the board will be the same crappy experience with constant tweaks and adjustments, resets, and config changes, required of the Zenith Extreme in which case I would have spent both time and extra money for now tangible benefit.
So, my question is, can anyone comment on how well the new board is performing stability-wise compared to the Zenith Extreme? I am primarily concerned around memory compatibility and USB support as those were the two major issues I have, former being the larger of the two.
Thanks all!
02-20-2019 11:46 AM
02-21-2019 12:52 AM
02-21-2019 10:52 AM
panzlock wrote:
Do these new bulky cards come supplied with brackets to help support the weight?
02-24-2019 11:05 PM
02-25-2019 09:56 AM
sKutDeath wrote:
So, after an extremely frustrating weekend finding out that the ZE ALPHA doesn't run SLI well at all. First the PCIE slot are way too close together overheating the top card by at least 10 to 20 degrees over the bottom one. And three slot cards are touching on this board. I do hope my ZE board comes back repaired allowing me to run Quad-Channel RAM. Spent all weekend re-flashing VBIOS on the graphic cards and trying like hell to get the software to work. MSI Afterburner has big problems with the board in SLI.
Will have to wait till the ZE is fixed/replaced and sent back to confirm.
Something keeps corrupting the VBIOS on one of the cards....
UPDATE: I have been reading that this was also a problem on the ZE before BIOS Version 1501. Appears that it has repeated itself for the ZEA. New BIOS for the ZEA?
02-26-2019 12:02 AM
dejanh wrote:
Are you running two of the new 2080 Ti cards?
02-26-2019 09:56 AM
sKutDeath wrote:
2 x MSI RTX 2080 Ti Lightning Z's... Well only one atm....